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Large majorities of Americans say gerrymandering is unfair, and should be illegal; d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Ge... today.yougov.com/politics/art...
Where's trump seems to be the question of the week. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Wording is everything.
a truism if I ever read one!
Gerrymandering (by either party) hurts ONE group, CITIZENS. Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their constituents, denying the people their right to choose their representatives. Now both parties are in a gerrymandering battle, WE will be the ultimate losers.
It's also time for medical doctors, researchers and ALL healthcare professionals to walk on DC. We cannot allow HHS to push doctors out due to poor reimbursement, hospitals and clinics to bankruptcy, and deprive citizens access to healthcare.
When our elected representatives in Congress give up their duties to a POTUS, we need to re-think re-electing those men and women. Either they maintain their equal branch, or we find those that will. It is time to insist on bipartisanship, effective candidates to lead.
Congress has the power regulate commerce, so at the very least, trump cannot use Article II to make decisions without Congress. Again, bullshit.
trump cannot even qualify using the international emergency powers law, specifying our economic emergency. Nothing of consequence in trade with foreign nations has changed in a decade or more. It's bullshit he is even allowed. There is NO longer a border emergency per his own words.
I do not want a gerrymandering war between parties. The only losers or us, voters. MO republicans have been taking away our voice for some time now, this may silence it altogether.
You can't make this Sh#@ up: www.propublica.org/article/heat...
😂 Honestly, I had no idea how many Americans live in ignorance.
The letter is awesomely written. Cannot wait for his law suit...hopefully he WILL sue.
MO has some of the most corrupt Republicans in state Congresses. They've overturned majority voters by writing deceptive ballot measures, gerrymandered, now doing both again, negating the votes of over 46% MO voters. Vote them out! abcnews.go.com/Politics/mis...
10 whoppers told (again) by Trump: www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/p...
10 whoppers told (again) by Trump: www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/p...
I think the woman who spoke was mom, and the father is in the chair with the kids. Just guessing.
Wonder if they go home at night and genuinely feel good about arrests like this.
Wonder if they go home at night and genuinely feel good about arrests like this.
This should piss off any military person. Folks like him saved their asses in Afghanistan.
Disgusting, but then, trump pardoned a guy convicted of war crimes by the military.
When did trump decide to move the US toward Socialism?...or possibly Communism? Taking partial ownership of pvt companies (Intel & MP Materials). Charging export fees (barred by the Constitution) on Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices(AMD). What's next, Boeing?
Facts matter. A lie is not misinformation, a misstatement, or falsehood, it is a LIE, a bold-face LIE. When current administration lies, media needs to call it that, not try to paint it as less with kinder words. Keep up the good work MeidasTouch.
I just call Kennedy a crackpot...old-fashioned word, but descriptive. My great Aunt Lou, born in 1896 would have simply called him a shyster!
What, you can't just see kids mitochondrial challenges? How about their auras, can you see those?
Missouri Republicans work hard to DISENFRANCHISE voters. This is one of several voter approved amendments/propositions Republicans have negated. Time to vote Blue!
IMO, it's time for physicians and medical researchers to descend on DC in protest. Fire not just Kennedy but everyone hired or appointed since Jan 21st in HHS.
That said, I would think it bad form to make that statement publicly when so many lost their loved ones.
Thanking God a life was spared is normal for many. What bothers me is political leaders who berate others for saying prayer is NOT enough. We must find root causes to reduce the violence. God gave the ability to reason and solve problems. It was expected, we will do just that.
Kennedy's claim of anti-depressive being a precursor to mass shootings has been proven false...but here we are, the WH playing it up.
Little to NO correlation between anti-depressives and overall mass shootings. In fact, many shooters are NOT considered mentally ill, but are considered right wing extremists.
And $5 million of taxpayer dollars to pay her family who brought a civil suit. It is absolutely disgusting.
You want a reduction in flooding, give water space. www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/s...
Why aren't doctors, nurses, and medical scientists walking on DC in protest? It is time to take action. @medsky.social
The adult in the room ousted from CDC. Susan Monarez, in her approved appointment as Director of CDC was confirmed July 29th. Four top leaders at agencies with CDC resigned after. This does NOT bode well for public health. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/c...
If you think the idea of Big Brother watching is scary, consider the rapid rise of technology. It is not just our data being collected when we are on the Web. It is much, much more: theconversation.com/when-the-gov...
RFK Jr, the buffoon, and his crackpot faux scientists will be the death of us. People who want the vaccine may go without if insurance companies says they won't cover it for those under 65 and healthy: www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/f... wapo.st/45RvyPx
We need gun regulation! Permits, background checks, registration, safety training, safe storage, gun locks, etc. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...
I rarely swear on social media, but F#@K EVERY republican who fights against gun control laws. The shooting today is the ongoing result of their bullshit! Background checks, gun safety, permits, registration, NOW. They can help stem the flow of blood! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XsJ...
Trump's tariffs on India succeed due to their consumption of Russian oil, has the potential of increasing oil to $200 or more a barrel. finance.yahoo.com/news/live/tr...
But...but...Haven't you heard, Trump knows more about magnets than anybody.
Now Deputy AG Bailey, Billy Long (IRS head to Iceland Ambassador), Senators Schmitt/Hawley, WH staff secretary Will Scharf...MO has come a long way in the wrong direction since sending Truman to D.C.
White House staff secretary Will Scharf. Bailey will end up doing something more egregious against the people.
Bailey spent MO AG career seeking media ops and trump's attention. He chose to use state funds to defend 3 state senators of falsely identifying a citizen by name as an undocumented immigrant and shooter at a Chiefs Super Bowl parade in 2024. He's a winner like Billy Long (2 mos as trump IRS head)
It costs taxpayers an estimated $74,000 to train 1 national guard person.
We have an illness in this country called guns, and innocent children are the victims. Minneapolis Catholic school shooting: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
While there is nothing demeaning with the job of picking up litter, there is something terribly wrong with using taxpayer dollars to highly train individuals, then using them on the taxpayer dime to collect litter. This is a huge waste of taxpayer dollars.
Ferguson is clear, professional, and a statesman. Bondi is a trump thug that approaches OUR ELECTED officials with threats and intimidation. This does NOT fly in OUR UNITED States of America. Bondi is a lacky who does NOT have power over our Governors/state legislators. Kudos to Ferguson.
Ferguson is clear, professional, and a statesman. Bondi is a trump thug that approaches OUR ELECTED officials with threats and intimidation. This does NOT fly in OUR UNITED States of America. Bondi is a lacky who does NOT have power over our Governors/state legislators. Kudos to Ferguson.
How many agencies had OUR personal data, companies, and national security data put at risk due to DOGE? My guess, the majority. Little boys just out of high school, nor the poorly vetted, should have been given access,. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Jack Smith's letters reply to trump administration investigation against him: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
He probably hit his hand on the wall while throwing a ketchup bottle. Or, he hit it on the side of the toilet bowl while flushing state documents...just a guess.
Pretty sickening that EVERY cabinet member reporting today starts by praising trump (required?). Workers who were 👄Kiss ass never sat well with me. To me, that means that work cannot stand on its own. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
While the govt winds down data reporting, Mississippi has had its highest infant mortality rate in a decade. www.yahoo.com/news/article... time.com/7312122/miss...
This SCOTUS surely does NOT respect precedent, and cites some pretty weird actions from history to support its rulings.
“When this court issues a decision, it constitutes a precedent that commands respect in lower courts.”-Gorsuch Unless SCOTUS disrespects precedent: Roe v Wade, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (Chevron), Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, Dobbs, etc.
We are the ultimate oversight. If we continue to elect people based solely on political affiliation, ignoring their history, character, qualifications, leadership, bipartisanship, etc...We will continue to allow the wolves to take control.
We've been moving away from a free republic for decades. Congress ceding powers to the exec. branch; majority party creating ways to silence the minority in Congress; Exec branch pushing limits of its power; a SCOTUS moving toward politics and away from defending the Constitution/our laws.
It needs to be done, but what does that mean for voters? Now we have both parties heavily gerrymandering when what we need is for states to BAN it and do be diligent in creating laws that redistrict fairly, with little political interference. We should choose our representatives, not vice versa.
I am thankfully every day trump is POTUS for people like you and within your law firm that DO make a difference. Writing 2 Republican Senators and 1 Republican representative is like spitting into the wind. But, I will not stop, even knowing it is a fruitless endeavor.
Trump's dumbest attorney. She looked like an idiot every time she spoke in court.
Looks more like an alert, not a distraction, that you are at a crosswalk and watch for pedestrians.
We are yet to know the environmental impact of trump's great border wall. He had all studies halted in order to erect it. Migration, water access, may devastate some wild animal populations.
Trump should be shutting down ANY trade with Russia, and sanctioning the hell out of them.
A few days of mass presence of military/FBI on the streets will end crime and homelessness-From the guy who is 'right about everything' and politicians who refuse funding for drug addiction treatment, mental health asst., community involvement projects, parenting education, etc.
A few days of mass presence of military/FBI on the streets will end crime and homelessness-From the guy who is 'right about everything' and politicians who refuse funding for drug addiction treatment, mental health asst., community involvement projects, parenting education, etc.
Politicians choosing their voters. Gerrymandering by race, by political party, by any purposeful biased means, should be BANNED. The people should be choosing our representatives, not the other way around.
Maxwell's lawyer, David Oscar Marcus, sure put out a different take on her. While everyone deserves the right to defend themself, but from what we know, I find it hard that he can portray her as totally innocent: x.com/domarkus/sta...
I am so glad I was too small to see this hate. My father was a racist and a bigot, thank god my mother was not.
Great song. Great musician; Bruce Palmer, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young...etc.
Water/gas utilities up over 8% here in our midwestern state. Meat prices up 13% since Jan. Trump busy playing golf, building a gold-gilded ballroom, hosting FIFA staff, arming National Guard in US cities, selling cologne on his social media site, making $$ for his Org with Middle East countries.
Goebbels speaks.
Text of the 2 day interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and Todd Blanche, Deputy AG can be read here: www.justice.gov/maxwell-inte...
I am equal opportunity to the point of saying "F@#!ing People!"
End PACs completely. ONLY individual donations with set limits to political candidates for federal office. Improve FAIRNESS in how committees approve presidential appointments, how a bill is debated. Work to solve the rampant partisanship problem in Congress
Protect news journalism; enact laws to prevent a POTUS from owning a biz that profits from their actions; the taking of any gift (even via another dept), and secure the retainment of ALL official records...For STARTERS
When democrats hold the power, they need to TAKE BACK/redefine the powers they gave POTUS regarding emergency acts/tariffs; take back control over 'independent agencies'; support Inspector General reports; redefine what a POTUS may NOT do; give museums/universities/private biz freedom of speech; ...
While James Comer and his republican band of merry men and women search hard to accuse other admins of weaponization he is totally oblivious to the weaponization happening now not only the WH, but the DOJ, and DHS. Scary sh#@
State legislators need to ban gerrymandering and put redistricting into the hands of nonpartisan boards. end of Jan talk
We all want less crime, putting military, ARMED military, on our streets is NOT the answer. I do not trust trump NOT to use our military against its own citizens, can you? The political weaponization, quality of new hires into our DOJ, FBI, and DHS is scary enough. www.newser.com/story/373937...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets will be soon be armed. apnews.com/article/wash...
Meat prices up 13% since trump took office. Our electric, water, gas, home, auto, health insurance are all UP, UP, UP since January. Coffee up 100%, groceries have gone UP...the things that matter most are out of control and trump is fixated on gold-a gilded ballroom bigger than the White House.
Noem isn't living rent-free. She's living on us, the taxpayer's dime.
Disgusting.
"When a leader calls history woke, It's about protecting their power. if people don't know the truth, they're easier to control." Those are some serious words from a young girl.
Shared: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
Positives of our nation are at the museum: civil rights, child labor laws; women's right to vote; space exploration, blending of world cultures thru immigration, inventions, medical breakthroughs, etc. What trump is doing is an abomination to this world renowned museum and to the U.S.
I believe positives of our nation are at the museum: civil rights, child labor laws; women's right to vote; space exploration, blending of world cultures thru immigration, inventions, medical breakthroughs, etc. What trump is doing is an abomination to this world renowned museum and to the U.S.
Don't political science majors take history courses? When did history become 'indoctrinating'? Black Africans were brutally removed from their homeland, piled on top of one another on ships, then sold like livestock into slavery. As slaves they had NO rights. Discrimination continues today.
Wow (horrible prank but happy to hear). VILLANOVA campus shooting a "Cruel Hoax" apnews.com/article/vill...
Villanova University in PA puts out active shooter alert on campus www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia...
I worry that once trump, Putin, and Zelensky are in a meeting together that the 1st two will gang up on Z just as trump and JD did at the WH. That is how trump rolls, his alliances and rhetoric change in seconds.
It's been kinda' fun to read the Newsom posts. It's like having another Borowitz report of The Onion. 😂
Trump's statement that "States are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government" and they MUST do what HE tells them, sent me reeling. He knows NOTHING about history or the Founders thrust to preserve state rights. trump is the biggest moron to ever step foot in the oval office.
446 bankruptcies filed in the 1st 7 months of 2025, up +12% from Covid-19 times: www.cryptopolitan.com/us-suffers-4...
Absolutely correct. Gerrymandering by any political party allows politicians to choose their voters instead of us, the voters, choosing our politicians. This has gone on for far too long, and getting worse. The last thing we need is a gerrymandering war between parties. They win, WE LOSE.
I don't give a damn which political party it is, gerrymandering takes away the voice of the people and it needs to end. States need laws that make districting as fair as possible. MO redistricting was 2 yrs ago and Now planning to do a TX run at it again. This is NOT representing the people.
Why hasn't NY done something to remove Adams? The evidence seems pretty clear he is guilty of bribery, fraud, and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. We only get good govt. when we elect honest people with integrity and qualifications.
PSA: For those believing and spreading videos without diligence as to their authenticity, this article is for YOU: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...
Potentially radioactive shrimp recalled at Walmarts in a dozen states www.axios.com/2025/08/19/f...