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" let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every [person] is free.: Langston Hughes
Twitter: @RoseCar1989
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every [person] is free.: Langston Hughes
Twitter: @RoseCar1989
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These are the real victims of Trump's unending crimes, as always its everyday people.
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
These are the real victims of Trump's unending crimes, as always its everyday people.
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That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?
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The regime’s saber rattling puts the lives of American troops and Latin American civilians at risk all so MAGA billionaires can hoard resources, expand their control, and line their own pockets.
This is an old playbook at work 1/5
This is an old playbook at work 1/5
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The regime’s saber rattling puts the lives of American troops and Latin American civilians at risk all so MAGA billionaires can hoard resources, expand their control, and line their own pockets.
This is an old playbook at work 1/5
This is an old playbook at work 1/5
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Whether you're in Chicago or Caracas or Kyiv, people should have freedom from military invasion whether the aggressor is foreign or domestic. But once again this regime is destroying lives to seize more power & hand more money to its billionaire backers.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Whether you're in Chicago or Caracas or Kyiv, people should have freedom from military invasion whether the aggressor is foreign or domestic. But once again this regime is destroying lives to seize more power & hand more money to its billionaire backers.
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Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Bombing another country and kidnapping its leader would also be wrong with Congressional approval. The outrage, and call for impeachment, should be over the evil and illegal outcome not merely the failure to follow the prescribed process.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
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January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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Trump: "Cuba is a very badly failing nation right now."
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Trump: "Cuba is a very badly failing nation right now."
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"Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe. Xi Jinping will draw his own conclusions."
Apparently this attack was originally planned for Christmas.
Apparently this attack was originally planned for Christmas.
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow. Vladimir Putin thinks the same of much of eastern Europe. Xi Jinping will draw his own conclusions."
Apparently this attack was originally planned for Christmas.
Apparently this attack was originally planned for Christmas.
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Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
January 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Criminals are running the country, and it’s going to get even worse. Get active now to stop the dictator or regret it for the rest of your life.
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L'Etat, c'est moi. That's where we are now. Trump acting like MBS, Putin, a monarch, where he and his family are enriching themselves by acquire/occupy/seize/rule/exploit Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland and what the f-ck Witkoff and Kushner are negotiating with Putin.
What are the odds the Trump Org already has six LLCs set up to use to enrich themselves through Venezuelan oil operations.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
L'Etat, c'est moi. That's where we are now. Trump acting like MBS, Putin, a monarch, where he and his family are enriching themselves by acquire/occupy/seize/rule/exploit Gaza, Venezuela, Greenland and what the f-ck Witkoff and Kushner are negotiating with Putin.
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Asked about accountability for senators’ toll records, Jack Smith replied that “who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump.”
Key passage
Key passage
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Asked about accountability for senators’ toll records, Jack Smith replied that “who should be accountable for this is Donald Trump.”
Key passage
Key passage
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1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S. Constitution in favor of Christian nationalist authoritarianism.
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December 27, 2025
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S. Constitution in favor of Christian nationalist authoritarianism.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And detainees are held for much long periods of time than needed so that these companies can charge more and make billions extra. It’s state sanctioned human trafficking.
Thank you to the entertainers that refuse to play at the Kennedy Center. This is how it's done. We can all hit them in their wallets.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Thank you to the entertainers that refuse to play at the Kennedy Center. This is how it's done. We can all hit them in their wallets.
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I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
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Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
December 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Filming them committing terrorism is now itself an act of terrorism?
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I like many of you have met, including in alleged intellectual contexts, people who say we owe everything we have to imperialism and when I say why don’t u say the same about slavery, I have yet to hear anyone who has a real answer
December 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I like many of you have met, including in alleged intellectual contexts, people who say we owe everything we have to imperialism and when I say why don’t u say the same about slavery, I have yet to hear anyone who has a real answer
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
“Trump appears to be disintegrating, rotting, collapsing before our eyes, mentally and physically, and Republicans in Congress—first of all with the vote to release the Epstein files—are breaking from him.”
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December 26, 2025
On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.
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December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Trump appears to be disintegrating, rotting, collapsing before our eyes, mentally and physically, and Republicans in Congress—first of all with the vote to release the Epstein files—are breaking from him.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly.
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December 25, 2025
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew Santa w...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The modern version of Santa Claus arrived in the United States in 1863, when he stopped at an army camp of Union soldiers in the January 3 issue of Harper’s Weekly.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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📢 #ResistAndRisingTogetherWeekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance
This week’s roundup is full of powerful wins, bold organizing, and people-powered progress in the fight for justice and democracy.
🌟 Let’s celebrate what’s possible and keep rising. buff.ly/azj8Mfb
This week’s roundup is full of powerful wins, bold organizing, and people-powered progress in the fight for justice and democracy.
🌟 Let’s celebrate what’s possible and keep rising. buff.ly/azj8Mfb
December 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
📢 #ResistAndRisingTogetherWeekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance
This week’s roundup is full of powerful wins, bold organizing, and people-powered progress in the fight for justice and democracy.
🌟 Let’s celebrate what’s possible and keep rising. buff.ly/azj8Mfb
This week’s roundup is full of powerful wins, bold organizing, and people-powered progress in the fight for justice and democracy.
🌟 Let’s celebrate what’s possible and keep rising. buff.ly/azj8Mfb
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I like how I say "happy holidays" because I don't want to sound like a dumbass american who doesn't know other cultures and MAGA thinks I'm trying to eradicate their own of which I grew up in
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I like how I say "happy holidays" because I don't want to sound like a dumbass american who doesn't know other cultures and MAGA thinks I'm trying to eradicate their own of which I grew up in