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It’s about justice, dignity, and finally facing a rot that has poisoned our country for decades. When voices long ignored rise together, and when even bitter political enemies stand side by side, you know a reckoning has come. Thank you to @acyn.bsky.social @khanna.house.gov
If they refuse voters will handle them in the voter's booth in 2026.
But, but - he. and he alone can fix things.
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Can you share this? This is one hell of an ad from a Democrat running for US Senate against Susan Collins. We need to take back the Senate and have a real majority. Don’t forget Maine has ranked voting. We need great Democrats running. Don’t let her forget about Kavanaugh or Roe.
💥💥Ukrainian aviation dropped a guided bomb and demolished a massive elevator in Kherson region. Turns out occupiers turned it into a training center for drone operators and a command post. ✅ Found fast, buried even faster.
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The state of America: Cyndi Lauper changes the lyrics to Girls Just Want to Have Fun to Girls Just Want Fundamental Rights.....
Please share: My name is David Costello. I am a lifelong Mainer and Democrat running against Susan Collins. I too am concerned. I am concerned with endless decisions Susan Collins has made. We need to turn a page, retire Susan and take back the US Senate. Please watch and share:
As a U.S. federal judge blocked the deportation of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, the government of Guatemala says in a statement it suggested the U.S. return its children to their home country.
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What. The. Fuck.
Who is paying for all of Botox Barbie’s cosmetic procedures n hair extensions? Yep, American’s tax $$$! I want a tax refund from all this waste n fraud we have paid for! #arrestnoem #notofascism
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Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
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Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
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
nearly 61% of exonerees in 2023 were Black, and overall, Black people account for about 53% of all exonerations since 1989, despite representing only 13.6% of the U.S. population. This indicates a significant racial disparity in wrongful convictions, with Black (cont)
The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines, but they come with restrictions. NPR wants to know your questions about the new guidance.
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.
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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles
I am so proud of these women and their courage to step up and tell their truth. If you know them, thank them for the nation.
Conviction data is typically collected by other agencies, such as state courts, and is not included in the FBI's UCR statistics. It is also important to note that Black people have the highest exoneration rate. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, nearly (cont)
As we begin September, Democracy Docket is tracking 139 voting and election cases is 40 states. 13 in Georgia 13 in North Carolina 10 in Texas 9 in Arizona 8 in Pennsylvania 8 in Wisconsin Democracy is on the docket! www.democracydocket.com
Main pt: If true, genuinely hostile, threatening, etc from Putin. Secondary pt: Almost every plane is equipped w multiple ways to figure out where it's going if GPS fails. Happens more often than you'd think. So: bad move by Putin. But pilots knew how to cope. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...
PERIOD!!!!
Finally some good news😂 👇
The UK has experienced drought & falling food yields this summer, yet "while 2025 has set a new record, we could plausibly experience much hotter summers in our current & near-future climate...what have been seen as extremes in the past are becoming more common" www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
PS: These days he's "in charge" the way a cranky, feverish 2 year old is "in charge" of the family.
ICE is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages after the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order.
Disagree? Okay, then explain why Trump is the President of the United States of America. I'll wait!⏳
Khanna: It’s going to be a bombshell press conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The American people will hear directly from survivors of the Epstein abuse. And they’re not just going to talk about Epstein’s and Maxwell’s abuse — they’re going to talk about rich and powerful men…
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Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:
GOP: the second amendment protects us from tyranny Also GOP: YAY! Federal troops are being sent to control DC! GOP: we support the free market! Also GOP: it’s fine that NVIDIA and AMD are being illegally forced to pay 15% to the government to sell their products in China.
The more I listen to talking heads & Dems trash Mamdani, the more I want him to win. These people would rather have the disgraced Cuomo. That's all we need to know about them.
This song is from 1966 - the Sunset Strip "riots" as they are called. Kind of looks like DC right now doesn't it?
Erin Jackson-Hill, executive director of Stand UP Alaska, told Ukrinform it’s too early to predict turnout, but noted the group’s last rally drew about 7,000 participants. She said the central message will be “Alaska Supports Ukraine,” stressing the protest is against welcoming “an authoritarian dic
The National Park Service fired a wildlife biologist at Yosemite National Park who helped drape a large transgender pride flag from El Capitan in May, saying that the demonstration had taken place in a prohibited area and lacked the required permits.
Ernst's net worth in 2018 was about $196,000 - in 2025 it's estimated to be $19 million. She doesn't need the job anymore.
Jesse Watters: “You weren’t ever on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet, were you?” RFK Jr: “I was on Jeffrey Epstein’s jet two times.” Release the freaking Epstein Files. Believe the survivors and their families. We want accountability.
Rest assured. The seeds of Trump’s destruction have already been sown. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-263
It’s Sunday. zohranfornyc.com/events
Some personal news: My Son is officially canceling his second coming until y’all are actually ready to listen to Him.
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.
How Republican! Time we start educating our daughters to reconsider marriage or involvement with Republican males!
Historic winter warmth also in CHILE Puerto Montt with 19.9C tied its record of August highest temperature in history. Tomorrow an avalanche of records will fall in South America.
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."
The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years That's not good news Tariffs are taxes on Americans That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
FEMA employee on leave describes "culture of fear “ among agency employee
Wishful thinking on #CATURDAY
“There are now two competing global models of energy and influence: one based on fossil fuels, one on green technologies and a new model of sustainable development.” And with the ongoing assault on the existing world order, I’m pretty sure which model will prevail…
Next weeks we will see HUNDREDS of records brutalized in which will be the most anomalous heat wave ever seen anywhere in the tropics. World climatic history will be totally rewritten anew with weeks of insane and unprecedented heat in the whole area. 40C+ EVERY DAY. even in the highlands
The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the orange felon a Russian asset in a live televised speech. Well done, this is how you do it. 👏
A judge dismissed the case, finding no probable cause after Florida police arrested a man as part of Ron DeSantis’ crackdown over rainbow chalk ark memorializing the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Let that sink in.
KEILAR: Of 172 mass attacks between 2016 & 2020, 96% were non-trans men. Are you missing bigger picture? GORKA: No. When you look at shootings at Christian schools the data is different K: Of 32 school shootings since 2020, only 3 were trans shooters G: Forgive me if I don't go with CNN's stats
They're releasing the Epstein files?
🙃 #GavinNewsom #EpsteinFiles
SIGNS OF FASCISM 🪧
when he does finally go i will demand not just the death certificate but the long form death certificate
Thread... Israel has assassinated Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmad al-Rahawi. Yemen is a sovereign state. A UN member state. If roles were reversed & Yemen assassinated Netanyahu—or any nation assassinated a European head of state—that entire nation would have already been razed to the ground. 1/3
Join the more than 430,000 people who have signed up for Democracy Docket. Even better, join the 50,000 who help support the 20 person team by becoming a premium member! Free or premium, if you are not paying attention to the courts you are not paying attention to democracy. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
A multi-media must-read: Here's what's in the protected Big Cypress Preserve that was disrupted by #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' Everglades concentration camp. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter... via @washingtonpost.com
CEOs are trying to convince you that quiet quitting is worse than wage theft, while they plan on replacing you with a robot. Unions know better. Happy Labor Day Weekend.
This is the most compelling case I’ve seen yet that America is no longer a democracy but an authoritarian state. Not a *soon-to-be* authoritarian state—a *current* one.
If you played me this clip of a Georgia congressman named "Buddy Carter" talking with this accent, I would've called you a hack filmmaker.
Television legend Stephen Colbert has just signed a $13.5 million deal with Netflix for a 7-episode series.
He can pretend to be dead all he wants. I still want the Epstein files released.
“In the late 1960s, Dr. Rossiter was working on her Ph.D. at Yale, when a comment from one of her male professors puzzled her. Who, she had asked, were the women in science? There were none, he said. Another professor mumbled something about Marie Curie being the exception.”🙃
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
"The war on science began four centuries ago when the Roman Catholic Church outlawed books that reimagined the heavens. Subsequent regimes shot or jailed thousands of scientists. Today..." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...
Jones: We have a presidential administration that has more outrage about the changing of the cracker barrel logo than they do about changing the policies that allow our children to be gunned down in school…
Our White House should be hands-off to this president. He should not be ALLOWED to add a ballroom without taxpayer approval.
This is absolute truth. Add in I've read the Book of Mormon & done a little bit of Jehovah Witness readings. I'm not being arrogant when I tell Bible thumpers that I probably know their book BETTER than them..I'm WARNING THEM to not TEST ME🤷♀️
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If Missouri Republicans mid-cycle redistrict and break the law, they will be sued. That is a promise and I don't bluff. Just ask Texas. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Still not a Drag Queen! youtu.be/Grmhvja6BQo?...
What in the ever loving fuck is going on here
I've been told this means you should not be eligible for any public positions
Irredeemable behavior. 😡
Imagine being this hateful. Florida should spend more money on its education system and less on trying to marginalize those who are marginalized.
Russian Telegram channels report a large fire at Balashikha,Moscow It is reported that warehouses belonging to the Balashikha Experimental Chemical Plant&the TDK company,which distributes household chemicals,have caught fire. According to eyewitnesses,the flames have spread to nearby structures.
At least SOME countries recognize the value of NATURE and all its offerings.
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them. States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
WELKER: Do you have 100% confidence in Secretary Kennedy? LANKFORD: I believe he's who the president picked. He's challenging some of the assumption - what is it about autism? He seems to be following the science WELKER: The science has debunked links between autism & vaccines for more than 20 yrs