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America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence. Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.

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“We’re Americans” 🇺🇸 😕

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When he isn't busy texting war plans to reporters, Pete Hegseth is traveling around with his younger brother to Hawaii, Guam, the Philippines, and Japan. Hegseth brought in his little brother Phil as a Pentagon aide with important jobs like meeting with UFC celebrity Conor McGregor.

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🔥 ❤️ EMMIE: “When I started shouting I was thinking every kid deserves to go to school — Senator Bo Watson: imagine being told you can’t see your friends anymore.” The 10yo from Chattanooga knelt in front of the Ed committee as the bill blocking undocumented kids from school passed.

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HOW TO REFUTE the error of WHATABOUTISM: 1/ Whataboutism is a powerful fallacy because it doesn’t just avoid the original issue— it attacks the person raising it! Instead of addressing the problem at hand, it shifts focus by accusing the other side of hypocrisy or pointing to their own flaws.

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We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We’ve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com

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Bank overdraft fees were capped at $5 the last few years -- saving American families over $6 BILLION. Until now. Because Republicans are lifting the Biden-era cap, letting banks charge whatever they want again. Taking $6 BILLION of your money and giving it to the big banks.

submitted 4 days ago • 104 comments

Bingo

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Harriet Jacobs escaped slavery after hiding for 7 years to protect her children. Her book “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” revealed the struggles of enslaved women, making her a key voice in the abolitionist movement. 150 days until Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

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Sharon Gardner shared this.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Accurate, to scale 👇🏽

submitted 8 days ago • 171 comments

SULLIVAN: “I do not care about the economy if the government claims it can break down anyone's doors, seize anyone with no due process, put them on a plane, and send them to a foreign jail… that is fundamental to this country.” 🇺🇸

submitted 8 days ago • 692 comments

They don't have all of the media. Please share widely!!!

submitted 9 days ago • 90 comments

TIME MAG has a piece by a reporter embedded at the El Salvadoran prison who watched as Andry, a gay asylum-seeking Venezuelan barber they said is a gang member but is not, was slapped and screamed for his mother as they held him down. Horrific. time.com/7269604/el-s...

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@warnock.senate.gov: "If they're interested in waste, fraud, and abuse, they should start with co-president Musk's own companies, and ask why has he gotten $20 billion and more from the federal government. This is wealth-fare at its worst."

submitted 10 days ago • 219 comments

104 years later, Tulsa is taking a step toward truth and healing. Mayor Monroe Nichols has declared June 1 as Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day — ensuring that we never forget the lives lost and the generational impact of this shameful tragedy. 🙏🏿

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When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.

submitted 11 days ago • 84 comments

This is who we sent. Never committed a crime. A soccer team logo and a single picture of the rock and roll horns sent him to be tortured in El Salvador.

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JUST NOW: A committee that would’ve heard the Lamberth bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools was disrupted as the entire audience recited the pledge of allegiance until they adjourned and moved to a locked room🤨

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Did you know that before the Dept of Ed was created, only 1 of every 5 kids with disabilities received a public education. So when people ask why do we need a Dept of Ed, you can tell them it ensures ALL children have access to education. Learn more on this week's podcast: pod.redwine.blue/OBW

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From ACLU - letter from Mahmoud Khalil in detention: “If anything, my detention is a testament to the strength of the student movement… Trump is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent…” Full: www.instagram.com/p/DHWxJHXxlG...

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

🇺🇦 President Zellenskyy

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The Trump administration has deleted information about Black Medal of Honor recipient Maj. General Charles C Rogers from the Defense Department website. Rogers was wounded three times defending a base in the Vietnam War. Trump was diagnosed with bone spurs and got 5 draft deferments during the war.

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I’m not sure Americans fully appreciate the dangerous turn of events that took place this week. If things continue along this path, we may one day look back and note that this was the week when democracy began to collapse in America.

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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.

submitted 15 days ago • 565 comments

Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽

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Murphy: "The president is continuing to act unconstitutionally. He shut down some of our most important programs that protect us abroad, like Radio Free Europe, that were funded & authorized in that spending bill. So it doesn't seem like we have restrained any of the president's lawlessness."

submitted 15 days ago • 559 comments

“For work already done” seems like key context, eh Fox?

submitted 16 days ago • 246 comments

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

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Don’t back down under pressure. Say it. #TreasonousCowpoke

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More than 79 million people get health care through Medicaid, including over 1/3 of all children and nearly 2/3 of nursing home residents. Trump and Republicans want to rip their health care away – just to bankroll tax cuts for the rich. We can't let them.

submitted 26 days ago • 103 comments

We know some Tennessee folks that might take @timwalz up on this offer 👀 (@MarshaBlackburn hasn’t had a town hall in 8 years)

submitted 27 days ago • 291 comments

. @dougjones.bsky.social weighs in on the Oval Office ambush 🔥 “The President has made the United States of America, the greatest country in the history of this planet….look weak…run by a couple of junior high school kids who would rather argue in a locker room than discuss…peace & security.”

submitted 30 days ago • 279 comments

“DO YOUR JOB!” TEXAS: @RepKeithSelf’s turn

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WATCH: “ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I did nothing wrong. I asked a question.” WASHINGTON COUNTY — the woman forcibly removed from @repharshbarger town hall by sheriff’s deputies posts her full video of what happened: youtu.be/BTM5927I_i4?...

submitted 30 days ago • 125 comments

Maybe instead of purging the Social Security workers who make sure seniors get their checks on time, we should be expanding benefits to make life a little easier for your parents and grandparents.

submitted 32 days ago • 905 comments

Breaking it, then profiting off the fix The same way they profit off of education privatization… health care… etc… They count on you not realizing it. You are their piggy bank.

submitted 32 days ago • 2039 comments

Musk illegally fired federal workers to gut civil service—so billionaires can take over public programs and charge us more for what we already own. But workers fought back. The Merit Systems Protection Board just blocked some of these terminations. Here’s why it matters: 🧵

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

This. On many, many counts. Pure bigotry. And propaganda.

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

Vox Populi

submitted 33 days ago • 133 comments

And…that’s the point. Less money sent to its rightful owners. Social Security—they’ve come for it. Just like people knew they would.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

submitted 34 days ago • 806 comments

so then it's not a cost-cutting team, is it

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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📚 WATCH: “I can’t do much, but I can do this.” As Rutherford County and other districts ban hundreds of books, a SMYRNA book store owner is offering banned books for free. #BannedBooksBrigade Full: www.newschannel5.com/news/how-one...

submitted 38 days ago • 65 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.

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