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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/de...

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The story is of course, horrific, but anyone who says there’s no humor on BlueSky needs to read this thread. dying and crying

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All this fRaUd and still not a single lawsuit. Weird, huh?

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#AOC. “Ocasio-Cortez: Colleagues ‘should probably disclose’ recent stock purchases now” www.reddit.com/r/politics/s...

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we're living a scaled up version of "A Confederacy of Dunces" where the characters occupy the WH, &instead of a weirdo with a catcher's mitt, we got sofa guy &creepy predators, liars &thieves..."God's Away on Business" (Tom Waits) could be this country's theme song www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9mh...

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When I get to the Senate, I'll support a bill to ban Congressional stock trading on day one. No elected official should be cashing in while the American people see their retirements go down the drain.

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It has been 18 days since we learned that those involved in Signalgate recklessly endangered the lives of American pilots. The fact that there has been no Congressional investigation is an abomination. This should outrage every single Member of Congress.

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www.rawstory.com/cdc-cruise-s...

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Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came. Why? Has the fear already taken hold?

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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.

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Why do Democrats keep forgetting the scandals that actually matter? Epstein files, DOGE, Signal-Gate, Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, do they just move on too fast? Do you agree?

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Trump’s new tariffs don’t make economic sense — and that’s the point. These tariffs are designed to cause widespread pain so that Trump can use the power of relief as a form of extortion: indivisible.org/tariffs

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This was three months ago.

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“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

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“The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index just hit such a historic high under Trump that it’s literally exploding off the chart.”

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With the help of four Democrats, House Republicans just voted to pass H.R. 22 — one of the biggest threats to voting rights that we’ve seen in a generation. If you’re represented by Reps. Case (HI-01), Cuellar (TX-28), Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), or Golden (ME-02), they need to hear from you today.

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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

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💥 "90 day delay except China" was leaked 1 day before the actual announcement. This is the biggest insider trading scheme in history.

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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

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Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.

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He literally tweeted: This is a great time to BUY! Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs. He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳

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Dominion’s case against Newsmax is set to go to trial on April 28. The judge has ruled Newsmax falsely accused Dominion “of being affiliated with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and participating in crimes such as rigging elections in the U.S. and abroad.” www.npr.org/2025/04/09/n...

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Schwab… And he made $2 Billion today!

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The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

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Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.

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interesting. this would be pertinent information that an opposition party might be blasting out through all of its messaging apparatuses in a coordinated fashion. If such a party existed...

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Don't count on the current regime to do anything about this... www.ewg.org/news-insight...

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

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"Public health experts have warned for years that such a shift would open the door to increased dental disease, especially in low-income communities. But the guy who thinks wi-fi causes cancer and 'leaky brain' is apparently unconvinced..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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"So many children died." - If one of Ukraine's allies (America) shows weakness to Russia, they’ll just carry on their outrageous and unjust war. The only way to negotiate with Russia is from a position of strength. www.france24.com/en/video/202...

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This dude never stops crying about victimhood.

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It looks like they are really doing this. Wow this is nuts.

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"heinous violent criminals who have broken our laws repeatedly" isn't this what rump calls protestors of his regime?

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