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A blue speck 💙 in the reddest state. A retired accountant. Now an artist, activist, and bookworm. Follower of The Way, the real Jesus, not Christian Nationalism.
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10 days until we gather again. Over 200,000 people are signed up to hit the streets on No Kings Day. While Trump has tanks rolling through DC for his authoritarian parade, we’re mobilizing everywhere else on June 14 — because there ain’t no kings in the USA. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

submitted 21 days ago • 27 comments

BREAKING: The U.S. government says 247,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the most in eight months.

submitted 20 days ago • 64 comments

NEW FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MUST WRITE ESSAYS PRAISING TRUMP POLICIES. Donald Trump becomes more like Stalin by the day. Like Stalin Trump is not only demanding loyalty to himself over country but is demanding new federal employees praise his vile policies. This is right out of Stalins playbook #ProudBlue

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

BREAKING: The United States has tasked Palantir with creating a massive database of all Americans, DHS is taking DNA from migrant children and putting it into criminal database, Trump raises tariffs on steel, and more. A major morning update: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

submitted 25 days ago • 49 comments

The Trump administration has just canceled a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna that was meant to develop a bird flu vaccine.

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As America is under attack from a fascist authoritarian despot, Scott Pelly issues a clarion call to graduates of Wake Forest. The Nazification of the US is unfolding under Trump and Project 2025 and America's youth is the last bulwark preventing autocracy.

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May 25, 2025

submitted 30 days ago • 92 comments

BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4, blocking Oklahoma's plan to open the first religious public charter school. The tie leaves in place a ruling that says public schools must stay secular, marking a key moment for church-state separation.

submitted 34 days ago • 34 comments

This extraordinary image was reproduced in the school history books of my childhood and I remember how powerful I found it then. The context has changed but the message is just as powerful today

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

On this 80th Anniversary of VE Day, we remember all those who won the war against Nazis and remember the countless sacrifices they made to deliver it. The Greatest Generation stood up to evil to protect peace and freedom for generations. Now it’s our turn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pNl...

submitted 48 days ago • 110 comments