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He’s not gonna like this.

submitted 19 hours ago • 1511 comments

Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care. They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.

submitted 20 hours ago • 1103 comments

Speak Truth.......🎯💯🔥

submitted 1 day ago • 351 comments

Watch and learn. 👀 🧠 I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes. But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin. (Thread 🧵)

submitted 22 hours ago • 188 comments

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for The Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize, This prize is awarded to a UK or Irish writer, or a writer currently resident in those countries, for a novel focusing on the experience of travel away from home. #SoAwards 🧵

submitted 21 hours ago • 1 comment

A win! The U.S. Institute of Peace retook control of its headquarters today just two days after a federal judge ruled that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency illegally fired its board and staff.

submitted 1 day ago • 99 comments

"To suddenly redirect congressionally-appropriated funds away from hundreds of scholars and creators midway through their projects isn’t just administratively questionable, it’s morally indefensible."—W. Ralph Eubanks, president of the Authors Guild www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Taking money from the mouths of starving children and hardworking Americans so a thief gets to choose between nine bathrooms. The rest of the world is watching, folks. Don't ever forget that.

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European companies are thinking twice about coming to America as they seek markets offering “greater stability.”

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding. Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

submitted 1 day ago • 747 comments

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

submitted 2 days ago • 1326 comments

In a free market economy, supply and demand regulate production and labor. Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Ireland regularly rank among the countries with the highest scores for economic freedom. The US ranks around 25th in the world. This feels more like a command economy. 🫤

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Kristi Noem gave a jaw-dropping incorrect definition of the core legal principle to a roomful of stunned senators. Watch here: www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-k...

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Joe Biden was never diagnosed with prostate cancer until last week, and the last time he was screened for it was more than a decade ago, a spokesperson for the former president says.

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled answers on Tuesday about habeas corpus, incorrectly saying that the legal right of people to challenge their detention by the government was actually the president’s “constitutional right” to deport people.

submitted 2 days ago • 1440 comments

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

submitted 2 days ago • 793 comments

Now that he's made $38 billion from government contracts. 🫤

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

All it takes is watching today's news to understand why the French Revolution took place.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

A positive first step. Hopefully, the word "compel" means that they will be shut down or fined in excess for failing to comply. We definitely need this here in the States.

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submitted 6 days ago • 283 comments

In honor of our current president, here’s a little Bruce Springsteen!🎶🎤🎸 #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #ClassicVinyl #MusicSky #Resist youtu.be/IxuThNgl3YA?...

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

When will voters ever learn that the GOP is not the fiscally responsible party?

submitted 6 days ago • 814 comments

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

submitted 6 days ago • 88 comments

www.thedailybeast.com/kid-rocks-re...

submitted 7 days ago • 1399 comments

Just as you start to drift off, your brain might surprise you. Hypnagogia is the strange state between wakefulness and sleep where people see flashes of light, hear voices, or feel like they are falling. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Great article. Go Science!!!

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

submitted 8 days ago • 2919 comments

Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

submitted 9 days ago • 445 comments

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

submitted 8 days ago • 837 comments

Amen.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

The new Air Force One?

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?

submitted 8 days ago • 1169 comments

The green card holder was held for two months and describes how he was prevented from calling a lawyer, the German embassy, or his family.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution? How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ? 20 minutes at the most

submitted 11 days ago • 1781 comments

Chicago is on to something.

submitted 15 days ago • 880 comments

Minnesota’s flags are lowered to half-staff today in honor of our nation's courageous firefighters who gave their lives to keep us safe. May their bravery, strength, and compassion never be forgotten.

submitted 18 days ago • 55 comments

And there you have it.

submitted 19 days ago • 1895 comments

Only way to do it if you love your kid.

submitted 21 days ago • 683 comments

👇

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises. But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up. It's up to us to demand something better.

submitted 23 days ago • 887 comments

Not for a million dollars!! 😱

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments