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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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Bravo Nick “There is a better way.” #Iran #Tehran #Israel #IDF #Trump #GOP #MiddleEast #NewYorkTimes www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...

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#TulsiGabbard is irrelevant. #Authoritarians have no need for intelligence. #Trump #GOP #DEI #DNI www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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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

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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.

submitted 4 days ago • 784 comments

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.

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

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.

submitted 6 days ago • 534 comments

Amen.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/amy-...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Bring in the National Guard and Marines.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

I love this.

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#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...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Amen.

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

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

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?

submitted 20 days ago • 126 comments

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...

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#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...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

#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...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

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.

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

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

submitted 29 days ago • 757 comments

#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...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

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/...

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

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

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

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

❤️

submitted 34 days ago • 467 comments

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...

submitted 41 days ago • 286 comments

Mostly, I want democracy.

submitted 42 days ago • 51 comments

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

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

lmao

submitted 52 days ago • 344 comments

“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...

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

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