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People work and pay into Social Security for decades. It shouldn't be this hard for them to get the benefits they've earned!

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“We’re not in love with the law.” Yes. We know.

submitted 15 hours ago • 254 comments

I have a new appreciation for Michael Ian Black 💜

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

#ResistanceUnited #PrideBlue #DemVoice1 ☕Weekend Everyday issues abound, but 🙏think about academic freedom & American soft power. These new generations of global leaders will fight with you to restore a saner, fairer, freer, more compassionate society. x.com/allenanalysi...

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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.

submitted 17 hours ago • 471 comments

Republicans' Big, Ugly Budget is a triple threat to the American people. 1. Robbing our kids, seniors, veterans, and families of health care. 2. Leaving many without enough food to eat. 3. And imploding our nation's deficit. Just to hand more tax breaks to billionaires.

submitted 17 hours ago • 16 comments

In Massachusetts, gun owners must be licensed by their local police and complete a state-approved firearm safety course. A license is required to purchase both firearms and ammunition.

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

As we enter Pride month tomorrow it's important to remember that Pride is not sponsored by corporations, it's brought to you by the drag queens who stood up at Stonewall, and everyone who fights every day for equality. There were no corporate sponsors in 1969 and we don't need them now. #Pride 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Bravo to Buona Forchetta! This was an act of courage and conviction. Hopefully we can all stand by our convictions with courage. EVERYONE deserves to be treated with dignity, respect, and grace.

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Today is the one year anniversary of Donald J Trump’s 34 count felony conviction. To this day, it still shocks the hell out of me that half this country voted for this felonious asshat.

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BREAKING: Over 130 former federal & state judges have filed an amicus brief urging the court to drop charges against Judge Dugan in Wisconsin The charges seek to criminalize judicial discretion & set a dangerous precedent for executive overreach We MUST defend judicial independence👇

submitted 2 days ago • 179 comments

Yup

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“No MAGA left behind.” That’s how Trump’s pardon chief celebrated freeing a sheriff convicted of fraud and bribery. No shame, no signal—just loyalty.

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ICE is detaining people after their court hearings, even when judges set future dates. “By detaining people in courtrooms, we are discouraging people from doing what we have always asked them to do,” said ImmDef President & CEO Lindsay Toczylowski. 🔗 timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/0...

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

@timmiller.bsky.social and @katiecouric.bsky.social on the Trump family profiting off the White House: “How are they able to be so f**king corrupt?”

submitted 3 days ago • 23 comments

Why does Trump keep pardoning Americans who are the kind of people he claims he's deporting, while he continues to try to deport students & people facing persecution if they're removed? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

submitted 4 days ago • 152 comments

"Your Life Doesn't Suck" -- a spoken word poem by Alyson Welborn

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NEW: We're requesting records from DOJ about President Trump's Qatari jet scheme, including the memo signing off on it and ethics guidance on AG Pam Bondi's involvement. Given Bondi's work as a foreign agent of Qatar, the public should see the records.

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"That’s a recipe not just for a politicized military, but an authoritarian military"

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The university endowment tax in the Republican/Trump economic plan sets a dangerous precedent of the government slapping excessive taxes on institutions it disagrees with ideologically. It also will cause cuts in jobs, financial aid and research funding. wapo.st/3HiYtDv

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

In its first major voting lawsuit Trump DOJ resurrected claims Republican judicial candidate used to try to overturn Democratic victory in NC Supreme Court race. This is extremely dangerous & shows how Trump weaponizing DOJ to advance his voter suppression plans www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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FFRF, along with @aclum.bsky.social @aclu.org and @americansunited.bsky.social , is representing a group of Massachusetts residents who have filed a lawsuit to stop the planned installation of two large religious statues of Catholic saints at the entrance of a new city building. ffrf.us/3HsA4ve

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

“If we don’t hold on to the belief that democracy will survive, we risk resigning ourselves to authoritarian rule.” — Jennifer Palmieri

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

If the Republican budget bill passes, 13.7 million Americans would lose healthcare. We cannot stop beating the drum about this. Call your Senators—tell them to hold the line.

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Make no mistake: This is a total war on science in America. If an enemy power wished to demolish one of the pillars of American economic, military, and political strength over the past century, this might be what they would do. https://trib.al/2NIBtYq

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

“‘Unitary executive’ is just a fancy word for ‘authoritarian’ or ‘despot,’ and we can’t afford to give the judicial branch any more opportunity to advance this dangerous legal theory.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/vet-...

submitted 3 days ago • 11 comments

We need to keep our parks.

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There's a stunning provision tucked into the budget bill that would limit courts' ability to enforce contempt orders, and therefore to uphold the rule of law. This deserves real alarm. If the Senate values the separation of powers, it must remove the provision.

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

Awwww, so freakin cute.

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Taking away food assistance to fund tax breaks for the wealthy isn't "beautiful." It's backwards, wrong, and bad for American kids and families.

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

She is an American citizen, the daughter of a U.S. Navy service member from Illinois, who was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War. This is fascism, plain and simple.

submitted 4 days ago • 633 comments

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I’m always down to get a good workout in. #ImJustSaying

submitted 6 days ago • 66 comments

We can keep discussing these societal issues year after year, but nothing is likely to change. Instead, it’s up to you to take proactive steps to protect yourself and your family and live with the reassurance that you can protect your life if the threat arises—plain and simple.

submitted 6 days ago • 801 comments

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

submitted 6 days ago • 763 comments

CBS reporter Scott Pelley: This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”. If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

submitted 5 days ago • 478 comments

Great article

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“I will not run. I will stand and die here.” open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

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"We struggled to transfer their bodies to hospital as a quadcopter drone was firing bullets everywhere." "We managed to bury them in the Jabaliya town cemetery." "After that, we decided to leave, fearing for the lives of our remaining children." #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

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‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

submitted 6 days ago • 394 comments

The FDA flunkies say that their organization will now take an “evidence-based approach” to COVID boosters—before talking in contradictory generalities about the will of the Volk.

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

Lawmakers have defended the bill as simply purging Medicaid of illegal immigrants and ensuring that those who can work are not relying on Medicaid in order to avoid doing so. It’s a wildly inaccurate portrayal of what these reforms will actually do.

submitted 7 days ago • 81 comments

Jong-Fast: This would be the largest cut to food assistance in US history—and it will result in hungry kids. It’s also important to mention that this bill grows the deficit. I don’t know how it manages to do the two things you absolutely don’t want—starve children and grow the deficit—but it does.

submitted 8 days ago • 503 comments

Whether it's cuts to Medicaid, or SNAP, or Head Start, Donald Trump and Republicans are pushing a single agenda: Enriching the rich — at the expense of everyday Americans.

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments