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Nourishing Hope Volunteer, International Travel, Arabic, Middle East, Music, Golf, Reading, Acoustic Guitar, Lover of all things Chicago. Progressive politics. Columbia University (SIPA) grad. Harvard PMD, Peace Corps Volunteer - Yemen (1974-1977)
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#Authoritarianism succeeds when the strongman lies become so routine that the public cannot tell the difference between lies and truth. #GOP #Trump #Medicaid #BigBeautifulBill

what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.

Japan just pulled out of defense talks after Trump’s team demanded 3.5% of GDP in military spending. This isn’t alliance, it’s extortion. Rubio and Hegseth wanted a photo op. Japan saw the bill. And walked.

AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.

Amen.

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Bring in the National Guard and Marines.

I love this.

#RFKJr is as bad as we thought. Who needs #vaccine advisors if you are a vaccine denier? #GOP #MAGA #Trump #CDC #HHS #ACIP #Predator www.axios.com/2025/06/09/r...

Gun safety laws save lives. #GOP #Guns #Trump #RedStates #BlueStates #MAGA #JAMA #CDC www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

Another reason to love #Coco #tennis #frenchopen #paris #trump #spikelee #CoCoGauff www.nj.com/sports/2025/...

#Trump is sick and needs help. #GOP #MAGA #LosAngeles #NationalGuard #PoliceState #ICE #DHS

Amen.

#GOP supporting national ban on #abortion #Trump #BigBeautifulBill #Maga is a fraud. www.notus.org/health-scien...

So, according to MAGA, setting a parked car on fire warrants the National Guard, but erecting a pop-up gallows with the VP’s name on it does not. Do I have that about right?

Irrelevant. The #GOP always votes to cut taxes for the wealthy. They are cutting $1 trillion on anti poverty programs. #Trump #TACO #Trickledown #MAGA is a fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...

#GOP Senator #JoniErnst of #Iowa supports #Medicaid cuts to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. #WeAreAllGoingToDie #Trump #MAGA 'We all are going to die': Sen. Ernst response to grilling on Medicaid www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...

#Trump regime has stained American values. #Trickledown tax cuts for the uber wealthy and corporations have always failed the large majority of Americans. #NYT #MarcoRubio #NicholasKristoff #USAID #StateDepartment #GOP #PEPFAR #AIDS #MAGA is a fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/o...

Nearly $10B in added dental costs. 25M more cavities. All from removing fluoride. RFK Jr. and Trump turned a decades-long public health success into a fringe culture war. The ones who’ll suffer most? Poor kids. You can’t brush this off.

The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)

#Palantir merging #SSA #DHS #IRS and #HHS data that an #authoritarian government will use to exact retribution on Americans. #AlexKarp #Foundry #PeterThiel #MAGA and #trump cannot be trusted. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

The #WhiteHouse and #HHS are using AI to generate reports. When you cannot defend your reporting, use #AI Lazy and cheap. #Trump #GOP #RFKJr #MAHA #MAGA is a fraud. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

#TACO trade triumphs once again. #Trump is playing us folks. #GOP #MAGA is a fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/b...

#NancyMace self promoter. Who does this nonsense? #GOP #SouthCarolina #Citadel #BurnerAccounts www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

#Southwest destroys model. See too much money on the table. Destroys to village to save it. #BagsFlyFree www.inc.com/bill-murphy-...

Democracy dies in darkness. #ScottPelley #JakeTappers #Trump #GOP #WakeForest #DEI #StayWoke deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/in-a-world...

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At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

Mostly, I want democracy.

Puppy-Killer Noem Trolled Over Latest ICE ‘Publicity Stunt’ #kristinoem www.thedailybeast.com/puppy-killer... via @thedailybeast

Performative politics by unqualified #DHS secretary. #GOP #Pritzker #KristiNoem #Illinois #Chicago #EmmaShafer #WelcomeImmigrants #FoxNews #Maga is a fraud. www.axios.com/local/chicag...

lmao

“Right wing extremism needs to be stopped.” Something America may learn woefully late. #Trump #BBC #JDVance #MarcoRubio #AfD #Germany #NYT #WashingtonPost #NBC #CBS #PBS #ABC www.bbc.com/news/article...

Truth hurts? #Tariffs are unforced error by #WhiteHouse and #Trump. #GOP #Amazon #JeffBezos #Walmart #HomeDepot #TrumpTax www.axios.com/2025/04/29/t...

“If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla.” Neil Young rocks it. Let’s Roll Again! #NeilYoung #Tesla #fascist #Musk #Trump #GOP youtu.be/dLYHby4N5Nk

Freight slows down significantly. #China #TrumpTax #Tariffs #GOP #Walmart #Walmart #HomeDepot #Trump #Bloomberg www.barrons.com/articles/tar...