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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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📢 ATTENTION EVERYONE 📢 Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents. ☎️ Call your representatives now! 5calls.org/issue/protec...

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NEWS: Right now, Republicans appearing at town halls around the country are being heckled and confronted by constituents. It is likely only just the beginning. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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#DemocracyMatters @congressmin.bsky.social showing up for protests in #Irvine yesterday!

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From the get go of the second Trump administration, it was clear that the president would try to pass a bunch of executive orders without any clear indication that he, or his trusted advisors, actually knew if it was legal. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...

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DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

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All it took was 30 days... Dow falls nearly 750 points and US stocks tumble as businesses and consumers worry about tariffs #TrumpTariffs #CapitalismIsKillingUs #TaxTheRich #FightFascism #FascismInAmerica apnews.com/article/stoc...

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“Where does it end? In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it—and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so.” —the defiant Maine Gov. Janet Mills www.americaamerica.news/p/what-does-...

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Love to see it!

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This is why when these young people raised out in the suburbs started running around in the 2010s talmbout "we don't have a culture!" I got SO mad at my generation... that's on us! No one Black & Gen X, unless they had extremely goofy or complete sellout parents, would ever say anything like that.

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Shoutout to Governor Janet Mills! This is the kind of courage we need.

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AOC: “Elon Musk is not going after efficiency — he is trying to gut everything good in 🇺🇸 for his own private profit… America is not for sale.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGXObpu...

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Laguna Beach is an art colony. We support the arts. Chip Bok is the brilliant award-winning political cartoonist that created this artwork.

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Bravo!

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If you support this, you’re an awful human being

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In her first children’s book, conservationist Bindi Irwin takes little readers on a journey through Australia Zoo. She joins us to talk about her family’s legacy, how motherhood fuels her approach to conservation, and what it’s like to run a zoo.

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

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We are already at the ‘purging the generals and replace them with loyalists’ part of the Trump second term, just five weeks in. Totally normal. Not dangerous at all

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This is about destroying vote-by-mail. 5calls.org/issue/usps-u...

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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

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People i know who had a Tesla have sold them. Nobody wants a Tesla now

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⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

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“What merit means to them” General Brown’s record, which Hegseth questioned for obvious reasons: www.af.mil/About-Us/Bio...

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The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

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👇🏽

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Worst. Episode. EVER.

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Federal workers are doctors, nurses & public health experts. DOGE isn’t making “efficient cuts”—they’re gutting public services to sell them off so billionaires can charge 10x more for profit. ✊ Take action: go.savepublicservices.com #SaveOurServices

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Public opinion is swinging strongly against Musk's wrecking ball operation The latest WaPo poll shows that only 37% of Americans think it should be easier to fire longtime federal workers

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