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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite. My full interview here:

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Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.

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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

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The Trump administration has terminated a U.S.-funded initiative that documents alleged Russian war crimes, including a sensitive database detailing the mass deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, according to U.S. officials.

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People are being shipped(not deported) out the country with NO due process. All the while, accused rapist and Human traffickers like the friggin Tate brothers are allowed entry and handshakes. And this is supposed to be the "justice" their administration(regime) has championed! Twilight Zone.

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Are you paying ATTENTION, yet? 👇 Well, are you?! Better start. ✨

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oh this is a big mystery

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Trump called to imprison his opponents in a speech at the DOJ today, labeling his courtroom opponents “scum,” judges “corrupt” and the prosecutors who investigated him “deranged."

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Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

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When R.F.K., Jr., says that Americans are “the sickest people on earth,” he does not acknowledge that the nations at the top of the health-care rankings all have two things he doesn’t like: universal health care and comprehensive vaccine programs.

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U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

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Breaking News: The Justice Department’s pardon attorney said she was fired one day after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson’s gun rights be restored.

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Ontario slaps 25% increase on electricity exports to the U.S. in response to Trump's trade war www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

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Stay focused!

submitted 19 days ago • 190 comments

While Trump & Musk DOGE cut the federal workforce and federal contracts leaving THOUSANDS of Americans UNEMPLOYED, Elon Musk & his family are flying for FREE on Air Force. MUSK is a BILLIONAIRE!! Why are OUR taxes paying for this? THIS is fraud, waste, & abuse. tribune.com.pk/story/253234...

submitted 19 days ago • 556 comments

Nothing screams HYPOCRITE quite like Trump complaining about & gutting school loan forgiveness for grads dedicated to service & bettering our communities while he’s had HUNDREDS of MILLIONS in debt forgiven due bankruptcy 6 times. tinyurl.com/r6nkkz3j

submitted 19 days ago • 431 comments

What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

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“Those nasty Canadians are ripping us off and are controlled by Mexican cartels. They’re poisoning us with fentanyl and need to become the 51st state or they will pay a high price” is a belief that literally ZERO Americans had six weeks ago. It’s entirely invented from scratch.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

submitted 22 days ago • 82 comments

They try to silence us, hold us back, and strip away our rights, but women always fight back. This #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re doubling down, because when women lead, we all move forward.

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Netanyahu’s extremist government has halted ALL humanitarian aid into Gaza. Starving children is a war crime. UN leaders said: "International humanitarian law is clear: we must be allowed access to deliver vital lifesaving aid. We need to get aid in and the hostages out.”

submitted 24 days ago • 166 comments

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” erasing $4 billion in additional savings that the group said it had made for U.S. taxpayers.

submitted 23 days ago • 110 comments

What's it gonna take for everyone to realize the occupant of the white house is fundamentally anti-American?

submitted 23 days ago • 244 comments

New York City educators are embracing rather than restricting the discussions of race with a new K-12 curriculum, “Black Studies as the Study of the World.” This comes as the Trump administration moves to ban programs related to diversity and equity across the government and schools.

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Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement, joined with former Polish political prisoners to send an impassioned letter to President Trump voicing "horror and disgust" at his scolding of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine last week.

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Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” erasing $4 billion in additional savings that the group said it had made for U.S. taxpayers.

submitted 24 days ago • 211 comments

Putin can’t believe his luck. Here is Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov on Trump: “The new administration is fast changing all foreign policy configurations…This coincides with our vision in many ways.” Trump now backs dictatorship, not democracy. We cannot allow that to stand.

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THIS ‼️

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Brian Glenn (Wilson) shouldn’t be criticizing anyone about anything. Team Zelensky!

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Trump's 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 to our ally in the Oval Office is a DAMN SHAME. Denigrating a democratic world leader while sitting next to him has not only jeopardized our work with global allies. Once again, Trump's ego just put our national security at risk.

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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

submitted 27 days ago • 853 comments

News Analysis: The GOP won the last election in no small part because of its new appeal with working-class voters. But the economic agenda Republicans are now putting together would by and large help rich Americans, all while teeing up cuts to programs that provide health care and food to the poor.

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WHY would we trust a known dictator?? Is Ukraine just supposed to just give up, give in, and GIVE AWAY its resources? Peace shouldn’t have a price tag. www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...

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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world. “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

submitted 28 days ago • 285 comments

Call your reps! 5calls.org makes it so easy. Just enter your zip and they provide contact information and a script!

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President Trump on Tuesday shared an AI-generated video depicting the devastated Gaza Strip as an opulent resort emblazoned with his name. The video was immediately scorned by many Palestinians.

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The men said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.

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Breaking news: The Trump administration plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, breaking decades of precedent in the White House.

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Within the span of 90 minutes on Tuesday morning, two airplanes, at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, were forced to abort landings to avoid collisions, federal aviation officials said.

submitted 30 days ago • 345 comments

Never in our history has the US voted w/ Dictatorships at the expense of our Democratic allies—that is until today. Trump has not only just ruined US credibility as a global leader, but set back the global fight for democratic values and peace.

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President Trump’s aides have insisted that his tariffs won’t have a negative impact on U.S. consumers and businesses. Studies by economists have found otherwise.

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