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Holding truth to power as a conscientious dissenter in an authoritarian system is an act defined by personal sacrifice and moral courage. Authoritarian regimes rely on control—of information, public opinion, and fear—to maintain power. (1/6)

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Schrödinger’s economy!

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Shout out to @microsoft.com They dropped a law firm that made a deal with Trump, and engaged Jenner and Block who are fighting Trump!

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"Republicans still hold the constitutional power to remove Trump from office, but that’s meaningless if they’re paralyzed by fear of MAGA mob violence. Trump’s hold over his party and the Congress it currently controls is inherently corrupt, not legitimately persuasive." — @playtyperguy.com

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On this Monday RIP Pope Francis 😢 Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. -Pope Francis Words to live by We will be ok Love Foxy

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On Easter, some appropriate thoughts .

submitted 45 days ago • 10 comments

I suggest everyone become very, very familiar with this piece by law Professor @david.noll.org. I suspect you will be referring to it often. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/if-t...

submitted 49 days ago • 455 comments

We went from “most pro-growth administration of my adult life” [Dec 12] to the-Secretary-of-Commerce-is-conflicted pretty quickly.

submitted 58 days ago • 63 comments

You may think, from the visible caption, that this is a skit about the Oxford Comma. And it is, but oh, it is also SO MUCH MORE.

submitted 58 days ago • 17 comments

How many train wrecks do we have to survive before we pull our heads out of our collective asses and let women run this country? They called it from day one.

submitted 61 days ago • 1390 comments

www.politico.com/news/2025/04... Farmers are trump’s most loyal constituency & overwhelmingly backed him in 2024. Now they could be one of the groups hardest hit by his trade war as small-and mid-sized farms struggle to stay afloat and big farms lose their export markets...

submitted 61 days ago • 6 comments

Another far right crook

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If you yelled "Lock Her Up" about Hillary's emails But you won't say "Lock Them Up" about Michael Waltz and Pete Hegseth and their Signal chats and Gmail Then you don't actually care about America at all

submitted 63 days ago • 235 comments

If Trump wants to bring back companies to the USA he doesn’t have to throw tariffs around everywhere. Simply come up with some policies/ideas to incentivise companies to bring businesses back to the US. Don’t punish the people who are trying to get by day-to-day!

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WATCH: During his marathon speech on the Senate floor, Cory Booker provided an emotional reading of a letter from a woman with Parkinson's disease in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. See it here: youtu.be/uwwWj_TUBnE

submitted 61 days ago • 33 comments

Happy S🌞nday The support and 💕 was felt by Britt and Donk last night They send their love and thanks Now on to: Naps , snacks and petting the cat Exercise will consist of lifting the the remote Hope your Sunday is as productive and enjoyable as mine 😆 Remember We will be okay Love ya Foxy

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I had some serious schadenfreude for X getting hacked and the Tesla stock price dropping.

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Excellent read from the Zuckerberg pages. Take a look before lock-step Mark has it taken down. And yes, he IS a Russian asset. Everyone knows it.

submitted 87 days ago • 2 comments

This is a great musk summary of anyone is on Facebook www.facebook.com/share/r/1ABJ...

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The list of the House democrats who voted to censure Al Green. Let’s call them up and tell them to support dems at all costs. Forget decorum, this is why we’re losing. We cannot keep taking knives to a gun fight!

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In a nation of autocratic sycophants, be an Al Green, not the idiot in the yellow circle.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you, Rep. Al Green.

submitted 91 days ago • 137 comments

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

submitted 96 days ago • 845 comments

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

submitted 93 days ago • 291 comments

Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down. And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.

submitted 95 days ago • 262 comments

FACT: Voters overwhelmingly (72% - 13%) oppose the GOP's obscene tax cuts for the rich they are trying to ram down our throats. Tell Congress to let the Trump Tax Scam for the rich and corporations expire and instead invest in the other 98% here: bit.ly/3MOBGyT #TaxFairnessNOW

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For years, I’ve called for making high-quality generic drugs here at home so we’re not reliant on foreign countries for access to medication. @smith.senate.gov and I have a bill to make life-saving drugs in the United States.

submitted 93 days ago • 323 comments

- Protests in the Natl Parks - Protests in Vermont when Vance arrived for vacation - Protests at Tesla dealerships - Congressmen walking out of Town Halls because they are behind challenged. This is good work, let’s keep it up.

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There’s clear indication the sides are being formed, and the US is on the wrong side.

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That flag hangs in a Ukrainian brigade’s r&r house near the front in Kharkiv region, where I was visiting some infantrymen in September. I was proud to see it.

submitted 94 days ago • 236 comments

Another town hall today in Texas, where Republican Rep. Keith Self is facing an overflowing room of voters furious about the impact of DOGE cuts. People are sick and tired of this.

submitted 94 days ago • 32 comments

Must watch: GOP Senator Roger Marshall stands up and flees his own town hall meeting today after being asked why Republicans think it’s acceptable for DOGE to be firing Veterans. This is a very rural, very conservative town.

submitted 94 days ago • 109 comments