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If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

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President Trump says rates of pediatric cancer are way up, but his incompetent fanatics on DOGE fired my guest tonight, Dr. Lauren McGee, a remarkable pediatric cancer researcher who was sacked from NIH as part of Musk’s Valentine’s Day onslaught.

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The felon president who pardoned 1500 violent J6 Capitol rioters he incited that went on to viciously assault American police officers just called for “law and order.”

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Amid the fear and division in President Trump's address to Congress I heard no concrete plans to lower prices or better serve the people.

submitted 1 day ago • 638 comments

All of the Republicans who for years railed about "unelected bureaucrats" destroying the government are awfully quiet as an unelected bureaucrat destroys the government.

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

Shot, chaser.

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Our Movement is becoming impossible to ignore!! 50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement. #50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #ImpeachTrump #NoKings #March4thForDemocracy apnews.com/article/dona... @polrev.bsky.social

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Republicans in Congress want to cut nursing home care for seniors to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

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Shop small today and everyday! #shopsmall

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youtu.be/2ezop9IRz-o Great Speech! 'Would you have been brave enough to walk the bridge?'" she posited. "Would you have been able to take the hoses and the batons and the dogs? We don't have to wonder anymore, because we are in our documentary moment. This is it, and it's not a rehearsal.’

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Time to cancel that WAPO subscription! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

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(1/5) Updated Suicide Prevention Resources - please reach out if you're struggling! National Crisis Line: 988 For Veterans: 988, press 1 National Text Line: text "HOME" to 741741 The above lines are the only ones tied into the National 988 network. All the rest in this thread are not.

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

🔥 @aoc.bsky.social : “The numbers don’t add up. $880 BILLION is a devastating cut to Medicaid, and an attack on Medicare. Anyone who votes for this budget is voting to cut Medicaid and gut health care for Medicare recipients in 🇺🇸.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGg7cr0...

submitted 8 days ago • 587 comments

You might be a Republican if…your tax cut is bigger than your spending cut, and you tax cuts help billionaires and your spending cuts hurt everyone else. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

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Integrity exists. apnews.com/article/doge...

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Kind of feels like there wasn’t a mandate to destroy the health insurance program that covers 24% of Americans in order to fund a giant tax giveaway for billionaires and corporations, but maybe it’s just me.

submitted 9 days ago • 97 comments

It's past midnight, and Senate Republicans are voting NO against every Democratic-led amendment to PROTECT HEALTH CARE for our families. Pay close attention: Republicans are working to push kids off Medicaid to pass MORE tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 13 days ago • 109 comments

But you must ask yourself: who and what will he target next, and what will he do? Will it be you? Will it be because of your race or your religion? Will it be because you look different or think differently? Where does it end? www.maine.gov/governor/mil...

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This is how it’s done.

submitted 12 days ago • 2923 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.

submitted 13 days ago • 2538 comments

Oh look, Senator Collins. It's the most predictable thing ever.

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 15 days ago • 2907 comments

Republicans are racing forward with a budget that will raise costs for working families. People will pay more for food, health care, education, and child care – while Republicans plot more tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 15 days ago • 252 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...

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The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding Air Force One Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, saying the news agency’s stance on how to refer to the Gulf of Mexico was to blame for the exclusion.

submitted 19 days ago • 445 comments

If Elon Musk truly cares about being "maximally transparent," he should release the forms showing his financial interests. Americans deserve to know how Elon Musk will profit from his role in the Trump Administration. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 19 days ago • 240 comments

As Rep. Gattine said on the House floor, the supplemental budget is a true emergency. It fulfills the state's obligation to fund MaineCare, so we can keep hospitals and nursing homes open and ensure health care for half of Maine children and one in three Maine people.

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BREAKING: As a result of the lawsuit filed last night by @democracyforward.org on behalf of City of Baltimore and @econaction.bsky.social, the Trump admin agreed not to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) until the case is heard. Read Here: bit.ly/4jXGSjm (1/3)

submitted 20 days ago • 22 comments

Elon Musk is developing a new payment platform called “X Money.” Guess which agency would be making sure that Elon’s new project couldn’t scam you or steal your sensitive personal data? The CFPB.

submitted 21 days ago • 160 comments

Join us for the NO KINGS protest — 2.17.25 12:00PM - 4:00PM✊

submitted 21 days ago • 9 comments

Good news: after we raised the alarm, DOGE has been blocked from accessing sensitive Department of Education data. Your Social Security number, income data, and personal information are safe for now. We will keep fighting back.

submitted 21 days ago • 271 comments

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Trump's latest power grab is allowing DOGE to access our bank accounts, health records, and Social Security numbers with no transparency or accountability. Tell Congress: Keep DOGE out of our data.

submitted 21 days ago • 26 comments

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

submitted 24 days ago • 282 comments

This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected. $196 billion for three men in 99 days. Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

submitted 21 days ago • 259 comments

House Republicans have released their proposed budget. It’s as bad as I imagined. It puts a giant bullseye on health care coverage, while giving at least $4 TRILLION in tax breaks to billionaires and corporations. The American people need to know the stakes—and how Democrats are pushing back.

submitted 21 days ago • 24 comments

This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.

submitted 21 days ago • 765 comments

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

submitted 22 days ago • 214 comments

President Trump banning the Associated Press from an event over their usage of "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America" may seem more absurd than alarming, but Trump's attacks on the free press are no joke.

submitted 22 days ago • 64 comments

The Associated Press said on Tuesday that one of its reporters was barred from an Oval Office event because the outlet has continued to refer to the Gulf of Mexico by its original name.

submitted 22 days ago • 166 comments

So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

submitted 23 days ago • 3191 comments

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

submitted 23 days ago • 636 comments

What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.

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