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Just a citizen who has watched current events and our political & economic landscape a lifetime. Former Teamster and software twiddler.
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Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...

Not only are ICE bounty hunters, who look more like criminals than law enforcement, abducting people from workplaces & off the street—we’re now seeing they’re being held in private detention centers w/some of the most deplorable conditions imaginable. REPEAT: people are profiting from this cruelty.

People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

And so it begins… the economy shrinks.

The Senate Should Let Trump’s Bill Die www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Republicans Push Ahead With Plan to Cut Food Stamps www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

"Pete Hegseth was a paid liar for Fox. Now he's Donald Trump's appointed liar." - Lawrence O'Donnell, moments ago.

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I’m inspired by the words of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, the winner of last night’s mayoral primary election in New York City. Our system may be under attack by Big Money and demagogues, but let his victory serve as a reminder that power belongs to the people.

BREAKING: Moments ago at the Russell Senate Office Building, Capitol Police arrested Medicaid activists in wheelchairs during a sit-in. Their banner was seized and their wrists secured with zip ties.

I am encouraging members of Congress to visit ICE facilities.   Trump dismantled the very offices tasked with overseeing the conditions at ICE facilities.

#WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid Republicans don’t GAF about us… 📌 Today, Capitol Police are threatening to arrest people in wheelchairs. 📌 Yesterday, McConnell said “failure is not an option” and this…

Mamdani's victory "should be a death knell for an ossified Democratic establishment that needs to be put out of its misery. And it should be a wake up call for non-socialist Democrats to show some of the audacity and the ability of Mamdani."

This is beyond disgusting. Zip-tied disabled seniors in wheel chairs. Just for using their first amendment rights to protest the Maga Murder Bill.

People will lose their healthcare if Trump's budget bill passes. One estimate found that proposed cuts to Medicaid could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually. This from the "pro life" party. Reminder that 202-224-3121 is the number for the Capitol switchboard.

Every time I read these stories I cant help but think of Vance who came to Munich to tell Europe that we have freedom of speech problem.

Up to 40% of Hepatitis B infections are actually acquired in childhood and kill thousands of Americans per year.

Republicans think they can screw with our lives, and we’ll just “get over it.” But they need to know..if they vote for this bill, we WILL remember each and every one of them. @senateinsession.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov

“28 Years Later,” a new film in which the U.K. remains under quarantine following a zombie outbreak, is “a sharp, unmistakable jab at Brexit isolationism,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes.

Kari Lake lied about losing her own election—despite losing in court over and over again. How the hell can Americans trust her as the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media? More from today’s @houseforeign.bsky.social hearing ⬇️

Rural hospitals will not “get over it.” They will shut down. Permanently.

Emil Bove, a senior DOJ official and judicial nominee, suggested the Justice Department should ignore federal court orders to execute Trump’s aggressive deportations, according to a whistleblower. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: The President of the United States wants a reporter fired and “thrown out like a dog” for reporting a document produced by his own administration and verified by the Pentagon. Never normalise the insanity.

🚨 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 The Senate must NOT pass the budget reconciliation bill. It’s a Trojan horse that will: ❌ Slash Medicaid and Medicare ❌ Increase the National Debt by Trillions ❌ Devastate Rural Hospitals and Clinics ❌ Cut SNAP Benefits ❌ Undermine our Courts and the Rule of Law 1/3

More relevant than ever.

JUST IN: Chuck Schumer hospitalized for dehydration

My story. Told my way with truth and as much grace I can muster. Thank you, Tom.

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

Boelter wasn’t just a political assassin; he was a Christian assassin, person deeply connected to one of America’s most radical religious movements. He attended college at Christ for the Nations. A founder was extremist Pentecostal pastor named James Gordon Lindsay www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...

2,000 more. He’s just gonna keep adding them to California. And to other states. And to new states. Whether the courts try to stop him or not. He’s also sent active duty troops to Louisiana, Texas and Florida in the last week. www.cbsnews.com/news/2000-na...

Republicans are attempting to ram through a provision to sell millions in acres in CA, including land around Yosemite, Mt. Shasta, Lake Tahoe & Big Sur, as part of their big ugly bill. Our federal public treasures shouldn't be sold off to the highest bidder. I will fight this, tooth & nail.

It's 2003 all over again. www.mediaite.com/media/tv/mar...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on NYC Comptroller Brad Lander’s arrest: “It’s bullshit.”

Senator Mike Lee posts prayers when a Republican has an allergic reaction but posts jokes when a Democrat is murdered in their home. He’s going to Hell.