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My challenge for the American news media: Make peace seem as interesting as war.

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1/ Even those who knew bad things were coming have been startled by the damage MAGA has done so quickly to America. It was obvious that 47's team would pursue bad economic policies, but few expected them to create a full-blown crisis in a matter of months. Free link to RS article in next post.

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Happy Juneteenth! Today we celebrate freedom hard won and honor the strength, resilience, and courage of those who fought for it. Let’s use this day to learn, reflect, and take action for true justice. Freedom is a journey. Let’s keep moving forward together.

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🎶 Lift every chair and swinggggg🎶

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Yesterday in Pasadena CA, elderly people were randomly scooped up at gunpoint by ICE at a bus stop next to a strip mall where we take our kid to get donuts all the time. All because they looked “illegal.” From ABC7 on Weds June 18th 2025.

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We’ve got money to bulldoze the White House Rose Garden and turn it into a Mar-a-Lago-style patio, but we can’t pay for cancer research for kids or make sure veterans aren’t living off food stamps.

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Things are pretty fucked up if a mom‘s two sons — both members of the National Guard — had to accompany her to her immigration hearing to make sure she wouldn’t be detained by ICE.

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“By retreating from meaningful judicial review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote. “In sadness, I dissent.” https://trib.al/vJraQSG

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So much for MAHA.

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Excellent piece by Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social‬ on TACO backpedaling that's increasing chaos in gov't. https://newrepublic.com/article/196266/fox-news-quietly-admits-major-trump-failure-amid-fresh-doge-fiasco

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Democrats Show Video Of Trump Cognitive Decline Then Walk Out Of Biden Senate Hearing www.thedailypoliticususa.com/p/democrats-... #jaketapper ...here's the story you are too damn cowardly to cover. I'd return Biden any day to the WH over the violent and dangerously unstable, dementia addled #Trump

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THE VIEW: Do you feel safe as an elected official in this political climate? JASMINE CROCKETT: No. Not at all.

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👏💙 GO, DEMS! 😍

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wrote a short piece about why it's good trans ppl exist, and why fascists hate them. (it's because they human diversity and human flourishing.) www.everythingishorrible.net/p/it-is-good...

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PLS SHARE! Best Juneteenth video ever, with the cast of "Black-ish" (plus Laurence Fishburne). Fantastic production. 👏👍💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbvu...

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Generational grift - Barron Trump may have become a multimillionaire off the Trump family's cryptocurrency project. At 19 years old, Barron has potentially earned as much as $40 million and may have only about $25 million left after paying taxes to the IRS. tinyurl.com/bdbbf58t

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“The most efficient form of communication that elicits the most potential for change is just that: direct, clear communication with that person. It’s important to communicate clearly and objectively to others when you want to make sure that they understand the harm caused." tinyurl.com/mwsuwesktina

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This is beyond cruel, especially for young folks who are going through it. Cutting off LGBTQ+ youth from specialized suicide prevention help is a death sentence disguised as bureaucracy. Shame on every official who signed off on this. You’re not protecting children, you’re abandoning them.

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In a lengthy exchange, with ICE Deputy Field Director Bill Joyce, Reps Nadler and Goldman are denied the ability to visit the 10th floor. Joyce says it's not a detention facility it's just a place ppl are housed for several days w/out beds.

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HIRONO: If a court says this deployment of troops into our cities is not legal, would you follow that court's order? HEGSETH: I don't believe district courts should be determining national security policy. If it goes to the Supreme Court, we'll see.

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It’s Time to End Trumpism! #daniellemoodie #foryou #politics #foryourpage #democracy #maga youtube.com/shorts/lwA1x...

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As coastal areas have become far better at warning and evacuating people about hurricanes, inland communities too often remain ill prepared, with devastating results. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social‬, @cgaribay.bsky.social‬

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Trump does not want a peacefully prosperous nation. He is trying to provoke, antagonize and incite. Do not ignore this act of tyranny. www.amny.com/news/brad-la...

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"I'm happy to report I'm just fine. I lost a button. But I'm gonna sleep in my bed tonight, safe, with my family... At that elevator, I was separated from someone named Edgardo... Edgardo is in ICE detention and he's not going to sleep in his bed tonight."

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NY Governor Kathy Hochul calls “bullshit” on the arrest of New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander. DOHS claimed Lander was arrested for assaulting a federal officer, though he was released without being charged. apple.news/AN40A3hTFQw6...

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In response to a Q from @maxrn.bsky.social, Lander said: "This is a critical time to have a mayor who will stand up to ICE and stand up to Donald Trump... I am very grateful to the other mayoral candidates who came out here to call for my release and I really hope New Yorkers will elect one of us."

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Trump's ICE Goons Expand Their Terror Campaign New York City comptroller Brad Lander is the latest Democrat to be assaulted by masked ICE agents who are now Trump's brownshirts and represent a growing threat to American safety. With @jesscraven101.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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Who are these unidentified people manhandling a public official in NYC?! As with Padilla, bystanders just watch, while no one tries to help him. The fear runs deep. #UnAmerican www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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3️⃣6️⃣ That was the average age of No Kings marchers in Philadelphia. ❣️ #NoKings #Indivisible

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The Senate Majority leader is lying

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