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Every week I write a Sunday night column about The Week Ahead. This week, it’s about taking back “woke.” open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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We must stand against injustice. All of us.

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We must all care for each other

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It's staring us in the face!! No!! Just no!!! Just fucking no.

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The SAVE Act, the extreme bill that would make voting harder for millions of Americans, passed today in the US House. Next stop in our fight to protect voter rights– the US Senate. See the League of Women Voters of the US statement here: bit.ly/LWVstatementSAVEact

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THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens. The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)

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15 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment. Today, billionaire political spending is up 160-fold since that ruling. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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NEW: With today's filings, it appears the Trump administration has decided on a showdown with the federal court. At this point, a finding of contempt seems likely. Then we are in uncharted territory. Sign-up for Democracy Docket to stay informed. newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newslett...

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Sanders: When Trump looks out at this crowd… they pay attention to this stuff, Elon Musk does. You are scaring the hell out of them. Because they know what we know: They are the 1% and we are the 99%

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100 billionaire families spent $2.6 billion in the 2024 election. 70% of these donations went to Republicans. Now, Republicans in Congress are gearing up to slash essential programs to pay for another round of tax cuts for the rich. This is what oligarchy looks like.

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Gov. Shapiro says he and his family "woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police" early Sunday morning. The fire caused significant damage, but fortunately, no one was injured.

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So Trump is using Garcia’s status as an El Salvadoran national to justify doing nothing at all to facilitate his return to the U.S. as required by the 9-0 April 10 SCOTUS order. In the meantime these thugs are planning to designate part of CECOT Prison in El Salvador as U.S. territory!

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Someone set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, said Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who was evacuated with his family early Sunday morning.

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Bring back Kilmar Abrego García... NOW. 🧵(1 of 6)

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Trump is also saying that the once the US has rounded up individuals, with minimal or zero due process, on whatever pretext they choose, they can send them out of the US to face torture, death, life imprisonment, slave labor or other fates that are unconstitutional or illegal in the US.

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Ya think?

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Tell Republicans in Congress: PROTECT MEDICAID, NOT TAX BREAKS FOR BILLIONAIRES!

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Warren: "Congress has a job right now, and that is to step up and take this authority away from Donald Trump."

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The past two weeks have witnessed the most volatile period for financial markets since the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns five years ago. This time, however, the cause is not a highly contagious virus but the grievances and whims of one man www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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NEW: Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to MeidasTouch about Donald Trump's stock manipulation scheme and more.

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Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes. More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.

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Unfeeling fools can with such wrongs dispense

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Crosswalks across Silicon Valley were hacked this weekend. Pressing the button now triggers a message impersonating Elon Musk—mocking him in the process. Videos have been circulating online all weekend. 😂

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A former top federal vaccine official spoke on the danger of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. giving “false hope” to people as the Health and Human Services secretary recently promised to identify the “cause” of autism by September.

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Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.

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Elon Musk said he’d cut the federal budget by $2 trillion Quickly lowered this to $1 trillion Now he’s down to $150 billion And even THAT appears to be an overestimate of $92 billion So-after firing thousands of workers and destroying government services This clown will cut $58 billion Maybe

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Yesterday, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Dem Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted their largest rally to date, with 36,000 people showing up in Los Angeles. The event was inspirational, and the crowd was electric. Read more here: