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this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
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Republicans want you to forget they’re ripping health care away from over 16 million people while Trump wages a new endless war against Iran.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
June 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Republicans want you to forget they’re ripping health care away from over 16 million people while Trump wages a new endless war against Iran.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
That’s Republican leadership for you.
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Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much?
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
May 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much?
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs.
Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher.
Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.”
It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.
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Ugly, ugly stuff. They're collapsing the Department of Veterans Affairs and the largest integrated healthcare system in America.
Disarray at Department of Veterans Affairs imperils patient care, internal documents reveal
Unit closures, reduced hours of operation and exam backlogs reported after Trump administration reductions
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Ugly, ugly stuff. They're collapsing the Department of Veterans Affairs and the largest integrated healthcare system in America.
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Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" cuts Medicaid.
Cuts to health care for babies and new moms.
Cuts to heath care for seniors in nursing homes.
Cuts to health care for rural hospitals.
Cuts to health care for people with disabilities.
Republicans in Congress approved these cuts.
Cuts to health care for babies and new moms.
Cuts to heath care for seniors in nursing homes.
Cuts to health care for rural hospitals.
Cuts to health care for people with disabilities.
Republicans in Congress approved these cuts.
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" cuts Medicaid.
Cuts to health care for babies and new moms.
Cuts to heath care for seniors in nursing homes.
Cuts to health care for rural hospitals.
Cuts to health care for people with disabilities.
Republicans in Congress approved these cuts.
Cuts to health care for babies and new moms.
Cuts to heath care for seniors in nursing homes.
Cuts to health care for rural hospitals.
Cuts to health care for people with disabilities.
Republicans in Congress approved these cuts.
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Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US history—and it will result in hungry kids.
It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.
It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.
May 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US history—and it will result in hungry kids.
It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.
It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.
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Chutzpah is lying to dodge the draft and then asking the Army to celebrate your damn birthday.
May 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Chutzpah is lying to dodge the draft and then asking the Army to celebrate your damn birthday.
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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
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Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.