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Progressive Democrat since 1983. Bemused observer of the human condition. #MedicareForAll #TaxBillionaires #FuckTrump
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A white Apartheid dead-ender gutting the most successful humanitarian effort of the century, because it was saving too many Africans from AIDS, would have once been thought of as too "on the nose."

Please support Charles and his work. Links in the followup.

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Remember this? Drinking at the podium. Chaos at the Pentagon. We’re one whiskey shot away from DEFCON 1. Every Senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew exactly who he was. They don’t get to act shocked now—they should be held accountable.

Eliminating Head Start risks forcing hundreds of thousands of US women to settle for less-than-ideal partners, less-than-ideal childcare, and/or less-than-ideal jobs. time.com/7278480/head...

nowhere in this article does the reporter note that the "distortion rule" Carr is trying to use here doesn't apply, and Carr is just completely making things up

Raskin: We've got a guy who wants to act like a mob boss and use all of the resources of the taxpayers, all of the resources of the government in order to coerce people into doing his will

They’re not “deporting” people, they’re kidnapping them and sending them to foreign prisons. Concentration camps. They’re paying these countries to imprison humans. It’s human trafficking.

Their British daughter has been incarcerated by ICE for 12 days so far. STAY OUT OF AMERICA. EVEN *WE* ARE NOT SAFE HERE. The World should Boycott the US 2028 Olympics. Please help us & Boycott America!!

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If you have a public platform & spent years calming everyone down, telling us Trump was not a danger,was not racist, & arguing that the best way to deal w/Trump was to laugh at him, berated ppl who used the word fascist, insisted that the two parties are the same, admit YOU WERE WRONG.

at this point 2025 feels like being awake during surgery

I put a hold on Ed Martin’s nomination. He’s denied elections. Fired quality public servants. Attempted to chill free speech. Turns out he’s also carrying water for the Kremlin. So wholly unfit to be a U.S. Attorney.

"I'm so enraged by this also because of who Mr. Mahdawl is. He has said in the past that the fight for freedom of Palestine and the fight against antisemitism go hand in hand." Another excellent point from Balint.

Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Sumy, Odesa, Dnipro and many other Ukrainian cities are strikes on civilians. Deliberate strikes at locations where people are gathered. The Geneva Convention defines this as war crimes⤵️

Look what happens when Trump implements TSA cuts!

Command Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green was fired as the top enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command for a "loss in confidence."

I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years. This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

NOTE: There are more people *in this frame of television* than there are transgender athletes in the State of Maine *All* of this is theater for stupid people

And “shocking abuses of power” are what, folks? Say it with me: “Impeachable offenses”

Huge crowd tonight on Vancouver Island to see MP Charlie Angus speak at the “Canada Resistance Tour”—and an amazing shoutout to MeidasTouch from the Maple Meidas in Cumberland, Port Alberni, K’ómoks First Nation, Nanaimo, and the Comox Valley.

Those poor robots.

‘Unacceptable’: Judge blasts court decision that thrust her election victory into limbo https://twp.ai/4imhQY

Trust in corporate media is at historic lows, resulting in mass unsubs & declining readership. It's one result of billionaires buying out & corrupting legacy platforms. I wrote about how people can get the honest, clear info they need to stay informed. www.qasimrashid.com/p/as-corpora...

The Senate just confirmed Trump's SEC appointee to look the other way at this blatant.af insider trading.

This isn't over. But I taught high school in the LAUSD for six years, and this is a horror no one could have imagined back even far closer to the Pete Wilson days.

Students attending DoD schools across the world just walked out of class in a brave protest against the Trump Administration's Orwellian censorship regime. Instead of removing books from the shelves about America’s history and constitutional values, Secretary Hegseth should try reading them.

They are trying to erase any progress we made in the 20th and 21st centuries, including voting rights.

youtube.com/watch?v=KvH3...

🚨These 15 MAGA Republicans would gladly throw their own constituents under the bus if it means another tax break for the rich. 📌 They’re not just cutting Medicaid—they’re letting people die to fund billionaire handouts. 📢 IT’S TIME TO SPEAK UP! ☎️ Light up those phones now. #HandsOffOurMedicaid

This isn't The Art of the Deal. It's insider trading with a bad comb-over. Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’ Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.

Paul Krugman on why the attack on Social Security is something that should both inspire outrage and offer an opportunity to connect with working-class Americans. Democrats need to *tell* people—tell Trump voters in particular—that their Social Security checks are threatened!

Still not a drag queen in site in these pedophile ring takedowns...

“This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of a former DoJ employee who has engaged in no misconduct, let alone criminal conduct, simply to deliver a letter, is both unprecedented and completely inappropriate.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Using extortion to apply his white supremacist ideals to a department that has always made him feel unintelligent? Yeah, you're gonna get a tidal wave of pushback.

Really important piece by @mjschlanger.bsky.social on how the Trump Administration is getting rid of the internal checks on abuses by the Department of Homeland Security: democracyjournal.org/arguments/wh...

One month apart.

The Trump admin argues it can deport anyone - even by mistake - and isn’t responsible once deportees are out of U.S. custody. Last month, Rubio said El Salvador agreed to take deportees of any nationality, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀. What will SCOTUS do? apnews.com/article/migr...

Kinda shows he never believed the scab schtick then. You wouldn't ever trust a scab, even if he's offering you a bonus.

The formula Trump used to decide upon tariffs made me irate. It's insane. It's pure insanity. Watch this video. Then share it. Every American needs to see this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWhv...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador prison.