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Born in slavery in NY, Sojourner Truth escaped & dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of both African Americans & women. Her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” was delivered in 1851 at the Women’s Convention in OH. She met w/ President Lincoln in 1864 to discuss the future of African Americans.

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This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Why is this not on every UK news channel this morning?

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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

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72 million Americans are on the chopping block to lose their healthcare if Republicans pass the budget that came out of the House. AOC (D-NY) voices her concerns daily telling her colleagues on the other side of the aisle that people are yelling Don’t Cut My Medicare. AOC has no fucks left to give.

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Take a moment to process this: Musk has had his private thugs—who aren’t public servants and don’t work for the government and operate under no known standard of conduct—as _federal law enforcement agents_. When a CPAC host told him his army of security is “enormous,” he replied it should be bigger.

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Please and thank you!

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@propublica.org continues to identify DOGE workers. For example, Katherine Armstrong Loving, whose brother runs the crypto exchange Coinbase. Civil charges against coin base were just dropped by the administration. She is identifying EPA projects to nuke for Musk-Trump

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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Who would have thought that cutting healthcare funds for the people that desperately need the assistance would potentially be unpopular. I honestly hate articles like this. Don’t beat around the bush. Aggressively point out what these wolves in sheep clothing are doing apple.news/AcqAKRaemSri...

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Say goodbye to mail-in ballots and any reliable mail service. Control communications. Control the populace. Straight out of the authoritarian rule book.

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The nationwide protests have been great, but I think nationwide town hall meetings with our representatives, especially Republican ones, will be much louder. Elected officials can ignore the protests. But they can't ignore a room packed to capacity with pissed off constituents demanding answers.

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…sensitive data including health conditions and financial distress is being made available to the world’s largest brands…companies …targeting devices in US based on lists of internet users believed to have chronic illnesses, including arthritis, diabetes and high cholesterol. san.com/cc/googles-a...

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Trump Lawyer Emil Bove Screws Himself Under Oath In Federal Court: Well, we are after all talking about a Trump personal lawyer. Who I should add LOST in court up New York representing Trump. You’d think Trump would be done with him. However Trump, for reasons I can’t comprehend appointed Emil Bove…

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This morning, my colleagues and I stood in front of FBI headquarters to make it clear to everyone who wants an FBI focused on violent crime and not on political retribution: Kash Patel would be a disaster as FBI Director.

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NY Republicans push back against 9/11 fund cut: New York Republicans wrote a Wednesday letter to President Trump citing issues with probationary job cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which have impacted the workforce and a program supporting 9/11 first responder…

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share.newsbreak.com/bme4kx29 How sad. Indiana wants to stop free books for kids. #FUINDIANA

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They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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What are we taking back today?

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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

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🗣️ @aoc.bsky.social out fighting for the people & federal workers: “Every day our job is to wake up and say ‘what can I do today?’ — There is no act too small. Every action matters.” 🇺🇸

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Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."

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President Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when big blazes arrive this summer

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10,000 King Soopers workers are currently on strike for better pay and working conditions. Instead of negotiating in good faith, parent company Kroger has been using scabs and prioritized $7.5B in stock buybacks. Don't tell me they can't afford to pay a living wage.

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I'm seeing reactions that "this is all a distraction!" but no, this is a pretty good illustration of Trump's authoritarian turn and a nice way to break through to normal folks who think he's doing normal things.

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That’s how you write a headline, people.

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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc

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He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/... Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰

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He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn’t mean it. And if he did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.

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“Obama thinks he’s king!” was a pretty powerful rallying cry in the Tea Party revolts of 2009-2010 and that was, you know, WITHOUT HIS WHITE HOUSE LITERALLY DEPICTING HIM AS A KING

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A reminder I will be providing at least once a month for all of the remaining years of my life: Months before the 2024 election, the Department of Justice announced that there were at least six hundred Russian assets inside the United States and that some...were SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

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