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An addled president is shredding the Constitution to usher in white nationalism and fascism while destroying the economy and our health care, so if you’re going to write an alarmist op-ed because a mayoral candidate might open five (5) city-run grocery stores, you can kindly get bent.

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Langston Hughes wrote “Tired” in 1930, but it applies as much today as ever. Yes, I’m tired. I believe the world contains—and can and should elevate—good, beauty, and kindness. But the worms of greed, hate, and ignorance will devour it from within until we stop them. That is where my activism aims.

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Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.

submitted 4 hours ago • 525 comments

First they came for abortion.  Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care. The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood. (1/2)

submitted 14 hours ago • 210 comments

NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR should confirm Emil Bove for the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1329 comments

The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

submitted 15 hours ago • 1551 comments

Boyle: For every American household that makes under $55,000 a year, they will be poorer as a result of this bill. So it's quite clear under this Republican betrayal— the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class falling further behind. This is wrong.

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Our current President is a traitorous, convicted felon, and a court-adjudicated rapist who lacks the intelligence, character, decency, and cognitive ability to lead. His presence is doing us irreparable harm. We should not normalize him, but normalize stating the truth about him.

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Oh

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This is probably the most cringe thing to come from the CIA since the JFK assassination

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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance

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I have been receiving a ton of emails about the ethics report showing Stephen Miller owning stock in Palantir - lining his pockets off his unlawful mass-deportation agenda. Tomorrow I'll be interviewing the author of that report. Subscribe for free: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Want to run for office? We'll help you. runforwhat.net

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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

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Here's a handy list of state legislators to vote out of office if they proceed with this utter betrayal of the voters in Multnomah County and overturn Preschool for All. www.wweek.com/news/schools...

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THIS IS FUCKED UP: Sae Joon Park took bullets for America in Iraq. The thanks he got? A one-way ticket out of the country he nearly died for. He’s being deported to South Korea—after surviving spinal injuries, PTSD, and addiction. He fought for America. Now America throws him out like trash.

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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. A reminder that abortion bans are not "pro-life." They are pro-poverty & pro-inequality. https://youtu.be/SN3oLwO0OEE?si=eRK9ZK-0doOhECIj

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Phang: Vance Boelter received better treatment when taken into custody than Narciso Barranco—a Mexican immigrant working at IHOP, landscaping in the parking lot under the hot sun on a Saturday—who was beaten by Border Patrol agents.

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The Supreme Court decided to let Trump violate an international human rights treaty and send immigrants to places where they are likely to be tortured. If this seems good to you, you are one of the bad guys. My latest in @thenation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Roe v. Wade was overturned 3 years ago today. Republicans are now using their Big Ugly Bill to defund Planned Parenthood, cut reproductive health care, and essentially ban abortion coverage in private ACA plans. We must fight back. Reproductive freedom is a right.

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BREAKING: Bloodthirsty madman fails to broker ceasefire between bloodthirsty madmen.

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That he thinks he can control another country's military from his phone's social media app is deranged.

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We are posting this placard at all of our offices and asking our union contract farms to post as well. We encourage our friends to put up similar placards at their business as immigration agents do not have the right to go on private property without permission.

submitted 3 days ago • 216 comments

In case you missed it, I demonstrated how little evidence exists for this argument last week. Gift link: wapo.st/4l7a1ch

submitted 3 days ago • 94 comments

This is a devastating ruling. You can read it, and Sotomayor's biting dissent here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

submitted 3 days ago • 358 comments

I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

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I don’t believe a single goddamn thing coming out of this administration. This is absolute gaslighting madness. It’s as if we’re watching toddlers run through the White House screaming and smearing Gogurt into the carpet and the entire world has to pretend it’s the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

submitted 3 days ago • 181 comments

Bombing for peace is like burning books to promote literacy.

submitted 5 days ago • 480 comments

Every single democratic senator (including Bernie Sanders) voted to confirm this ghoul.

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I'm not enjoying the reboot of the "Unprovoked War in the Middle East" reality TV show. It's just as pointless, but the actors are even stupider. And, frankly, I didn't think that would be possible.

submitted 4 days ago • 331 comments

Tonight, many Americans rightfully are fearful about the possibility of escalation. Trump took this decision without consulting Congress or fully explaining to the American people. I worked in the Situation Room and warzones, and here are the questions we need answered. THREAD

submitted 5 days ago • 55 comments

Congress didn’t just lose its power it gave it away. On war, trade, and policy, lawmakers have willingly let the executive branch rule unchecked.

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The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.

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Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress that here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences. The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences. The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.

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"Insanity is doing the same war over and over again and expecting different results."

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GIFT ARTICLE: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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"Donald Trump just stole your idea of using intelligence lies to start an unprovoked war against a country in the Middle East that the United States can never win."