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James Talarico: I don’t see politics as left versus right. Billionaires are using their wealth to rig our political system. They own the media and they own politicians in both political parties. They’re using that wealth to divide us, and I think people are tired of being pitted against each other
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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🖋️ “Stop the Desecration of the People’s House” hit 100 signers!

💬 Text SIGN PZXGEH to 50409
Stop the Desecration of the People’s House
Text SIGN PZXGEH to 50409 — Americans are watching helplessly as President Trump demolishes the East Wing of the White House — the People’s House — in defiance of his own public promises, federal oversight, and basic respect for our shared national heritage. Just weeks ago, Trump assured Americans that his planned $250 million ballroom “wouldn’t touch” the existing White House. Now, bulldozers have ripped through the East Wing façade, tearing down offices that once housed first ladies, cultural archives, and the nation’s diplomatic reception rooms. There are no approved plans, no permits, no historic-preservation review, and no sign that priceless artworks or artifacts were protected before demolition began. Trump insists the new ballroom is “privately funded by me and some friends.” Those unnamed “friends” reportedly include corporate and defense-industry executives whose companies do business with the government — the very definition of a conflict of interest. This private financing makes the desecration worse, not better. The White House is not a private club or a campaign donor’s playground. It belongs to the American people. Historians and former officials from both parties have condemned the demolition as a “wrecking ball” moment — a perfect symbol of a presidency that prizes spectacle over service and self-glorification over stewardship. Hillary Clinton put it plainly: “It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.” Congress must act immediately. 1. Investigate the legality of this construction and determine whether the President violated the National Historic Preservation Act and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act. 2. Freeze all ongoing demolition until proper oversight and independent review are complete. 3. Require full disclosure of all donors and companies funding this project. 4. Pass legislation declaring the White House a protected national monument — immune from privately funded alterations and political vanity projects. The destruction of the East Wing is not modernization; it is desecration. The American people deserve leaders who will defend their house, not demolish it.
resist.bot
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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James Talarico: Our division is not by accident. The social media platforms, the algorithms, and the news networks tear us apart. We have got to find our back to each other. That is the only way we can continue this experiment in democracy
September 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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🚨BREAKING: The Missouri Senate gave final approval Friday in a 21-11 vote to a gerrymander designed to rig the 2026 election by creating an additional Republican seat in Congress, at the expense of Kansas City voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri Sends GOP Gerrymander to Governor as Dems Continue Fight
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Yesterday, after enjoining DOJ/DHS from removing dozens of unaccompanied Guatemalan minors, Judge Sooknanan ordered DOJ to file 4 status reports *later that same day*—with a 5th still due this morning—to prove it complied. (“Presumption of regularity” is gone for this DOJ.) ...
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September 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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TODAY: This Labor Day, we stand together for a country that puts working families before billionaires. Find an event near you: bit.ly/3Vm59ED

September 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Trump *never* stays in DC on a long weekend (or almost any weekend.) Why did he stay there on this one? Shouldn't he be at Bedminster or Mar-a-lago?
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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J.B. Pritzker is 100% right.

Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
Pritzker on Trump sending troops into cities: "He has other aims other than fighting crime... he would like to stop the elections in 2026 or frankly take control of those elections. He'll just claim there's some problem with an election and then he's got troops on the ground that can take control."
August 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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At least while alienating all of our allies, Trump has been instrumental in bringing others closer together.
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Telling it like it is 🔥

"Once again, we are seeing the federal government retaliate against our civil servants for whistleblowing—which is both illegal and a deep betrayal of the most dedicated among us."

www.newsweek.com/fema-staff-l...
FEMA staff being put on leave after criticizing Trump sparks fury
More than 180 staff signed an open letter warning that FEMA's capacity to respond to a major disaster was dangerously diminished.
www.newsweek.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
The Sooknanan Monologue
The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend until Judge Sooknanan entered an order to stop it.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The time between fucking around and finding out for messing with the climate and environment is long, and attribution is sometimes difficult. So conservative politicians have gotten away with appointing imbeciles to positions of power in these areas. However, no such luck for them in public health.
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Why do I blame Bill Cassidy for the destruction of the CDC and the NIH?

Because he is a physician. He knew or should have known the danger that Kennedy poses to the U.S. and the globe.

Kennedy has never hidden what he is—a predator, a fraud, an anti-science hack, and a gargantuan narcissist.
August 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I don't care if you are Democrat or Republican, it is our job to encourage our friends, our families, our enemies - everybody -to go and vote. Because right now there are people out there who are trying to break down our system. But this is not the first time our system is attacked.
August 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Gen Mark Hertling: I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
www.thebulwark.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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"One can try to look away from the abyss for a while. But when the diversions end, one can’t help but see that we’re heading straight towards it."
All the President’s ‘Butt Snorkelers’
An emperor president surrounded by a sycophantic cabinet is a dangerous thing.
www.thebulwark.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Remember that 52 Republican Senators voted to confirm RFK Jr. All the people who are going to die because of his idiocy is on them.

www.senate.gov/legislative/...
August 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Because destroying the US is not enough, Trump is using tariffs, visa restrictions, and trade deals to pressure other countries to abandon climate goals and increase fossil fuel use, further destroying the world and the future.
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Washington, Baghdad, or Pyongyang?
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The Republican Party is a white supremacist death cult.
August 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.
After Minneapolis mass shooting, two Minnesota leaders push for gun reform
After deadly Minneapolis mass shooting, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison push for federal, state and local gun reform.
n.pr
August 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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In Atlanta, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to applaud colleagues who resigned following the firing of Director Susan Monarez. With four top officials stepping down, many now feel that the CDC is effectively finished.
US CDC chief fired after weeks in role, challenges ouster as four top officials resign
Susan Monarez has been fired less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.
www.reuters.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM