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Human rights, international affairs & development and progressive issues and causes fuel me. Retired NGO guy, native NYer, VA Dem based near DC. I'm here to follow news & politics.
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TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Another small victory but when they all add up, you’re gonna take this administration down

This is so right-on accurate. "Reality itself skews left". This understanding is something that people like DeSantis will never be able to relate to.

Trump Ally Bukele Set to Arrest Journalists Who Revealed His Secret Pact With Gangs One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration." www.commondreams.org/news/el-faro...

"Pay to Play" for White House access is unapologetically open and in business. "Trump continues his pay-to-play crypto corruption with a dinner planned for late May for top investors in his meme coin, $TRUMP"

The grift is right out there where everyone can see it but crickets from anybody who can do anything to stop this POTUS crime wave. What would we be hearing if it was Obama who created his own crypto and then proceeded to peddle it to Middle Eastern governments?

I'm disgusted that the JFK Library would debase itself with this twisted concept of bipartisanship. Giving Pence their signature "Profile in Courage" award for just doing his job and not breaking the law is a godawful low bar.

I'll just leave this here... 👍 This is how we defend Medicare, SSI etc., with facts, clarity and purpose. She takes no prisoners!

I'm an ex-NGO worker. I'll never forget what malnourished kids in Nicaragua looked like. USAID's destruction and the resulting cuts to assistance programs are destroying lives around the world. The blood of innocents is on the hands of the Trump admin and their servants in the GOP Congress.

You don't have to be religious to recognize insane blasphemy. Only thing more offensive and disturbing than a lonely whacked out narcissist posting this at bedtime would be if an official taxpayer funded account reposted it half an hour later. #resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue #OFFENSIVE

I like these trends... First Canada and now Australia have decisively rejected Trump-lite and reelected a Labor Party government. 🇦🇺

The opening page of this opinion flays the his butt. It will go down as a classic Trump loss. Shakespearean prose! ⬇️

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I'll be at home on the other side of the Potomac on June 14th. What a ridiculous waste of money and resources, all to massage Orange Shitler's bottomless ego. That day will be my late parents' 73rd wedding anniversary and that's what I'll be celebrating! 🥃

Why didn't Trump's threat crash Wall Street today? China buys about 90% of Iran's oil products. Does "not allowed to do business" mean a trade embargo? A cutoff of all financial transactions? Is it just an empty threat? I doubt that Trump has thought this through. That would require brain cells...

It's impressive that so many protests happened today, a working day. The 50501 movement is picking up momentum & it's inspiring others to organize. We will oppose Trump World for as long as it takes! This is a marathon, not a sprint.

He should have someone read it to him sometime. Seems like he’d be pretty surprised by what’s in it!

I'm with Jasmine on this. House Republicans hit a new low tonight. US citizens can be deported!

Revolution coming…

As a former NGO worker, with my own stories of witnessing death in Guatemala, I can't tell you how pissed off I am to see the memorial to fallen AID workers treated like this.

Trump doesn't even pretend to speak the truth. He thinks he's a hoodlum but he's a ridiculous clown.

Bezos once again proves he lacks a backbone. Boycott his companies!

It's only April and I'm already going through my supply of popcorn, watching the VA GOP unravel. Looks like I'll need to go to Costco and get some more! 🍿

The cover of this week's New Yorker: "The First Hundred Days" by Barry Blitt.

I have spent the last three hours watching CBC News coverage of the election and taking a crash course in Canadian politics. Congratulations to the Liberal Party. Gracious speeches by all and a strong message from PM Carney. Sending thoughts of solidarity to Canada! 🇨🇦

Trump doing some election day campaigning for Mark Carney.

So, they have a lot in common.

There’s no bottom to Hegsteth. He’s a walking, texting digital disaster!

#vonshitzhispants strikes afan !

Heartless and illegal actions taken by "our" government.

Trump has been forced to step back (hurray!) but there will be no compensating for the stress, mental anguish, interruptions to education and legal expense that he has forced thousands of students to undergo.

All outfitted in SWAT gear, with video cameras in tow, as Trump spreads his tentacles into all aspects of government.

The Trump mafia is turning the screws ever tighter on the judiciary branch. This move steps that pressure up a significant notch. The intent here is to intimidate other non-Federal judges to not resist the Trump agendas.

Trump, JD Vance and their pro-Putin isolationist allies are traitors to our country and to the democracies of the world.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 The Path to American Authoritarianism - if you had any doubt that we have an authoritarian leader and administration, this interview with Steven Levitsky will open your eyes #AmericanAuthoritarianism www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

Paramount’s capitulation to Trump is an act of cowardice that will go down in history as a watershed moment in the decline of American journalism.

This outrageous proposal needs to be swiftly and firmly rejected by EU countries. The only way to deal with Trump is with the determination that goes into confronting a bully. It's the only way he will understand that he has been rejected and he'll retreat, blaming others.