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writer / editor / Salty Quill runner / cat attendant / fly saver

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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

06.11.2025 18:10 πŸ‘ 43267 πŸ” 12399 πŸ’¬ 4605 πŸ“Œ 2875
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Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

02.10.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 43982 πŸ” 9949 πŸ’¬ 1013 πŸ“Œ 498

ICE will be the vehicle, the gestapo empowered by the President, to enforce his will, first among vulnerable undocumented people, then among legal immigrants, then among political rivals, then among citizens who speak out against the Trump grift.

05.07.2025 15:30 πŸ‘ 1430 πŸ” 406 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 23
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Senator Chris Van Hollen Heads to El Salvador to Check on Deported Immigrant Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, said he had not yet been allowed to see Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran immigrant who was mistakenly deported by the Trump administration and imprisone...

There you have it. The reason Kilmar Garcia wont come back to the US is because Trump is paying the Salvadoran President to keep him there.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

17.04.2025 01:24 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

despicable

17.04.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨ALERT : The SAVE Act is a THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

πŸ“ŒIt will limit access to the polls.

πŸ“ŒIt will gut the National Voter Registration Act.

πŸ“ŒIt will lead to voter purges.

STOP THIS BILL‼️

#HandsOffHerVote

07.04.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 1216 πŸ” 607 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 31

We often look back on the seminal moments in our history and wonder "What would I have done?"

This is our moment. This is our time.

We must stand up. We must speak out. We must do everything we can to stop a President who has every intention of destroying our democracy.

08.04.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 32824 πŸ” 7822 πŸ’¬ 2690 πŸ“Œ 638

Trump is now directing federal law enforcement officials to seek sanctions against attorneys or law firms that challenge his actions in court.

The admin currently faces more than 130 lawsuits.

The move is the latest action that aims to punish judges and lawyers taking positions against Trump.

23.03.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 1252 πŸ” 445 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 48
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Walz: "It's so obscene that he would put a mock classroom -- we all know he's never been in one. He wouldn't last for a minute. He's surrounded by people who know nothing about education. They want to make this about bureaucracy and cutting. This is about children."

21.03.2025 01:57 πŸ‘ 24898 πŸ” 5655 πŸ’¬ 372 πŸ“Œ 179
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β€˜Musk is killing veterans’: Mass Rep. Moulton tells packed town hall "There are veterans who will die on waiting lists again because of what Musk is doing," U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-6th District, told constituents at a town hall on Saturday.

Yes. Musk and Doug Collins are going to kill veterans. They know it too. www.masslive.com/politics/202...

17.03.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 1061 πŸ” 375 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 10
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HHS review of a vaccine contract sparks worries about preparedness for a potential bird flu pandemic HHS is re-evaluating a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to develop and test vaccines against flu viruses that could prompt pandemics.

The rapid production capacity of mRNA vaccines will be key if #H5N1 #birdflu triggers a pandemic. But a review of a #BARDA contract to test & license an H5 vaccine so FDA could accelerate approval in a pandemic is raising about whether this option will be available. www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/h...

03.03.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 739 πŸ” 265 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 15
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So there's this flu strain called H5N1.......I swear, this country is being led by the dvmbest people they could find.

06.03.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
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Support our campaign to oppose MAGA extremism

Project 2025 wants to make Trump a sole dictator, eliminating the independence of the entire executive branch, DOJ, FCC, Federal Trade Commission, etc., using the military to attack & repress us. Stand up against authoritarianism. http://dlvr.it/TJLhsd #Project2025

05.03.2025 19:40 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for tolerating this vitriolic tripe. I am so proud of you and the City of Boston.

05.03.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

I used to clean floors and bathrooms for a living, for years. No insurance, trying to make ends meet.

I know what it’s like to work hard and feel like I'm falling behind. I’ve stood in grocery aisles doing the math, hoping I had enough to cover the cart.
newrepublic.com/article/1920...

05.03.2025 01:01 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 10
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πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ I’m 80 years old. I decided to call #SocialSecurity

β€œIf you are calling about a disability application due to staffing reductions, our average processing time for disability applications is 200 to 230 days.

The estimated hold time is greater than 120 minutes”

05.03.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 8860 πŸ” 4095 πŸ’¬ 446 πŸ“Œ 344

Trump: "We brought back free speech in America. Free speech."

This is a flagrant lie. Today he told universities they would be punished if they allowed protests of or criticisms of Israel, a clear violation of the First Amendment.

05.03.2025 03:16 πŸ‘ 2506 πŸ” 491 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 15

38,000 workers didn’t die building the Panama Canal, and the 5,000 who did die were almost all Afro-Caribbean workers who toiled in segregated conditions under white American supervisors.

05.03.2025 03:41 πŸ‘ 4472 πŸ” 909 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 15

We know. He is our own living nightmare and so are the 50% of racist idiots who elected him.

05.03.2025 03:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What I’d rather do than listen to one more word out of that turd’s mouth

05.03.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok America
Now This

What Will the NAZIS GESTAPO UNIFORMS LOOK LIKE to come take your CHILDREN Away

Throw That FIRST AMENDMENT IN THE TRASH

HE SERIOUSLY PUT THIS POST OUT

But January 6th that was just tourists

04.03.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 785 πŸ” 304 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 22

Citizens who say inconvenient things at town halls were called "professional" protesters by a Republicans today.

Citizens who say inconvenient things on college campuses were called "illegal" protesters by a Republican today.

Republicans are adept at making excuses to ignore their constituents.

04.03.2025 22:47 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Not a trigger-type person but I'd LOVE an app that eradicated all sounds and images of the Nazi and the Dictator, as PTSD doesn't begin to describe my response.

04.03.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 53723 πŸ” 11019 πŸ’¬ 849 πŸ“Œ 303
By Jan Ransom
March 2, 2025, 6:59 p.m. ET
The State Police are investigating the death of a prisoner over the weekend in a facility near the central New York prison where another inmate was fatally beaten by guards in December.
Prison officials said on Saturday that an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Marcy, N.Y., near Utica, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital earlier in the day. Officials did not identify the man and released no additional details about the circumstances surrounding his death, but nine prisoners interviewed by The New York Times on Sunday, seven of whom agreed to have their names used, said the inmate had been brutally beaten by corrections officers.
Their accounts could not be independently confirmed, and Thomas Mailey, a prisons spokesman, said the death was under investigation.

By Jan Ransom March 2, 2025, 6:59 p.m. ET The State Police are investigating the death of a prisoner over the weekend in a facility near the central New York prison where another inmate was fatally beaten by guards in December. Prison officials said on Saturday that an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison in Marcy, N.Y., near Utica, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital earlier in the day. Officials did not identify the man and released no additional details about the circumstances surrounding his death, but nine prisoners interviewed by The New York Times on Sunday, seven of whom agreed to have their names used, said the inmate had been brutally beaten by corrections officers. Their accounts could not be independently confirmed, and Thomas Mailey, a prisons spokesman, said the death was under investigation.

This extraordinary, penetrating NYT reporting on a brutal pattern of crime against prisoners upstate is the sort of work that deserves to be elevated and honored. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/n...

03.03.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 1360 πŸ” 315 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 11

This is unacceptable.

03.03.2025 03:40 πŸ‘ 5496 πŸ” 1778 πŸ’¬ 502 πŸ“Œ 135

can we start talking about secession yet?

02.03.2025 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

28.02.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 8489 πŸ” 4911 πŸ’¬ 895 πŸ“Œ 1606

Our useless VP is given a 1,000 car entourage on a family ski trip--all on the taxpayers dime?

Look into that government waste, Elon!

02.03.2025 02:46 πŸ‘ 4152 πŸ” 915 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 30

We’ll soon have an official State Media aimed at the heartland.

01.03.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3