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Republicans could stop this at any time.
Even a handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could stop this.
And TN is an obscenely gerrymandered state. Does anyone really believe that Nashville is Republican?
Even a handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could stop this.
And TN is an obscenely gerrymandered state. Does anyone really believe that Nashville is Republican?
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@midtnbluedot.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Japan just launched a power plant to convert salt water to energy.
China is building the world’s largest solar farm.
Finland just launched a sand battery for heating.
Nigeria is accessing geothermal energy.
Trump / GOP have their fingers in their ears and are yelling Drill Baby Drill.
China is building the world’s largest solar farm.
Finland just launched a sand battery for heating.
Nigeria is accessing geothermal energy.
Trump / GOP have their fingers in their ears and are yelling Drill Baby Drill.
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If the House passes a 3 year extension of the ACA tax credits - which they now have the votes to do - then @LeaderJohnThune has to call it up for a vote in the Senate.
GOP leaders have tried as hard as they can to hurt families, but the dam is breaking. Let's get this done.
GOP leaders have tried as hard as they can to hurt families, but the dam is breaking. Let's get this done.
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If the House passes a 3 year extension of the ACA tax credits - which they now have the votes to do - then @LeaderJohnThune has to call it up for a vote in the Senate.
GOP leaders have tried as hard as they can to hurt families, but the dam is breaking. Let's get this done.
GOP leaders have tried as hard as they can to hurt families, but the dam is breaking. Let's get this done.
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Pretty sure I'm not going to have health insurance in January thanks to the Republican Party.
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Pretty sure I'm not going to have health insurance in January thanks to the Republican Party.
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This is the most narcissistic, petty display ever.
It’s so obvious Trump is unwell, but what I don’t get is how this is allowed to happen to the people’s house. He’s a temporary occupant. He doesn’t own the joint.
It’s so obvious Trump is unwell, but what I don’t get is how this is allowed to happen to the people’s house. He’s a temporary occupant. He doesn’t own the joint.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This is the most narcissistic, petty display ever.
It’s so obvious Trump is unwell, but what I don’t get is how this is allowed to happen to the people’s house. He’s a temporary occupant. He doesn’t own the joint.
It’s so obvious Trump is unwell, but what I don’t get is how this is allowed to happen to the people’s house. He’s a temporary occupant. He doesn’t own the joint.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This is an important read by a researcher who has investigated the many deceptive and harmful practices of unregulated pregnancy centers in the US. It's astounding what these fake clinics are allowed to get away with.
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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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It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
![Wiles told me she’d read what she calls “the Epstein file.” And, she said, “[Trump] is in the file. And we know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful.” Wiles said that Trump “was on [Epstein’s] plane…he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever—I know it’s a passé word but sort of young, single playboys together.” (Trump started dating Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005, sometime in 1998. Virginia Giuffre, Epstein’s most prominent accuser, who died by suicide earlier this year, first met Epstein while she was a Mar-a-Lago spa worker in 2000. Trump and Epstein reportedly had a falling out in 2004.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicrr4rb4hqynyivvjewudmis2jiuzqt2gruaed3bgum7lklkpkeja@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It didn't get enough attention that Susie Wiles said she had read materials protected by grand jury secrecy and other protective orders.
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For 20 minutes, Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, “drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
For 20 minutes, Americans watched Donald Trump address the nation, “drenched in pure panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
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One of the biggest mistakes Dems made in transition is in not having Jack Smith testify openly about Jan6 before Durbin lost his gavel.
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
One of the biggest mistakes Dems made in transition is in not having Jack Smith testify openly about Jan6 before Durbin lost his gavel.
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House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
House Republicans are going on vacation and letting your health care subsidies lapse.
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Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Facts and the Law’: Jack Smith Defends Trump Prosecution In Closed Congressional Testimony
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Remember that 80% of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
More Than 3 in 4 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in States Won by President Trump in 2024
As Democrats push for an extension of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits, new data from KFF show the extent to which states won by Trump in 2024 have come to rely on the ACA Marketplaces and the t...
www.kff.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Remember that 80% of the ACA subsidies about to expire go to people in states that Trump won in 2024.
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
Time and time again, Trump and MAGA Republicans will sell out their own voters — all to fund massive tax cuts for the super rich. www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
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Quite the day for Patel to drop this new content.
The FBI has completely bungled the Brown shooting - the shooter is still at large! - just like the Kirk shooting.
Maybe that's because Patel is doing interviews like this instead of doing his job.
The FBI has completely bungled the Brown shooting - the shooter is still at large! - just like the Kirk shooting.
Maybe that's because Patel is doing interviews like this instead of doing his job.
December 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Quite the day for Patel to drop this new content.
The FBI has completely bungled the Brown shooting - the shooter is still at large! - just like the Kirk shooting.
Maybe that's because Patel is doing interviews like this instead of doing his job.
The FBI has completely bungled the Brown shooting - the shooter is still at large! - just like the Kirk shooting.
Maybe that's because Patel is doing interviews like this instead of doing his job.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard has quietly enacted a policy downgrading swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to “potentially divisive.” The manual is now in effect, despite public outrage and warnings after the draft was revealed last month. (Washington Post)
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Families are paying more and more for electricity, but instead of backing clean, cheap energy that would lower costs and deliver relief, Washington Republicans are siding with polluters over the American people.
December 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Families are paying more and more for electricity, but instead of backing clean, cheap energy that would lower costs and deliver relief, Washington Republicans are siding with polluters over the American people.
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Microsoft Updates Windows ‘To Stop Users Downloading Google Chrome’
Microsoft Updates Windows ‘To Stop Users Downloading Google Chrome’
Chrome is the default browser for most Windows users — now Microsoft wants to change that.
www.forbes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Microsoft Updates Windows ‘To Stop Users Downloading Google Chrome’
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This isn’t enforcement. This is harassment.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino Back In Chicago As Agents Target Southwest Side
Bovino returned with around 200 agents and descended on the Southwest Side Tuesday, where organizers said around 15 people were arrested. "It's going to be a merry Christmas in Chicago," Bovino told B...
blockclubchicago.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This isn’t enforcement. This is harassment.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
They’ve grabbed people off the street for how they look, separated families, and scarred communities with masked agents with guns.
I encourage everyone to do as they have — peacefully protect your neighborhoods and neighbors.
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This is progress. We must get this done as quickly as possible. If not, Republicans will have to explain to the American people why they allowed health insurance premiums to increase astronomically.
In my opinion, that is indefensible.
In my opinion, that is indefensible.
Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This is progress. We must get this done as quickly as possible. If not, Republicans will have to explain to the American people why they allowed health insurance premiums to increase astronomically.
In my opinion, that is indefensible.
In my opinion, that is indefensible.
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Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee
Making sense of the circus
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Jack Smith is testifying behind close doors because House GOP, who subpoenaed him refuse his request to testify publicly. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's abysmal jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
What's required is investment in working people — and better wages.
When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs.
Remember this.
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
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Gov Newsom announced that California has hired two former CDC leaders -- Susan Monarez, former CDC Director and Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC -- who publicly accused the Trump and RFK Jr of abandoning scientific standards.
Newsom Hires Two Top CDC Experts To Work For CA Health Dept.
Win/win for everyone!
tinyurl.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Gov Newsom announced that California has hired two former CDC leaders -- Susan Monarez, former CDC Director and Dr. Debra Houry, former chief medical officer of the CDC -- who publicly accused the Trump and RFK Jr of abandoning scientific standards.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM