SeldomKate

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as free press effectively takes over cbs news, keep in mind that democratic investments in media have been minimal -- at best -- and the party and its donors continue to light money on fire for dumb campaign bullshit that makes consultants rich but doesnt win elections or change the narrative

Where are the commanding officers of those sailors in the background. How are they letting this happen?

Families across America are starting to get notices from their health care providers that their premiums are going to skyrocket 75%.

This is happening now — not in a few months or a year. Right now.

That’s what this fight is about.

Let’s be clear about why Republicans shut down the government:

To take away your health care in order to pay for billionaire tax cuts.

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

Elizabeth Warren: "The president said 'I am going to impose a lot more pain on my fellow American citizens. I'm going to impose a lot more pain on people in NY who need to use those tunnels so I can get my way politically.' To me, that is a place to stop & say, then we're ready to fight about this"

Trump sent 20 billion to Argentina for a bailout.

China brokered a deal to quit buying American soybeans and buy beans from Argentina.

Trump bailed out the country that swept the knees of American farmers.

The Art of the Deal…

The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money.

Let that sink in

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

Civility from elected representatives this is not.

Rather remarkable that the Trump administration response to a government shutdown is "let's inflict as much pain as possible on as many Americans as possible"

Rep. Sam Liccardo on how long the shutdown will last: "As long as it takes to ensure that when the government reopens it's a government that actually serves Americans are reduces the cost of living."

And children are dying from lack of access to medicine because he spent a weekend “feeding USAID into the woodchipper”

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate.

Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

I'm watching coverage of the gov shutdown. Absent is the recent Supreme Court action allowing the president to rescind budgeted funds. They destroyed the negotiation necessary for this process. How can there be compromise when one side has established that they won't abide by agreements they make?

Neguse: "I would challenge anyone to make sense of the rantings and ravings you just heard from the president. These are not serious people tweeting out offensive videos last night on Truth Social ... I think it's important for all of us to acknowledge what we see with our own eyes"

Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. Convincing colleagues to vote with them is the literal job of politicians - if they can’t do that, they can’t do their jobs. They own this shutdown and all of the consequences.

I hope it's clear to everyone now that Trump really is going for it - he's trying to become a dictator. I don't know if he'll succeed, but he's working to install himself as an autocrat unaccountable to voters. And he's weaponizing the military against Americans who oppose him as part of that effort

Appreciate that, and would also like to see Democrats at work, ready to protect our families from rapidly advancing autocracy.

Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.

would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Pete Hegseth and the Generals The story of self-styled “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth’s meeting for top military leaders has evolved since the earliest leaks last week.

This speech from Hegseth is intolerable. Read the words of his predecessors in advance of Jan 6 for something better. joycevance.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...

One person having the power to upend entire industries and economic sectors on a whim every day that puts companies out of business and workers out of jobs with no legislative input is an autocracy, regardless of whether that person initially acquired power through an election.

🚨Fed PSA🚨

Print off employee docs before the shut down.

CDC’s union (AFGE2883) has put together a RIF guide detailing what docs may be needed if firings occur: www.afge2883ga.org/_files/ugd/9...

More info on joining AFGE👉https://afge2883ga.org

Check furlough status👉 wcps.cdc.gov (intranet only)

🤷🏻‍♀️ Maybe try again in a week or so? I had read somewhere that the Novavax wouldn’t be available until October.

For those who waited to get their Covid shots this Fall 👇🏻

Trump’s moves to tighten power and punish enemies draw comparisons to places where democracy faded President Donald Trump’s consolidation of power and targeting of his political opponents bring back unnerving memories for those who have watched elected leaders undermine democracies elsewhere in the...

Here’s the AP story. Despite my quibbles, I applaud this story, which goes further than most mainstream media in warning people that Trump is becoming a dictator.