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Shirley Chisholm – “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
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Biden: "Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead"
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Rachel Maddow
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"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospitals-32cd5ca61d495e155d43b7cfd5e563b9
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CBS News
10 days ago
House votes down latest war powers resolution to block Trump from putting troops in Venezuela.
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House votes down latest war powers resolution to block Trump from putting troops in Venezuela
The failed vote comes a week after the White House peeled off GOP support for a similar measure in the Senate.
https://cbsn.ws/3M28Ez5
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The New Republic
15 days ago
“Can I go check a pulse?” a bystander said after Good was shot, his hands in the air. “No! Back up!” an ICE agent told him. “I’m a physician!” “I don’t care!” the agent replied, before another came up and said they had their own EMS on the way.
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
2 months ago
Trump caught dining again with personal friend, billionaire Steve Wynn at Mar-a-Lago. Wynn was accused of pressuring his employees to perform sex acts.
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Donna Stern
2 months ago
URGENT Election Day Phone Banking with Team Aftyn
#Tn07
Drop in phone banking in Davidson County DCDP HQ 1814 Hayes Street Anytime from 10:00 am - 5 pm CST Register Here:
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Bring a phone, charger and laptop if you desire
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Election Day Phone Banking! With Team Aftyn! · Aftyn for Congress
HELP US GET OUT THE VOTE ON ELECTION DAY! Drop in at the DCDP HQ at 1814 Hayes Street anytime from 10:00am - 5:00pm to phone bank for Aftyn! Open to all experience levels, we recommend bringing a pho...
https://www.mobilize.us/aftynforcongress/event/873997/
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Carl Quintanilla
2 months ago
“.. as the press secretary strode away from the podium, Collins could be heard clearly calling out the falsehood. “.. ‘Karoline, you misquoted Democrats in that video. That’s actually not what they said ..’”
@mediaite.com
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Anonymous
2 months ago
New Mexico Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury reported that she reviewed the Epstein files and Donald Trump is named repeatedly and is tagged in a discussion of his rape of at least one 13 year old child.
#OpDeathEaters
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Blue Axeman
3 months ago
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Bloomberg News
3 months ago
The Trump administration said it will transfer some of the Education Department’s largest grant programs and major portions of several offices to other federal agencies, part of a broader plan to greatly reduce the department’s authority
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Trump Takes Major Step Toward Dismantling Education Department
The Trump administration said it will transfer some of the Education Department’s largest grant programs and major portions of several offices to other federal agencies, part of a broader plan to greatly reduce the department’s authority.
https://bloom.bg/4o2cNQo
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Forbes
3 months ago
Economists projected a cooling labor market for weeks during the government shutdown.
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Jobless Claims Rose More Than Expected Last Month To 232,000, Delayed Data Shows
Economists projected a cooling labor market for weeks during the government shutdown.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/18/jobless-claims-rose-more-than-expected-last-month-to-232000-delayed-data-shows/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Daniel Abraham
3 months ago
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to
runforsomething.net
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DemCast USA
3 months ago
Bear witness. Film what you see. Share the truth as power lies. Connect with the local food banks, faith & activist networks, & mutual-aid groups already standing with immigrant families. The only wall that holds is the one built of courage. Have courage.
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How Americans Are Blocking Trump’s Militia
Ordinary people in forgotten places are standing between families and fear.
https://tinyurl.com/bdebee5n
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Distill Social
3 months ago
The White House released the list of donors who paid for Trump’s new ballroom after backlash over tearing down part of the East Wing to build it.
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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩
3 months ago
Melania used as 'window dressing' in 'pump and dump' fraud scheme resulting in millions lost
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Melania used as 'window dressing' in 'pump and dump' fraud scheme resulting in millions lost
Two men behind cryptocurrency promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei and First Lady Melania Trump have been accused of engaging in fraud and exploiting “celebrity association and ‘borrowed fame’...
https://www.alternet.org/melania-trump-fraud/
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
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FactPost
4 months ago
Gov. Pritzker: The only invasion that's occurring is because the of the Trump administration. We had ICE agents rappelling out of a military helicopter. 130 people had their doors broken down. They took innocent people out and zip tied their hands, and a number of these people were US citizens
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Denise Wheeler
4 months ago
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in. Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators. The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
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Joyce White Vance
4 months ago
Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA.
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Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats
David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-chicago-lawsuit-minister-shot-first-amendment-b2841941.html
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God
4 months ago
Pritzker is right. They want to normalize troops in cities so they can steal every election just like Putin does.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
4 months ago
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide.
@donwinslow.bsky.social
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Chicago Sun-Times
4 months ago
In a video taken by a witness and shared with the Sun-Times, cars could be seen blocking the white, unmarked SUV before a masked agent rolled down his window and dropped the canisters. Smoke spread around the vehicle and passersby began to scream.
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Masked federal agent throws chemical irritants outside Logan Square grocery store: 'My eyes are burning'
Video taken by several witnesses captured the moments where the agent can be seen dropping a canister from a white SUV.
https://trib.al/KX0EDH2
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Aaron Rupar
4 months ago
Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
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Pete Buttigieg
4 months ago
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Dr. Vin Gupta
4 months ago
On Monday, RFK posted a rambling video on the HHS X account showing a series of graphs and directly stating that vaccines have had minimal impact on human health and saving lives. Today, in response, we brought our own graphs. We will not let his dangerous nonsense go unanswered.
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Dean Obeidallah
4 months ago
Trump recession coming: Report shows hiring at lowest since 2009
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/r...
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Report shows hiring at lowest since 2009 as economists turn to alternative data during shutdown blackout
The data points fill in some gaps on information that usually comes from the Labor Department but are delayed because of the shutdown.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/report-shows-hiring-at-lowest-since-2009-as-economists-turn-to-alternative-data-during-shutdown-blackout.html
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Bill Madden
4 months ago
After Trump addressed hundreds of senior U.S. military officials in a bizarre, insulting, incoherent, and rambling speech in Virginia — for the first time in modern history, generals and admirals are questioning the sanity of the commander-in-chief. 😳👇
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'What on earth is wrong?' Analyst claims 'confused' military now asks if Trump is 'sane'
President Donald Trump addressed hundreds of senior U.S. military officials Tuesday in Virginia, speaking for more than an hour — though some critics are sounding the alarm on what appeared to be a “q...
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#TuckFrump
4 months ago
Why conservatives hate free speech
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www.dailykos.com
Why conservatives hate free speech
https://twp.ai/4iqI4K
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The New York Times
4 months ago
Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump’s border chief, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI investigation, according to people familiar with the case, which was later closed by Trump administration officials.
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Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was said to be recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.
https://nyti.ms/46IpASJ
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Lesley Abravanel🥂🪩
5 months ago
Florida saw more mass shootings in 2024 than previous year, but textbook Freudian bigot DeSantis uses law that never mentioned crosswalks to erase street art in Florida
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DeSantis uses law that never mentioned crosswalks to erase street art in Florida
There was no mention of crosswalks when a bill passed in the Legislature that's now being used to justify a crackdown on street art.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2025/09/01/desantis-crosswalk-bill-florida/85885312007/
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
5 months ago
The chaos at the CDC should alarm everyone. One former staffer said it's become a “death cult.” They’re purging health experts, undermining public trust, and jeopardizing our preparedness for future pandemics. The damage they’re doing will cause immeasurable suffering. We can’t let that happen.
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White House fires CDC director who says RFK Jr. is ‘weaponizing public health’
Susan Monarez was confirmed as the CDC’s director in July. Three top agency officials announced resignations as the Trump administration moved to oust her.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08/27/susan-monarez-cdc-director-ousted/
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The New York Times
5 months ago
News Analysis: It is not clear what evidence the authorities have that John Bolton mishandled classified information, but President Trump’s efforts to punish rivals immediately stoked questions about the investigation.
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Search of Bolton’s Home Shows Uneasy Mix of Retribution and Law Enforcement
It is not clear what evidence the authorities have that John Bolton mishandled classified information, but President Trump’s efforts to punish rivals immediately stoked questions about the investigation.
https://nyti.ms/4oNqxQH
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#TuckFrump
5 months ago
Donald Trump Said He Told Pam Bondi 'Give Them Everything' On Epstein Files
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Donald Trump said he told Pam Bondi 'give them everything' on Epstein files
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱
6 months ago
@jesseduquette.bsky.social
Cartoon by Jesse Duquette.
add a skeleton here at some point
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David Corn
6 months ago
Trump said he would end the war in 24 hours…and Putin increased the intensity of his attacks.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
6 months ago
Inviting the former head of the KGB into your presidential limo smacks of sloppy security. It's not as if Putin is a stranger to bugging devices. And what if Trump gets an emergency military/intelligence call? Does he ask his boss, Putin, to stick his fingers in his ears?
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The New Republic
6 months ago
When Trump seized D.C., he said these forces could do “whatever the hell they want.” They took the directive seriously. According to residents, a gaggle of federal agents took a photo around a pro-immigration banner, before tearing it down and leaving a dildo in its place.
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Reuters
6 months ago
Exclusive: Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans
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Exclusive: Trump administration weighing refugee cap of 40,000 with focus on white South Africans
Trump's focus on resettling Afrikaners could upend the precedent around the refugee program, which for decades had bipartisan support.
https://reut.rs/4lzOEQb
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Lauren Ashley Davis
6 months ago
Bondi’s order formalized the federal government’s control of DC police and directed DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department to end the capital’s sanctuary city policies.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/p...
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DC mayor and attorney general rebuke Bondi’s order appointing emergency police commissioner | CNN Politics
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening ordered DC’s mayor and police department to accept Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, as the district’s “emergency police commissioner”...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/politics/pam-bondi-dc-sanctuary-city-policies-emergency-police-commissioner?cid=android_app
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Negan
6 months ago
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CBS News
6 months ago
The federal government is calling off around $500 million worth of vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday.
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RFK Jr. halts $500 million for mRNA vaccine research
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the federal government is calling off around $500 million worth of vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology.
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Robert Reich
6 months ago
FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1M to Trump's super PAC in April. What happened next? Three weeks later Trump pardoned her son, a nursing home executive who pleaded guilty to withholding millions from his workers' paychecks (while buying a luxury yacht). Everything is for sale.
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Edward A. Rowe
6 months ago
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Newsweek
6 months ago
Republican lawmakers have spent the past six months introducing a steady stream of bills designed to honor Donald Trump—and, in some cases, his family.
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Full list of GOP efforts to put Trump's name or face on things
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-gop-efforts-put-trumps-name-face-things-2105146?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1753716533
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Robert Reich
6 months ago
Much of Trump's authoritarian power grab has been green-lit (at least temporarily) by the Supreme Court's "shadow docket." This allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?
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Keith Olbermann
6 months ago
With Trump's confession today that he broke with Epstein not over child rape but over Epstein hiring away his employees, a reminder Trump is on a confession jag Friday, he admitted there IS an Epstein Client List and he could reveal it
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Mueller, She Wrote
6 months ago
There’s your new ad, Dems.
add a skeleton here at some point
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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
6 months ago
Trump’s golf trips cost taxpayers millions. Why don’t Republicans cut those instead of the National Weather Service?
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Raw Story
6 months ago
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Trump warned by lawyer he's on the verge of 'pushing a big bomb to blow himself up'
Any thought that Donald Trump might have about issuing a pardon to convicted human sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell should be squashed immediately if he wants to have a chance of surviving the Jeffrey Epstein files firestorm according to one lawyer.During an appearance on MNBC's "The Weekend," conse...
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The Tennessee Holler
6 months ago
Endless grift.
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Mother Jones
6 months ago
He’s suing his girlfriend’s doctor for prescribing abortion pills. Could this gut access everywhere?
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He’s suing his girlfriend’s doctor for prescribing abortion pills. Could this gut access everywhere?
Texas lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is going after a California doctor, Here’s why that’s terrifying.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/jonathan-mitchell-texas-hes-suing-his-girlfriends-doctor-for-prescribing-abortion-pills-could-this-gut-access-everywhere/
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