Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

Kale as the cause of autism hasn't yet been studied. How could Kennedy not see the cause-and-effect relationship?

Stop screaming into a pillow and start screaming in the streets 😱📢Find a protest near you on Labor Day, September 1st. maydaystrong.org The biggest part of this fight is not giving up the fight 💪✊

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💚💚 We stand with & support our brave EPA colleagues who took the courageous step to sign a public Declaration of Dissent to their administrator. They do this BECAUSE of their commitment to protecting the environment and American people. Tonight, the EPA illegally fired many of the public signers.

1/ Sadly, CDC guidance is currently being shaped by politics & ideology, not science. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends infants ages 6 months to 2 years get the COVID vaccine. Why? ➡️➡️➡️ on @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/video/pediat...

Not surprising but solid proof the RFK doesn’t give a damn about autism… it’s all just power play.

“To be fair, it might not have been such a heavy turnout had Collins held even one single town hall since first being elected senator in 1996.”

Republicans cut off their nose to spite their face, then blame the Democrats who were actually HELPING the Republican constituency. Democrats need to do a better job of calling them out. 🎁 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

Vaccines do not cause autism.

Brutal. A humiliation ritual.

This is DEI btw. Lucky it didn’t get defunded.

Most of the immigrants ICE arrested in California last month have never even been charged with a crime, much less convicted. If Donald Trump says he’s only targeting the “worst of the worst,” why do his own numbers prove otherwise?

The Democrats have to get out of the Michelle Obama “ they go low, we go high” mode. We have to meet them in the gutter and fight it out with them. Newsom is trying but other democratic governors have to follow his lead.

“She knew the cost. The cameras. The police. The rules designed to grind her down. Still, she chose the discomfort of resistance over the quiet treachery of compliance.”

Exclusive video from Texas Rep. Nicole Collier on the House floor.

Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office. 

New in PN: Crime is down. But Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating. "The fact that crime is down conflicts with the ever-present right-wing narrative of a nationwide crime epidemic. So Republicans are resorting to sensationalizing random street fights."

Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.

Despite D.C. crime at a 30-year low, Trump is abusing emergency powers to deploy the National Guard Despite D.C. crime at a 30-year low, Trump is abusing emergency powers to deploy the National Guard & seize control of D.C. police. Congress must condemn this power grab & fast-track D.C. statehood.

I think he’s right. But Democrats should still redraw their maps.

Virginia Giuffre fought for survivors until the day she died. Her abusers still walk free. Her story must be told. Honor her life by making sure the world hears it. open.substack.com/pub/demcastu...

Reality: that “extra revenue” is higher costs paid by regular American consumers & businesses, and the “tax relief” is going to the rich not you. JD is pissing 💦 on your head and telling you it’s raining — and @marshablackburn is using this line also as she runs for governor.

Texas AG Paxton Files 'Baseless' Lawsuit to Unseat 13 Democratic State Lawmakers "This seat doesn't belong to him or me—it belongs to the people," one targeted legislator defiantly declared. Brett Wilkins Aug 08, 2025 www.commondreams.org/news/paxton-...

This is a very big deal. These Dems are getting fined and losing pay from their regular jobs. They are putting their lives on the line. If you're in Texas, thank them! Stand with them. Holler at the Republicans.

It’s time to wake up - we are literally on the verge of losing our democracy if Donald Trump cheats his way to those seats in Texas.

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Pay attention to this. We cannot go back.

The people in power don’t want everyone to vote. The TX Dems walkout is legal and TX has no legal authority to compel them to return once they are outside TX borders.

Nothing says climate policy like skipping brunch and hoping the sky notices.

i think i disagree with the idea that the ferritor should have been allowed to follow his own path during his schooling, neglecting assignments and being coddled for his apparent genius. i think, in fact, that this was the problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-boy-ge...

If you want to improve your ability to talk to those who may disagree I recommend 3 resources: Angry Uncle Chatbot (AI), United Vision Project (texting), and Better Angels (in person).

The disaster Trump is preparing with Putin can hardly be understated. 1. He is about to secure Russia's occupation of Ukrainian lands. 2. He helps Russia escape a fiscal crunch that could turn the war. 3. He effectively ends Western sanctions on Putin.

I know of several researchers locally who had shown very promising cancer treatments using these methods for attacking only the cancer cells. It was much more efficient than chemotherapy. This action is dreadful and anti-intellectual.

They have moved on from simply hiding and deleting data. Now they are changing it.

RFK Jr has been a liar for as long as I can remember.

If I’m Dems I’m all over this Whitehouse ballroom idea. How FUQing out of touch is that?

Post this in every school.

I knew RFK was as looking for personal gain.

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Ballroom or Children's cancer research....the orange Mussolini scrapped cancer research funding to build a ballroom in the WH instead🤬🤬🤬🤬

In response to charges from Republicans that the Democrats are running away from the fight & from their jobs by not being in Austin, Rep. Ann Johnson set the record straight: “Abandoning your job is goin’ to Cancun in the middle of a deadly freeze.” #PGAS #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/XExPM3cn

Enough is enough! Republicans have been rigging redistricting for decades. It's time for blue states to give them a taste of their own medicine. #MessWithTexas