@jans46.bsky.social
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On its 90th birthday, Social Security deserves to be celebrated. It is the most successful anti-poverty program ever, but Donald Trump and JD Vance are marking the anniversary by trying to pull the plug on a system every American pays into.
August 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
On its 90th birthday, Social Security deserves to be celebrated. It is the most successful anti-poverty program ever, but Donald Trump and JD Vance are marking the anniversary by trying to pull the plug on a system every American pays into.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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conservatives/republicans going full on fascist with occupying cities with the military is yet another reminder to NEVER TAKE CONSERVATISM SERIOUSLY. THEIR CRITICISMS AREN'T REAL. YOU CAN'T MEET THEM HALF WAY. THEY AREN'T A SERIOUS IDEOLOGY. THEY CAN ONLY BE CRUSHED, NOT DEBATED.
thank you.
thank you.
August 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
conservatives/republicans going full on fascist with occupying cities with the military is yet another reminder to NEVER TAKE CONSERVATISM SERIOUSLY. THEIR CRITICISMS AREN'T REAL. YOU CAN'T MEET THEM HALF WAY. THEY AREN'T A SERIOUS IDEOLOGY. THEY CAN ONLY BE CRUSHED, NOT DEBATED.
thank you.
thank you.
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I used to intern for Robert F. Kennedy Sr. a long time ago (longer than I’d care to admit).
Here’s one of my favorite memories from that time.
Here’s one of my favorite memories from that time.
August 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I used to intern for Robert F. Kennedy Sr. a long time ago (longer than I’d care to admit).
Here’s one of my favorite memories from that time.
Here’s one of my favorite memories from that time.
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"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..."
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
More Than 2,300 WGA Members Blast Trump 'Authoritarian Assault' on Free Press in Open Letter
More than 2,300 WGA members blasted what they called "escalating attacks on independent media by the Trump Administration"
www.thewrap.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"We don’t have a king, we have a president. And the president doesn’t get to pick what’s on television, in movie theaters, on stage, on our bookshelves, or in the news..."
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
full letter and list of signees here: www.wgaeast.org/get-involved...
www.thewrap.com/wga-members-...
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In April, Trump approval among men = 48%
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
New National UMass Amherst Poll Finds President Trump’s Job Approval Gap Slides 6 Points Since April | UMass Amherst
The survey finds Trump’s net approval drops to -20 six months into his term, while his approval rating on immigration falls 9 points since April; additionally, 70% say he has not handled Epstein situa...
www.umass.edu
August 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In April, Trump approval among men = 48%
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Now = 39%
April, Trump approval among women = 39%
Now = 35%
April, Trump approval among independents = 31%
Now = 21%
"This is really bad news for Trump, and for Republicans who depend on independents in close elections...”
www.umass.edu/news/article...
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I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this:
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
August 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I'm not sure 65-69% of Americans would agree the sun is hot and night is dark, but they apparently agree on this:
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat dishonest" =
69%
Americans who say Trump is "very" or "somewhat corrupt" = 65%
www.umass.edu/news/article...
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It’s that time of the week. Leah and Ezra are here, so let’s get started. 👇
Let’s chat. @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social will jump online later this afternoon to answer your top-ranked questions and talk about tangible ways to take action in defense of our democracy. We hope to see you there: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
July 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s that time of the week. Leah and Ezra are here, so let’s get started. 👇
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The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket.
It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
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It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
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Tell the Supreme Court: No Stay. Hands off NIH
The Supreme Court is poised to allow Trump to illegally terminate NIH grants. Let's speak out. There is not much time.
scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Supreme Court is reviewing a vitally important NIH case on its shadow docket.
It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
1/
It is likely that the Court will back Trump, and say his (illegal) grant terminations are ok.
We must speak up now.
1/
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This is *not* accurate. How do I know? Well, when it was exposed in 2018 that judge Roy Moore, running for an AL US senate seat, was hanging around with Christian Reconstructionists who want to strip voting rights from women, AL Republican women activists began fighting among themselves because...
The reason people keep claiming that Republicans and other types of creepy religious freaks want to take away the vote for women is because they keep saying that's what they intend to do.
Pete Hegseth shares a clip saying women shouldn’t have the right to vote, the 19th Amendment should be “repealed,” and women should “submit” to their husbands: “All of Christ for All of Life”
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is *not* accurate. How do I know? Well, when it was exposed in 2018 that judge Roy Moore, running for an AL US senate seat, was hanging around with Christian Reconstructionists who want to strip voting rights from women, AL Republican women activists began fighting among themselves because...
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Christian Reconstructionists gained so much influence in part because few Americans know that this movement even exists, let alone what its policy objectives are. By the 1980s the CR movement had penetrated elite US evangelical circles & the elites subsequently pushed its ideas to the masses...
August 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Christian Reconstructionists gained so much influence in part because few Americans know that this movement even exists, let alone what its policy objectives are. By the 1980s the CR movement had penetrated elite US evangelical circles & the elites subsequently pushed its ideas to the masses...
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Hamas’s crimes do not excuse Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Jewish state is a democracy. Its leaders should hold themselves to higher standards than terrorists
Why Israel must hold itself to account
And how it can be made to do so
econ.st
August 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Hamas’s crimes do not excuse Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Jewish state is a democracy. Its leaders should hold themselves to higher standards than terrorists
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Sounds like this survivor of Epstein and Maxwell is saying she'd take Trump pardoning Maxwell as an admission of guilt, which sounds like a smart message.
August 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sounds like this survivor of Epstein and Maxwell is saying she'd take Trump pardoning Maxwell as an admission of guilt, which sounds like a smart message.
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Democratic governors and legislators need to make it clear that if Republicans redraw maps to rig the system, blue states will respond. Let’s get to work: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...
August 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Democratic governors and legislators need to make it clear that if Republicans redraw maps to rig the system, blue states will respond. Let’s get to work: www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistrictin...
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When you put it that way:
August 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When you put it that way:
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Pizzagate was actually Epsteingate. It all makes sense now.
August 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Pizzagate was actually Epsteingate. It all makes sense now.
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Music to the ears of every expansionist country that would go to war with a neighbor. “Earned” is deeply offensive to Ukraine and dangerous to the world
NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker on Ukraine's territorial concessions: "No big chunks or sections are going to be just given that haven't been fought for or earned on the battlefield."
August 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Music to the ears of every expansionist country that would go to war with a neighbor. “Earned” is deeply offensive to Ukraine and dangerous to the world
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This former Green Beret, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was working for a humanitarian aid group in Gaza, witnessed an IDF Merkava tank fire its main gun into a crowd of unarmed people.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
July 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This former Green Beret, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was working for a humanitarian aid group in Gaza, witnessed an IDF Merkava tank fire its main gun into a crowd of unarmed people.
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"
July 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This party needs to wake up. These guys aren't screwing around... They're assassins when it comes to the way they weaponize grievance and the way they play politics. Enough! What more goddamn evidence do we need? They have rolled back the last half century in real time!"
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Epstein accuser Maria Farmer on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I’ve never met a more predatory, terrifying human being in my entire life. She’s a very dangerous person. The woman is not a victim, she’s a victimizer.”
via @msnbc.com
(ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social)
via @msnbc.com
(ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social)
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Epstein accuser Maria Farmer on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I’ve never met a more predatory, terrifying human being in my entire life. She’s a very dangerous person. The woman is not a victim, she’s a victimizer.”
via @msnbc.com
(ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social)
via @msnbc.com
(ht: @marcofoster.bsky.social)