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so basically the "plan" is to leave everything up to a congress the healthcare and insurance industries have ensured is too corrupt to function
January 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
so basically the "plan" is to leave everything up to a congress the healthcare and insurance industries have ensured is too corrupt to function
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The question media should be asking: if Minneapolis only needs 600 police officers to perform all general law enforcement activities in the city, why did Trump send 3,000 federal agents to execute a statutorily and constitutionally *much* smaller task?
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The question media should be asking: if Minneapolis only needs 600 police officers to perform all general law enforcement activities in the city, why did Trump send 3,000 federal agents to execute a statutorily and constitutionally *much* smaller task?
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
Answer? He wanted a *war*.
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We the people must instigate a revolution of values. We must be impatient and insistent. And, we cannot rely on Black people alone. This fight requires all of us who beleive in freedom, justice and equality to engage with intensity. That must be the gift we pay forward.
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
We the people must instigate a revolution of values. We must be impatient and insistent. And, we cannot rely on Black people alone. This fight requires all of us who beleive in freedom, justice and equality to engage with intensity. That must be the gift we pay forward.
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The Supreme Court must recognize the dignity and existence of trans students and provide them the same opportunities as their peers — that includes sports. @equality.house.gov
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The Supreme Court must recognize the dignity and existence of trans students and provide them the same opportunities as their peers — that includes sports. @equality.house.gov
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NEW & amazing stats: Trump is losing 2/3 of legal cases
Over 80% if you include immigration!
Judges are standing up & courts are holding the line DESPITE the biased "Trump judges"
We explain @contrariannews.org:
Over 80% if you include immigration!
Judges are standing up & courts are holding the line DESPITE the biased "Trump judges"
We explain @contrariannews.org:
Donald Trump Is Losing in Court
Notwithstanding his appellate appointees’ efforts, Trump's loss record is impressive.
contrarian.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
NEW & amazing stats: Trump is losing 2/3 of legal cases
Over 80% if you include immigration!
Judges are standing up & courts are holding the line DESPITE the biased "Trump judges"
We explain @contrariannews.org:
Over 80% if you include immigration!
Judges are standing up & courts are holding the line DESPITE the biased "Trump judges"
We explain @contrariannews.org:
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Democratic voters have a decision to make in every primary, both in the midterms and in 2028.
Folks need to “purity test” candidates. Period.
Look at what policies candidates stand for and look at their donors.
This moment is not for politicians without a spine.
Folks need to “purity test” candidates. Period.
Look at what policies candidates stand for and look at their donors.
This moment is not for politicians without a spine.
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Democratic voters have a decision to make in every primary, both in the midterms and in 2028.
Folks need to “purity test” candidates. Period.
Look at what policies candidates stand for and look at their donors.
This moment is not for politicians without a spine.
Folks need to “purity test” candidates. Period.
Look at what policies candidates stand for and look at their donors.
This moment is not for politicians without a spine.
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This is a big deal.
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This is a big deal.
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This is flagrantly corrupt and illegal. There’s only one reason they would want to funnel dark money from stolen fossil fuel profits into offshore bank accounts. It’s because they’re stealing it.
January 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This is flagrantly corrupt and illegal. There’s only one reason they would want to funnel dark money from stolen fossil fuel profits into offshore bank accounts. It’s because they’re stealing it.
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Attached is the complete version of last Sunday's "Doonesbury" cartoon. I'd be interested to know if the print edition of your paper omitted the first two panels. Please let me know in the comments, and include the name of the paper.
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Attached is the complete version of last Sunday's "Doonesbury" cartoon. I'd be interested to know if the print edition of your paper omitted the first two panels. Please let me know in the comments, and include the name of the paper.
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The CFPB is the strongest ally working people have in federal government. I won't let the Trump Administration gut this agency and turn a blind eye to exploitation.
You deserve a government that prioritizes protecting you, not billionaires. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
You deserve a government that prioritizes protecting you, not billionaires. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
Mass. AG Campbell joins multi-state effort to protect feds' consumer watchdog
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "serves as a beacon for consumer protection and economic justice," state Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell said.
www.masslive.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The CFPB is the strongest ally working people have in federal government. I won't let the Trump Administration gut this agency and turn a blind eye to exploitation.
You deserve a government that prioritizes protecting you, not billionaires. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
You deserve a government that prioritizes protecting you, not billionaires. www.masslive.com/politics/202...
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The media need to stop beating their chests about how powerful our military is.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
January 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The media need to stop beating their chests about how powerful our military is.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
It's a point of pride when your country has a strong military that keeps the peace.
It's a source of shame when politicians turn your strong military into an international armed robbery gang.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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No community should be forced to bear the weight of a system that profits from human suffering.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
No community should be forced to bear the weight of a system that profits from human suffering.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
Private, for-profit prisons have no place in a fair and free democracy—and especially profiting off the suffering of an inhumane and undemocratic detention system.
Period.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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Please boycott my country and tell US airlines that you won’t waste money on a ticket to nowhere. Make the airlines lobby the administration to end this fascist madness. They will scream loudly when their lucrative international revenue dries up.
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Please boycott my country and tell US airlines that you won’t waste money on a ticket to nowhere. Make the airlines lobby the administration to end this fascist madness. They will scream loudly when their lucrative international revenue dries up.
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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
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CDC has switched sides in the war on infectious disease, now taking the side of the diseases
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
CDC has switched sides in the war on infectious disease, now taking the side of the diseases
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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VICTORY: After filing a lawsuit, we’ve reached an agreement preventing Trump’s Dept. of Education from revoking millions of dollars in education funding from our most vulnerable students.
We won’t stop fighting for our kids.
We won’t stop fighting for our kids.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
VICTORY: After filing a lawsuit, we’ve reached an agreement preventing Trump’s Dept. of Education from revoking millions of dollars in education funding from our most vulnerable students.
We won’t stop fighting for our kids.
We won’t stop fighting for our kids.
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It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s insane to treat the filibuster as the most sacrosanct.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
Article 1 power of the purse, oversight, and war? Nah.
Emoluments clauses? Bribery prohibition? Meh.
Criminal law? 14A? Doesn’t count.
But maybe the Senate changes a rule it has multiple times before? Gasp! Not that. Anything but that.
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Not a single thing to bring down prices. Not a single thing to lower rent. Not a single thing to make groceries, or electricity, or any of your bills lower.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not a single thing to bring down prices. Not a single thing to lower rent. Not a single thing to make groceries, or electricity, or any of your bills lower.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
Republicans have had 291 days. And all they’ve done is give tax breaks to billionaires.
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"We spoke with nine C-level U.S. airline executives and senior officials across six U.S. carriers for this story. They expressed varying degrees of skepticism, but none felt the cuts were without some level of political interference."
With little recourse, U.S. airline leaders skeptical of DOT flight cut justification theaircurrent.com/airlines/air... (via @willguisbond.com & @jonostrower.com) #staycurrent
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Transgender people have rights protected by the Constitution and the federal government's attempt to disgrace them is disgraceful.
We will continue to use every tool we have to protect everyone in the Commonwealth, including our trans community.
We will continue to use every tool we have to protect everyone in the Commonwealth, including our trans community.
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Transgender people have rights protected by the Constitution and the federal government's attempt to disgrace them is disgraceful.
We will continue to use every tool we have to protect everyone in the Commonwealth, including our trans community.
We will continue to use every tool we have to protect everyone in the Commonwealth, including our trans community.
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He’s saying taxpayers will step in and backstop their companies when the AI bubble bursts — as we have done so many times before.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
He’s saying taxpayers will step in and backstop their companies when the AI bubble bursts — as we have done so many times before.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.
Privatized upside, socialized downside. The oligarchs play us for suckers.