Momma, grandma, kitty momma, retired RN who loves my hubs; heart-broken over the state of our country, but determined to not give up! 💙
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Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
The unelected white politicians who ran a small majority black town locked out the mayor they had elected. Now he's ran again, and won again. It's just terrible that the first part of this story even happened. www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/u...
"I didn't vote for this." - people who absolutely voted for this but thought this would only hurt people they hate
youtube.com/shorts/qW_Zw... check this amazing campaign ad by Paige Cognetti, Democrat of Scranton, Pa., running for Congress against a demonstrably bad person (1 min)
Not a drag queen
So they re-released most of the same shit they gave the GOP binder crew in February? Color me shocked. Never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Massie. Release the rest of the damn Epstein files, not this cherry-picked bullshit.
Oops! Trump lies about tariff revenue again! Actual revenue is one-fiftieth (2%) of Trump's claim, per Justin Wolfers.
Jeffrey Epstein survivors say they haven't had any contact with the DOJ
Putin is escalating
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
I used to read books like Lord of the Rings or watch movies like Star Wars and think the villains were unbelievable. And of course, now watching the tech oligarchs (who could not spend all their money if they tried) destroy civilization for power, I’m like, guess I was wrong. People are that awful.
Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."
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While people are wildly pissed about how much SNAP costs in taxes to people:
@donnagaffney.bsky.social and I wrote about this in USA Today last July. Millions of little kids were already going hungry and GOP did not hesitate to make it worse. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans. And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich. Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.
This asshole
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.
🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN down new South Dakota law imposing a nine-month deadline to file ballot measures declaring it unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Congrats to Dakotans for Health and their legal team! www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-...
Almost 60 years later, this song is so relevant again. youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...
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The Constitution provides Congress the power to override a Presidential veto. They aren’t co equal on law passing. Congress is the superlative body.
Trump and Dr. Oz want AI to decide which Medicare patients get care—and they're giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage. Everything about this is sick and wrong. Tell Congress to intervene NOW:
Our national parks generated $56 billion in visitor spending and supported 415,000 jobs in 2023. The entire National Park Service budget was just $3.6 billion. That’s some return on investment — so why is Donald Trump taking an axe to our parks?
“I don’t have any choice” says the kidnapper.
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We want to apologize if it feels like we’ve been venting a lot lately. It’s just hard to ignore that nearly every move from this administration seems to be illegal, unlawful, or outright unconstitutional and yet nothing happens.
Of course they did
Something blue states will need to explore: how to create cross-state compacts dedicated to a functioning government as the Trump administration walks away from it's responsibilities.
media should not interview minors who have just survived a mass shooting
Jeffrey Epstein: "Speaking About Water, Welcome To Waterbury, Trump's Favorite City" www.justice-integrity.org/1445-welcome...
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Oooof Roberts Big balls SSN
Just after SCOTUS granted it access to Social Security, DOGE uploaded a database containing the private information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an unsecure cloud. DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
“Transparent”
Graham Platner: "If we are going to build a political system that represents working people, we need to send up working people... When working people organize and fight together, they can build power, and they can use that to get the things that they deserve."
Graham Platner: "Susan Collins has been in the Senate for almost 30 years... People know that she's a self-interested politician who has tried to play this charade for many years about how she tries to be a moderate... Everybody sees this for what it is."
First, they came for John Bolton And I did speak out Because even though I'm not a nutty right-wing warmonger with a ridiculous mustache, I am an American who is horrified by a simple-minded tyrant using our Justice Department to avenge his petty, personal grudges.
I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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They are sending soldiers into cities to prepare to intimidate people at the polls next year. They gerrymander because they can’t win on policy. They intimidate because even gerrymandering won’t work at this point.
Greg Abbott has added a ban on same day voter registration in Texas to the special session agenda. Texas does not have same day voter registration. Abbott uses special sessions as taxpayer funded campaign events to push his baseless talking points
Epstein survivor Liz Stein: we want details of Epstein’s ‘sweetheart deal’ #BelieveTheGirls #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/u...
This jerk off is a total failure as governor how the fuck did he get elected?? Are people in the failed state of Mississippi mentally handicapped? 👉🏼This guy should never hold a job in politics again! He's a do nothing failure Mississippi is a shit hole state because of him!🤨👇🏼
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
"To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country – I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story." Governor JB Pritzker
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... The President’s actions are “a five alarm fire” says @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy & it affects all of us. A President has never fired a Federal Reserve Governor. PAY ATTENTION AND SPEAK OUT AND SHARE! #authoritarianism #takeourdemocracyback #WeveHadEnough
Be like China Surveillance state
Why is NBC giving platform to Russian war criminals?
A “we were wrong” correction would be nice.
Between Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the DOJ official who tried to extort a plea out of him with threats of trafficking him to Uganda, there is someone who committed a crime. But that someone isn't Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Trumps 27th sexual assault victim Jeffrey Epstein too
Every tyrant in history has sought to stifle criticism of himself and his regime. But America was founded on criticism. American democracy was built on dissent. Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s wanton tyranny invites more of it.
Become ungovernable
D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed. D.C. statehood now.
Here’s what was NOT released today: - the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ - the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed - communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison - the Epstein files
DC STATEHOOD NOW
Had no idea about this
Keep dropping truth bombs, Gov. Newsom!
What can we do to get ready to go into midterms? Make sure we have a candidate on every ballot in every race in every district in every state… No seat uncontested.
JUST IN: Judge Berman agrees that effort by DOJ to unseal Epstein grand jury files is a “diversion” when DOJ could just release a trove of far more comprehensive documents without court involvement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is how it’s done.
So many of Putin’s publicly faithful minions are dropping like flies. Businessmen, oligarchs, apparatchiks, generals. We must ask, is everything OK Vova? Are you worried about something? Is everyone whispering and plotting behind your back? Et Tu, Brute? youtu.be/9yFUiffEx9Y
The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC. All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC. This was never about "fighting crime."
"The information contained in the Epstein Grand Jury transcripts pales in comparison to the Epstein investigation information and materials in the hands of the Department of Justice." Judge Richard Berman
Breaking NYT: A close adviser to NYC Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election campaign after giving a journalist cash tucked inside a potato chip bag. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...
Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃
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“This is racial gerrymandering at its worst.” Rep. Al Green told Mother Jones during the Texas House proceedings, where they passed a redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House.
'The police report also exposed the foul-mouthed infighting playing out between members of the Bolsonaro clan & key supporters. In a WhatsApp exchange found on Jair Bolsonaro’s phone Eduardo Bolsonaro tells his father: “Go and fuck yourself you fucking ingrate!” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
What blue state is stepping up next? Who’s gonna meet this moment with the urgency it deserves? Who wants to be able to tell their kids and grandkids that when everything was on the line, they didn’t just SAY the right things, but DID the right thing with the power they had?
America: Universal healthcare creates wait times for healthcare. Also America: waits six months for a neurosurgeon consult and a year to get into a dermatologist…
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Mockler: They say that they oppose it at a 79% rate, 61% of them feel less safe… So the question that I then want to ask is, why don't we mobilize the National Guard to the eight out of ten red states that are the highest homicide states?
Anyone besides me wonder how many outlets ACCEPTED the red envelope w/o comment much less alerting the cops?
If you’re trying to make it harder for people to vote, stop pretending to give a shit about democracy. Every American - regardless of their political views - deserves to have their voice heard.
I wish more politicians understood how the economy is rigged against regular people the way Bill Burr does.
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
WOW. @marcelias.bsky.social goes off on the failures of legacy media: "We have an absolute collapse and failure by the institutions that have promised us that democracy would not die in darkness, that in fact, they stand for the proposition that democracy will die in plain sight of daylight."
Bc the tabulators can be manipulated remotely - which seems to be the case in Rockland county NY And 1yr+ out from elections he already KNOWS HE IS LOSING BADLY Wonder what GOP downballot thinks? Would they verify this?
We are in hell. The VA is cancelling parental leave that has already been approved, some parents already on leave. #DougCollins is evil. www.axios.com/2025/08/15/v...
you’re telling me the trump administration was lenient toward someone accused of sex crimes against children? crazy
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Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work. The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
He deployed the national guard to evict the homeless but not the insurrectionists.
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