Mom, grandma, Jill-of-all-Trades, fiercely independent lefty, Use-it-or-Lose-it.
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BEGGING. Be involved at local & state levels. So much of what we see at the national level starts at school boards, council chambers & state houses. But state & local is where your voice is loudest and most effective. And where we are more likely to put a stop to this stuff before it gets to SCOTUS
I wish people would stop blaming COVID mitigation policies for the acceleration of right wing extremism, and instead acknowledge the fact that we endured a mass casualty and mass disabling event that was mismanaged by narcissistic authoritarians who shifted the blame to marginalized communities
A Labor Day classic: www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
When, not if.
Susan Collins may start thinking about the possibilities and rewards of retirement.
The old sleight of hand. This is how they conduct business.
Evil reincarnated.
Hey Congress – make Alex Acosta's testimony public and televised. There's absolutely no ethical reason for it to be private and transcribed. Nefarious AF. We need to hear your questions. We want to see him squirm. We need to see him squirm. Yet another sign of a cover-up.
What could possibly go wrong?
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Yes, yes. Those with the billions of tax dollars, weapons of mass destruction and the entire US government are the victims. Biggest bunch of cry-baby agents I have ever seen. Today’s Border Patrol agents are some of the most pathetic whiners. Perhaps they should quit if they can’t hack it.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
A plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration calls to “voluntarily relocate” Palestinians, establish U.S. control, and turn the area into a “gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub.” (Washington Post)
NEWS: Trump and House Republicans' budget cuts seek to eliminate the HOME affordable housing program that’s built/rehabbed 1.3M homes in 30 yrs, including 540k in rural areas. 84% of those homes are in districts that voted for him. Rural families now face losing their lifeline.
My Swiss grandmother (1884-1966), a devout Catholic who went to mass every morning, lived by the maxim: Help Yourself And God will Help You. Her principle predates Stephen Covey’s “Principle of Choice”. (Google)
Jones: I want to bring theology into this because you have all these people that want to give thoughts and prayers. But I was a minister, and that is a form of theological malpractice—when you pray for something you have the power to change.
No cankles!
“There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.” Jim Hightower
A fortuneteller says: “You will die on a national holiday.” The tyrant asks: “How do you know?”
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
“This is what a real leader looks like” - @meidastouch.com speaking about #MarkCarney. #cdnpoli #Never51 #TeamCanada youtu.be/RTbHFHtS5as
Jones: I would say to my colleagues who serve in government—keep your thoughts and prayers, keep your tweets. If you want to address gun violence, you don't need to tweet. What you need is a mirror. You have the power to change things.
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
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.
BREAKING: At least 50 Palestinians, including 10 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, sources in the besieged enclave’s hospitals say. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x0kczn
conveniently ratio'd for either legal or half letter size, so you conveniently can just print it out on any printer if you like, whose going to stop you (not me)
CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
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Just in case you forgot…
Just so you know, the person leading the trump administration's 'review' of content at the Smithsonian, Lindsey Halligan, is a former beauty pageant contestant and insurance lawyer. Not a historian.
ICYMI, I wrote about the tenth anniversary of the Jade Helm 15 panic, when Alex Jones spent months stirring up paranoia over troops in the streets and martial law - only to enthusiastically approve of the same thing a decade later. themikerothschild.com/2025/08/27/j...
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
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...
“The Trump system is impunity for friends and infinite scrutiny for adversaries.” talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-mag...
California voters are leaning YES on the redistricting ballot. 48% in favor, only 32% opposed. People get it. The narrative is on our side. Remember: CA puts it to the voters. Texas skipped the people. Ours is a one-time fightback that returns to the commission. Texas’ gerrymandering is permanent.
Pritzker: 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.
8/24/25 #nature #conservation #science #Alaska #politics #epa #fdt #oil #protectnature
It isn’t normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.
They gaslit you all throughout the election.
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
Way to go, San Francisco!! 👏👏
Quote of the day: "Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough." -- FDR
Pro-tip: Painting the border wall black does not work, especially when the other side is painted so beautifully. Also, it does not actually make it hotter. And if walls worked, they would have worked 30 years ago.
Good son! 👏👏👏
The DOJ released the security video of Epstein's jail in parts so they could take out anything inconvenient. The DOJ released the Maxwell/Blanche transcript in parts so they could take out anything inconvenient. Such an obvious cover-up.
It’s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef José Andrés) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...
Virginia Giuffre’s family denounces “DAG Todd Blanche’s bizarre interview” of Ghislaine Maxwell in a statement. www.allrisenews.com/p/maxwell-tr...
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
Some call us shortsighted if we focus on retaking Congress in the midterms rather than on what comes next. No! That’s like calling shortsighted those on the Titanic who focused on avoiding the iceberg rather than on the rest of the voyage. There’s no “rest of the voyage” if we hit the damn iceberg!
much easier to understand the sheer bloody intensity of the civil war when you have a good grasp on just how terrible slavery was.
Dang! We need some actual journalists like these Canadians in our country!!!
I doubt Trump has ever been inside any museum, let alone the Smithsonian.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
Googled FDT (I’m old🤷♀️) and this popped up. 😂😂😂
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JUST IN: The right-wing news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. A trial had been scheduled for October. n.pr/3UuKeyZ
Life comes at you fast
so, america first, amirite?? ….you know, just after Israel and Russia.
If you’re under any illusions about what an authoritarian personality cult the GOP has become, they’re not hiding it:
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The Constitution protects your right to record law enforcement in public.
I once had a client a local prosecutor called a "career criminal." Tbh, client had multiple arrests. For stealing food. Because otherwise they wouldn't eat at all. Because they couldn't get a job because of previously being arrested for stealing food. A society has the criminals it creates.
ALABAMA: “The verdict is in. The state’s tough immigration law just isn’t working out… American workers not mentally or physically fit enough to last one day…”
Just when I thought I couldn't loathe Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) any more, I watch HBO's "Surviving Ohio State" and realize I was wrong. What a despicable person, laughing off the molestation of young men in his care.
Leaked ICE document reveals 'breakneck expansion' plan for immigrant camps
Missouri is a microcosm the entire country…
This is a must read.
Pragmatic progressives — armed with bread-and-butter proposals to improve the lives of ordinary Americans and an upbeat message of hope — are the future of the Democratic Party. This is a good thing. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bread-and-butter-and-hope
The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
Oh wow! Who would have thought…
An interesting subtext here. We do indeed spend vast sums on our military. So the idea here appears to be that without "forever wars" we need to occupy our own cities.
Florida plans to use a shuttered prison as a second immigration detention center after “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Everything Trump Touches…
Yahoo Finance, hello! Have you heard of tariffs? It’s been in the news lately.
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You tell ‘em, girl!!! 💥
I just approved the deployment of California resources to Puerto Rico ahead of Tropical Storm Erin. We’re glad to help coordinate life-saving response to Americans in harm’s way.
Where’s DOGE firing the inefficient agents and shutting down the wasteful agency???
Friends, Whatever our individual opinions and disagreements, we must all hold on to the truth. It is the most important thing of all. I feel it slipping away. Do not let the light of truth go out. Not in our time. Atticus
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Arizona! Please help find Emma! #Pinks
ICE arrested the father of one of the volunteers at the food bank our podcast network partners with. The volunteer has worked over 400 hours helping distribute food to those in need. The food bank is raising money to help his family. You can give here: www.gofundme.com/f/ice-arrest...
That “ballroom” abomination will literally crush and destroy the White House as an iconic symbol, not unlike the crude paving over of the White House Rose Garden.
No lies; I was shocked and sad while listening to this video. However, you deserve all the respect and admiration for your decision to keep dedicating yourself to assisting your clients of all backgrounds through the current quagmire and horrors of immigration. You are a true Mensch! 💙
She's also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with potential work release one week after meeting with the Deputy Attorney General.
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