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Now that the House has voted to take food out of children’s mouths and rip away Medicaid from nearly 14 million Americans, our Senators better hear from us.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Have you heard about Jake Tapper’s new book? It’s about Joe Biden being very old.

submitted 4 days ago • 39 comments

Noticeable that teenagers routinely demonstrate an ability to speak more clearly about right and wrong than almost every elected leader in the Democratic Party. (See also: gun control, gay rights, racism, etc.)

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

Are they from South Africa too???

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

submitted 11 days ago • 90 comments

Republicans are saying that these cuts will be reinvested into Medicaid for people who "deserve" it. If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why? Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires.

submitted 11 days ago • 238 comments

Republicans are trying to rip health insurance away from 10.7 million people in their reconciliation bill. How many people is 10.7 million? It's the combined population of: -New Hampshire -Maine -Montana -Rhode Island -Delaware -South Dakota -North Dakota -Alaska -Washington, DC -Vermont -Wyoming

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

I wrote "The Trial" on June 11, 2021, the day Darnell's Frazier—an 18 year old Black girl— received an honorary Pulitzer Prize for her video of George Floyd being murdered by those cops. Today, though, I share it because I’m struck by how it applies to Tyre Nichols as well.

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

OMG y’all weren’t lying about Sinners. Amazing.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Sometimes you see an image so striking that you have to state plainly that there are concentration camps inside the US with kidnapped people in them suffering

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

During peony season, walk routes fully determined based on where I can peep the prettiest ones.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

They’re arresting white judges in swing states now, if you’re trying to determine how safe you are

submitted 30 days ago • 96 comments

Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me?? Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?

submitted 34 days ago • 169 comments