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MEDIA ADVISORY: Congressman Al Green Issues Statement Regarding Medicaid Day of Action on March 18th. Watch the Facebook live stream on March 18, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. CST. www.facebook.com/repalgreen?m...

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While we're upset w the 10 Dems who voted for CR, the Doj is prosecuting innocent folks & chasing lies as truth. Maga is the enemy. Dems who don't vote in lockstep are an annoyance, like gnats. The GQP are murder hornets #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-re...

submitted 4 days ago • 29 comments

About to give a press conference with my good friend Jamie Raskin in front of the Dept of Justice

submitted 4 days ago • 128 comments

AOC held her own Instagram live while Black women and their allies had already organized a well-publicized 24-hour news event to counter _rump's SOTU address. She counter programmed Black women. AOC is the leader of who now?

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These Senators are on the fence about voting NO on the CR: Elissa Slotkin (MI) Gary Peters (MI) Jacky Rosen (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Maggie Hassan (NH) Jon Ossoff (GA) John Hickenlooper (CO) Michael Bennett (CO) Mark Kelly (AZ) Peter Welch (VT) Mark Warner (VA) Time Kaine (VA) Call (202) 224-3121

submitted 6 days ago • 1009 comments

Jamie Raskin is encouraging people to file Federal Privacy Act requests on their personal DOGE data. Fillable forms here: jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

submitted 6 days ago • 246 comments

Some "Russian Warship" vibes here from a tiny fed'l agency. via Brett Murphy: The African Development Foundation (budget ~$40 million) is putting up a fight and denying DOGE + Pete Marocco — the State Dept official dismantling USAID — access to their building:

submitted 13 days ago • 480 comments

Keep fighting!

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submitted 18 days ago • 277 comments

DO YOU NEED A MEASLES BOOSTER? Measles outbreaks in parts of Texas and New Mexico are raising deeply serious concerns about the rapid spread of the highly contagious virus. Measles is, in fact, one of the world’s most contagious diseases. Please, carefully read the gift article below…

submitted 19 days ago • 106 comments

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

submitted 19 days ago • 931 comments

None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

submitted 18 days ago • 505 comments

Opt out tomorrow!

submitted 19 days ago • 736 comments

"'When we saw that the police wasn’t helping us, every able-bodied man in the neighborhood, with or without a gun, has stood guard and has been standing guard ever since,' said Dominic Brewton Jr., who runs a maintenance and repair company in the town..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 19 days ago • 364 comments

Home of Star Trek

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💥 BREAKING: At Apple's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders today, proposal entitled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts" is rejected by shareholders. Right-wing nonprofit National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) proposal was also rejected by Costco shareholders 98-2 percent.

submitted 21 days ago • 682 comments

I have decided to cancel my show at The Kennedy Center on May 11, 2025 and move it to The Anthem.

submitted 21 days ago • 1788 comments

Count me in, ladies!! 💙💙

submitted 31 days ago • 2410 comments

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 30 days ago • 2236 comments

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

submitted 31 days ago • 2812 comments

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

submitted 37 days ago • 974 comments

Quick question… 🙋🏻‍♀️

submitted 38 days ago • 495 comments

I see we're going to require a lot more honesty about the USA's habitual and continued violent white supremacist land theft. It's not hard to find empathy for Palestinians when the state does the same shit here.

submitted 41 days ago • 8 comments

Mass demonstrations in Los Angeles, more that 10,000 people showed up to protest against Trump's ethnic cleansing and concentration camps. They gathered to protect the immigrant community which is being hunted down by ICE. #3E #USprotests #ICE "we shout for those who can't."

submitted 44 days ago • 122 comments

A thought. Many of us are wondering why the Democrats are not taking a more vocal and hard stand? Maybe they’re wondering why we’re not marching outside the GSA, protesting the hijacking of our private information and that of our government by a private citizen. Maybe we all need to get moving.

submitted 45 days ago • 223 comments

Chicago, baby.

submitted 47 days ago • 342 comments

Watching this on repeat how is your day going?

submitted 46 days ago • 1996 comments

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

submitted 48 days ago • 3779 comments

If you are considering downloading DeepSeek, please read this first and share with others You don’t owner your data. They keep it even if you delete and worse ..

submitted 48 days ago • 1745 comments

NEW: “Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture [Phyllis Fong] out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration.” www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

submitted 48 days ago • 280 comments

A Black professor accidentally started an HBCU on TikTok called HillmanTok. Now other professors have joined in and are teaching actual courses with some offering certs that can be added to your resume Some courses being offered ⬇️

submitted 49 days ago • 93 comments

B Condoms, the largest Black owned condom brand posted on their IG that Target has notified them that as of April, the retailer will no longer carry their brand. Please support them directly. www.instagram.com/p/DFVm68ruwV...

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Quaker groups file suit over the end of long-standing policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship. “The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

submitted 50 days ago • 4 comments

The Mississippi Free Press seeks opinion pieces and essays up to 1,200 words to reflect a variety of viewpoints and life experiences.

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

I see that folks aren't posting about student loan forgiveness anymore.

submitted 55 days ago • 21 comments

This is the guy who started the Silk Road dark website which was used the facilitate major global drug trafficking. Was serving life in prison. But when Trump wanted the Libertarian Party endorsement he promised them this. He never heard of Ulbricht. Even spelled his name wrong.

submitted 56 days ago • 968 comments

Reminder: if you sat out this election, you’re a big part of the reason Trump won. Own that shit!

submitted 56 days ago • 168 comments

Just in case you were wondering! Lock in!

submitted 57 days ago • 392 comments

‘Not second screen enough’: is Netflix deliberately dumbing down TV so people can watch while scrolling? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Interesting if true. And then I don't think they'd be the only platform guilty of that

submitted 58 days ago • 4 comments