"But still, like air, I'll rise"- Maya Angelou💜 Blue🔵 in red state-S.O.S🚩
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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.
MO Gov Mike Kehoe is calling a special session to gerrymander the 5th District which encompasses Kansas City. He is specifically violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bans any voting practice that denies or weakens the power of a racial minority to elect its preferred candidates.
If they enact a new illegal congressional map, Missouri will be sued.
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital.
Today we celebrate the strength and resilience of working people everywhere. Nearly 300,000 federal employees have lost their jobs this year not because of necessity, but because of a political agenda. And while people’s lives were destroyed in the name of “saving money,”
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states. 6 in Arizona 6 in Georgia 4 in Florida 4 in North Carolina 8 involve redistricting
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Welch: He claims that he's the law and order president. But we all know that's a lie because he's a convicted felon. He pardons convicted felons, he surrounds himself with obsequious people that kiss his all day, every day
Don’t look away
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)
Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with the @democraticredistricting.com as they fight back: bit.ly/3HJ1ayW
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
Imagine if the Surgeon General said, “Don’t ask me, I smoke.”
Between RFK decimating the CDC, normalizing Ashli Babbitt & the umpteenth school shooting... I'm losing the will to post. #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
Pushing out top officials. Firing hundreds of lifelong public health experts. Trying to slash the CDC’s budget by billions. How is this “Making America Healthy Again”?
“Thank god for IVF so I could get pregnant” “Actually god made you infertile, science made you pregnant. So it’s thank science actually”
RFK Jr. will kill Americans, sure as death. You have the GOP to thank you for that.
This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)
An art piece formed from lines. #art #ink #lines #drawing
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
What an unbelievably stupid time to be alive.
FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Six months ago. I meant it. Do it now if you haven’t.
Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Our priorities remain idiotic.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.
if i were on this deployment i would be pissed. these people have actual jobs! and here they are, walking around picking upt rash.
Drones have changed modern warfare. The Pentagon is behind.
These guys should be home with their families.
I don't think enough people understand how dictatorships come to be. It's lack of strong unified opposition, which means we don't have time to wait for the perfect dem leaders. We need to unify and quick because I just recapped on Hitlers rise to dictatorship & we're running out of time🚨🔥🔥🔥
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.
I don't think enough people understand how dictatorships come to be. It's lack of strong unified opposition, which means we don't have time to wait for the perfect dem leaders. We need to unify and quick because I just recapped on Hitlers rise to dictatorship & we're running out of time🚨🔥🔥🔥
Trump’s immigration raids are destroying our agricultural workforce — inflating costs, creating worker shortages, and destroying communities. On California Farmworker Day, we honor the hardworking men and women who power our economy. We will not stop defending your rights.
At Cerro Pelon, the monarch sanctuary.
Democrat Catelin Drey flipped a Republican Iowa Senate seat, ending the GOP’s supermajority. Along with an earlier Democratic win, this gives Democrats more power to block Republican initiatives. nypost.com/2025/08/27/u...
I asked for the latest COVID vaccine this week at my VA clinic and they didn't have any. They said they are "out" but maybe more is on the way. The don't have an ETA.
Not tired of winning!🥳
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?
Masked immigration raids don’t protect us. They hide abuse and strip away our dignity. Stand with me in demanding transparency and accountability by adding your name to this petition.
You did it! Thank you for voting. Democrat Catelin Drey has flipped an open Iowa state Senate seat, raise a glass! This victory means Republicans no longer hold a supermajority in Iowa.
SHE WON! Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority! Catelin Drey's victory is the latest in a string of positive special election results for Iowa Democrats this year that will give the party hope that it can claw back seats in the 2026 midterms.
Iowa voters chose affordability and public education over Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and attacks on working families. Congrats to Catelin Drey for this important win. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Let me introduce Catelin Drey, or I should say Senator Catelin Drey. She just flipped a blood red Iowa Senate seat in her victory yesterday. We talk about this and more on Coffee With Texas Paul, LIVE at 11 am Eastern today. Join us!
Stares in the American Revolution
“on Tuesday, for the second time this year, a Democrat appeared to flip a conservative-leaning district in the Iowa Senate…” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
Maybe not so casually?
Herr Himmler says what?
ICE tried to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda — a country he has zero ties to. U.S. law requires deportation to a nation of citizenship or residence. Uganda is neither. This isn’t immigration policy — it’s ILLEGAL, authoritarian, police-state abuse of power.
".. Social Security numbers .. individuals’ full names, addresses and birth dates, among other details that could be used to steal their identities .." @nytimes.com #DOGE www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Initially there was a lot of public conversation around how the DOGE team's actions could expose them to individual legal liability. That kind of faded (for reasons I don't fully understand) but I do wonder whether at some point it will resurface
BREAKING: Judge Lamberth orders Kari Lake to sit for a deposition about whether she is operating Voice of America up to legal minimum standards. He says this is "one final opportunity" before a contempt trial.
Annnnd the crisis hits.
Wait until Trump uses his lap dog Mike Horowitz to find a reason to fire Jerome Powell.
Where are all the corporate media headlines demanding his resignation? Where are the all the assumptions that about specialists visiting the White House meaning the president is dying? They did this daily with Biden. Why not now? Are they covering for their cash cow? Are they paid to cover it up?
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!
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.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung: “I look forward to your meeting with the chairman Kim Jong-un and construction of a Trump Tower in North Korea and playing golf at that place.”
Just waiting for Trump to say, “I’m sorry, but we’re backing North Korea. You just don’t have the cards”
BREAKING: VETERAN'S BEGIN A SIT-IN IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE MILITARY LEAVES TOWN
The Second Amendment wasn’t written for executive orders and barbed wire around the Capitol—it was written to ensure a well-regulated militia that answers to the people and their states. Today, that balance is being pulled apart. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/who-really...
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Virginia Giuffre, the sex trafficking victim who accused the Duke of York of sex crimes, wrote an autobiography which will be published posthumously later this year. Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sex with the Duke when she was 17. She died by suicide at the age of 41 in April.
The White House calls it a war zone. Yesterday I toured the “front lines.” I saw a total of about 15 military types strolling around, talking to tourists, petting dogs. I guess the war on DC’s violence doesn’t extend to Sundays.
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.
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
Lavrov’s response 3 times is to insist that Russia has “never, ever targeted civilian sites.” So the apartment buildings and hospitals we see in flames every day and bodies of civilians is all made up apparently. This is who they are - liars and barbarians.
On the one hand, it took 1,000 FBI agents to scrub the Epstein Files of references to Donald Trump. On the other hand, we have one of history's most notorious trafficker of underage girls telling us, "Donald Trump? Run along. Nothing to see here."
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.”
Dems should swap out Hakeem Jeffries with Jasmine Crockett. They need that kind of fire.
Mamdani's fun idea for a scavenger hunt throughout NYC, using the subway or public transit, has succeeded beyond measure. They've run out of cards! And look how many young people are here. Follow the #ZcavengerHunt hashtag for more live updates as the hunt progresses. Everyone's happy & having fun.
Mamdani found a way to get people to Pokemon Go to the polls.
Mamdani’s team is giving a masterclass in modern day campaigning
Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719. Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469. Textbook corporate greed.
Nichols: Even though these guys come across as clowns, they're clowns with flamethrowers.. They have the machinery of government behind them. These are people that normally would be struggling to hold on to middle management jobs in a department store somewhere
The Pentagon is blocking Ukraine from using long-range missiles to hit Russian military targets. No wonder Putin still thinks he can win the war www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
He’s wanted to declare martial law from day one. Bypass all checks and rule as a tyrant. Many have speculated how he’d do it. Now his gambit is clear. DC was a test. He’s using manufactured crime stats to send troops into blue states & cities. This is not a drill. Democracy is at defcon 1.
Donald Trump is attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he's causing families. We'll continue to follow the law, stand up for the sovereignty of our state, and protect Illinoisans.
The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.
SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”
Less than 1% of the Epstein files have been released. Of the 1% they gave congress, 3% were new. ⭐97% were already in the public domain.⭐ "Bottom line: they're stonewalling" They cherry-picked a few files, threw in all the old stuff & called it a "release". #ReleaseAlltheFiles #TrumpCoverUp
So, to recap: the ONLY reason Ghislaine Maxwell is in a fed camp is because she said that Trump wasn't on the Epstein list. So yeah, Trump is a pedophile.
Instead of just releasing the entire Epstein files and putting this whole thing to rest, the Trump administration gave us 33,000 pages of bullshit. Americans deserve answers, and Trump and Bondi have the power to provide. Today. Once again, what are they trying to hide?
Ghislane Convicted Participated in heinous crimes against children She harmed innocent girls Some committed suicide due to what she and Epstein did Don't let the facts fade from memory! She's guilty & must pay for the lives she destroyed! Her lies must die www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
Haven’t dug into this yet but disturbing news that Bluesky is suddenly not available in my home state of Mississippi as of today.
In 2023, Mississippi had the highest teen birth rate (ages 15-19) in the nation at 24.9 births per 1,000 teens. Almost double the national average, but limiting their access to information will keep them dependent on the state and easier to control. It's not about safety, it's about control. #pinks
Mississippi, Alabama, South Dakota and Louisiana all have one thing in common. The highest murder rates in the union. Education is also not their specialty. Why can't the donor states put some strings on these taker states? The numbers just keep getting worse yet we fund this.
Rangappa: Do you believe that Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty? Ferguson: Yes Rangappa: She denied her guilt the interview. Ferguson: Most criminals lie, newsflash. That's, like, not shocking. Rangappa: Then why on Earth would you believe anything she said?
Brittany Henderson, an attorney for numerous Epstein victims and survivors: "Ghislaine Maxwell was federally indicted on two perjury counts … I can't imagine that her testimony will be given much weight by anyone with any knowledge whatsoever of her involvement with Jeffrey Epstein."
This 👇🏾 “Why do they need masks? They’re federal officials, they’re paid by the taxpayers. They should be doing their jobs in a way that’s lawful and constitutional, and that’s part of the job.” DC Mayor Bowser questions why so many federal officers in the capital continue to cover their faces.
Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego has been RELEASED from prison and is headed home to Maryland to be with his family. Judge Xinis has an order in place requiring a 72 hour notice if ICE decides to detain and deport him to a third country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
If you aren’t uncomfortable learning our country’s history, you are learning propaganda.
The Bolton raid should chill you: my emergency video (full video linked) adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...
this is literally this week's south park episode