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An amazon living the Amazon.com-free lifestyle. Breaking the chains of consumerism in 2025! Breaking overactive capitalism one day at a time.
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In times like this, integrity matters. Well done 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 Top lawyers walked out of Paul Weiss to start their own firm—right after the firm cut a shady deal with the White House to dodge an executive order that would’ve limited its business. Some folks still have a spine.

A green card holder's wife told Newsweek ICE detained her husband during his final interview for U.S. citizenship.

An attorney described the scene as "mayhem," saying people who believed their cases had been dismissed were taken into custody.

Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaid—it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.

Jeffries: There are three big issues with the bill 1. It represents the largest cut to healthcare in American history. 2. It represents the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history. 3. All of this is being done to enact the largest tax break for billionaires in American history.

A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035.  Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.

The ICE detention center trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka were officially dropped this afternoon during a hearing in which a federal judge scolded prosecutors for nearly 10 minutes. Story: newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/ju...

Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son. nyer.cm/b7u1tIk

Africa is one big country to him.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

"It Is Going to Kill People": Disability Rights Activist Speaks Out on Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"

So what we have learned is that the Republican budget bill: - increases wealth for the richest 10% - decreases wealth for the poorest 10% - adds $3.8 TRILLION (greater than the total size of many foreign economies) to the deficit. What a f---ing disaster.

The Biden administration finalized the Minneapolis agreement in January 2025, just before leaving office.

In bizarre presser, DHS declined to confirm that the final destination of a migrant flight from Texas yesterday was South Sudan. But the ICE livestream of the press conference on YouTube was headlined: “DHS Press Conference on Migrant Flight to South Sudan” talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/ju...

Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jasmine Crockett: "That's why they hired everybody from Fox because all they're trying to do is put on a show. I want us to refocus our attention on the American people and stop demonizing every person that ends up in ICE custody."

I’m particularly proud of this lawsuit against the administration’s unprecedented, sweeping, and discriminatory terminations of NIH funding for LGBQTI+ health research. Our LGBTQI+ community knows all too well that silence equals death. But we will not be silenced. We will not be ignored.

🚨UPDATE: In a late-night court hearing, the Trump admin says that it deported the Burmese man to Burma, but is REFUSING to say where they deported the Vietnamese man, claiming it’s classified! The judge ordered ICE to tell everyone involved they may face criminal contempt.

"A Big, Ugly, Destructive, Deadly Bill": Bishop William Barber Slams Bill Cutting Medicaid, Medicare

It's the latest big company to back away from its diversity pledges to keep the U.S. government happy.

Target should reinstate their DEI programs & stay out of politics… Leaders in the Black faith community have called upon their followers to boycott Target after its retreat from DEI program, announced a series of peaceful protests outside of Target stores May 25. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

If I swam with my precious grandkids in a contaminated river, CPS would get involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

Democrats have been saying it for months And here it is-in black and white for all to see Republicans want to cut $715 billion from Medicaid Ripping away insurance from 13.7 million Americans Just to give billionaires like Elon Musk another tax break Don't Mess With Medicaid

"Trump claims he’s making America stronger; he insists no one can defy him. But here are people defying him, and they seem better off for it, not worse. It makes him look weak — and people are a lot more comfortable defying a president who seems weak than one who seems strong."

No merch sent to me or by me for Mother’s Day. I love my kids for respecting my wishes!

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u... Let the purging of cultural treasures begin.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

#BoycottAmazon

Dear Congress, Impeach him. Repeat until you get him out. Hint: Read that Constitution you all swore to uphold. It tells you how to do it.

The important thing is not buying from Amazon each day, one day at a time.

Protesters are rallying nationwide on Thursday with a focus on workers’ and immigrants’ rights in the latest round of demonstrations against Donald Trump and his administration.

How Deportation Works theonion.com/how-dep...

In the predominantly red rural town of Packwood, WA, 20 brave community members lined the highway on this May Day. With a population of 319 and it being the middle of the week, I am proud of our little town. @maddow.msnbc.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

Captain America and Uncle Sam have arrived, as has Elon Viper, at Penn Station. One more speaker and they will march to McKeldin Plaza. @thebaltimorebanner.com

On Thursday afternoon, thousands of protesters took to the streets of downtown Washington, DC, to rally against the Trump administration’s assault on immigrant workers and communities. @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social reports from the ground

Hundreds of protesters hit Baltimore’s streets for May Day marches: ‘This is just amazing’ Story here ---> tinyurl.com/hwu4jsnj

If the Supreme Court is going to force taxpayers to pay for religious education, they'd damn well better let the government tax churches.

Massive May Day pro-democracy protesters in Atlanta, Georgia (the US state) marched against the illegal Trump regime that's taken the US hostage. #3E #EndImpunity #MayDay

ICYMI: There were big protests today. And for many of the protesters, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case was emblematic of what they consider to be a broader attack on the rule of law, due process, and democratic principles. @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social was there in DC and spoke with many of them:

🚨🚨100 days of DOGE: — 250,000 workers exiting — 11 agencies gutted — 64 lawsuits filed — $160B in claimed savings — 8,500 contracts + 10,000 grants killed Yet government spending is still higher than last year. t.co/spexOMt2rR

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