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WHY NOT? Medicare could be modified to benefit all American Citizens, not just the old. Instead of putzing around and getting nothing done, it's time for our elected officials to step up and join the other democratic nations that have already made healthcare a citizen's right.

Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."

This has been happening to US citizens from the start of this ICE roundup operation, but yet I still hear from neighbors & others that nobody but the "illegals" are being detained - they don't want to believe & won't accept reality until it comes for them or someone they know

I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!

MEDIA-OPOLY This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast. #ProudBlue

VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!

Essential holiday prep! 🦃🍷

This is the way!

I stand with Ukraine. Only the Ukrainian People can decide their fate and future. Russia is an aggressor and has no say in Ukraine’s internal affairs. #SupportUkraineToWin

These are the real patriots in our government, stand with them against the out of control President and his sycophants advising him to ignore the constitution #DontGiveUpTheShip #TrumpIsAFascist #NoFascismInAmerica #DV1 #ProudBlue

People seem to be confused, but we are not - we know that when companies pay poverty wages, the rest of society literally pays the price. #StopCorporateHandouts

Way to go! 🔥👍💯❤️👏 This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse. You go girl! #cdnpoli

One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector. 100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land. That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.

I’m back. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Unfortunately, the ultra rich and big biz will never let the replicator technology be available to the masses unless they can get retail price + convenience fee for anything you get from the machine. So we should definitely work on the wealth redistribution now.

Wheee! The joy of having dogs! 🐶 😂

"Outrage and betrayal" AOC on House Dem.

You know what tonight proves more than anything else? Local elections matter. Local. Elections. Matter.

"What these oligarchs spent to stop Mamdani feels like less on an annual basis than he wants them to pay for a better future for all New Yorkers, a joke Mamdani himself has made." America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...

It goes well beyond just SNAP, when government $ are used to help the majority of the population, almost all of that money flows back into the economy boosting individuals, local small businesses as well as the corporate giants.

He’s gotta go. He sucks so bad. Millennials need take over the Democratic Party, and I’m sorry to whoever that offends. Boomers ruined the “American Dream” for us so we aren’t nostalgic for the good old days when white men ran everything. We live in reality.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Remember—we dropped Disney's stock 7% in 24 hrs & they went back on their big decision. We need to do it to every one of them during the peak of their money-making season, the holidays. They don't think we can make a difference. Let's prove them wrong. Fight back in whatever way you can.

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle.

I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here. And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.

I'm reposting this fellow because it's a good example of how people believe this stuff basically have a cartoon-level understanding of history and how things work. (Meaning, not a very good understanding.)

The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670 Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy? You’re doing their dirty work.

Also defines the average MAGA person that relies on government assistance programs but cheers their demise

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

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It should also include the person(s) giving the orders to arrest / detain without warrants

I guess the Reagan Library commented before actually checking their YouTube post from 8 years ago with the actual Reagan speech on tariffs used by Canada in their ad - of course there are already plenty claiming this video is Ai because they don't want to accept reality youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...

Norway is looking better and better!

Farmer John Bartman and heiress @abigaildisney.bsky.social offer fascinating perspectives on the economic and moral impact of Trump 2.0. All you never knew you wanted to know about scarce combine parts, historic estate tax rates, and much more. @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/heiress-so...

WOW... JUST WOW... In order to justify invoking the insurrection act in Portland, Oregon, trump faked a riot with professional videographers, the military and hired extras. Sen. Jeffrey Merkley tells us what happened :

This. Said. It. All. ⬇️⬇️ Please. Share. So. Everyone. Knows. The. Truth.

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

While opposition parties remain legal, Trump’s governance increasingly delegitimizes them and treats dissent as criminal. Functionally, this reflects fascism in practice—an illiberal regime seeking one-man rule, not mere populism .

This seems to be a spot on analysis but I'm afraid those powerful elites & politicians that are propping up an aspiring dictatorship think this could not or would never happen here in the USA - those things only happen in other countries they help destabilize....

The weird snipe at @stevevladeck.bsky.social aside, Ilan misses the entire point that even the framers accepted the general idea of judicial oversight re: the president's deployment of military forces. Congress enacted a statutory regime. The president is bound by it. Courts have equitable powers.