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ICYMI: UNDER THE DOME: The First 100 Days in Congress of the Trump Administration. Episode 1: Shit Gets Dark Fast youtu.be/8YA6wWE_-Ao?...

This is what happens when thousands of Missourians make calls to their Republican Representatives. Keep it up. missouriindependent.com/briefs/misso...

Their idea of patriotic education is LYING.

That's right - we should cut government waste. But we're seeing Trump and Musk's plan in action: pausing federal funds that rip school lunch away from preschoolers and end Meals on Wheels for seniors. That's not efficiency, it's cruelty. I have better ideas. www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-...

Let's be clear about what happened today: Donald Trump tried to cut a giant chunk of government funding — hurting preschoolers, seniors, and veterans. Trump's illegal shutdown is blocked for now — but don't forget that he tried to cut programs supporting working families.

Hegseth told the Senate he’d protect the inspector general’s independence. But after Trump illegally fired the IG, he’s weaponizing government investigations to go after Gen. Milley. It’s a warning sign that Hegseth’s focused more on political retribution than national security.

Chair Powell is putting jobs at risk and making it more difficult for you to afford a home or pay your credit card bill. The Fed needs to cut interest rates. President Trump needs to act to lower costs – not shut down programs that help families, seniors, and veterans.

I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.

How much will it cost to house and guard 30,000 people in Cuba? A lot more than letting them stay in America where they'll work and pay taxes. This isn't about immigrants being a financial drain on the US economy. It's about racism. Pure and simple.

No money for meals on wheels, head start, student grants, Medicare etc. But billions of dollars to build a detention center in Cuba - no problem! Can’t believe I live amongst people who have these values. Such great Christians.

So his plan is to use a concentration camp to provoke a standoff with Cuba, then.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY: A HUMAN RIGHTS NIGHTMARE—AGAIN youtube.com/shorts/6-ELT...

To be clear, the concentration camps in World War II were not widely known or acknowledged. The Allies discovered and liberated them after the war. Camps are being erected in America and Cuba as we speak.

With the terrible tragedy over the skies of D.C., it’s time to prioritize safety. Trump must end the hiring freeze on air traffic controllers and restore the aviation safety advisory committee he dismantled on Jan 22.

Washington DC: 19 bodies reportedly recovered after passenger plane collides with military helicopter over Potomac River – live

Hegspeth is confirmed. Now What? He has no idea how to manage the Pentagon. So he is going to be dependent on his direct reports. Most of which require confirmation. The Dems have to use whatever political skills they have to get qualified, rational people in these positions ? Suggestions ?

But we do not have a mass shooting problem.

Hey, what's a BSD 3? TIA

Right now, in America, 22 million workers make less than $15/hr. 40 million make less than $17/hr. Shamefully, the federal minimum wage hasn't been raised since 2009 and remains at $7.25/hr. I asked Trump's nominee for Treasury if we should raise it. His response? "No sir."

With the TikTok ban moving another step forward I would like to remind everyone that I am on every other app as well: linktr.ee/pearlmania500

I'm doing this all myself, and need to start delegating to ensure we can grow sustainably! pixelfed.org fedidb.org fediverse.info pubkit.net loops.video joinloops.org respecfulplatforms.org These are just some of the sites I run, and need help 🙏

Never joined Meta, but friends still send me Insta reels I can’t watch. Makes me wonder: how hard will Instagram tank when folks can’t download/crop TikToks to upload as reels after next week? Guess originality’s about to be really tested.

Always the cleanup crew. 🤦🏻‍♂️

The Internet is so good for stuff like mutual aid and keep people informed amid crisis. Like, when I feel despair--and these days I often do--it's a small encouragement to be reminded that when we are proximal to suffering, we are capable of extraordinary generosity.

Yup…

OK, but can you tell us what you would do with all that tax money? If we’re just gonna use it to fund more wars and give more corp tax breaks, maybe we shouldn’t bother collecting it.

Meta now allows women to be called ‘property’ and LGBTQ+ folks labeled ‘mentally ill.’ Watching people justify staying on Meta —‘It’s just where everyone is!’—is wild. At what point do convenience and connection outweigh complicity in a system harming the most vulnerable? Asking for humanity.

#January6 Insurrection Day Never Forget Never Forgive

Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!

Hard to process the devastation I’ve witnessed in the last two days. Still in a state of shock for those who have lost so much in such a short period of time. #NoWords 💔

Some Christmas Trees at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston light up the night. 🎄#ChristmasAcrossPA Webcam: http://216.37.255.15/view/viewer_index.shtml

Here's how we can fight childhood hunger in the USA 👇 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYgwbK1Q/

Here's a radical idea: Healthcare for Taxpayers. If you work and pay taxes in the United States, you and your family shouldn't have to worry about a medically induced bankruptcy because your health insurance company denied your claim for healthcare. Thoughts?

Who here agrees?