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Vietnam Vet. Advocate for Democracy. Humanist & conservationist. Avid gardener, kitchen chef 😎, loves dogs. There is no freedom without freedom of choice. 🚫MAGAts 🚫Crypto 🚫Cam Girls 🚫DMs w/o prior permission. 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
The Statue of Liberty doesn’t stand in New York Harbor holding a permission slip. Freedom belongs to the people & so does the power to choose our leaders. Don’t surrender because you’ve lost faith in politicians. That’s exactly when your vote matters most. #BlueWaveIn10Days #Pinks 🌊✨
GOP controlled Missouri had 4 chances to protect people from losing Medicaid during crisis: hospitalization, medical travel, disasters & high unemployment. It rejected all 4. That’s not reform. It’s fake Christian cruelty. Both parties are not the same #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
“How long can we tolerate Elon Musk deciding our elections and foreign policy? How critical is it that investigations immediately begin if and when the Democrats take back power? Should Starlink and SpaceX be nationalized to minimize Musk’s power?” www.americaamerica.news/p/how-long-c...
How Long Can We Tolerate Elon Musk Deciding Our Elections and Foreign Policy?
A Saturday Prompt
americaamerica.news
Democrats don't need to pay people to show up when it's someone worth showing up for - about half the line in Cleveland for the Obama rally with Amy Acton & Sherrod Brown. Clip credit, Brennan Leach of NBC News.
Eighty-year-old Rick Russman of New Hampshire spent five decades as a Republican. This year, as his state braces for a winter of soaring heating oil costs, he will vote for Democrat Chris Pappas in one of the country's most closely watched Senate races. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
As winter nears, heating oil emerges as hurdle for Republicans in US Senate races
It's a top issue in northern states with competitive Senate races as winter approaches.
reuters.com
ICE said Antonio Moreida jumped onto the hood of their vehicle. Now a local police investigation concludes that an ICE agent struck him with his SUV. The routine lying by ICE is the result of the example set by leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.
Police dispute ICE’s account of Woodland collision: ‘Inconsistent’ with video
Woodland police said video evidence contradicted ICE’s claims that man jumped onto an agent’s SUV.
sacbee.com
“Trump’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory.” - Barack Obama in Ohio.
Ukraine losing access to Starshield raises serious concerns for our national security—like who controls critical capabilities the U.S. government has spent billions to procure & how decisions to restrict them are made. I'm demanding answers from the Department of Defense & SpaceX
Republican senators put the President’s private attorney in charge of the DOJ The United States Department of Justice becomes the litigation muscle for presidential vendettas
Know your rights: You have the legal right under the First Amendment to observe and record ICE operations from a safe distance in public spaces.
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.