Barbra Smith
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7 months ago
Republicans hid many destructive things in their budget bill. One of them is a hefty national voucher program. $5B/yr in tax credits to subsidize private & religious schools-$20B over 4yrs. Public $$, zero oversight. A backdoor defund of public education masked as āchoice.ā
#HandsOffPublicSchools
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Rick
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Mindciteš„
7 months ago
From MAGA to MAHA⦠āOur propaganda is not about persuasion. Itās about disorientation. Our real opposition is the media: the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with crap.ā -GOP strategist Steve Bannon
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Aaron Rupar
7 months ago
"Everywhere else you look, the Trump administration seems determined to harm our long-term competitiveness and capacity for innovation; the attacks on universities and the dramatic rollback in federally funded research will probably put a damper on our national economic dynamism for decades to come"
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The Republican budget is an attack on the American economy
Everywhere you look, it delivers blows to America's economic future.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/republican-reconciliation-bill-hurts-economy
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Guardrails of Democracy
7 months ago
CEO median pay $17.1 mm, ā¬ļø9.7%. surveyed employee median income $85,419 ā¬ļø 1.7% yr over yr The S&P 500, ā¬ļø 23% in 2024. Co. Profits in the index > 9% Warren Buffettās compensation- $405,000, only 5x that of a Berkshire Hathaway employee Pay ratios tend to be highest in industries with low wages
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CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply.
https://apnews.com/article/ceo-pay-compensation-pay-ratio-perks-1b968327984edfc67486c2e0e3dc2fff
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NYCBlueLady
7 months ago
@emgee55.bsky.social
@blueskypeg.bsky.social
@ronniblue2.bsky.social
@sierraheart.bsky.social
@anitammartinez.bsky.social
@jozefimrich.bsky.social
@abbarsha.bsky.social
@terasghost.bsky.social
@boldsea.osky.social
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7 months ago
Seems chickening out is becoming a theme in the administration....š
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Jennifer C
7 months ago
Thank you Sen. Elizabeth Warren for sounding the alarm: Trumpās ābig beautiful billā will slam families with an average of $400 more a month in student loan payments. Thatās rent. Groceries. Survival. All so billionaires can keep dodging taxes. Thatās not policyāitās punishment.
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Jess Piper
7 months ago
Her stats line up with CDC dataā¦
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Being Liberal Ā®š½š³ļøāš
7 months ago
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community ā but these 15 are the absolute worst.
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What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community ā but these 15 are the absolute worst.
https://www.advocate.com/news/worst-states-lgbtq-people?sfnsn=mo#rebelltitem17
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#TuckFrump
7 months ago
Pentagon power struggle puts Defense Secretaryās future at risk: insiders
https://twp.ai/4imwyb
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Pentagon power struggle puts Defense Secretaryās future at risk: insiders
https://twp.ai/4imwyb
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VoteVets
7 months ago
Pete Hegsethās own lawyer floated illegal wiretap claimsāthen denied he ever said it. Trumpās inner circle is eating itself alive. Even his advisers say they āno longer have any idea who or what to believe.ā Calling it a clown show would be an insult to clowns.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Abbi Lichtenstein
7 months ago
If youāre feeling despair about whatās happening, one way to regain control is through action. Here youāll find steps you can take to resist the Trump regimeās unlawful actions and help protect our democracy.
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Action Alerts: Midweek Edition
More Opportunities for Activism
https://open.substack.com/pub/demcastusa/p/action-alerts-midweek-edition-87a?r=3a33y
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim ź¹ķģ± š«
7 months ago
Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews. Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue.
#Pinks
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews
Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/27/international-student-visa-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Thomas Long
7 months ago
š§µ Thereās a new Covid variant, and itās here⦠the symptoms are similar to previous variants, but itās more transmissible. What we need to face now, is the fact that the trump administration WANTS another pandemic situation. How do we know, and why would they? +
www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
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COVID variant NB.1.8.1 hits U.S. What to know about symptoms, new booster vaccine restrictions
As the Trump administration moves to limit COVID booster vaccines for some, here's what to know about the latest variant NB.1.8.1 and its symptoms.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/covid-variant-nb-1-8-1-symptoms-booster-vaccine/
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Pandemic š . Index
7 months ago
The New York Times, especially Zeynep Tufekci and David Leonhardt, helped make this outcome of needless child COVID-19 deaths a reality. They should be ashamed of themselves and ridiculed whenever they dare to show their faces in public. Pitiful pieces of anti-vax garbage.
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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04)
7 months ago
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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⨠A Goddess has NO KING āØ
7 months ago
āOur problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy rotten system.ā Meet Catholic anarchist Dorothy Day. Day founded the Catholic worker movement and aimed to emulate Jesus by serving the poor and fighting for social justice. šš»@jeremyalder (IG)
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Armed Maidan: Ukraine Resists Russian Genocide
7 months ago
Thanks for sharing this! āThey hit us with everything. Even a fucking KAB" The Dronho drone unit miraculously survived a KAB bomb & drone strike They lived but their equipment is gone Please join the Wild Hornets drones raffle to urgently rearm them EEEpic prizes!⤵ļø
bsky.app/profile/arme...
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Steven Beschloss
7 months ago
āThe fear to speak. In America?ā CBSā Scott Pelley asked. āIf our government isāin Lincolnās wordsāāof the people, by the people and for the peopleāāthen why are we afraid to speak?ā
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-s...
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Snapshot: Scott Pelley Tells the Truth
The CBS '60 Minutes' correspondent did not hold back in his Wake Forest commencement address, providing another powerful and necessary pushback
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-scott-pelley-tells-the-truth
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Lisa Kornkven
7 months ago
Not one single comment about the service or sacrifice of US soldiers no longer with us in Trump's "Memorial Day" rant. Such an awful man.
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim ź¹ķģ± š«
7 months ago
White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims. Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims
Exclusive: Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/27/hegseth-pentagon-leak-investigation-wiretap?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Rhuta Bhayga
about 1 year ago
#Project2025
Even as we fight and try to stay positive, it's critical that we prepare for the worst. We don't have time for head-in-the-sand optimism. Here are things that are already a reality, things they're attempting to do, and some crucial steps everyone must take NOW:
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So sorry, Hope god gives you the strength to carry on. I know thatās what Bode wants you to do. Thereās no love like a dogs love. ā¤ļø
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Melanie DāArrigo
7 months ago
Republicans called cancelling student loan debt a āgiveawayā to the working class, so Trump is restarting predatory student loan repayments to fund tax breaks that are giveaways to corporations and the super-wealthy. This what an oligarchy robbing us blind looks like.
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Christopher Webb
7 months ago
Spare us. Trump was buddy-buddy with Putin, then acts shocked when his dictator friend acts like⦠a dictator.
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Joseph In THEE OC
7 months ago
I just saw an electronic billboard slamming Young Kim for voting to cut Medicaid and Snap benefits. Iām glad someone had the money to do it and I hope that more go up either near or in CA40.
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Rotimi Adeoye
7 months ago
Obama being more Irish than JD Vance is funny lol
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Molly Ploofkins
7 months ago
The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.
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Randi Weingarten šļøšāšŗšø
7 months ago
This Memorial Day I am thinking of the lives lost in service to our country, and I encourage you to honor the sacrifices so many have made to defend our freedoms.
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š¦āļøšBaronšāļøš¦
7 months ago
go.bsky.app/QLwyP2o
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Annette ā®ļø (annettebeebe.bsky.social) š
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@annettebeebe.bsky.social
Thank you ray!
@raykwong.bsky.social
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@mandywhite.bsky.social
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@irisheyes353.bsky.social
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Nat Turnerās Slave Rebellion
7 months ago
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WuTangIsForTheChildren
7 months ago
"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator.ā¦we take an oath to the Constitution.ā¦and we're willing to die to protect it" - Mark Milley, 2023
#MemorialDay
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Dr. Jack Brown
7 months ago
Why is a 5-time draft dodger allowed to be Commander-in-Chief of the US armed forces? Explain it to me like I'm 10 years old.
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Shooti
7 months ago
#ResistanceRoots
Sally Ride was born on this day in 1951 in Los Angeles. In 1983, Ride became the first American woman and youngest American astronaut to fly in space. She flew on the space shuttle Challenger as operator of the robotic arm used to deploy and retrieve communication satellites. /1
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Sheryl with an S
7 months ago
#ProudBlueVets
#ResistanceUnited
It saddens me on this somber day as we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for our country, that the man who calls himself President would say this. It is infuriating and embarrassing. It is he who is destroying our country. A man so full of hate.
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Kat Abughazaleh
7 months ago
Instead of simply wishing people well this Memorial Day, here are five concrete policies that will protect servicemembers abroad and on the home front:
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George Conway āļøšŗšø
7 months ago
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Maca IglesiasšŗšøThank You, President Bidenšŗšø
7 months ago
On Memorial Day, we remember all who gave their lives for our nationāincluding generations of Hispanic Americans who served with valor and pride. Their courage is woven into the fabric of our freedom. We honor them today and always.
#MemorialDay
#OnYourSide
#ATuLado
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Rick
7 months ago
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Katie Phang
7 months ago
The American Resistance is rising. Bonespurs Trumpās unhinged Memorial Day rant serves to remind us just how little respect he has for our military.
youtu.be/ZOvHC5pOjNg?...
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Trump DERANGED Memorial Day Message is OUR CALL TO RESIST
YouTube video by Katie Phang
https://youtu.be/ZOvHC5pOjNg?si=0kBTjWmyWjoPDwfo
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Jon Cooper
7 months ago
āTerrifyingā: Trump cuts CDCās drowning-prevention team The loss of the CDCās drowning-prevention unit is one that water safety advocates fear will have a direct impact on childrenās safety.
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āTerrifyingā: Trump cuts CDCās drowning-prevention team
The loss of the CDC's drowning-prevention unit is one that water safety advocates fear will have a direct impact on childrenās safety.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/26/the-pools-open-trumps-laid-off-the-team-that-helps-protect-swimmers-00363426
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Rick
7 months ago
Should Never Have Been Allowed To Run! Merrick Garland You Could Have Stopped This From Happeningā¦.
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Molly Jong-Fast
7 months ago
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/o...
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Fred Wellman
7 months ago
Memorial Day is always a time that I take a pause and think of the ones I lost in service. Not just my own men but family and my Iraqi partners who risked their lives for me. I went for my traditional hike today. Now Iām grabbing a cold one and lunch. Here are a few of the men Iām thinking of today.
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BeSeriousUSA š
7 months ago
We can only hope this MONSTER pays a horrible price someday for the horrific crimes heās committed against our people. šØāāļø ā ļø š
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Adam Kinzinger
7 months ago
This is completely false and not From Liz or me.
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Abbi Lichtenstein
7 months ago
Americans deserve the freedom to make their own vaccination choicesānot have them dictated by the Trump regime. As a new, more contagious COVID variant spreads with moderate symptoms, the regime is restricting access, limiting vaccines to those over 65 or with underlying conditions.
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COVID variant NB.1.8.1 hits U.S. What to know about symptoms, new booster vaccine restrictions
As the administration moves to limit COVID booster vaccines for some, here's what to know about the latest variant NB.1.8.1 and its symptoms.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-variant-nb-1-8-1-symptoms-booster-vaccine/
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