Betsy Novotny
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Retired scientist, horse woman, birder, founder of Luminaria Enclave
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Dr. Theresa Chapple
1 day ago
During circle time today, my daughter's class processed seeing a man get detained by ICE outside of their school. Last week ICE pulled guns outside of my 7 y.o school. Today, it was outside of my 10 y.o's school. Repubs want us to fear adults in drag around kids, I'm afraid of ICE agents in masks.
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Mueller, She Wrote
1 day ago
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/
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Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/10/27/dc-traffic-stop-shooting-dispute/
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50501: The Peopleโs Movement โ๐
2 days ago
Findhelp.org
is a free resource where you can search by ZIP code to find food pantries, emergency groceries, and support services near by. You donโt need to sign up or explain yourself-just enter your ZIP and get connected. And if you can give, now is the time. Every donation, every share matters.
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findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care
Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.
https://Findhelp.org
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Kevin M. Kruse
2 days ago
This thread makes a point I find myself coming to often these days. It's hard to make this point in a way that doesn't sound like a threat, but it's just a fact that for centuries the wealthy in America worried that the mob would come get them and did all they could to avoid that fate.
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Mueller, She Wrote
3 days ago
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families? Now you know.
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With open enrollment coming up, this timely article is an important read. Within the article is a link to his AI tool to help with writing appeals should your insurance company deny you needed heslth care.
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Contributor: Open enrollment is healthcare's most expensive lie โ Los Angeles Times
To give the illusion of choice, weโve built a multibillion-dollar theater production called 'open enrollment' that costs more to stage than many small countries spend on their entire healthcare system...
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Wonderful idea!
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Karly Kingsley
3 days ago
You should care that kids, seniors & disabled people can eat. But even if you donโt, grocers have been swallowing tariff costs for months. SNAP keeps them afloat with billions in steady spending. Cut it and prices spike while we all fight for whatโs left on the shelves.
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Kevin M. Kruse
3 days ago
Deeply racist, yes, but also deeply stupid. Rural counties have higher enrollments than urban ones. Some of the largest enrollment states are red ones like Louisiana, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Undocumented immigrants are ineligible. Most beneficiaries are required to work 80 hrs/month.
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Daniel Abraham
3 days 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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๐ซโญ๏ธN. Julesโญ๏ธ๐ซ
3 days ago
Not having SNAP benefits in November impacts everyone. This regime has ruined America. Every system weโve come to rely on is broken because of Trump.
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SayItToMyFace๐ซ๐
3 days ago
Ok. Got it. We are cutting SNAP, the food lifeline for 42 million US citizens to be able to eat, of which ~40% are children under age 18, not because the government is shut down. We are doing it for cruelty. FDT and his entire administration and all Republicans! You are all monsters!
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John Lipponen ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐น
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The Volatile Mermaid
7 days ago
The fact that Republicans get upset about tearing down confederate monuments, but not demolishing the White House, says a lot.
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No, we will not.
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MissPlaced
5 days ago
@votevets.org
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Jon Cooper
6 days ago
Yes, what the fuck???
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
5 days ago
Good morning to everyone who said six years ago that it was wrong to call these concentration camps.
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MissPlaced
5 days ago
๐คฌ๐๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐คฌ๐จ
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Because of course it isโฆ
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Just Jack
6 days ago
โIf the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.โ - former First Lady Betty Ford The East Wing is gone. Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble. All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.
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Carl Quintanilla
7 days ago
โ.. Itโs not his house. Itโs your house. And heโs destroying it.โ
@politico.com
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Lori ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ธ๐
7 days ago
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Jennifer C
8 days ago
๐งต Federal agents raided Family Night at La Catedral Arena in Wilder, Idaho. A community racetrack packed with families, food, and music. They came under the guise of โillegal betting.โ What they unleashed was terror: children zip-tied, parents separated, and chaos erupting across a crowd of 1,000.
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Amanda Jeyaretnam ๐ธ (she/her)
8 days ago
They say โconstructionโ but itโs destruction. They paved over paradise to build a parking lot. They demolished the East Wing to build a dance floor. They tore down democracy to install a dictator.
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Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Treasuryโs headquarters is located next door to the East Wing, giving employees there a front-row seat to the construction of President Trumpโs $250 million ballroom.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/treasury-tells-employees-not-to-share-photos-of-white-house-ballroom-construction-1d4f2c49
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WTAF?!?!?๐ก๐ก๐ก๐ก
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Andrew Weinstein
10 days ago
Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.
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Christopher Webb
10 days ago
Prime example of white privilege in plain sight. Black kids get called adults to justify blame, while white adults get called โkidsโ to excuse their hate. Theyโre not boys and girls, theyโre grown-ass men and women, and the receipts are in writing.
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Tracy
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Iโm with Mike Fanone too!
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Ed Hirsch
11 days ago
#NoKings
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Denise Wheeler
11 days ago
While the nation is protesting Trump and his thieving thugs, the corruption continues. No Kings
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Robert Reich
11 days ago
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Raider
11 days ago
Jessica Tarlov leaves her Fox News co-hosts speechless as she drops a list of issues Americans are protesting Trump for on No Kings
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Jon Cooper
11 days ago
For generations, people around the world have used color to show collective strength in the face of oppression. The
#NoKings
movement is no different. Yellow is our shared signal, bright, bold and impossible to ignore, a reminder that America's power belongs to our people, not to kings.
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Hey Mikey! So, are you going to swear her in?
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
15 days ago
In Speaker Johnsonโs district, people would see their health care premiums skyrocket $2,284 per month if Republicans refuse to protect health care. Republicans are making their own constituents poorer and sicker.
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Dan Mihalopoulos
16 days ago
This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement. At this point, there is a statement from DHS re ๐ง activities in the Chicago area thatโs refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week
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JennyBeeFightsFascists๐๐ฆโก๏ธ๐๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐ชฉ๐
16 days ago
THEY ARE HOME!!!๐๏ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ THEY ARE HOME!!!๐๏ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ THEY ARE HOME!!!๐๏ธ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ AM YISRAEL CHAI!๐งฟ๐ชฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ AM YISRAEL CHAI!๐งฟ๐ชฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ AM YISRAEL CHAI!๐งฟ๐ชฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ
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Robert Reich
17 days ago
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a countryโs population, we have a very serious problem.
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๐น๐๐ข ๐ต ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐
18 days ago
Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military. These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.
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A timeline cleanse. Nothing like a hike through Bryce Canyon to humble oneself. Staring in awe of all that time encoded in the rocks. Spectacular!
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Jon Cooper
18 days ago
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Miss Ann Thrope ๐ฌ๐ง๐น๐น
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
19 days ago
And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. Weโll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.
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The Tennessee Holler
20 days ago
CHICAGO โ Outside an elementary school during dismissalโฆ horrifying. What have we become?
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