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Thanks to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, millions of adults aged 55 to 64 may now be locked out of SNAP if they’re not able to work.
And in a one-two punch, the USDA has terminated its annual food insecurity survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating Trump’s cuts will be.
And in a one-two punch, the USDA has terminated its annual food insecurity survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating Trump’s cuts will be.
Trump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cuts
The agency's food insecurity survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said.
www.motherjones.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Thanks to Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, millions of adults aged 55 to 64 may now be locked out of SNAP if they’re not able to work.
And in a one-two punch, the USDA has terminated its annual food insecurity survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating Trump’s cuts will be.
And in a one-two punch, the USDA has terminated its annual food insecurity survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating Trump’s cuts will be.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Here are five things you can do today to bend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-lVRQQGtI
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
People are constantly asking me — what can I do?Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical step
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January 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Here are five things you can do today to bend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-lVRQQGtI
Join me at Solidarity Free America Walkout action.womensmarch.com/events/solid...
Solidarity Free America Walkout
Can't walk-out? Not working? Fired, laid-off, stay at home parent, retired or other situation? That doesn't mean you can't participate in solidarity! Our collective wallets can speak for u...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Wish that members of this lunatic administration had the same energy about "complying with law enforcement " when it came to the insurrectionist who stormed the Capitol and assaulted law me and my coworkers. The mental gymnastics these clowns do is exhausting. Renee Nicole Good was murdered
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Wish that members of this lunatic administration had the same energy about "complying with law enforcement " when it came to the insurrectionist who stormed the Capitol and assaulted law me and my coworkers. The mental gymnastics these clowns do is exhausting. Renee Nicole Good was murdered
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During the height of America's homelessness crisis in the 90's, Robin Williams asked if he could testify before the Senate.
Whoopi Goldberg was by his side.
It's the most powerful two minutes you'll see today...
Whoopi Goldberg was by his side.
It's the most powerful two minutes you'll see today...
July 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
During the height of America's homelessness crisis in the 90's, Robin Williams asked if he could testify before the Senate.
Whoopi Goldberg was by his side.
It's the most powerful two minutes you'll see today...
Whoopi Goldberg was by his side.
It's the most powerful two minutes you'll see today...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Tuesday was a great day at the ballot box for the planet, with climate-friendly initiatives and candidates winning nationwide.
Election Day was a win for the climate
The results were a clear repudiation of the Trump administration's corrupt energy policies.
www.motherjones.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Tuesday was a great day at the ballot box for the planet, with climate-friendly initiatives and candidates winning nationwide.
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“The billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30-an-hour that their enemies are those earning $20-an-hour. They want the people to fight amongst ourselves so that we remain distracted from the work of remaking a long, broken system.”
-Zohran Mamdani
-Zohran Mamdani
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The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
The president and his allies came after him.
Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.
He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.
His politics can win anywhere.
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Trump wants to use the Navy to build $10B worth of migrant detention camps.
Let me get this straight: we "can't afford" to invest in public programs that make housing or healthcare more affordable — but we have endless funds to detain migrants and enrich defense contractors?
Let me get this straight: we "can't afford" to invest in public programs that make housing or healthcare more affordable — but we have endless funds to detain migrants and enrich defense contractors?
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy | CNN Politics
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a s
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October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump wants to use the Navy to build $10B worth of migrant detention camps.
Let me get this straight: we "can't afford" to invest in public programs that make housing or healthcare more affordable — but we have endless funds to detain migrants and enrich defense contractors?
Let me get this straight: we "can't afford" to invest in public programs that make housing or healthcare more affordable — but we have endless funds to detain migrants and enrich defense contractors?
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Thank you National Hurricane Center, NWS and flight crews working to warn us about #HurricaneMelissa even as the government remains shutdown
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thank you National Hurricane Center, NWS and flight crews working to warn us about #HurricaneMelissa even as the government remains shutdown
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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Project 2025’s roadmap for dismantling American government is 47% complete, according to the website Project 2025 Tracker.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass? https://youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?feature=shared
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass? https://youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?feature=shared
Project 2025: The MAGA Plan to Take Your Freedom | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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August 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Project 2025’s roadmap for dismantling American government is 47% complete, according to the website Project 2025 Tracker.
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass? https://youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?feature=shared
Remember when Trump denied knowing about the authoritarian playbook and many pundits and politicians gave him a pass? https://youtu.be/XmZm3zeSSDc?feature=shared
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
August 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
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George Retes is an American citizen and a disabled U.S. Army veteran.
ICE agents dragged him out of his car, pepper sprayed him, and forced him to sit in detention for 3 days.
If they'll do that to Mr. Retes, what will they do to you and your family?
ICE agents dragged him out of his car, pepper sprayed him, and forced him to sit in detention for 3 days.
If they'll do that to Mr. Retes, what will they do to you and your family?
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter I was a citizen, or a veteran, or that I identified who I was. They ignored everything I said, and they broke my window and they dragged me out. I let them know that I was a veteran and I wasn't doing anything wrong, I'm just trying to get to work
July 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and a disabled U.S. Army veteran.
ICE agents dragged him out of his car, pepper sprayed him, and forced him to sit in detention for 3 days.
If they'll do that to Mr. Retes, what will they do to you and your family?
ICE agents dragged him out of his car, pepper sprayed him, and forced him to sit in detention for 3 days.
If they'll do that to Mr. Retes, what will they do to you and your family?
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Ousted members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices describe RFK Jr.’s first meeting—featuring anti-vaccine presenters pushing unfounded claims.
They now call for the creation of an independent vaccine panel outside the federal government.
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They now call for the creation of an independent vaccine panel outside the federal government.
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Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr.
Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become.
zurl.co
July 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ousted members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices describe RFK Jr.’s first meeting—featuring anti-vaccine presenters pushing unfounded claims.
They now call for the creation of an independent vaccine panel outside the federal government.
zurl.co/x2itL
They now call for the creation of an independent vaccine panel outside the federal government.
zurl.co/x2itL
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Last night, Tucson’s The Loft Cinema showed The Last Class to its sold-out 360-person theater, so today, it excitedly announced an encore screening. Here is the most up-to-date list of upcoming screenings. open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...
"An antidote to despair!"
Your reviews of The Last Class film about Robert Reich
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July 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Last night, Tucson’s The Loft Cinema showed The Last Class to its sold-out 360-person theater, so today, it excitedly announced an encore screening. Here is the most up-to-date list of upcoming screenings. open.substack.com/pub/thelastc...
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"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
The Wise Words of Superman
I watched the greatest Superman, Christopher Reeve, deliver this speech about what "family values" really means at the 1
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July 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"America does not let its needy citizens fend for themselves."
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
Watch this 1996 DNC speech from Superman actor Christopher Reeve about the need to support public medical research.
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Abrego Garcia’s lawyers are back in court with a brief that unstintingly puts the government on a collision course with the courts’ authority. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers are back in court with a brief that unstintingly puts the government on a collision course with the courts’ authority. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This happened because of you. You protested at TeslaTakedowns and made his name and his company’s product reviled. You protested outside federal agencies slated for DOGE cuts. You barred doors, protected data. You sued and won. You WORE HIM OUT.
Don’t let them spin it any other way.
Don’t let them spin it any other way.
Breaking News: Elon Musk is leaving* the Trump administration.
*he was fired
*he was fired
Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, White House official says - NewsBreak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading a tumultuous efficiency drive during which he upended several federal agencies but failed to…
www.newsbreak.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This happened because of you. You protested at TeslaTakedowns and made his name and his company’s product reviled. You protested outside federal agencies slated for DOGE cuts. You barred doors, protected data. You sued and won. You WORE HIM OUT.
Don’t let them spin it any other way.
Don’t let them spin it any other way.