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A senior citizen who has worked her whole life and cannot believe where we are today :( I grieve for my children and grandchildren.
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There are a dozen House Republicans who may sink Speaker Johnson's budget because they oppose deep cuts to Medicaid.

Some Congressional Democrats believe that the American people don't care about resisting Trump, and those Democrats are wrong.

Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out that the presidential libraries of Republican presidents remained open. Only the JFK Presidential Library was closed.

Donald Trump has spent nearly 11 million taxpayer dollars on golf while at the same time firing disabled veterans from government jobs.

Trump voters assumed that they wouldn't be the ones fired by Trump from their government jobs. They were wrong.

Senate Democrats have drawn a line in the sand on the budget. Democrats are not going to agree to anything without restrictions on Trump’s power.

House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Gerry Connolly requested documents and information related to Musk's role in the White House as Oversight Democrats are investigating.

he first stop in the Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) fighting oligarchy town hall tour was forced to move to a bigger venue due to a larger than expected audience.

Trudeau mocked Trump and unified his own country against the U.S. President as Macron told Trump not to be "weak" with Putin.

Trump tried spouting Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine, but it has completely backfired on him.

Four top House Democrats have come together to announce an investigation into Trump's pro-corruption agenda.

Rachel Maddow described Trump as a decorative president, while Elon Musk does the real work.

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WE. ARE. NOT. SAFE.

Correct. He’s not capable of playing multidimensional chess. Or chess. Or checkers. Or tic-tac-toe. As one of his aides put it during Shit Show I, “he’s just eating the pieces” on the board. Nothing he does is strategic. He’s purely guided by narcissistic, sociopathic impulses at all times.

He should be our messenger.

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Per #DailyDocket today: How #FreedomtoVoteAct could have changed 2024 election Had #Senate #Republicans passed #FreedomtoVoteAct, nearly 8 million more American citizens wd likely have registered to #vote ahead of 2024 general #election & nearly 3.8 million more #voters wd likely have cast #ballot.

/3from the Daily Docket /3 They filed a lawsuit Dec. 31 seeking to toss 60,000 ballots in the 2024 election from voters with allegedly “incomplete” registration information.

/2 from the Daily Docket: /2 Republicans are attempting to overturn North Carolina Supreme Court GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin’s loss to Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs in November.

From the Daily Docket: The Republican National Committee (RNC) and North Carolina GOP asked the state Supreme Court to resume proceedings in an election challenge regarding a seat on its own bench. /1

A critical supreme court election in Wisconsin!!!! Muskrat will try to steal it! www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

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Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Joni Ernst, etc: You’ve seen Hegseth, RFK Jr, and others give worthless assurances. You’re now seeing the US appease Putin, and DOJ guardrails crumble. Are you going to let Kash Patel use the FBI against his enemies list and further destroy the rule of law?

Hope everyone had a great NotMyPresident Day!

Put aside the nastiness of this post, & the way in he attacks Zelenskyy as a dictator but says not a word about his pal Putin, & just focus on the way it is written: would you hire this weird person to work for you? Would you trust this odd person to teach your kid in school?

Wow. Mike Lawler met with the Westchester County Legislature today and when JOSE ALVARADO - an elected County Legislator and Vice Chair - brought up concerns about ICE, Lawler actually wondered out loud whether Alvarado was a citizen or not! #NY17

This is correct.

US Supreme Court rules 6-3 that poisoning your rival is an official act.

Anna you obviously have DOGE Derangement Syndrome (DDS) smh

Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

Not satisfied with just Washington, Elon Musk is looking to exert his influence in a state with a Supreme Court race.

Trump is moving to end congestion pricing in NYC. Backers of the tolls are expected to sue.

Wisconsin ...... www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on. Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

From 1945 to 1991, the United States led a coalition of freedom-loving allies to contain and then to liberate the Soviet Empire. The result has been an unprecedented era of peace, prosperity, and liberty. The long peace is on the verge of ending.

American planes are crashing almost every day and the Secretary of Transportation is visiting the Daytona 500 and tweeting at Pete Buttigieg.

Did Adams watch his own appearance on Fox and friends?

"Cause ya’ll liars” OMG!!! NYC Mayor Eric Adams just had a Trumpy meltdown when asked by reporters why he won't take their questions. (Video via @katiehonan.bsky.social)