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To every Democrat in Congress. Trump just declared an illegal war with Iran and we don't want to hear any more strong statements. Why should we keep voting for Democrats when you do nothing to stop Trump's dictatorship? When you DO nothing you ARE nothing. As it stand today, you are all pointless.

I am old enough to remember the "axis of evil" (Iraq, Iran, N. Korea). Sadly, my grandchildren will reminisce on the "axis of greed" (Russia, China, U.S.).

Well, he has his "emergency" now. How will he use it? I suppose we will soon see the Mad King's madness on full display. Elections won't be his only target. We are "in the hands of malignant fate."

Definitely the first State of the Union where the president talked about the military killing unarmed fishermen as a laugh line

If fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction then what is unleashing measles across vulnerable populations in the United States

Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)

"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

According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information. Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

Want to make it clear that this case was 4-6 years in the making and heroes here are League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government. I hope national press gets this right. Voters approved an initiative in 2018 to create a districting commission. Fighting for implementation since

-A living wage -Guaranteed healthcare -The right to join a union -The right to vote -The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family -The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence These are the foundations of real freedom.

Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance

THIS x 1,000,000. Honestly I don’t know who this person is (this clip popped up on social media) but I would vote for them tomorrow.

The folks hollering about “family values” are out here tearing families apart with unlawful ICE raids, militarized police, & the weaponization of government. All while ripping away food & healthcare from working-class families. Are the family values in the room with us?

Senator Cory Booker, his voice still booming after more than a day spent on the Senate floor railing against the Trump administration, surpassed Strom Thurmond for the longest Senate speech on record, in an act of astonishing stamina that he framed as a call to action. nyti.ms/4iXMx8m

The fascism we are experiencing is an EMERGENCY. It needs to be responded to with lightening speed. The courts are helping, but lightening speed is not their thing. They weren't designed for that. So we all need to do more to respond. Get angry. Get organized. Get creative. Get vocal.

Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more. Taking back our power starts now.

They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.

They started with the undocumented, then they went after visa holders and permanent residents, now it's naturalized citizens. How many times must history rhyme and repeat before we realize what's going on?

American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.

The fight going on in the Democratic Party right now is not between hard left, left and moderate. It’s between those who want to fight and those who want to cave. And Team Fight stretches across all ideological aspects of the Party. Misread this at your own peril.

New from me.👇 It does not surprise me that people are worried. I expected many to be concerned. But I did not anticipate that so many leaders across industries and professions would allow fear to silence them. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Looking beautiful Time Square. 🇺🇦

What’s the opposite of a Nobel Peace Prize? I think we have a winner.

Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

Zero interest rates let some people in Silicon Valley luck into riches without much breadth or depth of knowledge, but because they became rich, they convinced themselves they are geniuses, and that their genius extends to everything, and thus their opinions about everything are informed by genius.

“Because the key insight is this: The tech sector operates as a winner-take-all economy. But our political economy is based on perpetual competition.” @jvl.bsky.social

80 years ago today: Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima. We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.

The poster child for white male mediocrity, Pete Hegseth, is firing qualified Black men and women from the military.

🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.

Elon Musk to reporter: “We post our actions to the DOGE website. All of our actions are maximally transparent. I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Here’s the doge.gov website IN ITS ENTIRETY. It’s literally a blank page!

Trump³⁴ is Bad For Health Stopped funding for cancer & Alzheimer's research? Froze hiring of medical personnel at VA hospitals? Ended caps on prescription drug prices for seniors? Defunded programs that help manage the spread and treatment of HIV? Pardoned the #1 illicit drug dealer

wow

Best thing our allies can remember: if you stand up to Trump you intimidate him and he will back down. If you crawl to him (like his sycophantic politicians) he will not respect you and will eventually throw you under the bus.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

The Trump tax scam permanently lowered the corporate tax rate to 21%—costing us $1.3 trillion. Corporations went on to buy back stock, give their executives huge raises, and price-gouge consumers. Nothing "trickled down" to workers or consumers. This is why we call it a scam.

📚💙 Parable of the Talents, by Octavia Butler

Trump’s plans to pardon the Jan 6 insurrectionists is a slap in the face to the officers who risked their lives to protect OUR house & the congressional members within. It’s infuriating! Trump’s support for LE is all a lie.

Brace for Impact: “I’ve been told it’s going to be shock and awe as far as executive orders and all the lists of things that are going to happen on January 20th. And that they’re going to throw a lot into the first day.” - Bret Baier Trump is going to treat the presidency like a hostile takeover.

Puppet Trump has lost his last mind if he thinks that Democrats will agree to raise the debt ceiling RIGHT NOW, and allow him to dole out UNLIMITED BILLIONAIRE WELFARE unquestioned throughout his “presidency.” Republicans will control government, so THEY must pay the bills. Find some other suckers!