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AOC: How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on healthcare, energy, or war when their personal wealth is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stock?

Kinda hard to see a free and fair 2028 election where she doesn’t win by a lot.

A helpful guide to the current state of US trade policy:

Speak up! Don't let art and creativity be marginalized.

The Democrats who seek to play ball with the would be dictator in the White House and his team are disqualified as leaders of the party. Now and always. Period. Those who are candidates again must be challenged and defeated. For the country’s sake. There can be no compromises with tyranny.

Choose to be heard. Choose to not be silenced or intimidated. Your voice is needed. #SupportPublicSchools Stand Up for our students, all our students.

This is truth. People are being disappeared by this administration. Let’s not dress it up or frame it via one egregious case or another. This is a systemic effort to violate US law, international law and human rights.

Too many members of Congress keep letting us down. This is about more than opposing Trump’s bad nominees — it’s about treating this administration like the authoritarian threat it is and using every inch of power to fight back: indivisible.org/campaign/tru...

The only thing more exhausting than filing your taxes? Watching billionaires skip out on theirs.

was just typing "politician" when my genX finger missed some keys and it ended up polutician yes, polluters all!

The Trump admin should return ALL the men they deported to El Salvador. What gave them the right to traffic these men without any due process? I’m sure that Mr Abraga Garcia is not the only one they deported wrongfully This will surely be a conversation at our Passover Seder.

Check out this awesome round up of protests and other resistance actions happening April 12-18! thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/a-map-of-p...

Yes Bernie. "Americans... are voting Republican because they perceive, correctly, that most Democrats are not prepared to forcefully address the economic crises that they face. Democrats are wildly perceived as the party of the status quo - a status quo which has been a disaster for most Americans"

As the retired general Jim Mattis and Bing West once wrote, “If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren’t broad enough to sustain you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/o...

Are we entering a "movement moment" against Trump? Here's how to recognize the characteristics that make for powerful whirlwinds of protest against injustice and tyranny.

Use your power! Before it's too late. #ProtectOurDemocracy #ProtectSocialSecurity #ProtectMedicare #SaveOurPublicSchools #SaveOurLibraries #ProtectCivilRights #ProtectRuleOfLaw #ProtectTheConstitution #ProtectMedicalResearch #HandsOff

BREAKING: LAUSD confirms plainclothes federal agents tried to question kids at two elementary schools in Los Angeles Monday but were denied entry by administrators. Superintendent Carvahlo said the agents claimed they had parent permission to question the kids, but it wasn't true

If I'm reading the news correctly, today is a new national holiday called "Insider Trading Day."

🍽️ Independently owned restaurants in California are invited to apply for grants of $5,000 to help with operations. Applications are due April 26. norcalpublicmedia.org/202504109789...

Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional.

Trump’s tariff pause proves he’s consistent on one thing: Backing down www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

The More You Know…💫

We have received many questions about Trump potentially invoking the Insurrection Act, which gives the president broad power to deploy the military within our country. Lawmakers, organizers and everyday Americans should be ready to respond quickly and effectively if Trump takes this dangerous step.