When Billionaires claim they cannot afford higher taxes to fund public infrastructure, yet they readily pour hundreds of millions into political campaigns. This isn't just campaign finance, it is a calculated investment strategy… And, they expect to be paid back. Are you paying ATTENTION, yet?’ 😎✨

For more than a year, President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has acted as one of the nation’s top diplomats, without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing a single financial disclosure. If you’re asking how that’s legal, it’s not. We sued.

Opinion | Jared Kushner has no right to be playing diplomat

Donald K. Sherman: If the president’s son-in-law wants to have authority over U.S. foreign policy, he must face Congress.

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JUST TO CLARIFY…👇 Republicans are trying to win the Midterms by lying about Democrats… Democrats are winning the Midterms by speaking the truth about Republicans. NOW, GO VOTE!! 😎🇺🇸✨

This is at least the fourth person with diabetes to die in ICE custody just this year. Many more have been hospitalized and/or reported starving themselves so they wouldn’t die after being denied care. Is anyone aware of any litigation specific to immigrants with diabetes?

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 2d ago

A 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.

Did you all entirely miss the end where "Tommy" (a political plant who is not a Michigan voter) admitted he wanted an explicitly Christian government and not a government that recognized religious freedom? Why is that political project not worth you calling it out?

CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political movement, during a heated exchange at a town hall. https://cnn.it/4s7r1TL

Per CBS 60 Minutes: "The midterms are just two weeks away, and President Trump is using his power to intimidate the people who run our elections, putting the voting system under remarkable stress."

When Democrats win, this must be high on the agenda. Voting must be fair and inclusive. Make it law.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

They were told, 'we're going to make it hard for you to vote bc we don't want you to vote.' Students said, 'We WILL vote and our votes WILL be counted. We will organize, march in the streets and make the news so everyone can see what you forced us to do so we can vote.' FU We'll not be denied!

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez has introduced a bill that would abolish not just ICE, but the DHS altogether, repealing the 2002 law establishing the agency and replacing it with one focused on protecting civil and human rights.

Rep. Delia Ramirez Introduces Landmark Bill to Abolish DHS, ICE, and CBP

The Department of Homeland Security was established in 2002 as part of the Bush administration’s war on terror.

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Thank you Johan Eliasch, whose fortune comes from sports goods: Head tennis rackets, Tyrolia skis, Mares Diving Equipment for purchasing 400,000 acres of rainforest to permanently protect it and the species living within it. Thank you Eric Alper for posting this information.

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC. n.pr/4e35Z2U

Government spent $10 million on pro-Trump ads after president said super PAC would fund

Nearly $22 million in taxpayers funds has been spent to air the ads, with nearly half spent after Trump promised to fund what the White House calls public service announcements through his super PAC.

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Look at the number of active duty Military and Veterans. Do people realize that our Native Americans have one of the highest percentage of people serving our nation? Meanwhile Trump and his family wiggle out of any public service, much less military service.

Trump's sympathies are with Putin; Russian oligarchs & mobsters; and the entire international consortium of transnational, amoral billionaires. He's selling us down the river.

Senator Andy Kim@kim.senate.gov · 2w ago

What a desperate and short sighted move. Trump ran on America First but has no idea how to actually deliver for the American people. We wouldn’t be in this mess without his wasteful war with Iran. We need to build opportunity for Americans with our foreign policy, not Putin. 1/2

man, that guy whose administration is live streaming an execution by firing squad is gonna be pissed he didn’t win the nobel peace prize

Thank you for coming forward. We need more voices from inside the uniform standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us to reject this extremism, protect our democratic norms, and demand accountability.

Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says reut.rs/4rUnsQH

Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says

Nearly 6,000 monitored vertebrate species across more than 35,000 populations declined by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, the World Wide Fund ​for Nature said in its latest Living Planet Report published on Thursday.

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10 years ago today GOP Sen. Mike Lee: “If anyone spoke to my wife, or my daughter…the way Mr Trump has spoken to women, I wouldn’t hire that person, wouldn’t want to be associated with that person, and I certainly don’t think I’d be comfortable hiring that person to be the leader of the free world”

Holy shit.

Not all arrests by federal agents were loud. Some happened early in the morning with no one around. Marjorie Flores and her husband Luis Caiza were on their way to work at McDonald's in Maple Grove when they were pulled out of their vehicle and "thrown to the ground."

Minneapolis family shares story of ‘violent’ ICE detainment and 10 months of separation

About 3,700 people were arrested by federal law enforcement in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. For one family, the resulting family separation has caused financial and emotional stress.

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Attorney General Keith Ellison says that Google's agreement with Xcel Energy to power the huge, hyperscale data center in Pine Island could leave Xcel's other customers on the hook for millions and possibly more than a billion dollars in extra costs.

Ellison: Google’s Pine Island data center could cost Minnesotans millions for electricity

Attorney General Keith Ellison says that Google's agreement with Xcel Energy to power a huge, hyperscale data center in Pine Island could leave Xcel's other customers on the hook for millions of dolla...

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Trump keeps stealing money from the government to bolster his political prospects. It should be seen as a crime spree not legitimate actions of an American government.

Jim Manley@jamespmanley.bsky.social · 2w ago

lol. Reeks of fear

It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). www.bbc.com/news/article...

Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back

The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin is demanding federal inquiries into the amount of taxpayer money used on Trump's propaganda ads — asking the GAO to investigate the "source, accounts, and total amount of taxpayer funds used by the Executive Office of the President to produce and distribute."

Raskin leads calls for federal investigation into Trump PSA’s

The Maryland Democrat could lead the House Judiciary Committee in the next Congress.

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We have built a vast global human enterprise on the expectation that Earth’s infrastructure will always deliver the services on which we depend, while we simultaneously degrade that very infrastructure.

Commentary: We need to work together to preserve our vessel — Earth • Minnesota Reformer

The future of Earth will be determined by human decision making; either by default or by design, either by accident or by intention.

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Republicans are not a totally lost cause. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Former Kansas GOP governor explains why he's backing Democrat Adam Hamilton for Senate

Former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, a Republican, crossed party lines to endorse Democrat Adam Hamilton in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. Graves said the country is facing “increasing p...

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Donald Trump is using the U.S. treasury and our tax dollars like it’s his personal piggy bank. And just like he squandered hundreds of millions given to him by dear old dad, he’s squandering our money now.

They voted to not accept electors from Arizona and Pennsylvania. Ted Cruz , Josh Hawley, Kennedy, Tuberville. They were in on the J6 conspiracy. That’s why they were part of Smith’s investigation. Facts. Not persecution.