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Independent, progressive, childless cat lady, medic’s wife. Here for animals pics and politics.
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How on earth can this country still hold the World Cup and Olympics next year??

submitted 1 day ago • 1096 comments

If Abrego Garcia committed a crime, he should be charged and tried. I wondered reading this headline why they didn't just do this in the first place, and then read the article to discover that they only began the investigation in April, after he was deported.

submitted 3 days ago • 272 comments

WOW. Breaking news from ABC that has the potential to cast serious doubts on today’s indictment of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

submitted 3 days ago • 156 comments

I’m enjoying this as much as anyone, but seems very likely they do some big show of squashing the beef within, like, a week.

submitted 4 days ago • 888 comments

Trump math: $1M dinner + lots of kissing up = 1 pardon + erasing a $4.4M penalty. To Trump, it doesn't matter that Walczak stole millions from the paychecks of nurses and doctors to pay for a yacht. All that matters is how much money his family paid Trump.

submitted 12 days ago • 68 comments

Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

submitted 12 days ago • 547 comments

Just fyi… when the Democrats passed their healthcare bill in the middle of the night it sparked the tea party. GOP is toast for this… IF the Dems can get their crap together

submitted 18 days ago • 608 comments

Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

submitted 19 days ago • 1284 comments

Cases of measles, salmonella, listeria, and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country. But since Trump's inauguration, CDC newsletters, health alerts about disease outbreaks, and other communications have largely stopped. "Make American Healthy Again."

submitted 19 days ago • 70 comments

The "party of the working class," everyone.

submitted 19 days ago • 117 comments

If this person sat next to you on a bus or train and started ranting about Bruce Springsteen in this way, you would get up and move to a different seat. In the United States, we have him the nuclear codes.

submitted 24 days ago • 3972 comments

Here’s what a GOP plan could mean for different Americans next year: People making under $17,000 a year: lose an average of around $1,000. People making between ~$17,000 and $51,000: lose an average of around $700. People in the top 0.1%: gain an average of over $389,000.

submitted 24 days ago • 72 comments

I agree with Speaker Johnson. No one should wonder whether a lawmaker is advancing their own financial interest or the public interest. It makes no sense for lawmakers to own individual stocks. Just ban it. Members of Congress shouldn't even have the appearance of conflicts.

submitted 25 days ago • 410 comments

Reading the story about the woman in Georgia who is brain dead and on a vent but not allowed to die with dignity because she was 9 weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead. Even in death, our bodies are not our own. State-owned property.

submitted 25 days ago • 740 comments

I only need 5 minutes to complete my financial disclosures every year cause I own zero stocks. The same should be true for all members of Congress. We must ban Congressional stock trading.

submitted 25 days ago • 316 comments

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submitted 25 days ago • 892 comments

Literally every New Yorker I’ve talked to about it has said they love it.

submitted 28 days ago • 154 comments

In 2024, Biden signed into law a $105 billion measure designed to end a shortfall in air traffic controllers. In 2025, Trump came in and instead began firing hundreds of them. So you can see how *clear* it is that Biden is to blame for the shortage now.

submitted 28 days ago • 233 comments

Trump hired several corporate lobbyists — including Pam Bondi and Sean Duffy — to run his second administration. Now their former firms and clients — including Amazon and pipeline giant Enterprise Products — are lobbying their offices. "Drain the swamp."

submitted 28 days ago • 60 comments

Ice Agents in Worcester, MA RIGHT NOW attempting to take 2 women and a baby. City Council Member @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social attempting to help her. Please share far and wide ASAP!

submitted 32 days ago • 130 comments