“It’s just burning. I just wanted to try to keep people safe.” ICE fired pepper spray at Senator Andy Kim and protesters outside a detention facility in New Jersey. Not another penny should go to these out-of-control agencies — and when we regain power, we will hold all of these thugs accountable.

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Even the housekeeper drives an Audi… Fancy! #YourFriendsAndNeighbors

@adamamin.bsky.social Just watched you on @nbcchicago.com Sports Sunday. Can you help me get some tickets to my 1st Bears game!

Khanna: "This is a Dred Scott court. They have engaged in the fastest rollback of Black political rights since Rutherford Hayes ended Reconstruction in 1877. One-third of African American seats are threatened. We are not speaking up strongly enough against a court that's rolling back civil rights"

Timeline cleanse 😊

I could wait for Darius Garland to get healthy in Fantasy 🏀, but the Cavs couldn't IRL 😭 #NBAPlayoffs

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MacFarlane: The senators are poised to offer amendment after amendment to gut this thing like a fish… And I'm not sure where Republicans find 50 votes to stop any of these amendments

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

Is that too much to ask for?

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

Mel is Skylar White, Abby Donovan level irritating. #YourFriendsAndNeighbors

Good morning to everyone who voted for Kamala Harris.

Garcia: Donald Trump is a small, pathetic loser who has no business getting a dime to give to anybody.

Not only does Trump's IRS settlement hand him a $1.8B slush fund. It also bans the agency from auditing Trump and his family, allowing him to avoid nearly $100M in penalties and get away with any future tax-dodging. He is the most corrupt president in American history.

Guess who has both on her #FantasyBaseball team... 😎⚾️

What we carry… #grief #loss #sorrow #beinghuman #poem #poetry #WritersofSky #SkyPoets #BlueSkyRelay #FreeVerse #Resist #Art #BookSky #Wellness #Selfcare #MentalHealthAwareness

Having the mindfulness to check in on yourself, is a thing. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth 💚

Yep, just watched Wanda Sykes latest special "Legacy" last night, and it was hilarious. I'm gonna miss this show! 🥺#SherriSheppard

Star comes out here with her pajamas (suit) on, looking all comfortable! #Sherri

As predicted, these Conference Finals are gonna be EPIC!!! #nbaplayoffs

Chet Holmgren, What is you doin'?! #SAvsOKC #NBAPlayoffs

Some artists are blacklisted for speaking out against injustice. It seems like the scumbags just continue keep on working.

Watching a man of Indian descent winning a major golf ⛳️ tournament amongst a sea of probable Maga voters… 🤔 #PGA

Dude from The Wire, Cerullo, is the only one who knows how to do actual police work. The rest of them are either corrupt or stupid. 😭 #Nemesis

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Thoughts for people living in safe blue cities and states: Alabama is the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. People bled and died for our right to vote. #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth 🧵

Cubs and White Sox fans, What did we do before the CrossTown Classic. These have been epic! #MLB

Drake Baldwin: "Cuz I'm the biggest, the largest!" 💥⚾️ #FantasyBaseball

If you voted for Kamala Harris, I'm wishing you a very happy Friday and wonderful weekend!

A Palestinian child sits on what remains of a mattress he salvaged from the destruction and rubble of his home after the Israeli army withdrew from Khan Younis. #HumanitarianAid#GazaCivilians#NoSafeZone

Trump's ever-expanding list of taxpayer grifts: -$10B in damages from the IRS -$1B for ballroom "security" -$1B for Qatar jet refurbishments -$230M in DOJ "compensation" -$100M+ for golf outings When he says he "doesn't think about Americans' financial situation," I believe him.

Who is this woman at the funeral? Did Cooper’s daddy had a side piece! #YourFriendsAndNeighbors

He's a Keeper! 💥⚾️ #FantasyBaseball

Jenna said that birds of a feather flock together. And that we already got one pigeon (Ellie) we don't need two. 😭🤣 #BelowDeckDownUnder

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in his Callais v. Louisiana ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act, reports The Guardian. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Here are some of the most dramatic and powerful examples of how Black Americans — from elected officials to ordinary voters — have responded to the wave of GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Don't forget: my old Yale Law classmate Clarence Thomas refused to recuse from Jan. 6 cases despite his wife's involvement in the plot. And he's taken at least 100 gifts worth over $2 million while serving, including from GOP donor Harlan Crow. He's a disgrace to the Court.

Cyndi Lauper has something to say. Listen up!! #USDemocracy

NEW: In a brief filed with SCOTUS, civil rights groups contend that under the court’s own history of applying “the Purcell principle,” it is too late into the election season to suspend it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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For the first time in 80 years, the federal debt-to-GDP ratio is over 100%. In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo.

This land is your land. This land is my land. From... Well no longer. It belongs to about 8 oligarchs !!

His platform was improving the economy. Gotta say, they're doing a bang up job !!! #TrumpsEconomy finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...

You ever hear someone question why black people always vote for Democrats? Because the alternative doesn’t care about you so much that they’d literally fight harder to make it legal to disenfranchise you and make it harder for you to vote than they would to win your vote with their ideas. #SCOTUS

I wonder how the people who never vote are gonna feel, when they want to begin voting, find out that their right to vote, or the power of their vote has been taken away. #SupremeCourt Sorry y'all but that one's been burning a few days.

Suddenly Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber just can’t stop making big bucks off shrewd investments in companies making a fortune off connections to the government. They are experts in every industry now.

Welcome Home JJ 💥⚾️ #fantasybaseball