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Part of a long tradition in which rich folk get to have children and poor people just reproduce more poor people.

If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.

If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

Puppets…

40% of ICE/CBP detainees have their belongings destroyed or (often) stolen by agents. Allegations of mental/physical torture, and sexual abuse of women, girls, and others targeted on the basis of gender have been rampant since ICE's inception in 2003.

DHS's continued existence is untenable.

Survivors of sexual assault are 13 times more likely to attempt suicide than non-victims, and a full 50% of female suicide attempters over the age of 20 are victims of sexual abuse.

Hundreds of US protesters demonstrated outside the Milwaukee courthouse in solidarity with Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested by the Trump regime for standing her ground against ethnic cleansing. #3E (‪ 📹@marcofoster.bsky.social )

Pogo is standing in the swamp collecting littler, and saying “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

Walt Kelly’s Pogo poster for the inaugural #EarthDay on April 22, 1970.

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

If you have to ask

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

Ken Paxton is going to take some classes on how to be more ethical He could use some tips.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has officially announced that he is running for Senate. So here's everything you need to know about him—if you care about reality.

Let's start with the fact that he had to take literal ethics classes after he was indicted for securities fraud. (1/5)

Bluesky post of a quote of the Writers Guild of America East on ending Federal collective bargaining by executive order tagging GSUS

A bluesky post quoted by AFGE local 704. Original post reads Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees - roughly 700,000 union workers This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history and quote reads Get ready to fight. We're not going anywhere.

Bluesky post reading We'd LOVE to see the @aflcio.org and ALL unions and trade federations throw their endorsement and resources behind the @generalstrikeus.bsky.social efforts for historic solidarity.

Y’all ready for this?

Why was Mahmoud Khalil arrested and why is it such a big deal? The Palestinian activist’s arrest has sent shockwaves through US civil society. Here’s what you need to know

From the Daily Dispatch: All Texans who have continued to express opposition to the Trump and Republican regime should follow the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian rights protestor who was "disappeared" on Saturday. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠Story: tinyurl.com/u6jafhfs

British tourist in custody at Tacoma ICE detention center for weeks Rebecca Burke, 28, is detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center “related to the violation of the terms and conditions of her admission,” an agency spokesperson said.

28-year-old Rebecca Burke from England, kidnapped and thrown in a US concentration camp for the last two weeks for trying to vacation in the US.

The United States is an international no go zone. Get it on your travel advisories.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

An 80-year-old veteran, Richard Hobcraft Allan III, chained himself to a sign near the White House to protest Trump and Musk’s cuts to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. #3E #EndAutogenocide #USprotests #veteransmarch #Mar13

Dem Senate traitors

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Fetterman
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King
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Gillibrand
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Cortez Masto

We found the artist-made posters of the Syracuse Cultural Workers to be a simple jumping off point.

The solutions to many of our modern-day problems (and our strike demands) are often not flashy, super futuristic, or new in terms of process. To build community is inherently anti-capitalistic.

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

(above images of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk) The only MINORITY DESTROYING the COUNTRY is BILLIONAIRES.

Is there a way for me to automate calls to representatives? Surely there is some clever programmer out there that can help me out.

Banks, payday lenders, and credit card companies can now scam Americans with zero consequences because there is no longer a functioning agency to hold Wall Street accountable. This is a coup and your Members of Congress need to hear from you: indivisible.org/coup?source=...

OH and apparently we are going to get to vote on a constitutional amendment to REQUIRE all public schools to recite Pledge of Allegiance & "A prayer representative of the Judeo-Christian values upon which the United States was founded."

Schools that do not comply will lose 25% of their funding.

Yahoo Finance headline: “As he targets the CFPB, Elon Musk looks to dismantle his own potential regulator”

Elon Musk is trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau because he wants to steal from the American people.

The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.

NATIONAL PROTEST PRESIDENTS DAY MONDAY FEBRUARY 17 2025 STATE CAPITOL / WHITEHOUSE 11AM

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Call to action: US national protest on Monday February 17 at your State Capitol or White House. Spread far and wide.

End Impunity
End Oligarchy
End Autogenocide

#3E #USprotests #eyesontheoval

#Colorado #Denver #USAprotest #Protest #Protests

They’ll come out of the woodwork and claim they’re antifa agents.

From the Daily Dispatch: Jan 6 rioter Andrew Taake, released after his pardon despite the Houston DA wanting him held on a child sex charge, has been captured in rural Texas after two weeks as a fugitive. Pod: bit.ly/3Z0lr7x ⁠https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/arrest-trump-pardon-insurrection/