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“Over 250 million acres of public lands are eligible for sale in the bill, including local recreation areas, wilderness study areas and inventoried roadless areas.” www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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My kids know an American flag when they see one – but they don't yet know all that it represents. When they're old enough, here is what I'm going to tell them:

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WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” @lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet. Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...

submitted 8 days ago • 1193 comments

any medical grade mask is a good mask, but not all masks do everything you need them to do— learn your tools so you can use them well.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

🔥 LA PROTEST QUEEN 👸 TO ARMED NATIONAL GUARD IN LA: “This is how ridiculous you look!” Puts on a dinosaur costume 🦕 THEN: “What the hell is this? You’re Americans, aren’t you? Put down your weapons, don’t follow these fascists.” 🇺🇸 (Someone pls buy her a drink on us)

submitted 10 days ago • 90 comments

NEW: Virginia's two most populous cities voted Harris in November, and both have Republican sheriffs up for reelection this year, at a time where sheriffs are rushing to help ICE. There's no Democrat, or indy, challenging either sheriff. Main filing deadline passed; a final one is in two weeks.

submitted 13 days ago • 36 comments

Breaking: ABC News says senior national correspondent Terry Moran "has been suspended pending further evaluation." This since-deleted tweet is the reason for the suspension:

submitted 10 days ago • 2966 comments

VETERAN: “This is why they can’t wear masks. Because people like this exist… if you want to snatch people off the streets, do it in uniform, and show your damn face.” (@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)

submitted 11 days ago • 388 comments

Wait, they're gonna force employers to provide healthcare?!!! And what about retired people in their 70's and 80's? With Alzheimers? In nursing homes, like my mom was when she had Medicaid? Who are their employers? This is a blatant lie, and we're gonna hear it again and again.

submitted 13 days ago • 26 comments

Under our Constitution we have no kings, no queens, no emperors, no lords, no serfs, no slaves—just We the People. And those who aspire and attain to public office are nothing but the servants of the people.

submitted 13 days ago • 143 comments

Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer. 21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences. Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info

submitted 14 days ago • 41 comments

You can make a meaningful donation to Ukraine yourself, right here. u24.gov.ua

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments

Reminder to ICE: Do not lay hands on American citizens. Video, photos, and personal information have been recorded. Actions have consequences. If you have information to share, email [email protected]. Your safety is our top priority, never forget that.

submitted 15 days ago • 282 comments

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

submitted 15 days ago • 3360 comments

Resolution Copper is blocking comments and hiding replies from anyone calling out what they’re doing at Oak Flat. They’re trying to mine on sacred Native American land, with the government’s help, and don’t want the public to push back.

submitted 22 days ago • 91 comments

Murray to FDA Commissioner Makary: "I believe this administration is laying the groundwork to rip away access to medication abortion across the country. This has not gotten enough attention and I know you'd prefer to keep it that way."

submitted 27 days ago • 185 comments

Whoa! New polling shows that a majority of voters in EVERY SINGLE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT oppose cuts to Medicaid. Members of Congress should take note. ☎️ Flood the Capitol switchboard to voice your opposition to the bill from hell. 202-224-3121. Defend Medicaid! Defeat Cancer!

submitted 30 days ago • 628 comments

The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16. Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity. 202-224-3121.

submitted 31 days ago • 214 comments

Reminder to my friends. Blue Sky has a really nice feature that makes it really easy to remember to use ALT TEXT on your images. * go to Settings * Accessibility * Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting Set it once, you'll never forget again!

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”

submitted 67 days ago • 1113 comments

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

submitted 67 days ago • 464 comments

No, Trump isn't cratering our economy. The entire Republican Party is cratering our economy. The enablers deserve just as much blame as Trump.

submitted 71 days ago • 65 comments

Our Senate is in session until Thursday, then they are gone for the rest of April. So if you want to speak to them about changing leadership, doing something about all the atrocities happening here under Trump, today is a good day!

submitted 73 days ago • 7 comments

If folks had voted for the Black lady who wanted to tax the rich and give everyone else a tax cut, we wouldn’t be having this problem. This guy nails it. 🔥

submitted 74 days ago • 472 comments

Jeffries: The notion that everyday Americans need to absorb pain brought on by Donald Trump and his group of MAGA billionaires is ridiculous. Every single House and Senate Republican supporting this needs to be thrown out of office.

submitted 76 days ago • 271 comments

👇🏽

submitted 76 days ago • 435 comments

Burn it all to the ground and buy up the land and water and minerals at rock bottom prices. This a fire sale for the oligarchy. How do I know? They’ve already done it to rural America…

submitted 77 days ago • 597 comments

I wonder how many people realize the tariff on auto parts causes car insurance premiums to go up?

submitted 77 days ago • 1285 comments

7:19!

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Hi folks: Facebook appears to be taking down my posts. Please remember they are available for free here (no paywall), and can be received by email (also free-- just don't put in your credit card information). I guess if I'm being banned I'm doing something right?

submitted 78 days ago • 569 comments

Steve wakes up and chooses violence

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This is the best use of 2 minutes and 15 seconds of your time today! Please watch it yourself and then share it. 💗

submitted 82 days ago • 21 comments

weird how I was screamed at all morning by people who told me Trump was adhering to court orders, and that me pointing out that he was not was just doomerism and obeying in advance. People really are not at all interested in being honest. Just about feeling good in their status quo bubble.

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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

submitted 84 days ago • 1901 comments

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Today’s Democratic Daily Download recaps our Medicaid Day of Action. House Democrats joined Senators and Governors across the country to stand up against the Trump-endorsed Republican Budget that cuts Medicaid by $880 Billion. To follow along: www.youtube.com/@HouseDemocrats

submitted 91 days ago • 32 comments

Violating the law and the Constitution, Trump purports to have closed Radio Free/Radio Liberty, a medium which is the source of much of what we known about Russia and the post-communist world. Stanislav Aseyev was arrested in Russian-occupied Ukraine and tortured for his reporting for Radio Liberty.

submitted 91 days ago • 36 comments

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

submitted 91 days ago • 3308 comments

When you erase the history of the code talkers, you are erasing the history of the Second World War. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

submitted 92 days ago • 968 comments

"The language that is being used has a specific resonance, which, historically, has been used to change regime type. It is important that the rights of human beings were violated. It is important that the rule of law was ignored. It is important that the executive is trying to define reality."

submitted 93 days ago • 57 comments

Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type. snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...

submitted 93 days ago • 124 comments