Newsom: "That $400m Qatari plane? That's not a $400m gift. It cost you $936m. That was what was appropriated as he's cutting food stamps and cutting your Medicaid. He put a billion dollars in the Pentagon budget to retrofit his private plane because that's going with him after the presidency ... "
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"Liberals ended slavery ... got women the right to vote, African Americans the right to vote ... created Social Security ... ended segregation ... passed the Civil Rights Act the Voting Rights Act, created Medicare ... passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act." www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrG...
Santos Defends Liberals
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witness democratic norms being demolished and cheer because the wrecking ball happens to have your preferred political logo painted on the side. michaeljochum.substack.com/p/who-kept-a...
Who Kept Applauding
Moral Decay
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My cat is starting to have some difficulty jumping, and it's reminding me that I adopted her almost 10 years ago. Hard to believe it's been that long.
History won't judge what Donald Trump did. It will judge what we allowed. Whatever you're doing today is not more important than ( at minimum ) contacting your members of Congress. Flood their phones, their emails, show up at their offices, show up at your capitols. Don't stop! Impeach & Remove
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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While climate deniers scroll past warnings, reality is burning: Heatwaves fueled by human-caused climate change are igniting devastating fires in Canada and Norway right now. We are witnessing tipping points. For those willing to reflect — the evidence is undeniable. 🌍🔥
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
This is what happens when supposedly sane people decide that war is a good idea:
NYT: "President Calls for Fewer Childhood Vaccines." Kids just get in the way, okay? #VoteBlue for God's sake.
"The path to voting rights was paved with the blood, sweat and tears of generations of people who endured injustice from a system that did not recognize their equality or, at times, their humanity." - Rep. Jennifer McClellan www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What we lost when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act — and why we need a new one
We face one of the greatest challenges to Black political participation since the VRA first came into existence.
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Yet, he voted for the guy. Total coward. "Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) seemed not fully sure about how the new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche might approach November’s midterms." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Sen. Cassidy’s ‘existential anxiety’ about whether Blanche will uphold the constitution on elections
Decisions about confirming Blanche for attorney general and whether he'll abide by the Constitution are "not black-or-white," said Cassidy.
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WaPo: Democratic turnout for House primaries in a majority-Black Tennessee county surged to the highest level in a decade Thursday, the latest sign that redistricting may be energizing Black voters across the South. Your vote is your voice, let it be heard! 💙 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
They openly admit their election crimes & are actively doing everything they can to undermine & outright steal the Midterm Elections. Any surprise he fired the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission? He knows if he loses he's headed for a 3rd Impeachment & an orange jumpsuit. 🤞 👍