“I know how hard it is to get by and how important it is that we protect our children and honor our seniors. I refuse to stand idly by while billionaires leave working families like ours in the lurch.” Christine Hines #ResistanceUnited #ONEV1
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Mom,wife,feminist,proud liberal Democrat. Hillary was right. Thank you Joe Biden.
Wonder if there's something to look into here with the NYU of it all. His gigantic son goes to that school, which doesn't make much sense, considering what NYU is and what he is. Why?
NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.
See what Trump has accomplished since— namely making $1.4 billion off crypto last year, while buyers are down an estimated $4.8 billion. Play "'Thin Air,' Real Money"
‘THIN AIR,’ REAL MONEY — The Trump Crypto Game
An 8-bit game about real money. Play as Trump: you only make money. Play as an investor: you only lose. Every figure is drawn from Public Citizen's report and the sources it cites.
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I still remember how José Andrés battled to not have his restaurant there. Still a strong example of standing up to Trump (and has continued to) that far too few others replicated.
Also— 💰️ $8,000: the room rate for Jan 6, 2021. And Trump got it. Hotel manager claimed they set room service records that week. 💰️ $415: the average room rate at downtown D.C. luxury hotels on Jan. 6
How Trump’s D.C. Hotel Cashed In On The Jan. 6 Riot
Sky-high room rates. Record in-room service. Appearances from Trump family members. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at what was happening inside the Trump hotel on the days surrounding the storming of...
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Sen. Ossoff: We will conduct vigorous oversight of what everybody knows is the most corrupt presidential administration in American history. The priorities of oversight must be the misuse of public funds, the shocking conflicts of interest, and the president and first families' self enrichment.
NEW: US lawmakers say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding a secret court opinion about the surveillance of Americans, even as it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.
The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans
Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.
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For years Fuckface bragged he threw #Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago. A 2009 document has him saying Epstein was never asked to leave. Then his old defense lawyer, now AG, allegedly steered Maxwell away from a survivor who named him. The lying shitbag got caught by his own paperwork.
Outrage as Epstein report hits Trump with barrage of new allegations: ‘There are so many’
Jaws dropped at new allegations against President Donald Trump and Attorney General Todd Blanche released by House Judiciary Committee Democrats in a new report on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.The comm...
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This week’s installment of my Stop the Presses newsletter recalls the Republicans’ history of cheating in elections. They’ve often gotten away with it. Let’s make sure cheaters don’t prosper this time.
Republicans have cheated in elections for a long time
The GOP’s campaign to rig the midterms follows a long, ugly tradition
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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.
El-Sayed: "In the debate [Mike Rogers] had one line...He said, 'The last two years have been amazing'...Has it been amazing to watch your president make war, to raise your gas prices and increase the price of your groceries?...I want you to remember Donald Trump is on the ballot."
10 years ago today, Trump’s DC hotel opened. It taught him people will pay a sitting president, and there will be no repercussions. Want to understand the second term’s corruption? Start with the hotel:
Goodbye To Trump’s Easy-Access, President-Ingratiating, Emoluments-Busting Washington Hotel
When the Trump Organization gives up its lease to the Trump International Hotel at the end of April, sycophants, political campaigns and foreign governments will have one less venue where they can cur...
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❌ Federal investigators found nine children cleaning kill floor equipment at a Sioux City meatpacking plant ❌ Iowa schools ranked 6th in America in 2017. Today Iowa ranks 26th
❌ Nearly one in five Iowa children went without enough food. Governor Kim Reynolds turned down federal summer meals two years running ❌ A 2023 law Governor Kim Reynolds signed lets 14 year olds work until 9 at night on school nights
IOWA UNDER REPUBLICANS Republicans have run Iowa’s governor’s office and House since 2011, and everything since 2017. ❌ Second highest cancer rate in America, one of only three states where it is still rising
This is not a drill. This is not another midterms. This is the ten days where we decide whether we spend the next two years fighting or surrendering. I know what I'm choosing. Vote early. Flip the House. Flip the Senate. VOTE BLUE! #BlueWaveIn8Days
(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a "shit house country" and saying Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee .. had not awarded him a Peace Prize. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
NEW: Trump lashes out as ad upends race in Ohio youtu.be/k9sB4pWYKWU?...
Trump LASHES OUT as Ad UPENDS Ohio Race
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Putin is meddling in the midterms to help Trump by once again mounting a covert disinformation operation that’s spreading phony sex abuse allegations about a Democrat. Ought to be big news.
Putin is meddling in the midterms to help Trump by spreading false sex abuse claims
Moscow's operatives have revived the same sleazy disinformation ploy they used in 2024.
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I don't always agree with Marcotte because I find her very WW-centered, but here's the Salon piece: www.salon.com/2026/10/26/m...
MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke
Even if they can't repeal the 19th Amendment, opponents of women's suffrage are gaining power in the GOP
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"The push to strip women of the right to vote has “morphed from a joke into a serious proposal” and is making its way into the Republican mainstream, with a pastor tied to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth among its loudest voices..." www.rawstory.com/maga-women-v...
MAGA’s crusade to yank women’s vote is no joke and it’s storming the mainstream: analysis
The push to strip women of the right to vote has “morphed from a joke into a serious proposal” and is making its way into the Republican mainstream, with a pastor tied to Defense Secretary Pete Hegset...
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LOL, been saying they were coming for women’s suffrage too. Bet you fuckers wish you’d voted for Harris now.
"The push to strip women of the right to vote has “morphed from a joke into a serious proposal” and is making its way into the Republican mainstream, with a pastor tied to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth among its loudest voices..." www.rawstory.com/maga-women-v...
RIP to this man. This is a really powerful 62 seconds of video.
Omg no, he was so young. Damn. He was such a talented voice actor. It’s on the mind because I literally just watched it yesterday, but he got asked to do the taken monologue as porky pig and its a masterpiece
Nooooooooooo www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Eric Bauza, the Modern Voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Other Iconic Characters, Dies at 46
In addition to multiple roles in the Looney Tunes films and shows including 'Coyote vs. Acme,' the Emmy-winning actor also voiced roles in 'Forgotten Island,' 'Muppet Babies' and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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with significant scaffolding provided by my colleague & coteacher David Walsh’s book (see episode credits) yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Taking America Back
A provocative look at the relationship between the far right and the American conservative movement from the 1930s to the end of the Cold WarSince 2016, many...
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