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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Under both Biden and Trump, Americans are stressed over the cost of basics like groceries while the administrations tell us the economy is great.
It’s time to leave this brand of politics and policy behind.
It’s time to leave this brand of politics and policy behind.
August 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Under both Biden and Trump, Americans are stressed over the cost of basics like groceries while the administrations tell us the economy is great.
It’s time to leave this brand of politics and policy behind.
It’s time to leave this brand of politics and policy behind.
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You want to talk about dangerous ideologies? Start with white Christian nationalism. The most violent movements in American history have all wrapped themselves in God, guns, and the flag.
June 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
You want to talk about dangerous ideologies? Start with white Christian nationalism. The most violent movements in American history have all wrapped themselves in God, guns, and the flag.
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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
April 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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If you ever had to dig through the trash to read cooking instructions on a package, I want to be friends
April 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
If you ever had to dig through the trash to read cooking instructions on a package, I want to be friends
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“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep its basic functioning has to discourage lying. rewarding it instead is suicidal
big lesson for america here: one reason you dont elect people who believe bull shit like "theyre eating the pets" or "theyre putting kitty litter boxes in the classrooms" is bc if they get in power theyll believe bull shit like "tariffs are a tax cut actually"
April 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep its basic functioning has to discourage lying. rewarding it instead is suicidal
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
April 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
April 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Sending anyone from this country to a foreign gulag, particularly without a court hearing, should rightfully end a presidency. Full stop.
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Here’s the thing about the tariffs: there will be no “short term pain”. Only long term. Every time a company realizes they can get away with charging you extra they don’t ever lower the price again. They just gouge. Whatever price hikes there are will be here for good.
April 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here’s the thing about the tariffs: there will be no “short term pain”. Only long term. Every time a company realizes they can get away with charging you extra they don’t ever lower the price again. They just gouge. Whatever price hikes there are will be here for good.
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Don't let up on Signalgate.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
April 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Don't let up on Signalgate.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
The Mueller report cited rampant use of Signal as a means of obstruction of justice.
The entire discussion is fait accompli.
Also guarantee it is how everyone inside this thug WH communicates.
Which means the law is being knowingly & deliberately violated every day.
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The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year.
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year.
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
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The IRS could collect $500 billion LESS in tax revenue this year due to DOGE cuts to the agency. A big chunk of that will come from the rich underpaying their taxes. Meanwhile, only $7.7 billion of DOGE "savings" can actually be verified.
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
The IRS could collect $500 billion less in tax revenue, report says, and the US may run out of cash in a few months without a debt-ceiling hike
An expected 10% revenue decline is due to changes in taxpayer behavior and President Donald Trump's cuts to the IRS, according to The Washington Post.
fortune.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The IRS could collect $500 billion LESS in tax revenue this year due to DOGE cuts to the agency. A big chunk of that will come from the rich underpaying their taxes. Meanwhile, only $7.7 billion of DOGE "savings" can actually be verified.
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...
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Netanyahu is evil incarnate, and there isn’t a day soon enough or a hell hot enough for his long overdue retribution. I pray his entire bloodline knows no peace for the despicable and heinous acts of violence and terrorism that he’s enacted on the innocent civilians of Gaza. FUCK THAT MAN 🖕🏾
March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Netanyahu is evil incarnate, and there isn’t a day soon enough or a hell hot enough for his long overdue retribution. I pray his entire bloodline knows no peace for the despicable and heinous acts of violence and terrorism that he’s enacted on the innocent civilians of Gaza. FUCK THAT MAN 🖕🏾
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Households in the top 5%, with incomes over $320,000, would receive roughly HALF of the benefits of extending Trump's expiring tax cuts.
How are Republicans planning to pay for this?
With massive cuts to programs that the rest of America relies on.
Trickle up economics.
How are Republicans planning to pay for this?
With massive cuts to programs that the rest of America relies on.
Trickle up economics.
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Households in the top 5%, with incomes over $320,000, would receive roughly HALF of the benefits of extending Trump's expiring tax cuts.
How are Republicans planning to pay for this?
With massive cuts to programs that the rest of America relies on.
Trickle up economics.
How are Republicans planning to pay for this?
With massive cuts to programs that the rest of America relies on.
Trickle up economics.
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Trump's plan to close the Dept of Education is illegal. Only Congress can do that.
But what's the plan here?
Trump knows his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations unafraid to speak truth to power.
Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.
But what's the plan here?
Trump knows his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations unafraid to speak truth to power.
Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.
March 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Trump's plan to close the Dept of Education is illegal. Only Congress can do that.
But what's the plan here?
Trump knows his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations unafraid to speak truth to power.
Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.
But what's the plan here?
Trump knows his biggest enemies are educators and younger generations unafraid to speak truth to power.
Attacks on education are central to the fascist playbook.
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The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.
If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
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Trump has dropped or halted more than 1 in 5 investigations and enforcement actions against corporate lawbreakers.
At least 34 of those companies — including Tesla, Amazon, and Wells Fargo — gave over $34M to Trump's inaugural.
It's a new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
At least 34 of those companies — including Tesla, Amazon, and Wells Fargo — gave over $34M to Trump's inaugural.
It's a new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
March 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump has dropped or halted more than 1 in 5 investigations and enforcement actions against corporate lawbreakers.
At least 34 of those companies — including Tesla, Amazon, and Wells Fargo — gave over $34M to Trump's inaugural.
It's a new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
At least 34 of those companies — including Tesla, Amazon, and Wells Fargo — gave over $34M to Trump's inaugural.
It's a new Golden Age for corporate criminals.
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Democrats should boycott Trump's address tonight.
If they feel they need to attend, they must not signal to the nation that we're living in normal times.
Make good and loud trouble. Disrupt the speech. When he lies, boo loudly!
Anything less will legitimize Trump’s coup.
If they feel they need to attend, they must not signal to the nation that we're living in normal times.
Make good and loud trouble. Disrupt the speech. When he lies, boo loudly!
Anything less will legitimize Trump’s coup.
March 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Democrats should boycott Trump's address tonight.
If they feel they need to attend, they must not signal to the nation that we're living in normal times.
Make good and loud trouble. Disrupt the speech. When he lies, boo loudly!
Anything less will legitimize Trump’s coup.
If they feel they need to attend, they must not signal to the nation that we're living in normal times.
Make good and loud trouble. Disrupt the speech. When he lies, boo loudly!
Anything less will legitimize Trump’s coup.