A few seconds of hope to encourage you today.

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It is well past the time to restrain this Government’s behavior. November 3 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

Empowered women create stronger communities by believing in one another. Every act of encouragement helps another woman grow, lead, and thrive. Together, we rise farther because no one succeeds alone 💜 #ViVaHerAlliance #WomenLeading #GrowTogether #EmpowerWomen #Leadership #Community

The defense budget was $841 billion in 2024.

Democracy belongs to all of us. Illinois has a proud history at the forefront of the struggle for freedom and equality alongside the NAACP — but that very promise is now being challenged by extremists. And it’s why we need you to speak out more than ever.

Today, I stood with more than 30 plus organizations and countless community members in Houston, raising our voices for justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. We demand accountability when ICE agents kill innocent people, and make it clear: ICE must GO.

Last night, Trump fired both Democratic EAC commissioners & the remaining Republican commissioner resigned The bipartisan agency that helps states run secure elections now has zero commissioners This is yet another desperate attempt to grab power but we, the people, will not be intimidated -TN

Trump ousts members of bipartisan election commission ahead of midterms

The Election Assistance Commission serves as a clearinghouse of election information and distributes grant money to states.

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Trump’s turned NATO from an alliance into a hostage situation. The chief just admitted it: allies can’t trust the US anymore. This is what happens when “America First” means “America Alone.” 🔥 #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/212733/...

NATO Chief Warns They Can’t Count on Trump’s U.S. Anymore

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte issued the message hours before Donald Trump is due to arrive in Turkey for a summit.

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“𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝑾𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬.” 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗨𝗦𝗔 🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸

Birthright citizenship is more than a law...it is a promise that if you are born here, you belong here. On the eve of America's 250th birthday, may we always keep this promise: "We The People" means all of us.

Jim Obergefell is a leading LBGTQ+ activist, speaker, producer, author, and wine entrepreneur. Here he stories the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case, which guaranteed the marriage rights of same-sex couples across the United States. #WeAreAmerica250

The SAVE Act threatens to disenfranchise millions of women. Because 80%+ of women change their names when they marry, current IDs won’t match birth certificates. Strict proof-of-citizenship rules create a massive barrier to voting. Tell your MOCs to reject it!

The struggle to achieve the ideals of liberty and justice for all requires courage, perseverance, and people willing to move our country closer to its highest promise.

Sunday, June 14th is #ObamaAppreciationDay

“We all should be ‘really, really freaked out.’ Trump’s power grab over the executive branch is intensifying. Yes, Trump is less popular…But it’s almost as if he doesn’t expect elections to matter because he’s going to do everything he can for them not to matter.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-per...

Trump’s Permanency Project

Who cares about popularity when you can make elections irrelevant?

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Trump’s attack on the American mind — on education, science, libraries, and museums — is an attack on the capacity of Americans for self-government. Democracy depends on people knowing what’s occurring around them and having the capacity to deliberate critically about it.

This is a great way to put it, to visualize a room of 400 people 👇 These bigots in charge love scapegoating the smallest of minorities and most vulnerable members of our society in order to avoid dealing with the real problems in our society. #ResistTrump

Sen. Warren: The whole idea that your taxpayer dollars are going to do what? Fund the guys that beat up police officers? Fund the guys that rioted to stop the transfer of power? Fund anybody that Donald Trump wants? This is corruption with capital letters and flashing lights and fireworks going off.

The Trump Foreign Policy: betray our allies, start new wars, create new enemies, spend a fortune, deplete military stockpiles, abandon the impoverished and sick, cut off soft power tools, create animosity everywhere towards America.

Happy Mother's Day! @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social explains: How to spend the next six months crushing Trump; why the redistricting setbacks can be overcome; how to win the Senate and the House; why Democrats need to focus on discrediting Trump and winning power. youtu.be/bY0mEsXdlr4?...

We Have Six Months to Crush Trump. Here's the Playbook. | Bulwark on Sunday

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My sister and my brother in law had a house fire and lost eveything. Please help share and donate to their gofundme page that was setup for them. I dont normally make posts like this but they are in great need at the moment Keep them in your thoughts and prayers. 🫶💙🫶💙🙏🙏🙏 gofund.me/707bb2493

Donate to House fire has my brother and sister homeless, organized by Robert Meshen

Hello all! My brother and sister just had a tragic house for yesterday tha… Robert Meshen needs your support for House fire has my brother and sister homeless

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Republicans made clear they would not be deterred by Democrats simply matching them seat for seat. The only way to stop them was to make clear that Democrats will go further than they will — and mean it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/demo...

Democrats must gerrymander to save democracy

Redistricting is, in nearly every respect, a zero-sum game. When you remove a guardrail, the consequences are immediate and trigger others.

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When Justice Kagan drops the word respectfully from her dissent, the silence is deafening. We are watching the result of a decades-long Republican project to dismantle the Courts duty. They built this moment, and they got exactly what they wanted. #USDemocracy

CNN: Jamie Raskin makes a critical point about the WHCD shooting: “This is happening in schools across the country. The kids have no resources to process their trauma.” Saying more guns is the answer to shootings is like saying more alcohol is the answer to drunk driving. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed