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In Joe Welch’s famously said to McCarthy & Cohn, trump’s mentor, “Have you no decency, sir. Have you left no sense of decency?” We need to hear this loud & clear whenever trump rages & lies. It’s time for the tide to turn, to clear the miasma of cruelty and recklessness. To reject fascism again.

In light of the current administrations attempt to suppress news media outlets, I’m reminded of this quote by our third president of the United States. "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” — Thomas Jefferson

Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.

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Out of respect to Virginia Giuffre and the other survivors who were once more disrespected by yesterday’s coverup of the Epstein Files, I invite you to post her picture to your social networks. Thank you.

Apparently the White House is freaking out as people are posting this photo of Virginia to all White House posts on all platforms just doing my part feel free to do yours.

New video of ICE agents ramming into car during traffic stop in Texas. Then shooting man in his back—from several feet behind. Agent who fired his gun does not appear to be in any danger from a "weaponized vehicle."

The "clan of predators" in US fed gov't are wrongly described as “isolationists” - "many of its true believers don’t think of themselves as ordinary Republicans ... They believe they represent something much greater: the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America, but the world."

MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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