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I am so proud at the folks in my little town who came out to stand up to Fascism! This is a tribute to the folks in California who did this, wearing black outfits, covering their faces. It was an honor to film this for my community. If you look carefully you'll see my mom waving.
This seems importantā¦ šØ Trump is set to make a televised announcement from the Oval Office on September 2, 2025, at 2 PM ET.
True Statement! Anyone else? #Pinks #ProudBlue
šØLetās hear it for Columbus, Ohio! šØ
What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
Nine former CDC directors basically said RFK Jr is a threat to public health.
Little men do little things to make themselves seem important, the rest of the world see them as impotent.
Stephen Miller is REALLY bad at pretending to be Trump. Like this doesnāt even almost sound like a Trump tweet
This is what a fascist authoritarian regime looks like. š³š
Not only is no one coming to America to vacation, Trump has driven China, India, and Russia into each others arms. People in other democratic countries are recognizing America as a fascist authoritarian shithole, resembling 1930s Nazi Germany ā and what's scary is, they're right.
An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. - Sun Tzu
š¢ š¢ TEN-HUT National Guard, ICE, U.S. military and law enforcementā¼ļø NEVER FORGET: From Adolf Hitler to "America's Hitler" (according to JD Vance), history is NOT on the side of anyone who gives--OR follows--orders to commit atrocities against their own people.
On our lawn today. RFK jr must go! #bluelawnsigns #blueboards @cdelawalla.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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If you enjoyā¦ Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays ā¦ then youāre part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Statement from Trump about his good friend Rudy Giuliani who was injured in a serious car crash on Saturday:
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
We Ran the #C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every Americanās Health www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Pope Leo XIV prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small."
We Ran the CDC: RFKJr Is Endangering Every American. 9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nationās public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced."
This is a lie on an absolutely colossal scale - the figures show that tariff revenue has increased by $20 billion/month - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... would take over 30 years to reach $8 trillion at this rate
The White House posts that the US has now taken in $8 Trillion in tariff revenue so far. Preposterous insane lies on an hourly basis.
Russia tries to take down the plane of the EU president. A suspected Russian interference attack targeting Ursula von der Leyen disabled GPS navigation services at a Bulgarian airport and forced the European Commission presidentās plane to land using paper maps. www.ft.com/content/3c33...
Russia doesn't seem to know any other stance than one of aggressor.
Anna has had excellent coverage of this developing case in which the Trump administration tried to use the holiday weekend to secretly and illegally deport children.
California stepping up.
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Streetās 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.
Fatality.
Your state can do this too so that everyone who wants a COVID vax can have one. www.koat.com/article/stat...
NEW -- Exactly 10 days after taking the oath early this year, Donald Trump nearly drowned dozens, potentially hundreds, of his own citizens in Californiaās Central Valley. Why? Because he is one of the most ignorant people you will ever meet. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his familyās lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.
More dire consequences of idiots working in the Trump administration.
RFK Jr must be fired. Heās too deranged and full of himself to leave voluntarily. So itās vital to convince Trump that keeping Kennedy around drains his own political power and thus his personal wealth by so visibly endangering the health of everyone in the U.S. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"No one in the administration ā the president or anybody under him ā has called anyone in my administration or me ā have not called the city of Chicago or anyone else. So it's clear that, in secret, they're are planning this ā well, it's an invasion with US troops." Gov. JB Pritzker
Make no mistake, everything thatās happening in the United States is being significantly enabled by the right wing oligarch capture of media. Every other country needs to do everything possible to keep that from happening where they are. Including protecting the CBC from Poilievre here in Canada.
In most Ag communities, cancer and other illnesses are through the roof, you can't drink your tap water, and in the worst cases, you can't even use your own showers/bathtubs. The...(checks notes)...the EPA Administration wants to make it worse. www.brownfieldagnews.com/news/epa-eye...
Even Mike Pence is acutely aware that tariffs are a tax on the American people. Itās good to hear him telling the truth about what MAGA refuses to admit! #USDemocracy #Pinks youtube.com/shorts/NBDfj...
Sweden treats their citizens with empathy, care, and dignity. I wish I could say the same for the US.
Jamie Oliver brilliantly debunks the lies and ridiculous statements that RFK JR. has stated on multiple occasions. Experts are saying that RFK JRās statements could very well be related to the worm in his brain. He is extremely dangerous and unfit! #USDemocracy #Pinks youtube.com/shorts/JPzXG...
NEWS: Trump and House Republicans' budget cuts seek to eliminate the HOME affordable housing program thatās 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.
They want to eliminate affordable housing while simultaneously criminalizing homelessness. Incredibly cruel & evil.
This is the one policy of hers that stuck with me so much It would have helped so many people
I wish more people would listen/read/understand how Nazis came to power and the similarities we are living through today.š
In this country, the vast majority live precariously never knowing when we or a family member will need a care giver or how in the world we could ever do it ourselves or pay for it. It's an absolutely cavernous hole in our healthcare system.
2-3+ times a week I clean bodily fluid *disasters* for my disabled sonāthe type most parents experience once or twice EVER & then tell the story to embarrass grown kids. Iām sitting here filing the nail I broke scrubbing w/nostrils burning from Lysol thinking about she wanted to help caregivers.
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It is in German news the last days, the he is planning the invasion. And we are expecting it, because this is part of his plan. To bring military in all the cities, to normalize it and dismantle democracy in all aspects.
Germans know Nazis when they see/hear them.
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."
Tech billionaires know that climate change is real, income inequality is horrific, and war is worsening. They want to accelerate itāto bring us to the brink of collapseāin hopes of ruling the ashes. Their ignorance is blinding. They think weāll turn on each other. The truth: weāll turn on them.
My reporting uncovered the existence of DoJ training videos instructing FBI personnel on how to flag Trumpās name in the Epstein files. Iām suing to get the videos under FOIA. substack.com/@muellershew...
One of the most important and urgent pieces I have written! contrarian.substack.com/p/our-guardr...
ā¼ļø"We need to think about a general strike, which might underscore to the press and the uninvolved public that this is not normal and that the dangers to every element of our civil society, governing system, and fundamental decency are palpable."
His nephew, Fred Trump III, has a son with a genetic disorder. Fred Trump III Defends Disabled Son William After Uncle Donald's Alleged Comments share.google/7xl0IeiCvxUL...
This isnāt politics. Itās not left or right. Itās not conservative or liberal. Cutting funding to treat children with brain cancer is hate and greed.
News in this piece: 1) JB Pritzker's health officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines in bulk to distribute to constituents 2) Mass Gov Maura Healey is leading a coalition of mostly blue states that could coordinate purchasing of pediatric vaccines Read all about this here:
While you are looking at Trump, the oligarchs are seeding themselves deeper into the fabric of society, your government, and your resources. Your media is captured, your institutions are captured, your politicians are captured, and your algorithms are captured. A full system reboot is needed. #3E
Damn shame but predictable when a lying, cheating uncouth man (DJT) is in the WH.
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, itās not criminals theyāre targeting. www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
Kristi Noem: "I do know that LA wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't taken action."
Tell lies, more lies, more outrageous lies.
This āexplicitā is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. Itās not ambiguous.
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
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"Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records."
Truth,
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Once again, Border Patrol tells the press this was a targeted kidnapping, yet they took a man who is legally here & in the immigration process. This shows that it was not a targeted investigation as they claimed. Press must stop printing lies. apnews.com/article/immi...
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children ā perhaps within a matter of hours ā granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Trump is doing whatever he can to rig the next presidential elections so he stays in power longer than the constitution allows. Heās breaking every law in the country and having his Supreme Court fix it.
This is the type of person Trump pardoned. He proudly asserts that they should have injured a US Capitol Police Officer worse than they did on January 6th (@sergeantaqgo.bsky.social) had to medically retire). But MAGA supports law enforcement? Seriously? Then show me by condemning this guy.
Iām serious. This REALLY infuriates me. @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com @cnn.com Do your job. You failed to lift this up in 2024. If farmers are hurting, explain why and who is to blame. And remind Americans that we paid BILLIONS for Trumpās first tariff blunder. Itās so irresponsible to ignore this.
Sen. Ron Johnson: Stock Trading Ban Would Make It āUnattractiveā to Be in Congress Johnson is one of the richest members of Congress, with a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. The bill was introduced by Sen. Tammy Baldwin truthout.org/article... #wiunion #wipolitics
Imagine being this hateful. Florida should spend more money on its education system and less on trying to marginalize those who are marginalized.
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
Itās not just that Congress allowed the CDC crisis. Key lawmakers, on your payroll, allowed it despite statements showing they believe RFKās views on vaccines are wrong. RFK can say he is doing what he believes; the lawmakers canāt. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...
ā”ļø"If *they never asserted their independence, it would be hard to see why they exist, and why we pay them." *Republicans. *Republicans. *Republicans.
This here - is not a conspiracy, will not go viral, but it is real. She was 2. She was killed by Russia.
The brutal killing of innocents. It's what Russia is known for.
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends weāve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
šÆ "Not Trump cleaning up crisis or disorder but Trump creating crisis and disorder so he can build what he has wanted to build: an authoritarian state, a military or a paramilitary that answers only to him ā that puts him in total control."
ā.. The Oval Office photos donāt resolve those questions. They raise them. And until the press decides to treat Trumpās health the way it treated Bidenās, makeup and memos will remain the White Houseās firstāand lastāline of defense.ā @passantino.bsky.social www.status.news/p/trump-heal...
She speaks the truth.
This part. Everyone should be taking notes from @ivehaditpodcast.bsky.socialās @mizzwelch.bsky.social
Making up new meanings for words is the One Weird Trick that works at scale. Immigrant means enemy soldier, so war powers apply. Non-emergencies are emergencies. NASA is an intel agency. Etc. It helps that ājust make up new meanings that say you canā is how this Supreme Court defines textualism.
Not only is our new acting director of the CDC NOT a scientist, but he also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valleyās techno-utopia movement. One epidemiologist compared Jim OāNeillās appointment to āmaking Elon Musk head of the FAA.ā
DOGE wasnāt a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
Team Trump is purposefully raising your electricity prices, hoping youāll be mad at your electric utility and not blame them. The benefit to them is extra dollars for their greedy fossil fuel donors. Hereās how it works.š§µ
āā¦I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.ā My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
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