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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” --James Baldwin
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submitted 18 hours ago • 229 comments

"This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it" www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 3 days ago • 124 comments

And our ass is grass.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Judge Paula Xinis. Thank you for acting so quickly.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

submitted 3 days ago • 1991 comments

“Remember his name,” the wife of Kilmar Abrego García tells the world. The Supreme Court has ordered the Trump regime to "facilitate" the return to the United States of Kilmar Armando Abrego García, the Maryland man whom the U.S. government abducted and sent to a hell-hole, torture-laden…

submitted 3 days ago • 96 comments

NEW: China increases tariffs on US imports from 84% to 125%. The dollar is slumping. US bond yields are rising, threatening a debt crisis. Stock market is set for worst week since global financial crash. Trump is in a war he should never have started. And he doesn’t have the cards.

submitted 3 days ago • 85 comments

Tariffs? Out of control. Prices? Skyrocketing. Emergency powers? He’s abusing them. And yet… not a single question about whether he’s even fit to serve. The math ain’t mathing.

submitted 3 days ago • 990 comments

Hats off to Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills. Unlike too many others, she refuses to bow to Trump. “I have spent the better part of my career listening to loud men talk tough to disguise their weakness,”. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 92 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

🔔MARKET CLOSES DOW DOWN 2.5% ⬇️ S&P 500 DOWN 3.49% ⬇️ NASDAQ DOWN 4.19% ⬇️

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

And the fire department doesn't trust you anymore. Nor do the neighbors.

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

These 15 MAGA Republicans will sell out their own constituents to fund tax breaks to the rich. They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this. Light up those phones! #HandsOffOurMedicaid

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Tomorrow, we are going to the State House to continue our fight to ban the sale of cellphone location data in Massachusetts and we are bringing testimonies with @aclumass. 💪 Join our advocacy for the Location Shield Act: www.aclum.org/en/ban-sale-...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments