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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
JD Vance is the billionaires Frankenstein.
Thank the Supreme Court for immunizing the president from criminal liability over cold blooded murder.
Epstein Survivors Press Conference Sept 3rd, 10:30 a.m. ET Tune in to support them.
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
Oh, that's an important part of what happened. Thank you so much! Can you share what page that was on and was it one of the original places they planned on targeting?
If the govt gave every homeless person a home it would actually save the govt 💵 Also it would reduce crime & the amount of prison beds that we need. It would make 🇦🇺 safer. I would make building social housing like a World War 2 response. medium.com/@kirstiphill...
Trump legitimately sent out this email. "I want to get to Heaven." Remind MAGA Christians of this: Matthew 19:24 "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God" Most of MAGA's policies are not biblical values.
Yes! It's even more tiny compared to the overall trans population. 4 out of an estimated 2.8 million trans people in the U.S. That means it ≠ a prevalence.
Welch: This is a guy who has redecorated the oval Marie Antoinette style and is building himself a ballroom because he has no intention of leaving.
Opinion: In a landmark case, licensed counselor Kaley Chiles fights for her right to provide harmful conversion therapies to minors. With the Supreme Court set to rule, will LGBTQ+ youth be protected or left vulnerable?
Good article 👇🏻 eu.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
We're not an ideology and we don't stop being trans. We're born this way. This is genocidal talk. 😣
Q: There are calls for the FBI to institute a new class of domestic terrorism that involves trans ideology. Is that something the administration would support? LEAVITT: I would have to check with the appropriate people on that
Um, I have a question. How do we know more about Robin Westman, in a matter of days, than we knew about Thomas Crooks in a year?
PSA the bots went active regarding the Minneapolis shooter.
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I'd like to share some important statistics regarding the Minneapolis shooter. There have been only 5 known shooters since 2015 confirmed to be trans—but the total trans population is ~2.8 million people. That's not a prevalence by any means. There's clearly more to this story.
The real trans agenda!
🚨 MAJOR BREAKING Democrat Catelin Drey FLIPS Iowa SD-1 — a district Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024 — defeating Republican Christopher Prosch in a landslide special election and breaking the GOP supermajority.
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
Rep. Nancy Mace said she was going to deliver a speech to more than 100 people Thursday but reportedly cancelled when only 8 people showed up (My Horry News)
🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social
Hunter Schafer, trans actress, to step into the Blade Runner universe-2099-with the first female lead in Blade Runner history—Michelle Yeoh. With cyberpunk, dystopia, and existential slay. 💎🕶️🌌 Aw my heart. 🥹🌟 It's set to be a Prime mini series film in 2026 ⚡️🌆💖
“Canada recognises LGBTQ+ identity as grounds for asylum, with applicants able to present evidence of discrimination, harassment, or denial of medical care.Canada's broader protections from gender recognition rights to public healthcare are seen as strong pull factors.”
Watch this extremely worrisome space
Woohoo! 🎉🥳💃🎊🎉 I debunked so many of his lies in the early 00's!
This is what happens when you try to silence Black voices in Texas. Jasmine Crockett just brought the receipts and the 🔥 #txleg #gerrymandering #redistricting #maps
Nazi Flags Spotted Hanging From Texas High School Roof “What happened was not a joke; it’s a threat,” one local woman said. www.huffpost.com/entry/nazi-f...
Sidney Sweeney’s jeans are shaking. Gap won.
Is this concerning to anyone else?
Reports show that the Texas economy is slowing down due to tariffs on foreign goods, inflation and the impact of deportations on the workforce.
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.
🚨NEW: Republicans have issued civil arrest warrants, asked the Texas Supreme Court to remove Democrats from office and requested the state of Illinois help Texas enforce arrest warrants. Now, Ken Paxton is asking California to do the same with a delegation of quorum-breaking lawmakers.
BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces that he’s taking action to hold former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D) in contempt for continuing to support quorum-breaking Democrats, declaring “it’s time to lock [Beto] up.”
So Texas Republicans have now set up a TIP LINE to rat out the Texas Democrats So PLEASE, for the sake of the public, DO NOT FLOOD THIS NUMBER with tips on Bigfoot sightings, UFO sightings, or asking why Trump is on “the list” 1-866-786-5972 Thank you!
Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.
Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Ken Paxton just filed a lawsuit to remove me from office. But this seat doesn’t belong to him or me — it belongs to the people. My message to Ken Paxton: Come and take it.
I’m running for State Senate because I know what it’s like to feel ignored by people in power—and I believe we deserve better. Read the full story: windycitytimes.com/2025/08/02/o...
Wow, that is way too low. They need to make a comfortable living wage.
@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."
Casar as CNN presses him about running against Doggett: "We aren't accepting these illegal maps. We're not going to just stand by and be pit against one another... this fight is about something much bigger than the horserace... it's about voters being able to choose their member of Congress"
Disgusting.
🚨 Ken Paxton wants Dems arrested for refusing to help rig an election. That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
Crockett: My former colleagues from the Texas House—decided to get the hell out of Texas… breaking quorum is where they’re at right now. And they didn’t just do it by themselves—they went to Illinois, where there is a governor that gives a damn. This fight is going to take all of us.
On top of the worst tariffs since Smoot-Hawley in the 1930s. During the Great Depression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...
My Democratic colleagues and I just left the state of Texas to break quorum and stop Trump’s redistricting power grab. Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections right before our eyes. But first he’ll have to come through us. It’s time to fight back.
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
Donald Trump was found in court to have sexually assualted and raped a woman, and many other women allege similar things, then MAGA voted for that. So yes, he's probably all over the Epstein files, and even beyond that, we know he did these things.
Thank you for working hard to protect religious freedom, which was always meant to be a part of the US government. Here's what James Madison (Played a central role in creation of the US constitution & was the 4th president.) had to say about it:
BREAKING: An Illinois county removed a massive Ten Commandments monument from government property after we sued. This is a victory for religious freedom.
Please teach those republicans a lesson to never do this again, signed a trans person stuck in Texas lol.
‘1984’ is upon us
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Even beyond his associations with Epstein, Trump was already found in court to have done these things:
Is NOBODY going to call DoJ's Todd Blanche "questioning" Ghislaine Maxwell what it actually is - WITNESS TAMPERING? Really, not one person?
EX GREEN BERET: “In my entire career, I never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of IDF & US contractors… without question, war crimes.”
Is there a hieroglyph for that? lol
Contact your reps to tell them to denounce this harmful act against all people of color in the US.
It's important to know that the Department of Homeland Security posted a painting attributed to support of the genocide and displacement of Native American people and white nationalism. They are not being subtle how their policies are based in racism.
I found the poll, and they only polled 1,003 people. How can that represent ~340 million Americans citizens? I wonder how they weighed party affiliation and age too. If it's done not based on the real population's views it can scew the results. news.gallup.com/poll/692801/...
Good grief, Trump shook his cheeto spray tan bottle way too much again. 😮💨
Some are misinterpreting AOC's intention. This was because she didn't want innocent civilians to be bombed, and voting for MTG's bill would have not stopped Israel's ability to harm Palestinians at all.
My record on Palestine speaks for itself. I’m proud of it. One of the strongest in Congress. I throw down for pro-Palestine candidates. Largely unrecognized work. That’s fine. Disagreements are fine, too. But if you want to toss all that for 1 half assed MTG stunt, be my guest. I know where I stand.
PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
Cuomo: I am now running on affordability. Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.
Y'all, the way that Zohran is ratioing Cuomo on his own tweet is chef's kiss.
Unfettered Capitalism:
Bass: We finally have some good news. We got a great decision from the court—a temporary restraining order. I think this showed that if we fight back peacefully, if we use the means our democracy provides, and in this instance, the courts—we get a proper decision.
The irony is that I was actually VERY skeptical about the files or the existence of a client list. After reading this, I'm not skeptical at all.
I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, the President of the United States even joking about revoking someone’s citizenship should be met with universal condemnation.
The Handbasket has not been contacted by the FBI.
They don't care about women's right to divorce and autonomy if he cheats or becomes abusive. Instead of Ken, it's apparently *her* who did the wrong act by coming out about it and letting people know his character before voting for him.
The wife of Ken Paxton (Texas' Attorney General running for Senator) is divorcing him, after 'discoveries' and the response from the MAGA base is to blame her—based on no evidence—but because they want Ken to win, and "It's AgAiNsT tHe bIble tO dIvoRCe" (We've stepped into the 19th century)
Undocumented immigrants contribute billions in taxes they can’t use. Meanwhile, Big Pharma upcharges insulin by 5000%. But sure, tell me more about how they’re the problem while billionaires dodge taxes:
![RECEIPT What the Numbers Actually Show 1. Costs to Taxpayers Are Relatively Small Emergency Medicaid care for undocumented immigrants accounts for just 0.4% of total Medicaid spending-about $3.8 billion/year, out of a $900 billion program. [1] Undocumented patients cost Texas hospitals around $122 million in a month-a notable figure locally, but dwarfed by broader healthcare budgets. [2] 2. Federal Spending on Non-Emergency Care for Undocumented Is Very Limited Federal and state Medicaid typically covers non-emergency care only for legally present immigrants. Undocumented immigrants usually only recieve emergency care. 3. Overall Fiscal Impact Trends A KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) report from October 2024, citing CBO analysis, noted that between fiscal years 2017 and 2023, $27 billion was spent on Emergency Medicaid for noncitizen immigrants. However, this spending represented less than 1% of overall Medicaid spending during that period, and in FY 2023, it was 0.4% of total Medicaid spending. [3] The KFF report also highlights that a significant portion of Emergency Medicaid spending goes toward labor and delivery costs. Without Emergency Medicaid, these costs would likely be shifted to hospitals or fully to states. Healthcare Costs are a Component, Not the Sole Driver: While emergency healthcare for undocumented immigrants does incur costs, recent data suggests it represents a relatively small percentage of overall healthcare spending (e.g., less than 1% of total Medicaid spending). High healthcare costs in the US are attributed to a multitude of factors, including administrative complexities, drug prices, high utilization of services, and other systemic issues that far outweigh the costs associated with undocumented immigrant care.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dm6j5g42g4mihgptxaimff7e/bafkreicvs7726pteznjuhpxylqibxjkebuz6c4jvu6eqfwmer5kocjbckm@jpeg "Click to view full size")
![4. How much revenue does undocumented immigrants provide to the US government? The highly cited Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) did in- depth research on this. ITEP is a non-profit, non-partisan tax policy organization that often analyzes the tax contributions of various groups. [4] Here are some key findings from ITEP's reports that are highly relevant: Total Tax Contributions (Federal, State, and Local): According to ITEP, undocumented immigrants paid an estimated $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Of this, $59.4 billion was paid to the federal government. The remaining $37.3 billion was paid to state and local governments. Breakdown of Federal Taxes (2022): $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes $19.5 billion in federal income taxes Broader Context State and local governments do incur some costs (e.g., K-12 education, emergency services), but those burdens are a small fraction of total healthcare expenditures. [5] The overall US healthcare cost is driven far more by chronic disease care, administrative overhead, drug pricing, procedural use, and insurance inefficiencies than by a relatively tiny fraction tied to undocumented healthcare. Bottom Line While there are measurable expenditures related to undocumented immigrants-most notably emergency services-these are not a primary driver of US healthcare spending. Healthcare costs are overwhelmingly driven by complex systemic issues unrelated to immigration status. In short: Miller's statement takes a minor issue and blows it way out of proportion.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dm6j5g42g4mihgptxaimff7e/bafkreihpgos7cjrl2vceko3lqdmibkks4aakhhphuqru7qtrf6pkzbzdv4@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Y'all, this weasel is at it again. Stephen Miller blaming undocumented folks for healthcare costs is like blaming a leaky faucet for why the Titanic sank. Undocumented immigrants make up <1% of Medicaid spending and contribute billions. What are the real stats? I'll share below. 👀🔍
We can deliver affordability and fight authoritarianism at the same time. I am eager to partner with state and federal leaders to do exactly that.
This is not good. It will encourage much more theocratic thinking all over the country. That ruling needs to be reversed. The US's founding fathers were against this, and they laid out why very clearly. Laws need to be based on reason.
In case you missed it: the Wisconsin Supreme Court just upheld a ban on conversion therapy. Huge win for LGBTQ rights. newrepublic.com/post/197704/...
Everyone needs these warnings in their businesses.
The latest from Texas (as of 8:40 pm CT): 161+ people are still missing. 109 have been confirmed dead. This is an enormous tragedy. Our hearts are with everyone involved. 😢💔🕊️
🚨BREAKING: Another massive flood is currently underway in Ruidoso, New Mexico. A large house here was swept down the river. The water level rose 20 feet in just 30 minutes, shattering previous records. I confirmed this with Ruidoso News.
Trump was golfing and enjoying ice cream this weekend while search and rescue teams were in Texas looking for child flood victims
The richest family in the United States, the Waltons, made money by not paying Walmart employees enough. This forced employees to seek government assistance for food and healthcare. Republicans’ response is to take away that assistance because the Waltons aren’t rich enough.
This man should not ever have “all the levers.”
Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
Well, he’s canceling elections for Mayor altogether in Florida
They are anti-democracy and against the people. That's what we have to make sure republicans know. Donald doing this is against fundamental American values, and trying to be a dictator.
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
This is what Zohran means by seizing the means of production. It's different when social democrats say it. He's talking about new companies democratizing and liberating workers.
They're really transvestigating JLo. 🤣
“Pro-life”
A lower court held that a Massachusetts school district was within its rights to fire Kari MacRae, and the Supreme Court won't revisit that.