1. American taxpayers are spending $2 BILLION every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.

This isn’t hard! How about every single Dem steps up says the exact same thing. Put this nonsense in the dustbin of history.

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social · last wk.

Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️‍⚧️💗🏀💗

The truth is not somewhere in the middle.

Read this piece “Among Democratic voters, opposition to US aid to Israel exceeds support, 74–20.” However of “the 98 House Democrats who opposed the amendment”….these same Democrats “rejected a view held by three in four Democratic voters. Money helps explain why.”

Stephen Semler@stephensemler.bsky.social · 2w ago

House Democrats who voted against cutting $3.3 billion in aid to Israel received 3 times as much money from pro-Israel donors as those who voted in favor. www.stephensemler.com/p/why-98-dem...

once again I am asking for a democratic party that actually does what republicans claim they will do

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."

We all win with Medicare for All! The UAW supports Medicare for All because everyone deserves quality healthcare. M4A would also strengthen our hand at the bargaining table to fight for better wages, time off, and retirement security for every UAW member!

"This is an election that will show the nation whether AIPAC and other billionaire-funded super PACs can... buy a US Senate seat, or whether, within a corrupt campaign finance system, the voices of ordinary Americans—the people of Michigan—can prevail."

Rallying in Michigan, Sanders Says Primary Race Is Between Abdul El-Sayed 'and the Billionaire Class'

In Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, Abdul El-Sayed, backed by Bernie Sanders and AOC, fights against big money and powerful interests. Will the people's voices be heard over billionaire-funded super PACs?

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AOC: We can’t be in cahoots with the same money that is oppressing us. It’s not naive, Detroit. It’s what we need, and, most importantly, it’s what you deserve.

AOC: A genocide in Gaza committed with American bombs and financed by our American dollars, while our kids here at home have to ration their inhalers because politicians tell us that healthcare is too expensive.

Across the political spectrum, Americans want to see Social Security’s shortfalls solved by increasing revenue. How do we do that? By removing the cap and making the richest among us pay their fair share!

More war is not the answer. The human toll of this war is already devastating, with dozens of U.S. military personnel and thousands of civilians in Iran and across the region killed & injured. With so many more lives are at stake, Congress must demand and end to illegal and immoral war now.

The Intercept@theintercept.com · 2w ago

A US official told The Intercept that recent attacks had wounded “far more” personnel than are reflected in the Pentagon’s current casualty count. They did not provide numbers but said “dozens” had received medical attention.

This is how to speak to every single one of those sycophants.

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

Chaco Canyon is an incredible archaeological treasure. The idea of sacrificing it for development is reprehensible. Please consider commenting. Toolkit/templates here: apcg.org/chaco/ Link to public comment below. 🏺 #archaeology #iteachsocialstudies

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨@kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

“Europe’s major rivers are shrinking under the most severe climate-driven drought in decades.” www.euronews.com/2022/08/11/i...

Shocking photos show impact of drought on Europe’s life-giving rivers

From the Loire to the Danube, dried-out rivers are jeopardising Europe's trade, transport, energy and wildlife.

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Under $184k? You pay 12.4% in Social Security tax. Above that? Exempt. Make $1M? Your effective rate drops to ~2.2%. Billionaires? 0.002%. Lifting the cap funds Social Security for decades. Sen. Patty Murray served a #CupOfJoe with a latte truth to power. ☕️

Elon Musk’s cuts to USAID. led to some 700,000 deaths, according to Atul Gawande, a former leading administrator at the agency. Gawande, backed by recent academic studies, believes that the death toll will likely reach seven figures. The policy is not only immeasurably cruel, he argues;

The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.

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I first met @abdulelsayed.bsky.social through our dear friend Ady Barkan, who died of ALS while courageously crusading for Medicare for All, and there is no one who will work harder than Abdul to win that fight. (1/4)

To those of you wondering how bad wealth inequality has gotten here in the USA, the latest report on wealth (2025) has just come out. www.ubs.com/global/en/me... The average wealth in the USA is $696,277: 2nd in the world. But the median wealth in the USA is just $68k: 28th in the world.

Reuters confirms. 11 more people captured by ICE have been sent to a maximum security prison in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a country where they have no ties and committed no crimes. reut.rs/4wpbIGU

Eleven more Trump deportees arrive in Eswatini from the United States, lawyer says

Eleven more migrants deported by the Trump administration under a ​policy of sending them to third ‌countries arrived in Eswatini from the United States on Wednesday, a U.S. lawyer following the case ...

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Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 4w ago

A few minutes ago, two ICE flights operated by Journey Aviation landed in Eswatini, likely another third-country removal of immigrants to a maximum security prison there. Nineteen people have already been sent there on previous ICE flights in the last nine months. Only two have been released.

The chemical lobbyist-led EPA has approved five new PFAS pesticides since November, including one that is classified as a likely human carcinogen. readsludge.com/2026/07/07/c...

Chemical Lobbyist-Packed EPA Boosts PFAS Pesticides

The EPA has approved new PFAS pesticides for nationwide use after its pesticide office adopted industry-friendly language excluding certain fluorinated chemicals from the agency’s PFAS designation, in...

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Yes siree Bob!

Widow's Bay DSA@gonebabygone.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s a really funny runner how every issue in American history that apologists claim “no one” knew was wrong has a corresponding Quaker going “this is wrong”

Beyond environmental stewardship, the Iran war has made clear that "renewable energy is also about human dignity, economic security, and peace." "The choice couldn’t be clearer." @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social

Renewable energy investments are a moral and economic imperative

(RNS) — Ordinary families are being asked to carry the costs of an energy system that enriches a few while leaving communities everywhere vulnerable to conflict, instability and rising prices.

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“Incrementalism, by definition, solves only part of the problem” & “the truth is not somewhere in the middle” Truer words were never written!

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last mo.

"Institutionalists who imagine that they are playing a civilized game with honorable peers are neither savvy nor realistic when they are actually facing religious zealots, corrupt strongmen, gutter racists, and fascists whose goal is to crush their opposition by any means."

@corbintrent.bsky.social Corbin Trent is right! We Need a Great Talker as Our Next Speaker! “The way you earn trust is you go out there & TALK about the problems people are already seeing w/ their own 👀 , & you tell them the real solutions for fixing them” www.americasundoing.com/p/we-need-a-...

We Need a Great Talker as Our Next Speaker

This moment calls for more than just decent legislators.

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US rep took 4 months of paid sick leave. "...during his two decades in the New Jersey Senate, [Tom] Kean consistently opposed paid sick leave for his constituents. He voted against [its]... Earned Sick Leave Act, which mandates 5 paid sick leave days per year..." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tom Kean Jr. sought help for depression. He hasn’t made it easy for others to do the same.

The lawmaker spent nearly two decades voting against paid leave.

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23-year-old Daniel Cressy just became the first person in Louisiana to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy www.fox8live.com/2026/06/23/n...

“CONTINUES”! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds

Independent report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist

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The Trump administration’s lawless killing spree at sea continues.

Beyond immediate steps to secure peace, a broader reckoning is needed to confront the lessons of this disastrous war. ⬇️ “The Trump admin. needs to end its senseless war-first foreign policy. True peace is only possible when we put human dignity first + invest in the hard work of real diplomacy.”

Quaker Lobby Welcomes Step toward Peace between U.S. and Iran | Friends Committee On National Legislation

Washington, D.C. – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) welcomes the new memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. After months of devastating and unnecessary con...

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