ileen reads banned books💙☮️🕊️

Saying the quiet part out loud as the Authoritarian attempts to control the truth.

#25thAmendmentNOW

Older Chicagoans at high risk of losing SNAP food assistance as new work rules kick in Able-bodied adults 55 to 64 years old must work or volunteer 80 hours a month by May. Last year, fewer than half had enough work hours.

Thanks to Donald Trump, American seniors will go hungry while the rich get tax breaks.

It’s clear where his priorities lie, and they aren’t with you.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "We were very aware that we would cause a little bit of increased prices on Americans"

Schiff: "We are now giving Russia $140 million a day by releasing them from these sanctions when Russia is providing intelligence to Iran to better attack and kill American troops. It is rewarding Russia and punishing Ukraine."

WELKER: Would you consider voting for more funding for the military during this conflict?

SCHIFF: No. The military has all the funding it needs for this conflict. This $11 billion we've spent just within the first few days -- that's money that could've gone into new hospitals and schools.

This week at Democracy Docket: MAGA melts down over SAVE — and DOJ struggles with the email address field MAGA’s push to ram through the most restrictive voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress is coming to a head.

MAGA’s push to ram through the most restrictive voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress is coming to a head this week.

Trump has gradually ratcheted up the pressure on senators to find a way to get the SAVE America Act to his desk. But it doesn’t look like it’s going to be enough.

Trump talks about more bombing “just for fun” while FCC chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcasters for not depicting the war the way Trump wants (and dares to call that “the public interest”). This insane regime can’t end soon enough.

Even the conservative Wall Street Journal understands the havoc wealth inequality is wreaking on our economy and society.

It’s far past time to unrig the system. https://www.wsj.com/finance/billionaires-low-taxes-are-becoming-a-problem-for-the-economy-27a560ca

it took just over a year to get from "I'll lower costs on day one" to "I'm raising prices and it's good, actually"

The Republican President was unprepared for the war he started with Iran. It’s like déjà vu all over again.

‘Titanic’ statue of Trump and Epstein on the Mall draws praise, scorn The statue, depicting them embracing on a copy of the Titanic bow, is the third placed on the Mall by the artists depicting a connection between Trump and Epstein.

There's a new Trump-Epstein statue on the National Mall.

It's an enormous statue, spray-painted gold, of Trump embracing Epstein in a reenactment of that famous scene from "Titanic."
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120% from 2017 to 2025.

The top 1% now control $55.8 trillion in assets — more than the G.D.P. of the United States and China combined.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

Still wondering if inequality is out of control?

Well things have gotten much much much much stupider

Not great when the only people in the free world who believe and trust Vladimir Putin’s word on critical things despite all evidence to the contrary are currently running the government of the United States.

The Goldfish Doctrine

No. Might does not make right.

Can I just say: As weary as you may feel, do not turn away from the degradation and desecrations, the violations and the violence. This is what the lawless Trump regime hopes--that our fatigue will make it easier for them to consolidate their power.

We are a secular democracy. If you don't like the freedom of religion, you are welcome to move somewhere else.

In America, you can be Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or anything else. It's written into our Constitution. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Get lost with this garbage.

Let’s get one thing straight: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian.

Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

So I’m clear

3 countries, all whose government’s are propped up by religious fervor & impotent rage, are converging on each other with Putin stirring

But the End Times are coming because I’m sharing a bathroom with someone whose mom accidentally named her Steve at birth.

Have I got that right?

If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.

So far the war on Iran has cost $9.4 billion.

That's $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

Thousands of lives lost.

People don't want this. They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

Hang in there!I’m over 70 and a staunch resistor to fascism & useless war for many decades. I’ve faced more depressing abysses than I can count, but also many amazing victories.They want you to get depressed & give up. Be strong! I refuse to believe my grandkids will have fewer rights than me💙☮️

The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime America has blood on its hands.

New in PN: The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime

"American disinterest in the lives of people abroad is a resource politicians use to justify cynical wars. It's hard to see on what moral grounds we claim a right to decide the fate of those about whom we clearly care so little."

That Money Would Come In Handy About Now,Bernie........

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AOC: The Pentagon has not passed an audit, and they are out here trying to kick people with disabilities off of Medicaid. It is corruption that is stealing from the public coffers — and that is the actual waste, fraud, and abuse.