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A USPS whistleblower is warning of potentially catastrophic problems with a new federal mail-ballot system as a judge prepares for a critical hearing Thursday. Today at 11 am, we're breaking down what is actually happening, what voters should know heading into Nov, youtube.com/live/qAnao0Y...
USPS Whistleblower Warns of “CATASTROPHIC” Mail-In Ballot Failure
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🚨BREAKING: A newly disclosed U.S. Postal Service (USPS) whistleblower report is quickly becoming evidence in multiple lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping mail voting restrictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
USPS whistleblower report bolsters challenges to Trump’s anti-mail voting order
Voting rights groups are pointing judges to the allegations as fresh support for their warnings that the administration’s rushed new system could disrupt the delivery of thousands of ballots before No...
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One of our clients inside The Ripple Effect Institute is the founder of Mutual Aid Mondays in Denver. Last night, on Overdose Grief Day, she saved one of her unhoused neighbors from an overdose. This essay, on how community care saves lives, is worth a read. www.patreon.com/MutualAidMon...
Overdose Grief Day: The Gift of Community | Mutual Aid Monday
Today was Overdose Grief Day. We started the afternoon at 3:30 in Denver City Council Chambers with a proclamation recognizing the day. From
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If you had a totally insane abusive person in your family, would you spend every waking hour obsessing about the latest insane thing they'd done? Or would you at some point say, fuck this, I'm going to protect myself and my loved ones and start organizing my life and world around this person?
Near the top of the agenda in 2029 has to be legislation to overturn Citizens United. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
‘The Least Transparent Midterm’: How Dark Money Is Washing Over the 2026 Election (Gift Article)
At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest.
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When you’re too stupid to realize that universal healthcare is about providing healthcare to people for free (other than their taxes), not making doctors work without compensation.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoLisa McClain questions why El-Sayed's wife doesn't treat patients for free if he's really a supporter of universal healthcare 🤔
BREAKING: A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a “secretive rushed” effort to implement Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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People keep saying “so what” and asking “what’s the point?” The goal is to release the Epstein files. To have the judge appoint a special master to review Blanche’s redactions. This is how we got the full unredacted Mueller report. THAT is the goal.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 3d agoI’m willing to bet that if Blanche doesn’t hand over the handwritten FBI interview notes in the Epstein files case to the court, the DoJ will be held in contempt. I explain in an hour here: www.youtube.com/live/8Rjj0mD...
Sailors, Airmen, Marines, soldiers etc are willing to fight and deploy… but when there is no end state, victory, or explaination, it becomes a morale crusher. Trump never bothered preparing Americans for this war…he gave the SOTU couple days prior and no mention. Same with Military. And it shows
Rep. James Clyburn says he supports expanding the Supreme Court: "13 is a pretty good number. A baker's dozen would be a good number to have on the Court."
Ah well, I'm sure the trade war with Canada will make this better
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 3d agoIt is under-appreciated just how catastrophically bad this number is. Biden bottomed out at 32 among registered voters in 2022 when inflation was 9%. Gallup had Bush at 28% in Sept 2008 wavepolling.com/results/2026...
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Walmart spent $43.4B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2025, enough to give each of its 2.1M workers annual bonuses of $2,953. Last year, retiring CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $29.2M — his largest payday ever and 958x Walmart's median worker pay of $30,520. Textbook corporate greed.
Same! We even had to pay out of pocket to attend conventions.
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 4d agoIn case you're wondering with all the noise about influencers being paid to support candidates: I've never taken money from any candidate, any campaign, any campaign arm like the DNC or DSCC, or any affiliated PACs. Whether you hate my opinions or like my opinions, I offer them entirely for free.
The constitution explicitly states that if a president is removed from office through impeachment and conviction, the Vice President takes over. The VP wouldn’t be able to do that if they were automatically also removed when the president is. I know it sounds great, but it’s not real.
Whoa! Pentagon officials are warning of Navy payroll shortfalls after funds meant for service member pay were raided to help cover war costs. 📌 An official says they had to use “imaginative” workarounds to avoid the shortfall.
Governor Lee has announced a partnership to name the Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton. www.tn.gov/governor/new...
Gov. Lee Announces Partnership to Name Nashville International Airport in Honor of Dolly Parton
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Nashville International Airport®, also known as BNA®, announced their intent to name BNA in honor of Dolly Parton, creating a lasting tribute ...
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This week from us at the Ripple Effect Institute, we're dismantling the idea that some of us aren't "qualified" to be activists, or "don't have a place" in this work. There is room for ALL of us, and all of us are needed now. If you're struggling with where you fit, watch this. bit.ly/3SmftyJ
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not useful to dwell upon, but it remains ASTOUNDING how many things are so fucked up and how many of our big institutions are entirely unwilling to do anything about it. we save each other, always and forever. find your neighbors who are doing the work and join ‘em, friends. the only way through.
“Pounds, a former DOGE volunteer who was publicly identified in 2025 after years operating anonymously, announced on Thursday what she calls the DSA Explorer, a clickable map of the Democratic Socialists of America and what she described as the "wider anti-imperialist solidarity network."”
Horror as MAGA ally gushes over tracking tool that could 'intimidate' dissenters
Jennica Pounds, the data scientist known online as DataRepublican, is drawing fire once again after unveiling an interactive database that critics warn could be used to track Americans by their politi...
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This article is a very hard read and I encourage everyone to read it. I’ll also add that when we were organizing Lights for Liberty in 2019, one of the catalysts was the use of “freezer” boxes on pregnant women. As with all fascists, they’re accelerating. Awful. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
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there is a massive national reactionary centrist media freakout about dem division and el-sayed and voters keep telling pollsters over and over that they absolutely do not give a shit.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 4d agoThe most eye-popping part of the new EPIC-MRA poll of Michigan, which has Dems leading by an identical 4 points in the Gov and Sen races: Rogers has a disastrous fave rating (29/40), perhaps a leftover of the 2024 Senate race he lost. El-Sayed & Benson are +1, & James is -5.
This kind of shit is rampant and I find it so upsetting. Folks deserve to know the truth. Some of these folks made $250k for posting. And I guess it needs to be said: not once have I been paid for my posts. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It. (Gift Article)
Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers.
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Who the hell is concerned with "left-wing authoritarianism" in a time of right-wing authoritarian takeover of the US government? Of course a striking feature of Trump and Trumpism is projection in a DARVO kind of way (DARVO stands for how abusers deny, accuse, reverse victim and offender).
This report is totalitarian pseudo-science, aka corrupted science in the service of far-right authoritarianism. Who commits most of the political violence in this country has been clear for decades. It's not the left. It's not those of us who support trans rights and realities.
