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Retired NJ teacher living in DE, recovering political junkie, proud liberal, concerned citizen. #whathappenedtoAmerica #resist2025
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Texas Bans Sale Of Luggage To Pregnant Women

Happy 45th birthday to London Calling. Released by The Clash on this day in 1979 ▶️ open.spotify.com/album/6FCzva...

Who here agrees?

Land doesn’t vote. Stop pretending it does.

Elon Musk makes billions from government contracts that taxpayers pay for, but wants to cut taxpayers’ Social Security and Medicare because it’s government waste. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE

Did you know that Elon and Trump want to start using the same AI claim denial process used by United Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Just thought you might want to know.

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

"It’s good that Gaetz had to withdraw. It’s good that Hegseth may as well. But one should also note that what will have brought them down is primarily their atrocious personal behavior. There’s been less attention to the danger of the policies they’ve embraced." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-not-ju...

"We need to get to the real discussion about the damage these nominees would cause and the danger they’d pose. The person for whom that discussion is most necessary is Kash Patel, who would use the FBI to carry out Trump’s agenda of political retribution." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-not-ju...

I've been looking at the universe of voters in GA who cast a ballot in 2020, but didn't vote in 2024 and are still registered in the state. There are just over 1 million such voters. Not surprisingly, they are modeled as more likely Dems.

Bob Woodward is one of America's greatest journalists whose career was born in the bile of nefarious dealings by the White House. He's as skeptical as a journalist can be because he knows that what the White House hides is monstrous. Only Joe Biden could make him report THIS:

Nancy Mace Introduces Bill That Would Ban Trans Colleagues From Congressional Gymnastics Team theonion.com/nancy-mace-i...