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Best protest song lyric recs? I'll go with one that's been on my mind: There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone. And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone. And you won't find me singin' on this song when I'm gone. So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.

submitted 29 days ago • 56 comments

Keep Your Hands Off! Keep ‘em off of our Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, private data, libraries, schools, and personal rights. Find an event near you, or—if you are near D.C.—come join us, along with the rest of The Contrarian family! (Details to follow.)

submitted 28 days ago • 54 comments

Here's the state of play: Elon Musk, an unelected multibillionaire, has access to your Social Security records. But you & millions of other Americans can't access the benefits you've earned. Actions speak louder than words – Trump picks billionaires over the people every time.

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments

Watch every second of this. I don’t care who you voted for or where you’re from – this is simply un-American. Every single Patriot needs to stand up immediately and make it clear: We will not let Donald Trump put dozens of families, including veterans and kids, on the street.

submitted 43 days ago • 9 comments

Goddamit. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 43 days ago • 1822 comments

“To understand Trump, forget ideology, forget governance. The only principle that matters is that no one—ever—can appear smarter, more capable, or more admired than he does. The CIA...is a direct threat to that ‘reality.’” Read more from Brian O’Neill on the recent CIA firings.

submitted 42 days ago • 22 comments

Sixty years ago, civil rights activists marched in Alabama to demand equal access to the ballot. The state’s 2024 election data shows how progress since then is being rolled back. #Selma

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

The U.S. government‘s weather information service is being torn apart by Musk & DOGE. Meteorologists fired, weather balloons in disrepair & funding cuts for vital forecasting units. @newsjennifer.bsky.social explains, the impact will be profound.

submitted 42 days ago • 26 comments

The find out part

submitted 42 days ago • 1552 comments

Come on Democrats! Whether you show up tonight, do something to show us the party isn’t just on life support. Stop being so ‘nice’. Your opponents are not nice!!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

If only Congress had the ability to do something about this…

submitted 48 days ago • 788 comments

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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submitted 47 days ago • 1243 comments

I’m all for Birthright Citizenship except when it comes to Marco Rubio. Revoke his. He’ll be happier back in Cuba.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

A draft dodger and someone whose claim to fame is made of lies and name changes, had the nerve to berate a genuine hero. Trump has no idea what statesmanship is. He’s just a crass mob boss. (My apologies to mob bosses.) He is a National Disgrace. Republicans take note: Zelensky is a true hero.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 55 days ago • 2201 comments

There’s no money to pay for 20 inpatient care beds at my VA, but there’s over $4 TRILLION available in tax cuts for Trump’s billionaire buddies?!?

submitted 54 days ago • 14 comments

submitted 55 days ago • 750 comments

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

submitted 56 days ago • 2491 comments

Defending Trump’s power grab with the “unitary executive theory” is just a fancy way of claiming the president can rule the executive branch like a monarch. This argument has no basis in history or the Constitution.

submitted 55 days ago • 9 comments

Firing 7000 IRS agents will make it even easier for the rich to get away with skirting what they owe. But it's also a gift to the multi-billion dollar tax prep industry. Fewer IRS agents to help you file your taxes means more money in the pockets of companies like TurboTax.

submitted 55 days ago • 177 comments

Amen to that.

submitted 55 days ago • 1964 comments

The message is clear. The Trump WH thinks democracy is a joke.

submitted 57 days ago • 239 comments

Trump handed massive tax cuts to the rich in 2017. Now he's planning even more cuts. How are Trump and MAGA Republicans planning to pay for them? By making it harder for millions of Americans to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs. Trickle up economics.

submitted 58 days ago • 157 comments

What happened last time we had a mad king? America doesn't do kings.

submitted 58 days ago • 367 comments

Trump’s VA is closing 20 life-saving beds in the Hudson Valley – fundamentally breaking the sacred trust with our veterans. This is shameful; we all need to raise our voices. I’m asking every patriotic American to share. We cannot & will not be silent. hudsonvalley.news12.com/veterans-ral...

submitted 57 days ago • 9 comments

ESSAY: Home of the brave? Really? open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 61 days ago • 230 comments

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Just think, if he gets rid of birthright citizenship we get rid of Marco Rubio.

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary: "I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it." BOOM! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

submitted 73 days ago • 940 comments

OMFG! 🔥🔥🔥🔥Rep. Jasmine Crockett: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 "We are going to be in your faces, we're gonna be on your ass, we're going to make sure you understand that this is what democracy looks like!"

submitted 73 days ago • 161 comments

So for all of you who either didn’t vote, or who voted for Trump because of the Biden/Harris position on Gaza, congratulations on putting a self-centered madman into the White House who sold out the Palestinians. This was avoidable.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments