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The state of California needs to arrest the DHS "security" forces for assault and every Democrat in the U.S. Senate needs to sign onto a campaign to impeach Kristi Noem. Right fucking now.

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Maybe quit voting for their fucking bills then? Maybe quit confirming their nominees? Maybe shut down the Senate with the many procedural tools available to you? Maybe do something other than send sternly worded letters?

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"[Troops] have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

submitted 1 day ago • 2736 comments

We are marching to Senator Thune’s office. There must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal.

submitted 1 day ago • 990 comments

I don't think people have any idea how much of America's economy is fueled by undocumented immigrants working hard jobs that many Americans don't want. www.facebook.com/watch?v=1913...

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House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.

submitted 1 day ago • 1587 comments

Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

submitted 3 days ago • 284 comments

The entire right wing is lockstep in breaking the law to push this authoritarian shift on us. Every senator, every representative. Trump is intentionally laying the groundwork for martial law and the entire GOP Congress aiding him.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

The new school 2025-2026 year will be filled with students, staff, and teachers with constant anxiety, dread, and severe mental health issues worrying about their family members and themselves. I teach at a large LA Area high school with over 75% Hispanic population!!!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Very Well Said…..😊💙

submitted 7 days ago • 213 comments

I've been off this a long time, and I may not be back. I suddenly have hundreds of followers for no reason I can think of. I don't have the time or patience to check them all out.

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Contacted my #Westvirginia Senators and my congressperson about bringing back funding for Head Start, and also why they said they were meeting with constituents when they aren't.

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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

submitted 40 days ago • 164 comments

#charleston #WestVirginia #GazetteMail article about how the tech bros at Trump's inauguration have lost billions of dollars of their companies' value since then. #Schadenfraude!

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Shabbat tonight and 7th day of Passover. Also Good Friday on the Christian calendar and Easter Sunday. I wish everyone a spiritual weekend. Let's take a pause and come back Monday ready to fight fascism.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

President Trump promised to cap credit card interest rates, but his Administration just rubber-stamped the creation of the nation's largest credit card company––meaning higher interest rates and junk fees. Another win for Trump's Wall Street friends at the expense of consumers.

submitted 56 days ago • 43 comments

She says it all.

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No sign of #WestVirginia's two #Republican Congresspeople. Meanwhile, huge layoffs from government agencies, in a state with low workforce participation. I guess the coal barons are happy to be rid of #NIOSH, which tested miners for black lung and generally worked on workforce safety.

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It's not just that Trump's ICE mistakenly sent a man to a prison in El Salvador . . . it's that they are refusing to correct their error and bring him back. If they can do this to him, they can do it to us . . . to you and your family. Trump must be reigned in. Congress must grow a spine.

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

Being able to heat your home in the winter is not a luxury. It is a matter of life and death. Trump and Musk’s decision to arbitrarily fire every worker in the office that helps working class and low income people heat their homes is outrageous.

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I'll be there- #Morgantown, #WestVirginia

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

submitted 73 days ago • 1419 comments

We're here, we're queer, we're not going anywhere.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

I would forgive the gay porn if he weren't bowing down to President Musk and screwing up his job.

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Two memorial services this weekend for people who got very sick and died. One was 6 years older than me; the other two years older. I go to all of these because A) I respected these people and want to be of comfort to their families and B) My husband is the rabbi. Still, it's scary ro be this old.

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We were in #Florida last week. Beautiful weather, ocean. We visited 6 or 7 of my cousins, who all live in different cities. Biggest complaint from the cousins: too many of their neighbors have gone #MAGA and they can't even speak too them anymore.

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Why was the veteran's march on Washington not covered by any major news outlets. Is our media scared to cover anything anti Trump? wtop.com/dc/2025/03/v...

submitted 89 days ago • 7 comments

RFK Jr. giving disastrous advice that would allow the bird flu to mutate and infect and kill humans. Idiot. Such a flaming idiot. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

submitted 87 days ago • 8 comments

Why Tennessee is a dying state.

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Gal Godot is a great actress. She is "Wonder Woman." And yes, stars on the Walk of Fame are bought and paid for by the studios.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Donald Trump just illegally fired two independent commissioners at the FTC who fight big corporations that abuse consumers and workers. Why? Trump's billionaire donors expect a return on their investment. He works for them, not you. The courts must reinstate the commissioners.

submitted 87 days ago • 153 comments

We were in court yesterday continuing our challenge against the Trump administration's misuse of the Alien Enemies Act to carry out their mass deportation agenda. Our fight continues.

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More than two dozen House Democrats are demanding that Pete Hegseth immediately halt what they say is an unconstitutional and "Orwellian" purge of books in K-12 schools run by the Defense Dept ― an effort aimed at erasing diversity and LGBTQ+ people. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

submitted 87 days ago • 29 comments

Notice to the current administration: Cut my #SocialSecurity benefit and I will spend as little as possible until y'all are voted out of office and my benefits are restored. I'm younger than the President and hope I outlive him.

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Visiting family on the east and west coasts of #Florida. Many of my relatives have shut out their neighbors who loudly proclaim they support the current President. My husband would live here for the weather. I'm against it for the politics.

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👇🏽

submitted 95 days ago • 90 comments

& then the Canadians turned the heat.... UP

submitted 95 days ago • 696 comments

Correct ⤵️⤵️⤵️

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Bernie Sanders: "I think this is a prelude not only to cutting benefits, but to privatizing Social Security ... why do you lie so much about Social Security? Why do you make it look like it's a broken system? The reason is to get people to lose faith in the system so you can give it over to Wall St"

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In #Tampa today. We heard on the news that Gov. DeSantis asked in his state of the state address to lower the age one can buy a gun back to 18. It was raised to 21 after the shootings of high school students by one of their own in #Parkland. What's more important, children's lives or guns?

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Left-wing censorship was a fantasy, but the right-wing censorship is real, unconstitutional, and murderous. There was no majority anti-conservative social media bias or casual forced use of words like “birthing person.” But stripping protest rights and official language is actual deadly censorship

submitted 101 days ago • 34 comments

Trump has gutted the Justice Department and FBI of upstanding leaders . . . now he wants to sell their building headquarters. It's insanity and every day I get more angry at the voters who enabled this. wjla.com/news/local/g...

submitted 101 days ago • 8 comments

It feels impossible to explain to others how many trans people, already living in a world that hates and fears us, are completely on edge right now, every minute of every day, waiting for the eventual Trump order for our complete eradication.

submitted 102 days ago • 14 comments