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1. Refusing to honor constitutional checks and balances. 2. Blocking research that could help treat cancer and addiction, diseases that together impact the vast majority of Americans, whether directly or indirectly.

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I can’t even imagine what the childhood version of me would have thought if I went back in time and told me I’d be living in a world in which “Nazi” wasn’t a term of unquestionable evil.

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Republicans in Congress are making a deliberate choice.

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My latest for Global Sisters Report. It’s true. I don’t know what else to say about having the ability to end world hunger and refusing to do it.

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This is just pure absurdity.

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Did you know the most powerful force for climate action is LOVE—for our children, their future, and the world they’ll inherit? That's right! Research shows this message moves hearts 12x more than jobs and 2x more than extreme weather. Source: potentialenergycoalition.org/guides-and-r...

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When Trump took office, the NLRB had 24 separate investigations into Musk’s corporations for violating workers’ rights. But presto...Trump fired three officials at that agency, effectively stalling the board's ability to rule on cases. See how this works?

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“Transgender people are exactly that, people — not tools to be wielded in a climb up the political ladder.” Becky Sauerbrunn, forever my captain

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1/2 🧵 Ok, so ideally I would like this post, dating from 1912 and alerting the scientific community of the time to the dangers of coal exploitation and consumption on the greenhouse effect and climate change, to go viral in order to inform the wider community.

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Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."

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Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” It’s who our government is for. Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?

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"Now, along with Vivek Ramaswamy, he [Elon Musk] will oversee a new 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE), named after a memecoin." I just love how this CNN article says that DOGE was named in honor of Dogecoin. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/11/b...

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Here’s why doctors recommend getting specific shots at specific times — as well as what happens when parents stray from that advice.

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“As women of faith, we deeply believe in the virtue of mercy – particularly in giving mercy to those who repent and ask for forgiveness…. This was clearly not an act of mercy. It was an act of contempt….” 🔥 statement from the Adrian Dominican Sisters.

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News outlets are now reporting that it was the Secret Service, not ICE, that approached the school.

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ICE is going after grade school students. Grateful for the leadership of the principal, who denied their attempts to enter unlawfully (without the presence of a signed judicial warrant). Going after children who are just trying to learn is WRONG!

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In her first week, Biden FTC Chair Lina Khan pledged to "protect the public from corporate abuse." In his first week, Trump FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson announced that "DEI is over" at the agency. One agenda to protect people. The other to distract from corporate plunder.

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Reflecting on Flight into Egypt story today - Jesus, Mary, & Joseph had their CBP1 appt they waited months for canceled yesterday…while a Cardinal prayed for the aspirations of the new president. It is that word “aspiration” - & the president’s aspirations & the gospel are @ odds.

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Featuring my own Terre Haute, Indiana. I see the investments daily, driving around my city. The new transitional housing facility on my regular walking route. The affordable housing units going up in several places. The abandoned houses in my neighborhood being rehabbed as we speak.

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So much for being for the working class. First day actions include stripping workers of collective bargaining rights.

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It's that time of year again: where mediocre white men quote MLK Jr out of context to suit purposes utterly contrary to his vision and values.

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Note the next post in this thread correctly identified this move as “patently illegal.” It may not hold up in courts, but it’s part of an intentional effort to wear us down and test what we are willing to accept. We must be strategic and measured in our responses.

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Meanwhile, he’s looking to cut the very programs that support so many of us everyday people: SNAP, Medicaid, and more. To pay for tax cuts to billionaires.

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Our read of the evidence is similar to this paper: even with ambitious demand-side efforts (minimize food waste, shift high-meat diets toward plants, cut biofuels) there is still an “inescapable need for yield increases” to feed 9-10 billion people while halting biodiversity loss and climate change.

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The need to accommodate global commerce with no thought to ramifications is causing another threat to an important ecosystem. This time: invasive lionfish may soon make their way through the Panama Canal (enlarged to accommodate supersize ships) to the Pacific. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/c...

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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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I mean, this is also an important part of his legacy, I guess. 😂

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Happy 100th birthday to President Carter, who started the Department of Energy, and started the Solar Energy Research Institute (which later became NREL). Today we are reaping the rewards of cheap solar, wind, and batteries because of the investments President Carter made.

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Trump’s team claimed that their tax cuts would boost household income by $4,000. But research shows that the lowest paid workers saw no change in earnings. Meanwhile, exec salaries increased sharply. Trump and Republicans want to double down on yet another trickle-down scam.

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Here are 5 Resolutions brought to us by Indivisible for Keeping Democracy Alive. The attached article has a myriad of resources to guide you! 1. Seek out community 2. Build something local 3. Connect with those under threat 4. Support independent media 5. Have fun! indivisible.org/resource/guide

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From @nytopinion.nytimes.com Jimmy Carter “described his second career as ‘waging peace.’ That work remains far from finished, and it remains for those who admired Mr. Carter to continue,” the editorial board writes.

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For the Feast of the Holy Innocents, I am praying for the children of Palestine, killed because of the fear that a liberation leader might be born among them. May we count them among the saints in heaven and work for an end to the bloodshed.

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Israel severely weakened safeguards meant to protect civilians to make it easier to strike Gaza in the weeks after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, unleashing one of the deadliest bombing campaigns in modern warfare, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/49XyoV2

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When Congress reaches a bipartisan deal to keep the government operating, and then Elon Musk tweets his opposition, which blows up the deal as congressional Republicans fall in line, you know your interests aren’t represented. We are governed by one billionaire. His interests are not our interests.

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Many Americans have forgotten how bad things were before the ACA, when more than 50 million people went without health insurance. But the U.S. health care system remains inadequate, and after the 2024 presidential contest, any improvement seems unlikely. uscatholic.org/articles/202...

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I work in progressive federal policy and had some work meetings last week. In casual conversation with someone on our Government Relations team, we talked about the politics and power of tariffs. (1/4)

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