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SOCIAL SECURITY THREATENED open.substack.com/pub/marianne... Hello friends, let's save our SS for our children's children, and chidren's children...

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The famous communist rag, the Wall Street Journal.

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The GOP keeps calling itself as a working-class party. But their budget plan calls for huge tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and slashing programs that help the working-class. Don't fall for their rebrand.

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Over the past few weeks, working Americans have demanded accountability and challenged their Republican representatives at town halls to actually represent them and take action on the issues they care about. What was GOP leadership’s response? No more town halls.

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Imagine if I or you or anyone of us working folks would walk-in to the IRS and reverse billions of taxes for working class!

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Gracias Mario.

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'A New Action Plan': Ban Musk Companies From Any and All Federal and State Contracts www.commondreams.org/news/elon-mu...

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LAProgressive: The US & Russia are twin-headed beasts of empire, their jaws locked in a violent embrace while their claws carve new scars into the earth. Each bears a name etched in suffering—Lords of Misery, Architects of Ruin—one rhetoric of freedom, the other shrouded in the banners of conquest.

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youtu.be/SrCZNS3ZVQE?.... I really appreciate Meidas Touch. Corporate Media Corporations don't cover news for working people, here or in Mexico. Divided we fall. Together we change the the world!

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The New York Times: "Markets Fall After New Trump Tariffs Prompt Retaliation. China and Canada immediately announced retaliatory tariffs, and Mexico said it would announce its own measures on Sunday. The tariffs could strain supply chains, add costs for U.S. consumers and test diplomatic ties."

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The Hill: House Republicans advised to avoid in-person town halls amid protests by Emily Brooks and Mychael Schnell - 03/04/25. Friends, it's working. Keep the pressure.

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Advancing Justice:"If you see ICE in your neighborhood, document it and call your local rapid response hotline: Los Angeles: 888-624-4752 Orange County: 714-881-1558 San Bernardino/Riverside: 909-361-4588 Santa Barbara/Ventura/SLO: 805-870-8855 Central Valley: 559-206-0151 Kern County: 661-432-2230

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What's it gonna take for everyone to realize the occupant of the white house is fundamentally anti-American?

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That’s right. 🇺🇦

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Join us tonight from anywhere for 50501 DC’s Virtual Event 🔴 LIVE at 8:30pm EST: The People’s State of the Union – A Real Discussion on America’s Future. Link to watch: bit.ly/psotu #Politics #Economy #Healthcare #ReproductiveRights #Education #CoalitionBuilding @polrev.bsky.social

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RawStory:'Stop this madness right now': Conservative writer begs Congress to block Trump trade war www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff.... Consumers, especially car buyers, will pay $3,000. more/car. Write, call your reps.

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A new Civiqs poll conducted for Daily Koss Feb. 28 to March 3s should give Republicans a serious case of heartburn...finds 63% of registered voters oppose the idea of cutting programs like Medicaid & food stamps that help low-income Americans...in order to pay Trump's tax cuts for the rich."

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Notion of Change."As the Trump administration & Elon Musk’s (DOGE) aggressively push for spending cuts across education, labor programs, & public services, a new report has identified $60 billion in waste & fraud at the Pentagon—yet neither Trump nor Musk have proposed serious cuts :Dept of Defense.

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'Stop the Ethnic Cleansing': Watch and Read the Most Powerful Oscars Speech for Years open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

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Emily Hilliard.Febr 26, 2025.Jacobin"Rural postal workers don’t just deliver mail. They put out fires, help elderly people who’ve fallen, and ensure veterans receive medication during storms. Trump’s proposed USPS privatization threatens these care networks in areas already lacking service."

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Asian Americans Advancing Justice vehemently condemns Trump’s mandating English as the official U.S. language, a blatant attack on immigrant communities that sets back decades of progress in language accessibility policies. It's an assault on the fundamental rights of millions of Americans."

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"Top progressive Democrat, Pramila Jayapal, joins Mehdi on a Zeteo town hall to talk about her party’s fightback against Trump and Musk, and to take questions from subscribers. Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo.Mar 2, 2025

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Alexis Sterling. Feb 28, 2025 Nation of Change. "Ocasio-Cortez slammed the Republican Party for allowing Elon Musk to derail bipartisan drug pricing reforms, calling the move a clear example of oligarchic control over American politics."

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It Was an Ambush. Tom Nichols Feb 28, 2025 "The AtlanticThe president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally, presumably so that he can soon make a deal with the dictator of Russia to sell out a European nation fighting for its very existence."

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Washington Post:"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an additional 2,500 to 3,000 active-duty troops to the border with Mexico, including soldiers from a motorized brigade equipped with 20-ton armored Stryker combat vehicles, two defense officials familiar with the effort said." Bullying!

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We need MSNBC to know that viewers demand Joy Reid’s commentary and expertise. Add your name to the petition NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...

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📢🎙️ Power to the People: We support Ukraine, not Donald Trump open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo...

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Nahuatl, spanish

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LA Progressive: "Responding to the Chaos: Let's Not Teeter. Or Totter. We take courage and inspiration from the long struggle of the Anti-slavery Abolitionists who organized under far more difficult circumstances than we face. Frank Joyce & Elizabeth Woodson12 hours ago

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We Too Must ‘Flood the Zone’ www.commondreams.org/opinion/floo...

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Branko Marcetic. Feb 24, 2025 Jacobin."Since Donald Trump’s election, his opposition party hasn’t acted much like one. The same cannot be said of Bernie Sanders, who hit the road this weekend in red states in an effort to stoke pushback to Trump’s slash-&-burn plutocratic governance."

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First: Call/confirm a General Strike on May 1st. 2nd: don't lift it off until President Musk rescinds fed. govt. cuts. Third: Invoke Article 14. Sec. 3:.."insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof...Congress may by a vote of 2/3 of each House, remove.

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Call your rep. Demand a town hall. If they’re GOP and won’t give one, invite a Dem to your district in their place. Congressional switchboard: (202) 224-3121

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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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"Once again, Republicans are proving that their defining 2024 campaign theme - fighting for hardworking people and against the wealthy establishment - was a lie all along." A must-read piece on the crisis emerging for the GOP from @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social.

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La Progressive: What Is Trump Really Trying to Do? Trump is rapidly gaining a personal monopoly on the use of force. This is his most fundamental goal. This is the essence of tyranny. Robert ReichFeb 26, 2025. We knew that, right? Wake up people! First they came for the trans, then they came for...

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‘Trump and MAGA Want Violence’: Civil War Warning From Ex-GOP Lawmaker. Former Republican Congressman and 'Never Trumper' Joe Walsh tells Mehdi ‘hell yes’ he worries about political violence in part one of this interview. Mehdi Hasan and Team Zeteo.I hope we knew this based on the first Trump govt.

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Gracias Guadalupe.

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Guadalupe is a mother to 4 and works in the grape vineyards of Fresno CA. She earns 14 cents for each vine she ties. In her 7 hours she usually works on 800 vines to earn just above $110. #WeFeedYou

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For some odd reason the Trump administration doesn't want to release the Epstein files and even Anna Paulina Luna isn't happy

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“The most important point of this hearing is, let me be very clear: Today, we are not voting on who the next Secretary of Labor is. The next Secretary of Labor, the next Secretary of Education, the next Secretary of Housing, the next Secretary of the Treasury is Elon Musk.”

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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

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The truth about Trump and Epstein will never be allowed to come out. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-...

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The Feb 28 Economic Blackout A planned 24-hour economic blackout on Feb 28, 2025, calls on consumers to abstain from all non-essential purchases, particularly Amazon, Walmart, & Best Buy...avoid spending on fast food and gas, & if necessary, to support small, local businesses using cash transactions

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Nation of Change.The Social Security Administration...as Leland Dudek, a Trump-installed official, orders managers to plan for a 50% workforce reduction. The layoffs threaten field offices nationwide, jeopardizing services for seniors, disabled individuals, & survivors who rely on SS be.

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While raking in campaign cash from tax prep companies, the GOP is trying to kill a free filing system and gut IRS customer service. www.levernews.com/making-tax-d...

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Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

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