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đź’™ blue always đź’™ politics junkie-got my start with the Nixon Watergate Trial Atheist love the Caribbean islands Gramma to 3 grandsons a kid from the 50's & 60's Still waiting for true equality for everyone
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Bernie: "What that is all about is that if you're rich in America, you can make campaign contributions, you are entitled to massive tax breaks because you're superhuman beings. But if you're a poor working stiff, working at McDonald's, struggling to put food on the table, you're entitled to nothing"

The dictator of one of the United States' enemies is using the President of the United States to announce military attacks on a United States ally.

Nekro x @jehutysan.bsky.social

#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer

They could’ve been our second family. Still breaks my heart.

BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people held at CECOT and gives the government ONE WEEK to explain how they're going to facilitate due process for EVERYONE sent there under the Alien Enemies Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Is he dead yet?” asked Piglet. “No,” said Pooh. “Fuck,” said Piglet.

PRIDE MONTH DOUBLE RAINBOW IN CHICAGO HOLY SHIT

Multnomah Falls, Columbia River, Oregon

Sukhjot Singh "This fierce peregrine mom was patrolling her territory to provide a safe airspace for her newly fledged babies. I thought she was going to attack a few gulls that flew close, but she decided to take a hard right and turn around, offering a rare face-to-face moment with the camera."

I hear that Donnie doesn't like TACO memes 🤣

Jasmine Crockett is running to be Ranking Member on Oversight — and ready for the fight. She’s sharp, qualified, and speaking directly to this moment. Watch her make the case — and check out her take on the seniority issue. It might surprise you. @repjasmine.bsky.social

Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."

If you had important information for voters, and kept it to yourself to sell books after it was too late, you’re not a hero. You’re an asshole.

In a healthy information environment, this would be front-page news.

Yes.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”

catstituent outreach

The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)

NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...

Phang: If you see claims that those convictions have been overturned on appeal — it’s bullshit. They have not been overturned on appeal. I have no idea—strike that—I have every idea where that comes from. It comes from stupid, far-right people who don’t know how to read and don’t know the law.

reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Oralè Resisters Are you sitting down? Can you believe being kidnapped twice in a child’s lifetime? Dyland was kidnapped by Venezuelan Cartels And was granted asylum! ICE kidnapped him today! #NoDyland4ICE #USDemocracy #NoKids4ICE

We are getting a lot of great reporting from Rolling Stone and Wired… ironic

Good

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California Republicans see Democrat candidate Kamala Harris as their best chance at winning governor’s race www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions. This is such a huge story.

JUST-RELEASED GEORGIA TEEN Ximena Arias-Cristobal: “Even having the right paperwork doesn’t mean anything anymore with the presidency we have now… just being Hispanic you’re a target.” More: www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/ma...

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

U-Haul's slogan is “Moving Made Easier” but it’s turning into “Hate on the Move.” Hey @UHaul.com — you better figure out how to stop renting trucks to Patriot Front, or you’re going to be known as the official moving van of white supremacists.

More than 9,000 American service members are buried at Normandy, where they died to protect democracy. We owe not just gratitude, but eternal vigilance to them and all who have sacrificed their lives for our country. #MemorialDay

NEW: Judge Murphy, sounding MAD, rejects the Trump admin's request to reverse his order to give due process to deportees on their way to South Sudan, saying that they are "manufacturing the very chaos they decry." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...