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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.

submitted 2 days ago • 5075 comments

Last night, Trump promised he wouldn't touch Medicaid. This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid. It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.

submitted 3 days ago • 459 comments

The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

submitted 3 days ago • 845 comments

I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.

submitted 4 days ago • 1217 comments

At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years. Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.

submitted 7 days ago • 1633 comments

Here’s the thing. Every one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before Nov. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it, thinking he’d only hurt the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty—It spreads. You don’t get to control it. Sooner or later, it comes for you too.

submitted 7 days ago • 1750 comments

As a parent of two kids with special needs, I'm pretty damn excited to know that a racist billionaire who routinely uses the slur "r*tards" is destroying the federal department that's a bulwark for special education and support for disabled children.

submitted 11 days ago • 189 comments

JD Vance is saying the quiet part out loud: the Trump administration intends to break the law. America is a nation of laws. The courts make sure we follow the laws. The VP doesn’t control the courts, and the President cannot ignore the Constitution. No one is above the law.

submitted 13 days ago • 221 comments

On the day after the election, I made a promise to the people of Illinois: when it comes to threats to our freedom, health, or security, if you come for my people, you come through me.

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Murray: "It is unlawful for a president to say 'I am going to decide where the money goes that Congress appropriated' ... you can't pass a law and then say, 'it doesn't apply to me.' That's what they are doing here."

submitted 18 days ago • 616 comments

We were just told that they won’t let us in. They are denying entry to 2 dozen members of Congress. Elon Musk has all our private information & we have no idea what he’s doing with it. This is happening completely behind closed doors. HELL NO. It’s illegal. We demand oversight!

submitted 18 days ago • 1592 comments

Finally, we’re starting to see some fight. We need more of this 🔥 🚨Trump’s decision to shut down USAID has frozen critical work to deliver vital assistance around the globe, and put China in the driver’s seat.

submitted 19 days ago • 460 comments

"Our nation, our beloved Canada is under threat." "It's a threat to our sovereignty, and our very future as a nation." "The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States a convicted felon and known predator (rapist)." - Charlie Angus, MP #cdnpoli #tariffwar

submitted 21 days ago • 270 comments

A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

submitted 20 days ago • 920 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Our beloved Canada is under threat. The threat comes from the president of the US—a convicted felon and known predator. But the threat is also being driven by the hate algorithms of oligarchs like Elon Musk….

submitted 22 days ago • 1009 comments

Great job Gov Pritzker.

submitted 22 days ago • 30 comments

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

submitted 22 days ago • 4421 comments

@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

submitted 25 days ago • 639 comments

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

submitted 25 days ago • 3344 comments

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 29 days ago • 1357 comments

Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified nominee for Secretary of Defense in modern history. He should be rejected by the Senate.

submitted 29 days ago • 2291 comments

"I'm not going to answer questions" is Trump's budget office nominee's answer.

submitted 31 days ago • 29 comments

Roe v. Wade represented a historic step for reproductive freedom. On what would have been the 52nd anniversary, it reminds us that our progress cannot be taken for granted. The fight continues — and here in Illinois, we remain ready to help those who need access to care.

submitted 31 days ago • 36 comments

Buried in the flurry of Executive Orders last night is one that halts all funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Yes, the law that Republicans and Democrats came together to pass that fixes our roads, modernizes old bridges and makes drinking water safer.

submitted 32 days ago • 142 comments

I’ve been thinking about the books that got me into reading and they were all fantasy. The Hobbit might have been an inflection point for me. I went from a struggling non-reader to an unstoppable devourer of books. What books changed your life? #booksky #books

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

#DragonAgeVeilguard I about cried on my first play through. I got Rooks boyfriend killed. 😭

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter, tells a story about his grandfather when he first got a cell phone. So funny and so relatable! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

submitted 44 days ago • 602 comments

Amen!

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You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

submitted 60 days ago • 1368 comments

every company right now:

submitted 65 days ago • 15 comments

Just remember who shut the government down when you head to the polls the next time… They only know how to tear things apart AND listen to their Orange Savior.

submitted 66 days ago • 102 comments

Interesting statement by Matt Gaetz today.

submitted 66 days ago • 747 comments

So Mace walked into the House today with her arm in a sling and posted 500 tweets that she was the victim of a violent assault and THIS is what happened????

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submitted 74 days ago • 181 comments

The first and most important step when using an oven is to preheat all the pans you store in there to 425.

submitted 75 days ago • 504 comments