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letters of conscience from one citizen to another * reporting true stories from trump's america * "you are capable of choosing, darling citizen" by Daye Pope
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Yes.

The hot new trend: Politicians go one day without talking about trans people challenge. I bet most of them can't do it

Hey Gavin Newsom there's lots of "unfair" things you could be focused on, like how your state relies on incarcerated barely paid labor to fight forest fires

If you're a college student in Illinois protesting for a Free Palestine and you need advice about Trump's executive orders and the recent crackdowns, email me at [email protected]. If you're arrested, I can represent you pro bono.

are we having fun yet?

A fundamental difference between the parties is that Republicans understand that public opinion can be shaped, whereas Democrats believe it can only be responded to. So Republicans shape opinion rightward, Democrats believe it’s what The People™ want, then proceed to also move rightward. Repeat.

Wishing all trans people a great night! And wishing all people who hate us incurable constipation ❤️✨️

We do no harm to ANYONE ELSE, Y'ALL CHRISTIAN VALUES FOLK ARE SOOO PROUD OF THIS HUH??

New from me: Alabama abortion rights supporters are in court today over threats from the state AG to prosecute them for helping people get legal abortions out of state. The case is a bellwether of whether red states can cut off access to abortion travel and pills www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The fact that “neutral” pundits continue to carry water for the lie that a majority of Americans support what is happening to trans people is further evidence that “neutrality” isn’t journalism at all. It’s not holding power to account. It’s reinforcing power and repeating propaganda

Trump has achieved what Mark Zuckerberg and Meta only dreamed of: convincing a sizeable number of Americans to live in an alternate reality

We can’t let Trump’s routine way of lying about everything spill over into the courts.

The party whose leaders spew antisemitic conspiracy theories on the daily, and give literal Nazi salutes, is now claiming to fight antisemitism - which is a pretty obvious smoke screen in order to suppress dissent and protests at college campuses, and eventually destroy and defund higher education.

This is not normal.

After being removed from the chamber, Rep. Al Green told the White House press pool: "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump.

“You have no mandate to cut Medicaid!” Representative Al Green was escorted out of Congress during President Trump's speech to the joint session on Tuesday. Green, a Texas Democrat, introduced the first articles of impeachment against Trump in 2017. nyti.ms/4h7iiKi

In new tariff news from this speech, Trump named the EU, China, Brazil, India, Mexico, Canada, and South Korea are the countries for possible April 2nd tariffs—that would cover the vast majority of US trade. He also reiterated he wants tariffs on food to start April 2nd.

A little bit of integrity. Only House member who has introduced articles of impeachment. You swore an oath to the constitution. It means everything or nothing.

I have not yet detected a single honest or accurate statement by Trump This is as hateful a speech as has ever been given on the floor of the House of Representatives by a president of the United States

Rep. Melanie Stansbury holds a sign reading "This Is Not Normal" before another member rips it out of her hand.

Yes! Disrupt Trump and his criminals at every turn. These villains should know no peace

This is the conceptual shift that mainstream news outlets have been unable to make for 10 years now, to their eternal discredit.

Maria Bartiromo's show on impact of Trump's tariffs: "This Dodge Ram truck. $80,000. Instantly became $100,000."

I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.

Ahh, the years I wasted not reading this book! And yet, probably it found me right when I was ready for it. darling citizen's 2nd relevant reads: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" open.substack.com/pub/darlingc...

The Trump administration is: *breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress *breaking the law by ignoring a court order *lying about it *killing people *silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out

This memo says that a direct result of Rubio blocking USAID funding is the death of literally millions of children

Notably they already failed this test on immigration and it has gotten them nothing

There is a certain type of "useful idiot" Leftist that thinks parroting Russian propaganda is a useful take and I just don't have time for it propaganda isn't just a right wing problem, even though it's festering in particular in MAGA

I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment. Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?

This goes so hard

NOTE: The opponents of DEI are purging anyone who is not a white man from military leadership This is not about merit; it’s about normalizing racism and misogyny

Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!

KYIV INDEPENDENT: “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.” kyivindependent.com/editorial-a-...

Fearing repercussions from your government. Fearing the sudden loss of healthcare for your whole family. Fearing that what the government intends for you is mere sadism—trauma without purpose or justification. This is what evil men do when we let them spend a lifetime doing evil without consequence.

Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.

Trump and Vance don't even deserve to breathe the same air as Zelensky. They would have taken the first flight to safety while Zelensky stayed to lead his people in their fight to maintain freedom from tyranny

WaPo, Page One. “She hoped for change, but not like this” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Mr. Coyne is not exaggerating here: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/507c53d...

Elon at the White House yesterday vs. a scene from Don't Look Up.

Today's @usatoday.com front page First US death from measles in 10 years First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US All of this fully preventable

Former Senior Advisor to KH and Democratic strategist 👇👇