This labor day let’s never forget that the President of the United States has laid off a quarter million hard working Americans in the name of efficiency while simultaneously spending $200 million dollars on a golden ballroom for the White House.
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This labor day let’s never forget that the President of the United States has laid off a quarter million hard working Americans in the name of efficiency while simultaneously spending $200 million dollars on a golden ballroom for the White House.
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 28, the number is 100%. Happy Labor Day.
Did he even write it?
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If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
It's funny he's afraid to use all caps now.
Are we sure he's not in China with all the other autocrats?
I'm surprised Trump isn't at the summit with his co-conspirators.
FEDERAL AGENTS TAKE NOTE… It’s not just Chicago standing strong. Other blue cities and governors are ready to unite against Trump’s federal invasion. I’m not an attorney, but this point seems huge: if federal agents break state or city laws, they can prosecuted. And Trump cannot pardon them.
We’re only a few years removed from creatjng a vaccine to protect against a deadly airborne virus in a matter of months. Now, we have a scion fail son running the CDC into the ground not because it failed, but because its success conflicts with RFK Jr’s eugenicist ideology.
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." —Mohandas Gandhi @paceebeneorg.bsky.social
That doesn’t even look like him.
How do we stop them?
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She DID win. He cheated. Elon helped.
Exclusive: President Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One plan would establish U.S. control and pay all of Gaza’s more than 2 million population to leave.
Trump regime cut funding to shooting prevention programs in Minnesota weeks before school shooting: In Minnesota, $800,000 in federal grants to local agencies were cut last month, undermining efforts to prevent mass violence www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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“I want to live in Bedford Falls, not Pottersville.” -Ken Burns Me, too.
And it doesn’t even take an economist to know that.
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Governor Newsom is showing up, pushing back with facts (and even scripture when needed), and the press barely covers it. The media better start supporting our governors. They are out here fighting disinformation and nonsense every single day, often alone. The least they could do is report on it.
They don’t care if you have papers or not. What they care about is whether you look like an immigrant from south of the border.
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Me too. 😊
Despicable.
I love this, Jim. Thanks!
Both.
Yep. Every single time. This one makes me cook chicken for her.
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Labor Day: These Are the Locations of the Protests Against Trump on September 1 flip.it/E9rFgy
Sounds straight out of JD’s mouth.
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Seriously!?!
“Whatever invisible line you are waiting for him to cross, he has crossed it.”
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So many failures, so many ways.
NEVER FORGET: The GOP Congress lack of interest in the breach of actual science at the CDC has made it CLEAR: they don’t care if we live or die.
How much more of this are we going to take? As the president of Portugal said, Trump is a Russian asset.
President Trump has ended the “de minimis” tariff exemption, a loophole that once allowed packages valued at less than $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free. Here's what you need to know about the changing rules.
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Last time I checked the Bible, it said “Take everything you have and give it to the poor.” It didn’t say “Steal everything you can from the poor and lock them up.
We’re just going to have to interrupt his plans then, right?
Absolutely.
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THIS IS AMERICA 🇺🇸 A mom runs to find her child after a school shooting because Republicans ran to protect the NRA.
We can’t wait. They must be stopped. NOW.
It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/
Here's a political message for Dems to use: "we're sick of Republicans willfully murdering our constituents and theirs."
Important.
It shouldn't be up to American children to save each other from getting shot. It's the job of American adults to stop shootings from happening in the first place. Ban assault weapons again now.
They should skip straight to impeachment.
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them: —Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings —More guns don't make us safer —A majority of Americans want gun reform We don't have to live like this.
Stunning and so peaceful.
#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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I’m confused by this.
HEY AMERICA!! WAKE UP!!
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Human beings still have a long way to go. 💔
The President of the United States sat in the Oval Office and said "a lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator" and that is not even a top story.
He’s destroying everything.
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Frustrated with wrong directions, I once said “I hate you, Siri!” Response? “How can you hate me? I’m not even a person.”
Oh. My. God.
My daughter just flew in from Paris. She had a whole row of seats to herself. #tourism
Except Trump. He doesn’t even like dogs.
Adults are failing our children. It’s time to grow up. It’s time to wake up. youtu.be/LTZ5VpfzoW0?...
I feel her pain: I guess someone needs to keep the night watch.
Baptist. Shhh…. don’t tell anyone. I’m actually a little of everything these days. Virginia Baptists are a very independent lot.
happy bday writer Theodore Dreiser, b.1871, Terra Haute, IN. “Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” “Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.” "In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance".
I asked my clergy husband what kind of people would do this and he says, “black hearted, empty minded assholes.” 😂
It’s sick.
“We have more power than we think.” -Ken Butigan podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Can we have both?
Who does his hair??? 😜
They should all be disbarred.
The same is true for every single one around that table.
Gag me with a spoon.
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You know why women still don't have equality in America? Because that's exactly how Republicans want it. #ProudBlue #Pinks #WomensEqualityDay #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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Along with all his shady dealings.
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