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Former independent, now democrat šŸ’™ in a āŒ state I believe in rights and freedoms for all
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1. Trump says imposing tariffs on nearly every nation on earth is essential to force companies to make investments in the US instead of abroad But since taking office, the Trump Organization has announced new multi-billion $ development deals in the UAE, Qatar, India and Vietnam And NONE in the US

#TrumpCrimeFamily: Selling America from the Inside While Trump sits n the Oval Office, his sons are cutting foreign deals--from Saudi towers to Qatari golf resorts @adamkinzinger.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

This idiot has to go!

I love the internet

ā€œAnd I’m like, what do you mean, you ā€˜do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?ā€ - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

Anyone else find it strange that a man with a 14-year heroin addiction is railing against Narcan—the lifesaving drug that helped drive a sharp drop in overdose deaths after a federal distribution program? No one said Narcan cures addiction. It prevents funerals. That’s the point. The facts šŸ‘‡šŸ¾

A better copy!

Boycott Amazon until they post the tariff costs.

Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.

This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

NEW damning details on Pete Hegseth: Minutes before U.S. jets hit Yemen, Gen. Kurilla sent strike intel through a secure gov system. Hegseth turned around and dropped it in at least two Signal chats—on his personal phone. Jet timing. Target locations. And he still has the job.

NBC has confirmed what we have been saying for weeks. Hegseth clearly copied classified strike schedules from a secure device to his personal phones. This alone would get a line service member thrown in prison. But when it’s SecDef we are supposed to ignore it.

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

ā€œThe administration’s position is (1) that it can send US citizen prisoners to El Salvador’s torture chamber; (2) that even an American citizen accused of no crime wrongly sent to El Salvador has no remedy in court. It is hard to imagine a more authoritarian position.ā€ - Michael Klarman, Harvard

Rep. Jason Crow: "You know what I think the right thing, politically, to do is? Actually just do the right thing. If we do the right thing and we defend people, if we defend the innocent, if we defend our democracy, the politics tend to take care of themselves."

Mic drop

Love this one

El Salvador was also paid $6M for housing prisoners. Only congress can allocate funds so who paid and if it was our tax money, it’s illegal. What the fuck are we waiting for? Arrest the felon and all his co-conspirators - NOW.

šŸ’Æ this!!!

A force not to be reckoned with? Indeed.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but any govt official who violates someone's constitutional rights -- and is acting outside the scope of their lawful authority -- can be PERSONALLY liable in a civil suit. ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.

You saw the video of the ICE agent breaking a car window near the border, right? He wasn’t an ICE agent. He’s the founder of Veterans on Patrol, a FAR-RIGHT MILITIA patrolling the border for migrants. They’re basically deputizing militias to act as federal agents. This is dangerously out of control

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

šŸ‘‡This!!

Glad House Dems are demanding a full briefing—because immigration agents showed up at L.A. elementary schools, and DHS lied about it. Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids. Don’t let this go!!!

Still can't believe he ever got elected, and twice! This country has lost its mind

It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is ā€œbring back that one innocent guyā€ and not ā€œWHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.ā€

DOGE has reportedly gained access to sensitive NLRB data — including info on union activity, workplace complaints, and names of organizers. Coincidentally, the NLRB has multiple lawsuits against SpaceX and Tesla. The conflicts of interest just keep getting more blatant.

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

The government should not be hiding how it's spending taxpayers money. In fact, that's illegal. That's why we're suing the OMB for taking down its apportionments website.

The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes per year — enough to end homelessness, hunger, and pay for universal childcare. šŸ‘†šŸ» This is the crime wave we should be talking more about.