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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 3 days ago • 2367 comments

Donald Trump bringing shame on The United States again. This is the worst yet. He is right about one thing though ... the war could be ended in 24 hours ... by Russian troops leaving the country it invaded.

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A big pointer for what the Oscar's will be? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

submitted 9 days ago • 1246 comments

On Abraham Lincoln's 216th birthday, it's worth listening to this important warning he gave us back in 1838. Does any of this sound familiar to you? www.youtube.com/shorts/s2WcV...

submitted 10 days ago • 289 comments

Yes, the US in on this chart. Can you find it?

submitted 14 days ago • 59 comments

Senator Chuck Schumer sums it up

submitted 18 days ago • 822 comments

Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."

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“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy.” -- James E. Dennehy, NYC’s top FBI agent. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

submitted 20 days ago • 484 comments

Support Canadian alternatives!

submitted 20 days ago • 1331 comments

My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.

submitted 21 days ago • 7995 comments

This is what a true hero and leader looks like.

submitted 23 days ago • 173 comments

Just one mutation away from another pandemic 😧 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia just accomplished something huge: they overcame Amazon's union-busting tactics and voted to form the store's first union in over four decades. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.

submitted 24 days ago • 412 comments

😂 AI put to good use 😊

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