Restore and expand funding to USAID, FDA, NIH, NWS, CDC, EPA, FEMA, NEA, HUD, NPS, and federal education grants. They can sell the ballroom for parts if they need to, but the programs and agencies that were looted need to be made whole again.
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California 70 something liberal retiree and escapee from X. Glad to be here.
Earlier this year, Hakeem Jeffries withdrew his support for Medicare for all. Jeffries wants medical insurance companies to prosper and their CEOs to grow richer while you have lower quality of life and die younger. Jeffries must never be Speaker.
The White House, while Secretary of Defense was yucking it up at the Tomb of the Unknowns, cuts $57 billion from veterans’ disability fund on VETERANS DAY!
Jeffries couldn't even get enough Dems to show up on the House Floor today to ensure Hegseth was impeached.
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 2d agoTrump didn’t just turn the presidency into a reality show. He turned it into a crime syndicate. Foreign governments, crypto deals, corporate settlements. The conflicts of interest are staggering. Republicans spent years screaming about corruption & nothing to say. #HoldTheCrooksAccountable
When Democrats take the House and Senate, they MUST excise Elon Musk and his companies from the US government Then they must investigate DOGE, X, Starlink, and his interference in our elections He must be under oath-so that in 2028, with a Democratic president, he might face criminal charges
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4w agoThe United States is actively helping Putin murder civilians in Ukraine. Trump is doing everything he can to force Ukraine to surrender to his friend and ally Putin so they can be subjugated by the Russians again.
I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.
Donald Trump is using fear and panic as a weapon — putting families at risk, undermining our economy, and terrorizing communities. No President is above the Constitution. No one in this country is without rights. California will stand up for our communities and hold federal agents accountable.
ICE to hit California hard before midterm elections: Sources
ICE leadership has told officers to arrest all illegal immigrants they encounter, regardless of whether an individual has a criminal history.
washingtonexaminer.com
This is sadistic personality disorder, writ large (it's also a government-sanctioned snuff film). And sadism never exists in isolation, it's always accompanied by psychopathy-sociopathy (APD) and narcissistic personality disorder. This must be stopped.
Axios@axios.com · last mo.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the Fort Hood shooter's execution
Donald Trump’s remarks were dangerous — if not treasonous — putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs.
Just when we think it can’t get worse … it does.
Max Miller is complaining about retirees who have paid into Social Security their entire lives. It’s not an “entitlement.” You paid for it. It’s your money.
This was Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday at the ‘Power to the People’ concert and wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt with people wanting to shake his hand. American hero. 💙👊
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
The fact is Trump not only lost his war but it's the biggest L the US has taken at least since Vietnam. Our bases are destroyed & abandoned, Iran is emboldened, China is toying w/ us. Hegseth & co want to move on to culture war slop, but they got routed & we'll be dealing w/repercussions for decades
Don't let his feigned self-righteousness fool you. Trump, et. al., are trying to undermine Obamacare so that they can bankrupt it. They're counting on us having zero knowledge of the profoundly basic principle on which all insurance works.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoAssistant AG for Fraud Colin McDonald: "Apparently 35% of people have never even used their Obamacare account for any health services. That is a statistical impossibility and it's because these are not real people seeking real care. These are fraudsters."
Please don't overreact to the SCOTUS SAVE database decision today Page 6 of the decision makes clear that we are in the 90 day statutory window when mass changes cannot be made to voter lists! Yeah it's a shit decision for the reasons the 3 dissenters say but we can deal with it. More to come...
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms (Gift Article)
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
nytimes.com
Every stitch tells a story of love, community, and remembrance. Volunteers across MN created the "Stolen Neighbors Quilt" with 11,000 squares to honor Minnesotans detained by ICE. Each fabric square represents a neighbor, a family member, and a life impacted by deportation. We stand for Justice!
Until farmers couldn’t get fertilizer or “potash,”couldn’t afford diesel… they loved Trump. They loved Trump’s hatred of immigrants (whom worked their crops), they loved his white nationalism, racism, misogyny and cruelty. I feel sorry for Americans but not for farmers who voted for this.
What does a sniper position at Memorial Circle actually defend against? Not China. Not a submarine. Not a missile. It overlooks a bridge, a traffic circle, and the front door of the National Mall. Those are places where Americans march. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
“Ontario” isn’t some name Canada invented. The name comes from Native American/Indigenous people. It is traced to an Iroquois/Iroquoian word, commonly given as kanadario, meaning “sparkling water.” The name was being used for the lake centuries before Ontario even became a Canadian province.
Trump's approval rating hit a new low in Reuters/Ipsos polling: Just 33% of Americans approve of his job performance. That's the lowest level of this term and ties his low point from his first term. 64% disapprove of his performance.
A report broke late yesterday that Natalie Harp, arguably Trump's closest aide, DECLINED to seek a security clearance, multiple times. She DECLINED!? Her choice? HER option!? Really? Can you just imagine all the clusterfuckishness that we DON'T yet know about?