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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Heroin addict and steroid abuser wants the rest of us to to make as smart decisions about our health as he has.

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If we have enough people with the knowledge and moral fortitude of Maine Governor Janet Mills, and the Associated Press- we might be able to save our Democracy

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"Six weeks ago, we had the strongest economy, employment, and stock market in history. ..All gone in 30 days."

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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Remember when America had friends? Like a month ago?

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A rogue DOJ… Pardons for Jan6 treasonous acts were inexcusable. Broaden the scope to include drugs, guns…and child porn manufacturing/possession of child porn? Abuse of judicial power. www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n... Criminals supported by bigger criminals. This is our country. #SheShed

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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When even the New York Post has to publish this, you know you fucked up.

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DOGE = Department of Gross Errors

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The Senate has confirmed Kash Patel, who has published an enemies list identical to Trump's, to serve a 10-year term as FBI Director. He will be a major cog in Trump's vengeance machine to silence and intimidate critics. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/kash-patel-in-his-own-words

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Isn’t it time for the folks on the left who aligned themselves with the “anti-woke” movement to admit they were conned?

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Woo-hoo! www.theverge.com/news/616408/...

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My 72-year-old neighbor in Florida — who voted for Trump enthusiastically — is whining to anyone who’ll listen that “they” better not come after his Medicare or Social Security. What should I say to him?

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Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe calls MAGA a "Nazi movement" and gets arrested. Democracy won't survive without people willing to stand up for it.

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Oh nothing to see here — just the United States of America aligning itself with Russia and against Europe. This is fine. Totally fine.

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"The voters who chose Trump last year because of his business prowess must have forgotten about his six bankruptcies, hundreds of stiffed contractors, $25 million Trump University fraud settlement, and terrible reputation among peers." www.thebulwark.com/p/seven-myth...

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Um...Is he okay?

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Do you stand with Ukraine? 🇺🇦

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The Senate voted 51-49 Thursday to confirm election denier Kash Patel to be the director of the FBI. During a confirmation hearing, Patel repeatedly refused to say that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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This is how Mitch McConnell should be remembered: Without him, there’s no President Trump right now—he had the chance to convict during impeachment and end it, but he didn’t. Without him, there’s no stacked conservative Supreme Court—you’d have more rights today.

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Fun fact: while Phony Stark and the DOGEbags are taking money from our veterans, the world’s poorest people and kids with cancer, Assistant President Poopy Pants has already spent nearly $11 million of our money… playing golf.

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One more time for the people in the back: Trump does not give a f*ck about working folks!

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wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

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This is going well… DOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in Rebuke www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/n...

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The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. Dante Alighieri

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Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

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Trump looks weak and erratic—selling out to Russia, attacking Zelenskyy, and throwing workers under the bus. Markets are rattled, his approval is crashing, and his MAGA cronies are overstepping. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!

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trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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This is an excellent template and should be disseminated widely

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Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board

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#ResistanceRoots #Voices4Victory #BlackHistoryMonth Today in history, 1956: Civil rights activists, including MLK, Rosa Parks, Ralph Abernathy and Jo Ann Robinson, are arrested for organizing the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. They were accused of violating a 1921 statute forbidding boycotts. /1

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Please follow and support former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe — an inspiring representation of our OPPOSITION movement. Earlier this week, Kluwe appeared at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach City, California and exercised his right to peaceful civil disobedience —…

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Kash Patel. Fucking Kash Patel. 😡

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HERO VS. Zero

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There’s a reason I’m a proud Northern New Englander and that Stephen King is the pride of Northern New England He left Twitter in November 2024 and came back just to do this

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Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year. Amanda’s Story: Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy. It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…

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Stephen King has returned to Twitter. 10/10. No notes. 🔥

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So I’m walking to work in the beautiful city of New York and I see a swasticar and I swear to god I have no control over the faces I make when I see one. 😬🙄🤐😠🥴🤮 Btw, you never see a woman driving one I’ve those trucks 🤨

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I have an excessive amount of rage that Harris/Walz didn’t get elected. 😅😅😅😭😭😭

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MAGAconomics: Fire the IRS! Nothing says ‘fiscal responsibility’ like laying off 6,700 IRS workers right before tax season. Good news: the ultra-rich can keep dodging taxes. Bad news: you might be waiting until 2026 for your refund. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...

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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.

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This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

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NEW: Minnesota was just ranked a top state both to retire and to raise a family. By investing in the things that matter – economic opportunity, health and safety, and strong communities – we’re building the best state for all Minnesotans from childhood through retirement.

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