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WATCH: Chris Hayes on the growing prevalence of “secret police” in the Trump-Stephen Miller era of ICE raids: “They’re usually masked—hiding their faces—and either wearing plain clothes or irregular uniforms. They won't give their names or say what agency they're with.”

Look at this. Representative Rob Bresnahan said he would ban stock trading when he got into Congress in January. Since then, he's traded 530 times.

MURRAY: Will you allocate the $220m for literacy programs that Congress appropriated? McMAHON: We're looking at the unallocated dollars to determine which of those programs we can best spend on MURRAY: Those funds were appropriated. It looks to me like the dept is illegally impounding funding

If we stopped Kristi Noem from buying costumes and going on photo shoots, we could balance the budget.

Last night, Hillsborough County Public Schools held its first school board meeting since letters from state officials ordered books off shelves. Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard. You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365

Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor. He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down. The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him. This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies

Donald Trump is lashing out at Rand Paul this morning because Trump knows that he doesn’t have the votes to pass the bill in the Senate. Keep calling your Senators. Keep the pressure on.

The Department of Homeland Security is NOT making our country safer. They're ignoring immigration laws. They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process. They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population. They're hiding their faces.⬇️

Love this. Good people stepping up when the system fails our kids.

A brilliant profile of a dangerous idiot: Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

According to AP, the typical pay package for S&P 500 CEOs rose to $17M last year — an increase of 9.7%. At half of the companies surveyed, it would take the median worker 192 years to make what the CEO did in one year.  This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Watch this clip on all we will lose in science, thanks to Republicans in Congress. pbs.org/video/nasa-c...

GOP to America: Stop clinging to your healthcare and retirement. We are all going to die sometime. We’re just gonna make sure it happens sooner, and from a homeless shelter.

Do you think the masses will ever figure out how badly the billionaires are exploiting and manipulating them?

Remember this?🤨

If we Democratic minorities don’t unite and fight together, it would be the biggest mistake we can make. We don’t have a choice!! Set aside our differences and get Trump out! We can argue after he’s gone!!

Sooo. Apparently that asshole has been using the threat of tariffs to extort countries into cutting massive deals with Felon’s companies. And why not? He got away with extortion last time thanks to Mitch McConnell and Merrick Garland.

Start every day with this reality: EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined. #LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable ballotpedia.org/United_State...

Great move! Fellow Professors: Let’s all do it I’m offering Free Courses on anarchism this summer.

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington

ICYMI, the convicted felon in the White House is breaking laws every day, his party is ignoring it, courts are ruling against him, and he's ignoring the courts. That's where we are.

I wish this were the nadir but every day every indication is that it's going to get so, so much worse

Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?

Adriana Smith’s story MUST be told so America can understand what’s at stake when draconian abortion laws like the one in GA keep a brain dead pregnant woman on life support just so the fetus can be delivered. What kind of dystopian hellscape has Dobbs created? m.youtube.com/watch?v=wNYT...

DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research? RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research D: I just read them to you! R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

What scares me the most is how depressed and desperate people will become. They will find out the hard way Republicans issues don’t feed the hungry. Republicans issues only feed the rich.

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The very definition of evil is incarcerating for life in one of the worst hellholes on Earth men who did everything right. But it’s beyond evil—beyond demonic—to then not try to do anything to save the men you consigned to Hell, *and* to in fact libel and slander them daily when they cannot reply.

Who wants to slash Medicaid? NOBODY. Except the people in power. SHARE THIS!

Class and dignity in everything.

Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121

Jeffries on the $5m payout to Ashli Babbitt's family: "This settlement is just an extension of what they've previously done, which is to pardon violent felons who violently attacked the Capitol on January 6, including police officers."

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!

Devastating. The cowardice and the betrayal of an incomparable news brand.

The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.

Rep. LaMonica McIver being charged by Trump’s DOJ for “assaulting” a cop is particularly scary because it was all on camera with many witnesses and the administration feels comfortable enough to straight up lie with impunity and target a sitting congresswoman

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Absolutely 💯

Just a few weeks ago people were pitching Cory Booker as a front runner for the 2028 Dem presidential nomination. Tonight he was the only Senate Dem to vote to confirm Jared Kushner’s convict dad as ambassador to France. Sheesh.

🪧📯 HEAR ALL THE CAR HORNS! At Sunday's #HandsAcrossChicagoland, 18,000 people lined the streets between Illinois's 2 largest cities: Chicago & Aurora. People demanded an end to tyranny, cruelty, policies that kill people, devastating cuts in government services that will affect us all. #NoDictators

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (🎶) #MomSky DAY 18 MAY 2025 PRESIDENTJOSEPH ROBINETTE BIDEN We love you We wish "the strength to carry on🎶 Millions of us are holding you in our hearts Millions are praying Fight Joe, as you always have We are with you & your doctors 🎶 When a hero comes along 🎶