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This is how you win, run candidates who represent what people want in a credible way.

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Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

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77 million voted for this lawless man and every damn elected Republican has refused to push back for five straight months as he flouts our laws, violates our Constitution, attacks our people—and now recklessly and illegally wages war.

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Funny, that.

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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

submitted 19 hours ago • 502 comments

all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard

submitted 18 hours ago • 771 comments

A significant portion of this is that they simply did not experience direct, meaningful consequences for their actions. We have privatized decisions and socialized the impact, and that’s how aristocracies/monarchies function

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

This.

submitted 1 day ago • 150 comments

Very few people are psychologically, mentally, emotionally fit to push through a prolonged time of uncertainty & no guarantees. And this is what autocracies count on.

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I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.

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Everyone who says that advocating for rights creates opposition to those rights is revealing themselves as a reactionary and we should loudly point out their hypocrisy and then ignore everything they say on the issue

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We deserve to be able to get by with one well-paying job. We deserve to be able to become homeowners. We deserve to breathe clean air and drink pure water. What is the “American Dream” without those basic things?

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Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.

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Instead of CUTTING Social Security benefits, Congress should INCREASE payments by $200 per month and extend the solvency of the Social Security program by 75 YEARS. How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share. I’ve got a bill to get it done.

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We’re being ruled by a president who openly admits he doesn’t like to read. He prefers bullet points over self-reflection or real analysis. A man unwilling to engage with the complexity of consequences is making decisions that will shape and damage our future for decades.

submitted 2 days ago • 486 comments

Even though these stats are a couple of years ago They still hold truth today

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We REALLY need to stop saying every new heinous act is a distraction. It isn't a distraction, it's another checked box off the list. Each checked box is not a distraction from the last checked box, that's just how the media plays it. It's a list, not a distraction. People need to understand that.

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stares directly into camera

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I think what bothers me most about how people treat the Cuomo accusations is that it is a bakers dozen of women he harassed. It’s not coincidence or situational; it’s: He said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said She said

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People not wanting to be Christian in America is not an attack on Christianity.

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Polls tell us these are the issues voters care about the most. They are election-deciding issues, and any party focused on solutions to them will win. FOCUS #1 The Economy & Inflation #2 Health Care Affordability #3 Safety, Crime & Immigration #4 Abortion & Democracy #5 Long-Term Financial Security

submitted 2 days ago • 87 comments

establishment dems lining up behind cuomo instead of lander really showing you what being more 'reasonable', 'restrained', 'moderate', 'put the work in' actually gets you from the party: jack shit

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A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it?? Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙

submitted 2 days ago • 1346 comments

Telling me "the subway is so dangerous now" is my immediate sign that you need your TV taken away and your news algorithm adjusted www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...?

submitted 4 days ago • 115 comments

We don’t know what the real name of the Director of White House Personnel is, we don’t know what country he came from, he refuses to turn in background check forms, and nobody will ask the president or press secretary about it.

submitted 3 days ago • 945 comments

👇🏽

submitted 3 days ago • 228 comments

Travel on nyc transit regularly-best $2.75 deal going

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Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported. The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us. Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending? Not justice, it’s a betrayal.

submitted 3 days ago • 1092 comments

Every day a different Democratic member of Congress should go to an ICE facility to inspect their detention facilities or speak to a detainee—and bring the media. That’s such an easy fight to have.

submitted 3 days ago • 236 comments

Starship blowing up is a bigger deal than you think. It’s not a prototype in a sandbox anymore, it’s a $4B NASA contract to land humans on the Moon ($2.8B initially, $4B with follow-ons). Every explosion is taxpayer-funded hardware going up in flames.

submitted 4 days ago • 559 comments

🤨

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Finally, I continue to harp on this because it's important, we are going to win at the local level. That's where the main fight must be waged. Get to ground and fight like hell. Take care everyone. Back offline.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

submitted 4 days ago • 558 comments

The top .1% stops paying into social security by January 19th. Scrapping the cap would generate up to $388 billion per year and keep Social Security solvent. Social Security is only being depleted because we refuse to make people pay their fair share.

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OK, this is how it's done.

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Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?

submitted 4 days ago • 1645 comments

“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else." Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.

submitted 5 days ago • 202 comments

the median voter is someone who hates “the establishment” but doesn’t want anything to fundamentally change

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pritzker and walz and the other remaining state level politicians who still seem to believe in the liberal project are the threads i am hanging by. if that can still exist in minnesota and illinois it can still exist

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Democratic platform should be: Peace abroad, good jobs at home. Our failure to grab the anti war mantle and feckless comments by some leaders is exactly what's wrong with the party. Maybe if you're an elected who cheerled for the Iraq war, it's time for you to retire!

submitted 5 days ago • 71 comments

Note to Congress: YOu have the power of the purse. If you don't want US to enter a war against Iran don't fund it.

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In 2016 MN Police killed a Black man named Philando Castile despite him disclosing he had a legal firearm. Yesterday MN Police released a white woman named Jenny Boelter despite her car full of cash, firearms, & passports hours after her husband mass murdered people & was on the run from police.

submitted 6 days ago • 272 comments

You want to talk about government efficiency? Every $1 spent on childhood immunizations in the US returns a savings of $11, thanks to preventing illnesses, and saving millions of lives.

submitted 6 days ago • 47 comments

Is there anyone at the DNC who is even aware of what it feels like to get seven text messages begging for money every single day with the most brazenly out of touch electioneering at the same time we watch them do absolutely nothing with it?

submitted 5 days ago • 31 comments