Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
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SF roots with chronic case of Potomac Fever. Photo is Alex Pretti to honor his life. Backgound is Minnesota State flag to salute the peaceful patriots there.
RFK Jr's CDC reportedly scaled back foodborne disease tracking last year, removing cyclospora from mandatory reporting. The CDC also lost roughly 3,000 employees since 2025. Now a cyclosporiasis outbreak has killed 2 and sickened thousands across 45 states. "Make America Healthy Again."
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
Republicans Let Trump Keep Unparalleled Benefit: I.R.S. Immunity
The rebellion against Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general, now seemingly contained, at no point fundamentally questioned President Trump’s new protections from the I.R.S.
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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...
Opinion | Meet the Americans Who Can’t Afford Hair Cuts or Toilet Paper
Millions of Americans struggle in sometimes unimaginable ways, and Trump’s cuts in food stamps and other benefits are now making life even more precarious.
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Americans living in Trump country are furious about his luxurious lifestyle as they sell their own blood, hunt for free toilet paper, and try not to break down in tears, according to a New York Times report.
'Rock bottom': Red-state residents rage at Trump as they sell blood and burst into tears
Americans living in Trump country are furious about his luxurious lifestyle as they sell their own blood, hunt for free toilet paper, and try not to break down in tears, according to a New York Times report. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof spoke with multiple red-state Americans who say th...
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Microsoft: $101 BILLION in profits. $12.5 BILLION in tax breaks. $176 BILLION in stock buybacks. 4,800 workers fired this week. 9,000 workers fired last year. Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works. It never did. Nothing trickles down.
Republicans blame Chicago. The data ranks Chicago 21st. The party of law and order delivered this: America’s 11 deadliest cities are all in states Trump won in 2024, led by Jackson, St. Louis, and Birmingham. Republicans have governed those states for over a decade. #LawAndOrder #VoteBlue
CDC data shows red state murder rates topped blue states every year from 2000 to 2022. Republicans had decades. This is their record. #LawAndOrder #VoteBlue
How many of our cyber experts were let go? Iran likely behind cyber attack on Minnesota water systems. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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Really awkward for Trump that Fauci was his own employee? Every R yelling at him today wouldn't dare direct their ire at the man who was Fauci's boss and was in charge of the government.
Pump the brakes, folks. Context matters. I was the DNC Assoc. Chair in ‘18, & fundraising wasn't easy then either.It rises and falls every cycle. Ken Martin & the DNC have invested a historic amount in state parties, helping build the infrastructure that's already paying off in special elections.
Congresswoman Becca Balint stated the Trump administration lied when they said under oath that relief decisions were not based on whether or not a state voted for Trump in 2024. Turns out they were and Chris Wright perjured himself. #Pinks
The difference between inflation under Biden and inflation under Trump is under Biden we were lower than the rest of the world, under Trump we’re higher In case facts still matter
🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The only minority destroying America is billionaires: Trans people aren’t taking away our healthcare. Muslims aren’t defunding our schools. Immigrants aren’t cutting taxes for themselves + their rich friends… It’s billionaires & their puppet politicians.”
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths Suddenly Appears Lower on Pentagon Website www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u... This is despicable. They lie with abandon. But this is lower than low, dis honoring the ultimate sacrifice these honorable warriors gave their nation —just to salve the Presidents fragile ego.
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
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For reference, $155 billion would pay to house all of the unhoused people in the US for more than 16 years The *weekly* interest alone would house everyone for almost 3 years bsky.app/profile/sojo...
Sojourners@sojo.net · 3w agoAccording to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, it would cost $9.6 billion to provide access to housing for everyone, not just veterans, living in shelter in the United States for one year. sojo.net/magazine/jul...
It is sickening that the President would downplay the loss of 18 American soldiers killed during his ongoing Iran war & brag about how it’s not AS bad as some of the other disastrous American wars he promised he'd never repeat.
