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Retired OB/GYN, now dog rescuer. But always in the fight for women’s rights. #AbortionIsHealthCare “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” MLK
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Just received this encouraging update from Senator Hoffman's wife, Yvette, on their recovery in the hospital. Grateful for their progress and will continue to keep them in our prayers.

Checked in with Tim Walz spokesperson and as of three min ago, President Trump had not called him, according to the governor’s office

The Swiss Embassy in Tehran, which serves to protect US interests in Iran, has shut down.

There must be accountability for Senator Mike Lee’s egregiously morally bankrupt - and shamelessly public comment on the assassination(s)/attempts of elected officials. This in not okay and it has nothing to do with partisanship. Decency belongs. Mike Lee does not.

REMINDER: Netanyahu convinced Trump in 2018 to withdraw US from Iran nuclear deal that Obama and allies had negotiated. That Deal would've prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. All the death and destruction we are seeing now is bc of Trump and Netanyahu www.timesofisrael.com/in-recording...

RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/r...

All hail the tuba defense force! youtu.be/jhBaJpzAR2k

We, the people, have spoken!

It most certainly is!

spoken like a diehard White Sox fan

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What a beautiful sight in south Orange County! Huge turnout in Dana Point for the #NoKings rally ✊ (but tbh #WedRatherBeAtBrunch🥂🍾🍳🧇)

“To Protect and Serve”

The most consequential Speaker in state history.

So it’s just going to be every cops everywhere now that uses excessive force upon people and violates their constitutional rights. This is Charleston, SC and they did this for all of 10 people just exercising their first amendment.

EPIC response.

This 👇

Reactions of grief, anger and outrage poured into Minnesota on Saturday from across the nation and the world on the news that Minnesota House Democratic Leader Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park.

"The picture looks to only get worse next year: a proposed 2026 federal budget includes a plan to eliminate the #NEH, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services." #IMLS #NEH #humanities www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

JFC.

Roll Tide #HuntsvilleAL #NoKings

Please note that the Black folks are sitting this one out. It’s not that we don’t love our country. It’s that this fight is not of our making, and our PRESENCE would agitate the police to shoot. We did all the heavy lifting to perfect and preserve democracy domestically for the last 100 years.

Arrested for wearing a masks

Some GOOD NEWS for a change…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨

Should be a lot more or ANY discussion about how this move, along with Trump NEVER stopping bringing in foreign workers to his businesses, undermines all the lies Trump has been telling about immigrants for a decade, especially the legal arguments that this is an emergency that requires a crackdown.

Congrats to EVERYONE!! 😎 It looks like the ‘3% threshold of peaceful protestors’ showed up for ‘No Kings Day’…👇 11+ MILLION in the streets of America is a danger to Trump, and he knows it. Great. Job. To. The. Real. Patriots. 🇺🇸✨

(🧵) I’ve never—in 30 years in journalism—published a report like this: one that could genuinely bring hope. I spent the last 15 hours curating and labeling photos from hundreds of No Kings Day protests. It’s the largest archive of its kind and it has *lots* of Easter eggs (memes, an essay and more).

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.” In the US alone. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

You can catch a complete recap of the flagship #NoKingsRally in Philadelphia here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Jf...

It is an absolutely incredible stretch to see in person

I wrote about the political violence in Minnesota for The Atlantic -- and how we now live in a climate where this is likely to keep happening, as Trump's violent rhetoric has normalized, encouraged, and absolved political violence.

"Messenger RNA, or mRNA, vaccines heralded a major breakthrough in battling the Covid pandemic, building on three decades of scientific work and earning a Nobel prize." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rep Hortman and I were classmates at the Kennedy School and graduated together in 2018. It took me a moment to realize the person who I remember as deeply service driven and incredibly bright was the victim of last night’s heinous act. She was a bright light and made us all better.

Florida Sheriff Who Threatened to Kill Protesters Has History of Corruption, Racial Profiling and Bribery Accusations

It’s not hyperbole to say that the deaths in Minnesota are on the GOP’s hands. They’ve built this political environment and they’ve allowed a demagogue to spread hate. This is entirely on them.

Jesus. The juxtaposition of these two posts back to back is just...

A Democratic Mayor arrested. A Democratic Congresswoman indicted. A Democratic Senator tackled and detained. A Democratic State Representative killed. A Democratic State Representative in critical condition. We can all see where this is going.

With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.

MN Sen. John Hoffman and Rep. Melissa Hortman, as well as their spouses, were shot by a man impersonating a police officer. No more masks for law enforcement, ICE, anyone. We need to see faces, badges, and judicial warrants EVERY TIME No more unmarked vehicles. www.fox9.com/news/melissa...

No Kings....

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WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.” ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal. Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.