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A billionaire who profits off the presidency is feuding with another billionaire who bought access to the government to line his own pockets. Neither should have ever been able to amass so much power. What we're witnessing is a failed experiment in billionaire governance.

submitted 2 days ago • 120 comments

Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.

submitted 3 days ago • 168 comments

That’s awful. 🤡 @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/reeling-hous...

submitted 3 days ago • 522 comments

They literally don't even spare their supporters.

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Countless LGBTQ+ Americans have served—in every branch, at every rank—swearing to defend a Constitution that didn’t always defend them. Their service is undeniable. Their rights are non-negotiable. We’ve worn the same boots, taken the same oath—and we’ve got their six. Always.

submitted 7 days ago • 19 comments

This duplicitous attack on San Antonio immigrant communities is shameful. These folks are following the law—they are families, mothers, and children, not violent criminals. www.ksat.com/news/local/2...

submitted 9 days ago • 13 comments

Here are THREE corrupt ways Donald Trump is allowing billionaires to pay to play: 1. The Trump family's new $500k members only club 2. Trump's crypto deals 3. Trump's presidential library (that's where the luxury jet is headed) Trump's making billions while your prices go up.

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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

submitted 10 days ago • 149 comments

🚨 DOGE is gutting the VA right in front of us. Thousands of jobs gone. Mental health care slashed. Claims delayed. Vets left waiting—or left behind. This isn’t a budget decision. It’s a betrayal of the people who served. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention.

submitted 10 days ago • 37 comments

It's a shame the supreme court is choosing profits over people. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

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Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live. If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.

submitted 12 days ago • 878 comments

"When you love something, you fight for it." — @repgoodlander.bsky.social, reflecting on the words of her Navy Veteran father. On #MemorialDay, we salute the fallen who secured our liberty.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

A recap of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill": Kids go hungry so Jeff Bezos can buy a 3rd yacht. Kids lose health care so Zuckerberg can buy a 2nd Hawaiian island. Seniors lose their nursing home care so Elon Musk can go to Mars. We must fight back with all we've got.

submitted 12 days ago • 124 comments

NPR just sued Trump over his unconstitutional executive order gutting federal funding for public media. Kudos to them for standing up for the First Amendment. It reminds me of when Mr. Rogers stood up to Nixon's attempts to gut public broadcasting 56 years ago.

submitted 12 days ago • 58 comments

CBS reporter Scott Pelley: This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”. If you haven’t already shared this, please do.

submitted 12 days ago • 475 comments

True patriots don’t believe the president should be a king. True patriots don’t support an attempted coup. True patriots don't want to strip Americans of our freedoms. It’s time to stop letting Republicans claim the mantle of patriotism. They’ve done nothing to deserve it.

submitted 13 days ago • 83 comments

This Memorial Day, we honor those who gave everything in service to this country. As we pause to reflect, let’s remember: the best way to honor the fallen is to stand up for the living—by ensuring our veterans & their families get the care, respect, & resources they need to thrive.

submitted 13 days ago • 194 comments

This #MemorialDay, we want to hear from Veterans and Military Families. What does this holiday mean to you? Share stories of comrades or loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice. Record a short video using our online tool. Click here to record your video: votevets.org/memorial-day...

submitted 15 days ago • 20 comments

Gone too soon. Rest in peace Chris Cornell 🙏🏽

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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive. In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him. Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

submitted 31 days ago • 621 comments

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear U.S. residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? Either everyone has due process — or no one does.

submitted 34 days ago • 122 comments

Trump may not know whether he has to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, but hundreds of Vermont lawyers do know. I congratulate them, and thousands of lawyers throughout the country, who are fighting to uphold American democracy and the rule of law.

submitted 35 days ago • 79 comments

Farm workers union says ICE detained worker leaders www.wgrz.com/video/news/l...

submitted 36 days ago • 8 comments

URGENT: This morning in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained.

submitted 37 days ago • 24 comments

Happy International Workers Day from the United Farm Workers! Feliz Día Internacional de los Trabajadores de la Unión de Campesinos! #MayDay2025

submitted 38 days ago • 6 comments

You see new examples of the Trump Admin’s ongoing hate campaign daily in the news and your social media feed. We can’t just stand by while our neighbors are terrorized, imprisoned or deported w/o due process. E-mail your congressmembers today. ufw.org/immigrants_ltc #WeFeedYou

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Great win in court to keep Trump from using The Alien Enemies Act. www.mynbc5.com/article/judg...

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Let them have their day in court to address these serious charges www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-d...

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On May Day, it's more important than ever to remember that solidarity is necessary to overcome the imminent dangers we now face — from Donald J. Trump and the oligarchy. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mayday-may-day

submitted 38 days ago • 23 comments

Julia Parsons, a U.S. Navy code breaker during World War II who was among the last survivors of a top-secret team of women that unscrambled messages to and from German U-boats, has died at 104.

submitted 39 days ago • 591 comments

Thirty six former juvenile defendants allege that the County failed to protect them from sexual abuses from the 1960’s through the 2000’s, at the hands of Little and 37 other authority figures.

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has no criminal record and experts have said his tattoos are not tied to MS-13. The administration pushed out a doctored image to try and prove a connection after they unlawfully abducted him. Trump is either confused or deliberately lying to the public.

submitted 39 days ago • 317 comments

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

submitted 39 days ago • 794 comments

Confederate monuments were never about “remembering history." They’re warnings and threats that have been allowed.

submitted 40 days ago • 18 comments

Unconstitutional deportations, a tanking economy, attacks on the most vulnerable, abuse of due process, and a rise in authoritarianism does not mean "America is back."

submitted 40 days ago • 85 comments