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"A lie ain't a side of the story. It's just a lie.” From “The Wire” Here for facts, camaraderie and opportunities to stick it to the man. When I disparage white people, know that I’m a privileged white male. Fuck us especially. 🖕 No bitcoin. Jeez!
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Trump and the U.S. are officially in a trade war with China. Here’s what you should know.

WHO ELSE AGREES?! 🤚 The. Shame. Is. Real. ✨

"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name." -- John Stuart Mill (1867)

My best Linda McMahon impression

#MAGAMorons #FuckMAGA #FuckTrump

AOC: “36,000 people. Biggest rally Bernie or I have ever done. Thank you, LA!”

We’ll keep investing in the things that make Minnesota the best place to live, work, and raise a family. www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/w...

I have seen a few questions regarding Democracy Docket: 1. It does not sell subscriber or member information or email addresses. 2. It is not part of Substack or ActBlue. It is fearlessly independent, unapologetically pro-democracy. Subscribe now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newsletters

Elon Musk and Donald Trump are gutting Social Security as we speak. The danger to benefits for millions has never been so great. Keep sounding the alarms. Keep fighting back. We cannot let it happen.

Fed up of this hypocrisy!

Trump is not done attacking our elections. He and his supporters plot every day to undermine the right to vote. They are constantly looking for opportunities to exploit weaknesses in the election system. This is their top priority. The question for us is whether it is ours as well.

STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. BRING HIM HOME! Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador. SMART General President…

The governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, said he and his family were evacuated from their home early on Sunday after an arson attack that significantly damaged a section of the governor’s residence.

Several of you have asked me how to live in a nation whose leader has embraced cruelty as public policy. How do we inhabit Trump’s America without becoming complicit in this cruelty? Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and I discuss the ongoing influence of dark money in the courts, how the Trump administration is tearing apart the Justice Department and Elon Musk-led threats against judges. youtu.be/bpUSPPzHa0k

Mom tries to comfort her daughter after they survived a Russian missile strike on Sumy this morning. Heartbreaking.

FAFO…👇 I guess he forgot that KARMA keeps receipts, huh?! Clarence. Is. A. Traitor. ✨

@warren.senate.gov: "State attorneys general have the same opportunity to investigate, dig in, get what the facts are. So for example, Letitia James, the NY attorney general, which has jurisdiction over the stock market and the trading that happens in NY, might decide she would take a look at this."

Say it enough, and they will believe anything.

I'm not religious, but to add to this, I grew up with white British women wearing head scarves to protect their hairdos. #FuckRacists

It’s starting to feel like a daily occurrence. Did the DOGE boys do something to the FAA software when they had their “read only” access?! share.newsbreak.com/clbwbqf8?s=i16

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week. R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday. Putin’s stooge.

How about we start treating people like people? Is that too much to ask?

Seems pretty clear that doge is a total scam

Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Coachella 2025 last night. So he went from the LA rally to Coachella. He's 83 and fighting like this. This should be an inspiration to all of us. If he can do this, we can all do a little more.

The government plans to call Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to the witness stand. The trial is expected to run nearly two months in a federal courtroom in Washington.

Yo! Shoutout to AOC & Bernie for leading by example — showing up, speaking truth & organizing w/the people, not just talking at them from D.C. We need that same energy from all Dems. Whether it’s 35,000 or 35 people — show up. Hit the streets, hit the town halls, show you’re ready to fight for us.

Everyone needs to see the best moments from Bernie Sanders and AOC’s rally in front of 36,000 people today. Something big is happening in this country.

Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."

I don’t know what is going on with the Protests I will have to investigate later A Cow at my parents place gave birth and stashed the baby and I have spent all day searching the brush by the Creek for it I came in to get warm for a bit and have to go back out until I find the baby

Letting Reps with newborns vote remotely is pro-family, Speaker Johnson. Thank you, @pettersen.house.gov, for leading this movement, not just for you and your generation, but for Sam and his.

AOC: And his whole presidency began with launching tools for bribery, meme coins to fleece working people and move around money in the dark, extortion settlements from media companies and law firms who gladly pay them

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“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." Nelson Mandela

BREAKING: Famed Economist Paul Krugman just told Ari Melber: "This Tariff pause is [still] a tariff rate that is higher overall than Smooth-Hawley. This is a bigger shock to the economy than any trade policy in any country’s history."

Sanders: Instead of spending $1 trillion a year on the military, let’s build 5 million units of low income and affordable housing..

The President of the United States is an Enemy to the People (of the United States). #AutocratWannabe #TraitorToDemocracy