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I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. I will stand up for the least of these.
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"The gospel is clear: we are called to love our neighbors as ourselves, which includes taking action to protect them from violence. Our faith compels us to advocate for common-sense gun safety laws that reduce the risk of harm to our communities.” Rev. Dr. William Barber II
A video of a man running across a parking lot gathered millions of views on X in the hours following the killing of right-wing US activist, Charlie Kirk, who was shot during an event at a university in Utah. But the clip is from a shooting in Reno, Nevada. Read more: u.afp.com/SP3f
Yep
24 years later, we remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9/11 and honor the first responders who gave everything that day. We will never forget.
Our nation was forever changed on 9/11. Today we remember the thousands of lives lost & first responders' heroic actions. Their selfless acts of sacrifice show the very best of us as a nation.
This, political violence is wrong!!!
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
Vaccines are one of the greatest public health achievements in modern medicine. Protecting access is vital to the health and safety of Minnesotans. www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.
That is, in the process of allowing our lives to become a salty offering, no longer driven by power plays, but instead focused upon honouring and protecting others, especially the “little ones,” our ego-driven agendas are burned away cac.org/daily-medita...
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years. Meanwhile, the six largest health insurers raked in more than $31 billion in net income last year. Still not sure if we need Medicare for All?
#EconSky
Newly imposed tariffs have pushed fertilizer prices up 35% amid import delays and dragged corn and soybean futures to multi-year lows.Farmers are now caught between rising expenses and shrinking revenues, leaving Wall Street wondering if demand can hold up when the fundamentals look far less secure.
Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Sean Feucht is excited about his Federal Government sponsored worship service tonight. But nobody seems to have any questions about the fact that it's his sixth straight year leading worship at the national mall, it's on September 6th, and it's at 6 p.m. Hello! Where are all the number prophecies?!?
Alongside Tribal partners, we raised the flags of the 11 sovereign Tribal Nations on the Capitol Mall. With these flags raised high, we’re honoring our government-to-government partnership and recognizing that our Indigenous neighbors are not in the past.
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
Prayers for the Israeli families who are still experiencing loss, prayers for the Gazans who are starving.. Prayers that those in Power will stop allowing people on both sides to suffer bc of of their ambition, hate and desire for more power Hamas & Netanyahu & his cronies have both made this worse.
Priorities.
Soybeans are collapsing because China isn’t buying them. The farm economy is in deep trouble. Because of our needless trade war that we are clearly losing. Maybe farmers will wake up
Pritzker: It appears they are amassing ICE officers… It’s been reported that about 300 officers are planning to come in and do what they did in LA — terrorize neighborhoods and cause mayhem. Their plan is to create enough chaos on the ground that troops will have to be called in
This...
Ugggggggg ..
"we will not stop until survivor voices shape justice, transform culture, and define the future. We are no longer whispers. We are one powerful voice, too loud to ignore, and we will never be silenced again.”-- Jess Michaels
Wall Street companies, including Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company run by the sons of billionaire commerce secretary Howard Lutnick since Lutnick joined the Trump administration, have been buying up the rights to collect tariff refunds if the tariffs are struck down. HC Richardson
Now calling it the Working class tax cut instead of BBB-"A family earning less than $50,000 a year would get less than $300 in tax cuts in 2027 while losing access to Medicaid and food assistance, while a filer earning more than $1 million would receive about $90,000 in tax breaks" HC Richardson
Today, more than 85 scientists released a joint review of the U.S. Department of Energy’s new climate report, saying it was “biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policymaking.” Heather Cox Richardson
🇰🇷 This image spreading widely on social media is doctored, contrary to claims that it shows US President Donald Trump reacting angrily to news of impeached former South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol's detention u.afp.com/AlteredTrump...
He(Kennedy) “has fired thousands of federal health workers and severely weakened programs designed to protect Americans from cancer, heart attacks, strokes, lead poisoning, injury, violence and more,- Heather Cox Richardson
This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time. #CaptainAmerica
The Trump regime’s domestic terrorist organization—ICE—now has access to an Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps, building their capability to target dissidents.
As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department of Justice to make public its controversial files on the disgraced sex trafficker.
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.
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Labor Built This Republic & Labor Shall Rule It,” “Labor Creates All Wealth,” “No Land Monopoly,” “No Money Monopoly,” “Labor Pays All Taxes,” “The Laborer Must Receive & Enjoy the Full Fruit of His Labor,” ‘Eight Hours for a Legal Day’s Work,” & “The True Remedy Is Organization & the Ballot.”-HCR
Beautiful, I loved my visit to the Isle of Iona this summer!!
Serious Credit Card Delinquencies (unpaid balances for at least 90 days) hit their highest level in 14 years #EconSky
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Important to know!!!!
Science is real
Love this bringing people together on the positive!!
Even if you won't be home, leave a tv on any channel covering it live. Let's make this the most watched program this week, this month, this year. Scare the shit out of the predators and Republicans
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.
Hmmm... this is terrible, although WP made it sound not do.bad, displacing am entire population... this is not ok. Don't normalize it!!! www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This!!!
I've had every shot of every vaccine ever offered, and at 84 and a half, have never felt better. Keep taking those vaccines folks. Unless you are complete fuckwits, in which case, feel free to die of some horrible easily preventable disease.
Just because you have the right to be mean doesn't mean it's right to be mean.
In 2023, about 3.5 million Americans worked in jobs related to the renewable energy sector, and jobs in that sector grew at more than twice the rate of those in other sectors in what was a strong U.S. labor market- Heather Cox Richardson
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
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use these laws to further exploit workers 5) Repeat Let's break the cycle and keep building back a powerful labor movement.
A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp. Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M. An utterly cruel and costly waste.
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
This is truly one of the best illustrations of what is happening in America.
“Unmask Yourselves” Small town rises against ICE.
There’s a word for that: corruption.
Things that make you say hmmm....The mother's life matters too!!!!
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.
Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly barring states and organizations that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants. This will make it harder for the most vulnerable people to get help in the aftermath of disasters. It was always about cruelty.
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$1.1 billion in cuts means that the CPB can no longer provide public broadcasting stations with severe weather alerts. CPB administered the Next Generation Warning System in partnership with the (FEMA) to issue alerts and information over radio and television stations, many in rural America, - HCR
"the U.S. spent about $270 billion on federal workers’ salaries before the 2025 cuts, it spent $478 billion on government contractors. Public policy scholar Elizabeth Linos-before recent cuts, the U.S. had ab "3 times as many [contractors] delivering the work of government” as it had civil servants.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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.
WHERE'S THE MONEY? Tribal radio stations wait on $9.4 million they were promised in a congressional handshake deal to pass the bill defunding public media -- excellent story from @jennifershutt.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trib...
We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I are praying for the parents who have lost a child or will be sitting at their hospital bedside after yet another act of unspeakable, unnecessary violence.
Some may have noticed the "Sons of Patriarchy" controversy this week. I'm releasing an interview w/ Sarah Bader on Thursday's episode of "Highest Power: Church + State." But for my article, I spoke with Sarah Bader, Peter Bell, and Sarah Stankorb about it. baptistnews.com/article/in-f...
Thank you to the Israeli's who are protesting their governments choices in Gaza! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"The United States has been taken over by a white supremacist idiotic sociopathic fascist and his gangster capitalist hateful pseudo-religious cult of bigots." baptistnews.com/article/this...
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day. Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day. It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.
Famine in Gaza City is 'failure of humanity', UN chief says www.bbc.com/news/topics/...
Redistricting arms race: These are the states in addition to Texas and California where parties could redraw maps
I’ve heard military law experts advise, if you are given an illegal command as a soldier, do not blindly obey. Call your attorney. Obeying an illegal command can result in a court martial.
Sometimes we need to take a break from breaking news and consider the ideology at play. One basic assumption of the right is that they're being biblical. But their assumptions about the Bible lead them to recreate the dynamics of ancient empires. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Gregorio Cordova Murrieta, who is originally from Mexico, was not indicted for money laundering, human trafficking, or any of the grave offenses that law enforcement officials typically offer to justify financial surveillance of wire transfers.
We're going to deport you to a random country if you don't take a plea deal for a crime you said you didn't do, doesn't sound like justice to me.
Trump's troops are making federal cases out of low-level arrests — such as possession of an open container — in DC. Meanwhile, his administration has rolled back enforcement actions against 165 lawbreaking corporations since January. "Tough on crime."
The second amendment guarantees the right to a militia to guard against federal tyranny. But if a president can use that force against its own state, against the wishes of that state, then it is no militia at all and a clear violation of the second amendment.
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.
Turns out helping poor people actually works www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home. - Eleanor Roosevelt
If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.- James 2:15-17
Separately, a report yesterday found the number of unauthorized immigrants in the US reached 14 million people in 2023. Under President Donald Trump, more than 180,000 people have been deported, reaching almost 1,500 removals per day—a pace last seen under the Obama-- 1440 News
Thank you JD Pritzker
Notice- Accepting Migrants wo Criminal Records-- but the Presidemt says we are only removing criminals "Uganda has temporarily agreed to take in certain migrants under a new deal with the US, officials confirmed yesterday. The arrangement will apply to individuals without criminal records" 1440 News
Not ok!!!
The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios. At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024. Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570. That’s a ratio of 632 to 1. How can anyone defend this?
I urge all Californians to vote to redistrict our maps in response.
Uggggggg...
I wish more politicians understood how the economy is rigged against regular people the way Bill Burr does.
Great Devo today; www.upperroom.org/devotionals/...
Amen!!