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Supporting people's freedom to flourish. 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. -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (30 Jan 1882-1945
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We should all be using the term Kakistocracy. It means government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib at Mobilize to Save Healthcare

Scenes from Mobilize to Save Healthcare DC

When Senators and Representatives actually serve their constituents, this is the reception they get.

How my cousin reminded me there is always someone whose problems are trickier than your own.

We should all be singing Woody Guthry’s “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” at our rallies and marches. Maybe some more creative folks can make up some new verses. It’s very chantable. I like this version best. music.youtube.com/watch?v=sUCJ...

Marianne Faithful, Broken English youtu.be/p9eVhgxoj-c?...

When do we expect this to happen in the US? www.reuters.com/world/americ...

What a talent

I made a youtube music playlist of the Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 “best” protest songs. The playlist is public; here is the link: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A few of my friends at the People’s March in DC

The tools of conquest...

Cooperation makes species successful. More so than competition within species. Sometimes you see this in humans.

If a church doesn’t have a food pantry or a soup kitchen or a closet full of clothes and blankets open to the public or isn’t showing up at natural disasters to help, why does that church have a tax-exempt status?

Some people think that RESISTANCE means only FIGHTING. But fighting can also be a symptom of feeling powerless. And "resistance" means taking back our power. Thus, we have to abstain from "non-productive" fighting in order to truly resist, reclaim, & move ourselves forward.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

The papaya (Carica papaya), also known as the pawpaw, is a plant species in the family Caricaceae, and also the name of the plant's fruit.

Out in Queens with striking Amazon workers who have a very simple message for management!

If Fani Willis had a conflict of interest because a man might have paid for a meal, imagine how serious it would be if Supreme Court justices heard cases related to an election their wives had tried to overturn.

My #UnitedHealthCare bill came. Rates are going up next month: “The reason is because of an adjustment to your account.” The only adjustment to my account I could find was that they are charging more.

U.S. Protests Mexi-Canadian Overpass theonion.com/u-s-protests...

Same.

Them: ‘Dana, now that the orange felon will be back in office, maybe you should tone down the gay a little.’ Me heading into 2025: ‘We ride at dawn!’