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It is my sincere hope that all media including corporate and independent media REMEMBER: Social Security is NOT just for Seniors. There are ALMOST 25% of us that are people w/disabilities and people who have it via survivors benefits. Please don't forget about US when you talk about this program. 🙏💜

submitted 13 hours ago • 25 comments

I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.

submitted 2 days ago • 87 comments

Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections.

submitted 1 day ago • 447 comments

SSA just announced some changes to the "identity proofing" policy that has caused so much controversy because it will force millions more people to seek in-person help. TL;DR: There's not much to see here. 🧵 www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Just a reminder: having a functional moral compass right now is going to make you feel bad all the time; don’t mistakenly hate yourself for that.

submitted 4 days ago • 309 comments

If you’re still masking…thank you If you’re trying to educate others on the benefits of masks…thank you If you’re standing in solidarity with disabled & vulnerable people who’ve been cast aside for the last 5 years…thank you Its not easy being the lone masker in 2025, but we see & appreciate you

submitted 4 days ago • 221 comments

🚨It’s CRITICAL for the people who are completely dependent on Social Security, this means seniors, people like me w/disabilities, low income households, people who have survivors benefits & veterans to speak out & share their own personal journeys. SSDI is my ONLY source of money on my fixed income.

submitted 6 days ago • 95 comments

♿Social Security is NOT just for Seniors. It's also for people like me with Disabilities, people who receive Survivors Benefits & Veterans who receive Social Security benefits. Before I became disabled, I PAID into the program with EVERY paycheck. There are MILLIONS more like me & it is OUR MONEY!♿

submitted 6 days ago • 42 comments

2022: "The Supreme Court would NEVER overturn Roe v. Wade!" 2025: "The administration would NEVER take away Social Security!"

submitted 7 days ago • 585 comments

Remember that this is where his discussions with El Salvador began. The migrant detentions there are the dry run. He wants to ship U.S. prisoners to El Salvador.We cannot sleepwalk through this.

submitted 7 days ago • 1348 comments

It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.

submitted 8 days ago • 2839 comments

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

submitted 10 days ago • 108 comments

One problem with the idea of reserving due process for law-abiding people is that due process is how we figure out which people are law-abiding.

submitted 11 days ago • 354 comments

"Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are partnering to offer interest-free loans of up to $10,000 for individuals and families to support relocation costs to another state because of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies, and climate in their current state of residence."

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🔥THREAD that DEBUNKS Donald Trump & Elon Musk's LIES about Social Security: (Please Share FAR & WIDE): Social Security has extremely low fraud rates compared to private retirement programs. Donald Trump’s claims are an effort to manufacture chaos & justify cutting benefits & stealing our money. 1/7

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.

submitted 26 days ago • 399 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 35 days ago • 2514 comments

I want to say again to academics who are interested in public writing. Look locally. Sure national outlets are good and I do that too, but this kind of visibility in your community can have a real impact.

submitted 35 days ago • 16 comments

Ok that made me laugh

submitted 38 days ago • 640 comments

So far “Gulf of America,” feels very stop trying to make fetch happen.

submitted 46 days ago • 71 comments

Ain't good. Compared to Senate Dems, House Dems have less leverage. One exception is the budget fight. But here's the Dem House Leader TODAY declining to use that leverage. If you have a Dem rep, ask them to use their leverage. And tell them to tell Jeffries to lead. Stay tuned - more to come.

submitted 49 days ago • 385 comments

Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

submitted 49 days ago • 252 comments

“Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

submitted 49 days ago • 128 comments

Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law. Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.

submitted 50 days ago • 189 comments

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

submitted 50 days ago • 6555 comments

At some point blue state Attorney Generals need to come up with a plan where residents of Blue States can LEGALLY withhold paying our federal tax dollars as long as a convicted felon who attempted a coup is President. We should not be complicit in Trump's agenda. The taxes should stay in Blue states

submitted 50 days ago • 18 comments

Meir Kahane, who advocated mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, was once barred from running in Israeli elections. He is now President of the United States.

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

Our United Airlines pilot made sure to emphasize Mexico when he said we'd be flying over the Gulf of Mexico today. It's the little things. Microdose hope.

submitted 52 days ago • 1031 comments

Yesss!

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"

submitted 51 days ago • 2590 comments

Congress: Stand up for Due Process and the Rule of Law. If you don't, we don't need you.

submitted 52 days ago • 7 comments

Share this please! And then watch it and try not to cry. Then share it again. #SaveUSAID #USAIDSavesLives vimeo.com/1052680025

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

if you're a democratic senator and you're still voting to confirm trump nominees despite him allowing elon musk to gleefully dismantle the government then your brain has fallen out of your ass.

submitted 52 days ago • 104 comments

I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

submitted 53 days ago • 516 comments

Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961? Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional? Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.

submitted 53 days ago • 165 comments

America, you broke through—the media, from small outlets to large, is finally picking up on what’s happening. Legislators, judges, and attorneys general across the country are speaking out. They hear you. We love you and are honored to serve you! 🦬💚🇺🇸

submitted 53 days ago • 489 comments

Democrats in Congress posting here that they are "Outraged" with Trump or Musk is not enough. You are a member of Congress- organize big spectacles that will get press- such as walking out of Congress all together to alert Americans Elon Musk has taken control of our government! But we need more!

submitted 53 days ago • 33 comments

If the Democratic leadership in Congress does not want to use democracy, we would like to borrow it for a time.

submitted 53 days ago • 123 comments

An EEOC admin. judge sent a fiery all-department email this AM alleging: 1. Trump's exec orders & instructions to target private citizens with them are illegal. 2. the judge had sent an earlier email with a similar tone yesterday that later vanished from their sent folder & colleagues' inboxes.

submitted 53 days ago • 137 comments

NOW would be a great time to have a VERY PUBLIC and VERY LOUD response from Congressional Democrats on Elon Musk's unchecked takeover of our federal government...

submitted 53 days ago • 580 comments

Dear Democratic leaders: Before the election you told us Trump was a "fascist" and a “threat to our freedoms and democracy.” You were right. It's long past time that you start acting like Trump is a a "fascist" and a “threat to our freedoms and democracy." No more "common ground" BS. FIGHT! FIGHT!

submitted 54 days ago • 41 comments

There's a petulant idiot from Queens, New York in the White House who is going to tank the American economy because he's too simple-minded to understand how tariffs work. There's another petulant idiot from Pretoria, South Africa trying to dismantle the US government. Most Americans: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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