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#HandsOffAmerica #RuleofLaw “My drops of tears I’ll turn to sparks of fire” - Shakespeare, Henry VIII
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The SAVE legislation is a new poll tax for millions of voters.

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

submitted 1 day ago • 1596 comments

I guess they’ve made their point, now let’s make our’s.

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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

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BREAKING: While families beg for insulin and food, Republicans passed a budget that protects billionaires and punishes the poor. Medicaid, SNAP, school meals, and veterans’ care are gone. This is not fiscal responsibility. It’s economic terrorism. www.newsweek.com/what-republi...

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

My job today -- get ready to read to librarians. The Washington Library Association Book Bash is tomorrow and I can't wait because damn it, these people are Heroes of the Revolution

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.

submitted 2 days ago • 1104 comments

Ha! I love it! I sang this beauty in my head!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Look what we got in at work!! 🥰🥰🥰 @queenoliviaiii.com

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

How could a slavery scandal involving the President of the United States be worse than we thought? This extremely long, extremely detailed, and fully sourced PROOF report explains. This—not the tariff war—is the most important story in America right now. I hope you will consider checking it out.

submitted 3 days ago • 105 comments

Between 2018-22, maternal mortality increased by 27%. Watch how fast the Trump admin and the GOP who have states in chokeholds will not do a single thing about it.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

What some people aren’t factoring into their analysis is the reality that companies were buying tons of inventory to beat the tariffs. That’s cash taken from being able to invest or hire. In fact the probably cut costs and jobs as a result. #econsky

submitted 3 days ago • 1158 comments

Good morning. Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors. It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.

submitted 3 days ago • 2268 comments

Instead of deporting undocumented, tax-paying immigrants by using the IRS, why not create a legal path to status for them? They paid over $96 billion in taxes in 2022 alone. With a real path to legal status and without ICE breathing down their necks, they would contribute even more.

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The Texas State Comptroller reported in 2006 that the 1.4M unauthorized immigrants in TX contributed almost $18B to the gross state product and $1.58B in state revenue while costing the state about $1.16B in services used. #IRS This was the first and the last time Texas conducted such a study. 🤔

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