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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Ugh.
Lmao!!! 🤣😂
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Sounds like a desperate used car sales person with a broken car to sell (no disrespect to the real car sales people)
Now there is an FBI that protects criminals, a CIA that attacks allies, and a Department of Homeland Security that fights the homeland.
There are moral heroes among us.
Interim CDC Director Jim O’Neill thinks we should be able to decide to sell our own organs if we want since there are “plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused”. Which is problematic enough, but just wait until *he* decides he should be able to sell your organs.
Meiselas: It seems that the outcome that Republicans want is whatever the worst possible outcome could be. More disease, more deaths, more murders, a horrible economy. And let’s literally pick the worst people for each possible position at every level.
Kellogg was sidelined specifically because he’s a better negotiator. They aren’t actually trying to end this war.
I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.
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I did that once and has a fresh piece of Salmon in the bag….😟
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But we'd rather pay more to private prisons (that we get a cut from) that are owned by the wealthy with many homes.
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.” Hannah Arendt
They are all ok with pediphila and rape….. Yup!
As a former federal prosecutor, I'd never go to a secondary source of evidence. Why are we being forced to accept Barr's interpretation of documents he reviewed? DOJ has the documents. That's the evidence, not Barr's assessment of it. RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!
Yes, I think he's trying to steal the 2026 election. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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I immediately knew what this said because after 18 years here, I say it now. #Philly
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Talerico: When Democrats had a majority in congress, they voted to ban gerrymandering Do you know how many Republicans joined Democrats to ban gerrymandering? Zero. You can spare me both sides rhetoric.
ICYMI — @MarshaBlackburn, who hasn’t had a town hall since 2017 & refuses to debate as she runs for governor, just had a roundtable in Memphis with only certain media invited: “allowed to listen but not directly report”🤔 Q: Why would y’all even show up? What country is this?
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
They’re gutting the Smithsonian and muzzling jobs data. Not to fix anything, just to blind us. Rewrite the past, stall the present, and sell the lie unopposed. This is how authoritarian rot takes hold. Are you paying attention? #Resist
For the idiots who said the orange felon would never be allowed to become a Dictator in the US, take a look at him literally seizing total control of Washington DC despite no legitimate reason other than to consolidate power and militarize the area he’s in just because he can.
Koh: If he were serious about cutting crime he wouldn't be proposing cutting $400 million from the ATF or cutting $500 million from the FBI, 700 agents or the DEA with with drug enforcement or the office of violence against women, 100 million from there
National Guard deployed to protect the Epstein Files.
Always a way to grift with this group
Thread.
It’s the easy access to guns.
Coffee and LFAA open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
So dumbass Lindsey Graham is running his mouth again today. It so happens a SC pediatrician is running for his seat. Be very afraid, LG. Dr. Annie Andrews makes you look like the small, demented toad that you are. @drannieandrews.com
Keeps spending our hard earned money on himself. He thinks he's king. Meanwhile in Scottland golfing for $60mm.
Yes, Josh is spot on.
Bring back DEI please.
Zach Khan, a high school journalist, has a new investigation he's hoping you'll all read.
Taco doesn't like that Brazil is prosecuting Bolsonaro, so he is levying a 50% tariff on his own citizens. That'll show em. Lil Marco felt left out, so he's revoking the visas of Brazilians involved in the case and their families. Why? Why are we meddling in this? www.state.gov/releases/off...
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Pam Bondi in February: The Epstein client list is sitting on my desk right now to review. Pam Bondi today: There is no Epstein client list and no "further disclosure" of Epstein-related material "would be appropriate or warranted."
Can someone in the legacy media explain what the purpose of "viewed as" is in this headline. The character Shylock was anti-Semitic and the term has always been anti-Semitic. Is WaPo suggesting there is a different way to "view" it? Are they blind to anti-Semitism? Or sucking up to Trump?
All of this.
At least 31 individuals linked to Project 2025 have been nominated, designated, appointed, or confirmed to positions in Trump's administration. This includes high-level officials, with reports indicating that around 70% of the cabinet has ties to Project 2025 groups. www.newsweek.com/project-2025...
"Texas’s move to relax firearms regulations comes as deaths from gun-related accidents, homicides and suicides outrank car crashes and cancer as the top cause of death among children ages 1 to 17..." But of course they did! 🤬 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
First, one Republican senator says “we are all going to die” to defend their attempts to cut Medicaid and life-saving health care. Now another Republican senator says “they’ll get over it.” 16 million people should not lose health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
His head is sure big enough. 😒
"President Donald Trump has done what he swore he would not do: involve the United States in a war in the Middle East. His supporters will tie themselves in knots trying to jam the square peg of Trump’s promises into the round hole of his actions."
A domestic terrorist and motivated madman went on a killing spree in a MN community hunting Democratic leaders. In his wake were two miraculous survivors who have a long road to recovery. This is yet another family in the need of better angels to help them heal and move forward. Can you help? 🙏🏼❤️
Hey Moms for Liberty… come and get your boy… They named South Carolina Republican State Rep. Robert John May III, representative of the year in 2023. This maga was just arrested on 10 federal charges related to child sexual abuse. These people are so fucked up.
I am sharing this rant that the great @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social posted elsewhere, as it should be read far and wide:
Don't engage. Block and move on. He wants your vitriol to post elsewhere. Block and move on.
Great statement from Sen. Sasha Renee Perez … ICE is becoming lawless. If we had a president he would do something about this. Instead, We have a limp dictator.
This admin is so destructive.
#ProudBlue #Pinks Today, we celebrate #JuneteenthDay. Please take a look at the video below as provided by Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social #JubileeDay #EmancipationDay #FreedomDay #BlackIndependenceDay
The Minnesota Shooting Suspect’s Background Suggests Deep Ties to Christian Nationalism: The suspect showed clear ties to so-called charismatic Christianity that views abortion as a sacrifice to demons and seeks the end of secular democracy. ⏬ Bluesky BASE thread (12 min) 📖🍿🔊 archive.is/we9sJ
I have no words. Anti-worker, anti-union, pro-child labor, anti-sick leave, anti-medical leave, anti-maternity/paternity leave, anti-livable wage… no wonder republicans refer to us as human capital stock. Fuck the oligarchs.
#GVerse #MustWatch - In a rare public appearance, Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com just came out swinging at #Shit4Brains highlighting everything America is and how he’s falling short. This is amazing. Repost!!!
Here we go again.
So just to be clear: we are potentially entering/starting world war three, and the president is not currently speaking to the secretary of defense or the director of intelligence
I thought so too. Not a stretch.
The American Bar Association dropped a bomb lawsuit. To prevent passing the bucket, they sued everyone. The defendant list stretched 40 pages. Yup. This isn’t normal, and I’m here for it. 🍿🍫🥤
The profile of many influencers.
These numbers are way higher than I’d thought. Based on the numbers in this article, the trump regime intends to sell: - 12% of Washington - 16% of California - 23% of Alaska - 35% of Oregon - 48% of Nevada The regime is a chop-shop and America is the car they just stole
Anti intelligence ——
What an excellent piece by Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net -- here's a gift link so you can read it without the paywall: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
America, where every American’s vote no longer counts.
Ugh.
If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
If the feds’ objective is to “liberate” Los Angeles and California from its democratically elected leadership, then this not a peacekeeping mission but a program of invasion.
This is not democracy.
Project 2025 laid all this unconstitutional horseshit out for everyone to see. America failed an open book test
Yes please!
I am in total agreement. It is my own stark realization of how privileged I am to be able to do so - and my reminder that I can do more because of it. I am with you.
Let’s all celebrate joy. 💕
As I read this, directly after the LA ICE raids video post, I think how privileged it is to have the choice to step back and choose self care in the middle of this fight for our country and all the people. I must take care, yes, and also do more, now. It’s past time, that is clear.
It's not only that we have forgotten the historical lessons of the 1930s, raise of fascism, the Holocaust and World War Two. We've stopped incorporating them in the popular culture, allowing the fascism to sprout again. Pink Floyd's The Wall is the creation of the 1980s... we have been warned.
🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Republican National Committee petition to hear case to overturn voting rights victory in Pennsylvania. www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...
🚨BREAKING: Mississippi is asking the Supreme Court to uphold its mail-in ballot grace period. Mississippi is fighting back against a challenge from the RNC to strike down the law. Depending on how SCOTUS rules, it could change how over a dozen states conduct elections. Paige and I discuss.
Those sneaky forever low grades.
Abducting people at work sites - meaning they have jobs. Capturing them at court dates - meaning they're following the law. Blocking them from accessible higher education - meaning they're striving for more. And peddling lies about jobless, lawless, driftless.
The dictator of one of the United States' enemies is using the President of the United States to announce military attacks on a United States ally.
My latest: Jasmine Crockett is clear choice to lead Oversight Dems I told you I wouldn’t pick sides in this race because I don’t have a vote. Then I realized it’s up to all of us to make sure our party gets this one right. 3,421 words. Please consider reading and passing this along!
Even the note cards didn’t help her with that answer.
I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.
ICE dressed up like utility workers who offer "free estimates" if invited inside. Neighbor recorded the ICE goons and intervened, just before a young boy let them into his home. Tucson Electric Power was not told ICE agents would be impersonating their utility workers as part of the ICE raid.
And back to you and yours. 🥰
i cannot understand the lawyerbrained thinking that led these firms to believe clients would hire them to fight the administration that they're capitulating too. and i'm not talking about lefty clients: business interests don't want to hire cowards either
Wow. My sister had a craniotomy 10 years ago as well. She recovered well but got Covid in early 2020 and was disabled by long covid; but relatively normal and we are blessed for her to be here.
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
NEW VIDEO: Here is my breakdown of the major voting rights lawsuits to keep an eye on in court this week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nJx...