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NYE, 2025:
Who better to give us a message of inspiration and hope than Jane Goodall? I hope her last message gives all of you some perspective and motivation needed to look forward to 2026.
💙 CB
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The Blue Tsunami continues!!! 🌊🌊🌊
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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No, Trump did not end taxes on Social Security
No, Trump did not end taxes on Social Security
Watching President Donald Trump’s speech on national television and Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at the Turning Point event in Arizona, we identified with Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day. For those who have not seen the movie, Murray plays a TV weatherman who is trapped reliving the same day, day after day. We felt exactly like Murray when both Trump and Vance claimed once again that they ended taxes on Social Security. Time after time, fact-checkers and news outlets have pointed out that contrary to Trump and Vance’s claims, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) did not eliminate taxes on Social Security. Most recently, Factcheck.org on December 18 reported that:Trump called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act he signed in July “perhaps the most sweeping legislation ever passed in Congress” and touted provisions that include “no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.” (As we have said, fewer seniors would pay taxes on Social Security benefits, but millions of Americans would still have to pay.) On December 21, Yahoo Finance was quite blunt in assessing Trump’s failure to deliver on his promise to end taxes on Social Security:Prior to and following his inauguration for a non-consecutive second term, Trump had promised to end the most disliked aspect of Social Security. While his plan received nothing short of thunderous applause and overwhelming support from seniors, he ultimately failed to deliver on his vow when the flagship “big, beautiful bill” was signed into law. MSN back in July forcefully explained why the OBBB could not have eliminated taxes on Social Security:First and foremost, the idea that the megabill eliminates federal taxes on Social Security—a claim Trump has made repeatedly of late—is plainly false. In fact, congressional Republicans relied on the budget reconciliation process to advance the package, and it’s procedurally impossible to change Social Security through this complex process. Rather, as the New York Times reported, “older single filers will get the extra $6,000 deduction ($12,000 for couples), as long as their income falls under a certain ceiling (below $75,000 for single filers or $150,000 for married joint filers). Above those income levels, the deduction begins to decrease, and it goes away once single taxpayers’ income reaches $175,000 ($250,000 for couples).” What’s more, the deduction benefit won’t apply for Social Security recipients younger than 65. Will the Trump administration continue to misrepresent the impact of the OBBB on Social Security? If the past several months is any guide, the answer is an unequivocal yes. Perhaps the Trump administration, to borrow another pop cultural reference, is operating on the George Costanza principle. For those not familiar with the comedy show Seinfeld, Costanza, a hapless character who constantly misrepresents things, explains that he operates on the principle that “it’s not a lie if you believe it.”
www.alternet.org
December 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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As @GovBillLee thanks Trump for $50 Billion for rural health, keep in mind he’s hoping we forget they just cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid to give tax cuts to the rich

$1 TRILLION > $50 BILLION

Again: They think we all have goldfish brains 🧠
December 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Feliz Cumpleaños to my dear friend, @santiagomayer.com!
Thrilled I was able to take part in Voters of Tomorrow reaching their goal!

Please 🙏🏽 keep supporting VOT as we head into 2026 - the youth vote for Democracy is VITAL (especially with the widow Kirk & tpoosa in American high schools).
I turn ✨24✨ today! And you know I always use this day to try and raise funds for
Voters of Tomorrow!

I’m trying to raise $24,000 for 24, with every penny going towards persuading and mobilizing Gen Z voters in the seats most likely to flip.

votersoftomorrow.org/birthday
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Adelita Grijalva hit the nail on the head: True troop support means funding veterans' health & housing, not slashing it! Let's keep backing our vets, their families, and the federal workers who serve them. #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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A real president does this.

Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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All stick no carrot
Q: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?"

Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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“Let them go a month without meals. Maybe they will get a job”

First, many SNAP recipients have jobs. They’re just living below the poverty line because of tremendous wealth inequality.

Second, many are disabled and children and can’t work.

Third, no one should starve to death.
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.

Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
May we never forget their sacrifices and services to our country.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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When politicians disrupt SNAP, they endanger 5 million older adults in the program. A huge number of people living with Alzheimer's disease or a related cause of dementia will go hungry. If you aren't angry, you aren't paying attention

#Alzheimers #dementia #hunger #SNAP #CrueltyIsThePoint
When SNAP benefits run out, 'people can die,' say health experts
“People can die” from even short gaps in nutrition and food access, experts say ahead of SNAP benefits not going out in November in at least 25 states.
www.statnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Outside Portland’s ICE facility, cardboard headstones line the fence, each one honoring a person who died in ICE custody.
These aren’t statistics. They’re our neighbors.
We stand against cruelty. We demand humanity. 💙
#BlueCrew #ICE #AbolishICE #JusticeForAll #SayTheirNames #Portland
October 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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‘We’ve Got to Do Something!’ GOP Lawmakers Call Out Party’s ‘Morally Bankrupt’ Inaction On Health Care Costs.

www.mediaite.com/media/news/w...
GOP Melting Down About Party Not Acting to Lower HealthCosts
Manu Raju has been talking to GOP lawmakers who are worried about there being no definitive plan to address rising health care costs over tax credits.
www.mediaite.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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October 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM