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Thousands of people lined up at the Minnesota Capitol to pay tribute to slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Between the caskets was an urn containing the ashes of the family’s golden retriever, Gilbert.

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I should get credit for not attending Jeff Bezo's wedding even though I wasn't invited.

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“But please pretend I care about working class people even though I’m voting to take away their health care.”

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This is what a decent human being does. We were very lucky to have him as our president who did so much for Americans. I still can’t believe what we have now.

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A long and -- at times -- brutal week. But we continue to fight for democracy with hope and determination. Thank you to everyone who has offered kind words of support on this journey. More soon. Goodnight.😴

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“No, sweetie, there’s no plan to fix anything because the plan is to destroy everything.”

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Morning. I am a Democrat.

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This should be a constitutional requirement, in addition to not being an insurrectionist.

submitted 19 hours ago • 453 comments

Another data point for my argument that nothing in this world makes Gregg Abbott happier than the needless suffering of children. School shootings, razor wire at the border, preventable diseases, health care reductions … if it will lead to more dead kids, the governor is all for it.

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It’s probably not great to wake up this pissed off. Then I think of how pissed off Justice Jackson must be.

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Cartoon by @claybennett.bsky.social. Birthright Citizenship

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We are living in precarious times.

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There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

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This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country. "This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law." – Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

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People don’t “wait” for care when Medicaid funding runs dry. They lose limbs. They lose time. They lose hope. There’s no pause button on survival. #MedicaidSavesOurLives

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The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics

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1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, I’ve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of gov’t & divvied up the power the people (that’s us) were allowing the gov’t to use to create order for all of us.

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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Heart remains top of my list

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I sure as hell have noticed. How about you? 🤨

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This country is thoroughly screwed for at least a generation. People haven't taken stock of how much damage has already been done. 2026 and 2028 won't magically fix this. It's going to be a long walk.

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The four Muslim members of Congress put out a statement condemning the Islamophobic attacks on Mamdani from Ogles and others

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“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” “In sadness, I dissent.” “With deep disillusionment, I dissent.” What’s next?

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Sorry, what?

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The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.

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Today’s resignation by UVA president due to DOJ pressure should be understood amid yesterday’s creation by Southern states of their own higher education accreditation agency. Both seek to wield power against the independence of universities.

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Trump just wants a culture of hate. UVA President Jim Ryan resigns under pressure from Trump DOJ share.google/tUdSM9AiuMXH...

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theyre gonna take UVA back to its segregationist roots. @jamellebouie.net is right.

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The Supreme Court is to blame for Trump running wild. They’ve let him bring democracy to the brink, force out college presidents like UVA’s Jim Ryan, and drop the largest non-nuclear bomb on Iran—without Congressional approval. It just keeps getting worse.

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Told a reporter we will need collective action in the days ahead at UVA and that the reality is, it will likely require the famous alums stepping up. They don't care about a lil Black girl from the 757. But people like Katie will matter more.

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If nothing else, the forced resignation of UVA President Jim Ryan should teach us two big things: 1) we must NEVER elect a Republican as governor of Virginia again; 2) we must NEVER elect a Republican as president again bluevirginia.us/2025/06/uva-...

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There’s profound meaning when a top southern public university like UVA is open & willing to understand the past in all its complexity, good & bad, race (& “DEI”) included I got my M.A. & Ph.D at UVA, & admired the range & breadth of its embrace of complex history Unlike the current administration

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As a UVA Alum who also has worked in Virginia politics, this is somewhat surreal all the worlds are combining Youngkin has been stacking the Board of Visitors and now that Jim Ryan is out. They’ll make a move for a right wing sympathetic President. This is why you do not obey in advance..

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“I am inclined to fight for what I believe in, and I believe deeply in this University. But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job.” A statement from University of Virginia President Jim Ryan, on his decision to resign:

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I feel like this isn’t getting enough attention…because this is CRAZY???? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration - The New York Times

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My friend just told me Jim Ryan being forced to resign as President of UVA today made his family member realize that Donald Trump is a dictator. She has finally come to this conclusion in the last several hours.

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Cville: 3pm today, at the Rotunda. you don’t have to love Jim Ryan, I sure don’t, but Trump’s DOJ forcing his replacement by Youngkin would be an absolute disaster for anyone affiliated with UVA, and honestly for our region at large.

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This 100%. As a UVA faculty member, I fear President Ryan's resignation will not stop them from coming after UVA.

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a crowd has gathered at the UVA rotunda in response to the forced resignation of president jim ryan

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I beg you, we are starving. We have lost our home and everything we own. I plead with you to save our children – they are now suffering from malnutrition due to the high prices. Please donate to help our little ones. gofund.me/8d60ae51

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True.

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If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until now to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.

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The Navy named a destroyer after Oscar Peterson in 1943, one year after he died. Pretty sure his family was aware of that honor even if Jake Tapper was not.

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Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights. And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live. That is un-American and wrong.

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Charlie Kirk. What a weird guy. 🤣🤣

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We were so fortunate to have such a good and decent man as our president.

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I didn’t have “arguing if the Constitution is constitutional” on my 2025 bingo card. Did you?

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