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Crockett: The speaker, he loves to run when things get tough. That's not leadership. That's cowardice. And so that is what he's decided to do—we are supposed to be in till Friday. He has decided that our last day is going to be tomorrow…
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Crockett: The speaker, he loves to run when things get tough. That's not leadership. That's cowardice. And so that is what he's decided to do—we are supposed to be in till Friday. He has decided that our last day is going to be tomorrow…
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Cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social.
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Cartoon by @anntelnaes.bsky.social.
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Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas.
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day’s work.
With @texastribune.org
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All those words when he could’ve just said: fuck your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant.
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All those words when he could’ve just said: fuck your health care and your grocery bills. Get a third job, peasant.
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“No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people," and President FDR believed the test of progress is "whether we provide enough for those who have too little”
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people," and President FDR believed the test of progress is "whether we provide enough for those who have too little”
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I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!
To replace New York’s archbishop, Chicago-born pope looks to home turf
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Halleluyah!
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Halleluyah!
To replace New York’s archbishop, Chicago-born pope looks to home turf
Ronald Hicks, widely seen as a moderate, will replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent conservative who has been supportive of President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
To replace New York’s archbishop, Chicago-born pope looks to home turf
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Halleluyah!
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Halleluyah!
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Leaving Congress didn’t give me all the answers. It forced me to ask better questions.
Here are the first ten things I’ve learned about myself, politics, and humanity since the lights went out.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Here are the first ten things I’ve learned about myself, politics, and humanity since the lights went out.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The First Ten Things I’ve Learned Since Leaving Congress
What politics, loss, and distance taught me about myself, power, and being human
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Leaving Congress didn’t give me all the answers. It forced me to ask better questions.
Here are the first ten things I’ve learned about myself, politics, and humanity since the lights went out.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Here are the first ten things I’ve learned about myself, politics, and humanity since the lights went out.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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How we feel about this is how the whole rest of the world feels about Americans.
December 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
How we feel about this is how the whole rest of the world feels about Americans.
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clerk.house.gov/DischargePet...
As THE REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP....
THEY ARE TELLING AMERICANS LOUD AND CLEAR
THEY WOULD RATHER GIVE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES
REPUBLICANS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES
THEY REFUSED EVEN AFTER THERE WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT !!!
As THE REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP....
THEY ARE TELLING AMERICANS LOUD AND CLEAR
THEY WOULD RATHER GIVE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES
REPUBLICANS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES
THEY REFUSED EVEN AFTER THERE WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT !!!
Discharge Petition No. 10, Bill Number: H.Res. 780, 119th Congress
SPONSOR: Hakeem S. Jeffries DESCRIPTION: Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XV, I, Hakeem S. Jeffries, move to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of the resolution entitled, a resoluti...
clerk.house.gov
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
clerk.house.gov/DischargePet...
As THE REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP....
THEY ARE TELLING AMERICANS LOUD AND CLEAR
THEY WOULD RATHER GIVE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES
REPUBLICANS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES
THEY REFUSED EVEN AFTER THERE WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT !!!
As THE REPUBLICANS AND TRUMP....
THEY ARE TELLING AMERICANS LOUD AND CLEAR
THEY WOULD RATHER GIVE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES
REPUBLICANS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES
THEY REFUSED EVEN AFTER THERE WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT !!!
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KIM: I want to read you a quote & see if you agree with it. 'Congress long ago determined that the FCC is an independent expert agency.' Is that correct?
CARR: Senator, there has been a sea change in the law & approach since I wrote that sentence
KIM: Yes you did. You said it in front of Congress
CARR: Senator, there has been a sea change in the law & approach since I wrote that sentence
KIM: Yes you did. You said it in front of Congress
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
KIM: I want to read you a quote & see if you agree with it. 'Congress long ago determined that the FCC is an independent expert agency.' Is that correct?
CARR: Senator, there has been a sea change in the law & approach since I wrote that sentence
KIM: Yes you did. You said it in front of Congress
CARR: Senator, there has been a sea change in the law & approach since I wrote that sentence
KIM: Yes you did. You said it in front of Congress
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Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago.
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago.
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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Starving pregnant women ate mud as Trump aides whose cuts fueled crisis got $35K to travel
Five months earlier, some of the visiting aides had celebrated USAID’s destruction over cake and speeches in Washington.
www.rawstory.com/starving-pre...
Five months earlier, some of the visiting aides had celebrated USAID’s destruction over cake and speeches in Washington.
www.rawstory.com/starving-pre...
Starving pregnant women ate mud as Trump aides whose cuts fueled crisis got $35K to travel
On July 18, a mild, overcast night in Nairobi, Kenya, a team of President Donald Trump’s top foreign aid advisers ducked into a meeting room at the Tribe Hotel, their luxury accommodations in the city...
www.rawstory.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Starving pregnant women ate mud as Trump aides whose cuts fueled crisis got $35K to travel
Five months earlier, some of the visiting aides had celebrated USAID’s destruction over cake and speeches in Washington.
www.rawstory.com/starving-pre...
Five months earlier, some of the visiting aides had celebrated USAID’s destruction over cake and speeches in Washington.
www.rawstory.com/starving-pre...
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Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Severe foreign aid cuts imposed this year by U.S. President Donald Trump, along with funding reductions from other countries, shuttered thousands of schools and youth training centers in camps for Rohingya in Bangladesh and crippled child protection programs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.
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Rep. Mike Lawler says House Speaker Mike Johnson is correct in saying the health care system isn't working, but allowing ACA subsidies to expire without a plan to address rising costs is "idiotic." n.pr/4p4Ojqr
GOP House Rep. says it's 'unacceptable' to allow ACA subsidies to expire
Rep. Mike Lawler says House Speaker Mike Johnson is correct in saying the health care system isn't working, but allowing ACA subsidies to expire without a plan to address rising costs is "idiotic."
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Rep. Mike Lawler says House Speaker Mike Johnson is correct in saying the health care system isn't working, but allowing ACA subsidies to expire without a plan to address rising costs is "idiotic." n.pr/4p4Ojqr
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True dat 😡
As congressional hearings go on in public today and can be watched live online by everyone, Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors despite his written request to appear in public because Republicans don’t want the American people (again) to hear him destroy their lies.
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
True dat 😡
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Trump's declaration of a naval blockade on Venezuela is an act of war -- and an illegal one, with no congressional approval.
TODAY the House is voting to invoke the War Powers Act, stop the march to war, and hold Trump accountable.
Write your rep NOW: secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/support-bi...
TODAY the House is voting to invoke the War Powers Act, stop the march to war, and hold Trump accountable.
Write your rep NOW: secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/support-bi...
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Trump's declaration of a naval blockade on Venezuela is an act of war -- and an illegal one, with no congressional approval.
TODAY the House is voting to invoke the War Powers Act, stop the march to war, and hold Trump accountable.
Write your rep NOW: secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/support-bi...
TODAY the House is voting to invoke the War Powers Act, stop the march to war, and hold Trump accountable.
Write your rep NOW: secure.rightsanddissent.org/a/support-bi...
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YES !!!
We all KNEW that.
We all KNEW that.
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
YES !!!
We all KNEW that.
We all KNEW that.
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From The Cato Institute: DHS clearly has an official national policy of threatening people who attempt to follow, record, document, and protest their activities. The DOJ calls this “domestic terrorism”. Check out this report, where Cato’s David Bier lays out the facts ➡️ ow.ly/RP8Q50XKslv
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
From The Cato Institute: DHS clearly has an official national policy of threatening people who attempt to follow, record, document, and protest their activities. The DOJ calls this “domestic terrorism”. Check out this report, where Cato’s David Bier lays out the facts ➡️ ow.ly/RP8Q50XKslv
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
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PragerU and TPUSA received over $2M to create media targeting Gen Z voters with far-right content.
We desperately need Democratic donors to step up and begin investing in youth.
We desperately need Democratic donors to step up and begin investing in youth.
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
PragerU and TPUSA received over $2M to create media targeting Gen Z voters with far-right content.
We desperately need Democratic donors to step up and begin investing in youth.
We desperately need Democratic donors to step up and begin investing in youth.
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The military will now willingly murder any US citizen Trump decides to call a terrorist:
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The military will now willingly murder any US citizen Trump decides to call a terrorist:
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...