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A few years ago, my daughter realized she used all her Minecoins in Minecraft so she couldn't buy the Baby Illigers mod so she cried really loudly while saying "I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT BABY ILLIGERS!!!!!" Why isn't Kulldorf speaking out against Minecraft???

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

Yesterday I had the absolute privilege of being on a call with @warren.senate.gov who is just the most lovely person and so brilliant and it was just such a pleasure. One thing she said that really stuck with me is that only about 1/4 people know about the tax breaks for corporation’s bill (BBB) 1/

submitted 7 hours ago • 2 comments

I know I mostly post about political action and I'm really mad that it's this way because all sorts of really cool book things are happening and going to be announced in the coming months and I really should be focusing on that.

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

I convinced someone to go to a No Kings rally today. Go talk to the people in your lives and stress the importance of massive peaceful protest on Saturday. www.nokings.org#map

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

It should be noted that Senator Padilla - LA native, US Senator, ranking D on subcommittee that oversees immigration enforcement - was not notified in advance that Noem was in town. For what is happening is not being done with Congress/state/local officials it’s being done to them.

submitted 13 hours ago • 14 comments

this is very dangerous and will undermine childhood vaccination rates in the US as a reminder on why we vaccinate and how good they are, here is the Indie SAGE report! independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 13 hours ago • 15 comments

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 137 This is gonna be messy. This is not gonna be organized and this is gonna be long. This is something you’re gonna wanna turn on notifications for because it’s going to be continuing throughout the day. 🧵

submitted 14 hours ago • 6 comments

You know, when Dems do things you gotta amplify it you can’t just scream they’re not doing anything and then when they do something you don’t acknowledge it

submitted 14 hours ago • 6 comments

Note the specifics Booker cites here -- what Padilla was doing was literally his job description.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Sen. Booker (D-NJ) and other senators took to the floor to express their outrage at their colleague Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles.

submitted 15 hours ago • 75 comments

Yes, this. But also know that impeachments require numbers, which is why the path to the midterms has already begun. In 2025 special elections, we're seeing an average of 9% swings to the left. Now's the time to get involved.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

I need every dudebro that ever posted that photo of Bernie from the 1963 protest to lionize Padilla's actions here the same way.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

submitted 16 hours ago • 278 comments

If this makes you mad, then show up Saturday PEACEFULLY to a No Kings rally. Loud, peaceful, visible numbers scare the shit out of them because they know they don't outnumber us. Stay peaceful! Do not let them weaponize any footage of the day! www.nokings.org#map

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Full view of cuffing Senator Padilla.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Everyone needs to see this.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

Crowdsourcing resources -- what are good orgs to donate regarding ICE/immigration actions? Both legal support and on-the-ground support?

submitted 18 hours ago • 6 comments

* EXCLUSIVE -- A NEW U.S. VACCINE ADVISER NAMED BY HEALTH SECRETARY KENNEDY WAS EXPERT WITNESS IN LITIGATION AGAINST MERCK VACCINE @reuters.com $MRNA $PFE $MRK

submitted 20 hours ago • 23 comments

Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."

submitted 21 hours ago • 146 comments

Robert Malone, now a member of ACIP, was a major source of misinformation during the pandemic and claimed to be the inventor of mRNA vaccines (he wasn’t). www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/t...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you? Oh no.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Here is how they will use soft anti-vax policies to push they're agenda. So many people are going to lose access and yet they will claim "well, they're still approved, we're just RESEARCHING before we recommend." Full gift link article below.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

RFK is turning HHS into an anti-vax enterprise. His purge of ACIP is just the latest example.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Dare I say, hella proud.

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“Pretty much wherever you are, you’re probably less than 30 minutes away from your closest No Kings event.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social with @democracynow.org We hope to see you at your local #NoKings Day mobilization on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

submitted 1 day ago • 268 comments

Reason #4003 for why I will never give NYT a single penny ever again.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

The process for ACIP membership usually takes years of vetting, particularly for conflicts of interest. Have these people undergone the same level of scrutiny? I'm pretty sure Malone has made money from saying falsely that mRNA vaccines are unsafe.

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

I don't know who the guy on the left is but you can see his eyes start to realize he is getting eviscerated in real time.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Navarro: I'm very happy to see somebody that isn't afraid to speak up and call an authoritarian an authoritarian. And if it's Newsom, as a result of what's happening in California now, I welcome it because I have been so thirsty for somebody that is not cowardly

submitted 2 days ago • 402 comments

Democrats should introduce articles of impeachment for RFK jr Even if it doesn’t work, which it probably won’t, democrats need to make clear that he’s not gonna get away with it

submitted 2 days ago • 339 comments

Californians, quote this with photos of your recent local apocalyptic violence

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: Tonight, California Gov. Newsom will be addressing California — and the nation — LIVE at around 6:30pm PT regarding Trump’s illegal militarization of LA and his broader assault on our democracy. Watch exclusively on the MeidasTouch channel.

submitted 2 days ago • 181 comments

I’ve been saying that I felt Trump’s dramatic escalation in recent days was driven in part by Musk’s emasculation of him last week. I also wonder whether it’s being driven by Zelensky’s profound humiliation of Putin, and Putin lashing out at Trump for not delivering Ukraine to him.

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

This is like the time my daughter's friend swore that he saw a charizard in real life

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Every Democratic elected official at every level of government should be doing solidarity press conferences backing up Governor Newsom and the state of California in this fight. We have to communicate clearly to all voters about what is happening here for it is coming to every state soon.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Two main reasons for military escalation: - Clear DHS/ICE not capable of removing 10-15m people Miller wants removed - Fear, terror so more “self-deport” Their strategy is failing, like the Trump Presidency itself, and they are panicking and just completely losing their shit.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Everything is terrible, here is a meerkat

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submitted 3 days ago • 33 comments

Why should you be concerned about what RFK is doing to ACIP (the committee that reviews vaccines, sets recommendations and vaxx schedules)? Covered by private health insurance, Medicaid or Medicare Part D? Your vaxx coverage is tied to ACIP recs. If the recs change, so will insurer obligations.

submitted 3 days ago • 12 comments