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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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Sometime around late September people began talking about it. It has only grown since then.
This month Blackout the System began to take hold.
A national call to boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
This month Blackout the System began to take hold.
A national call to boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sometime around late September people began talking about it. It has only grown since then.
This month Blackout the System began to take hold.
A national call to boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
This month Blackout the System began to take hold.
A national call to boycott Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
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Students at Georgetown University walk out to join DC's demand to end the military occupation. #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Students at Georgetown University walk out to join DC's demand to end the military occupation. #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
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This is an absolutely critical read. Please take a few minutes and do so.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is an absolutely critical read. Please take a few minutes and do so.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
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pro tip: if your government claims to have no money for children's heathcare but will eagerly waste millions on a gaudy military parade to stroke the fragile ego of a broken-inside president, you just might live in a shithole country
April 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
pro tip: if your government claims to have no money for children's heathcare but will eagerly waste millions on a gaudy military parade to stroke the fragile ego of a broken-inside president, you just might live in a shithole country
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this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
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985K migrants entered USA through the legal means during the previous administration. They followed the rules. They did everything right.
Trump just unilaterally revoked their legal status.
It was never about "legal" immigration. It was always about upholding white supremacy. This man is a fascist
Trump just unilaterally revoked their legal status.
It was never about "legal" immigration. It was always about upholding white supremacy. This man is a fascist
April 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
985K migrants entered USA through the legal means during the previous administration. They followed the rules. They did everything right.
Trump just unilaterally revoked their legal status.
It was never about "legal" immigration. It was always about upholding white supremacy. This man is a fascist
Trump just unilaterally revoked their legal status.
It was never about "legal" immigration. It was always about upholding white supremacy. This man is a fascist
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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The full verdict is now in and it is HUGE
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
Breaking: French far-right leader Le Pen banned from running for office after conviction
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her eight co-defendants have been found guilty of embezzlement, and the court has imposed a ban on holding public office - to take effect immediately.
www.thelocal.fr
March 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The full verdict is now in and it is HUGE
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
🇫🇷 Le Pen and co-defendants all guilty
🇫🇷 All banned from holding public office
🇫🇷 Ban takes effect immediately - in other words she cannot remain in politics while she spins out the appeals process
🇫🇷 She can, however, appeal to the Conseil Constitutionnel
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I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
March 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
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"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
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Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
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It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.
They know exactly what is going on.
Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.
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The girl was 12 years old.
He's one of Trump's biggest promoters and legitimizers.
He's prayed over Trump in the White House.
Trump's been to his church.
Greg Abbott tapped him on the anti-trans bathroom bills.
Now he faces 100+ years in prison.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch...
He's one of Trump's biggest promoters and legitimizers.
He's prayed over Trump in the White House.
Trump's been to his church.
Greg Abbott tapped him on the anti-trans bathroom bills.
Now he faces 100+ years in prison.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch...
Megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted on charges of "lewd acts" with a child
Robert Morris, a Donald Trump ally, now faces up to 100 years behind bars
www.friendlyatheist.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The girl was 12 years old.
He's one of Trump's biggest promoters and legitimizers.
He's prayed over Trump in the White House.
Trump's been to his church.
Greg Abbott tapped him on the anti-trans bathroom bills.
Now he faces 100+ years in prison.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch...
He's one of Trump's biggest promoters and legitimizers.
He's prayed over Trump in the White House.
Trump's been to his church.
Greg Abbott tapped him on the anti-trans bathroom bills.
Now he faces 100+ years in prison.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/megachurch...
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Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
March 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
@lhn.bsky.social has a guide for you:
www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
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A Southwest Airlines plane was forced to abort its landing this morning after a private jet taxied in front of it across the runway at Midway Airport in Chicago.
Whatever that guy from The Real World is doing with the FAA has gotta stop.
Whatever that guy from The Real World is doing with the FAA has gotta stop.
February 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A Southwest Airlines plane was forced to abort its landing this morning after a private jet taxied in front of it across the runway at Midway Airport in Chicago.
Whatever that guy from The Real World is doing with the FAA has gotta stop.
Whatever that guy from The Real World is doing with the FAA has gotta stop.
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All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
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He is a thug.
BRAVO to Maine Governor Janet Mills for slapping petty tyrant trump in the face with her calmly defiant "see you in court."
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE. 🔥🔥🔥
February 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
He is a thug.
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This is brutal.
CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
February 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is brutal.
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AGAIN: If they actually cared about the deficit they wouldn’t also be cutting trillions in taxes for the rich.
They think we are all very dumb.
They think we are all very dumb.
Elon Musk: "If we don't solve the deficit, there won't be money for medical care, there won't be money for social security ... it's gotta be solved or there's no medical care, there's no social security, there's no nothing. It's gotta be solved. It's not optional ... that's why I'm here."
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
AGAIN: If they actually cared about the deficit they wouldn’t also be cutting trillions in taxes for the rich.
They think we are all very dumb.
They think we are all very dumb.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shutdown protest:
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
February 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren addresses Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shutdown protest:
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."
"For every American who doesn't want some weird Elon Musk suck-up searching through your personal private data, this is your fight."