A childhood picture of Pam Bondi.

Kamala Harris warned us that Trump would turn the military against civilians. She warned us that he would pursue Project 2025. The media mocked her, but she was dead right about both.

They may understand better than we do what it takes to get re-elected in their home districts.

An excellent meal in any neighborhood of any country. I make meatloaf and greens regularly.

Charlize said what we were all thinking—just with better lighting.

In 2024 the Dems gained a seat in the House, and lost senate seats in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio largely because of economic issues, because people foolishly believed Trump when he said he’d bring down the price of groceries and gas.

We lost last time because we didn’t have primaries.

It’s electable in New York and here in Los Angeles, but we need to win the country. Democrats in other places need to appeal to their own voters, and national candidates will have to be in the center to win.

It is a metaphysical certainty that whatever Iran does to respond to Trump’s bombings will be Biden’s fault.

Fair point, but we don’t want to be them. We need to be better than them.

Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.

We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.

Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

Next time we need help from the local population in a war zone, we won’t be able to get it, and it will be our fault.

DHS terminates temporary protected status program for Afghans The move follows the Trump administration’s decision last month to not renew such protections for Afghans residing in the U.S.

Unconscionable.
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Supreme Court seems to back letting parents opt kids out of LGBTQ stories The lawsuit over story time with titles like “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” and “Love, Violet” is one of three major religious-rights cases on the Supreme Court docket.

Breaking news: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to side with a group of religious parents seeking to pull their children from public school lessons with LGBTQ+-themed books — a significant expansion of the long-standing practice of allowing opt-outs for reproductive health classes.

Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

When a gorilla knocks a chessboard off of the table, that’s not three dimensional chess no matter how much you like the gorilla.

I still can’t figure out when “we can deport you” turned into “we can put you in a hell hole prison in a third country, indefinitely, with no legal recourse.”

They told me if I voted for Kamala the market would crash, and then we’d probably have a recession. They were right.

Marines learn on Day 1 to never wear their cover inside and damn sure never to eat with it on. Maybe Corporal Correspondent went to a different boot camp than I did.

Moment of clarity today in the Senate where Republicans sided with big banks & against customers. Higher fees, lower transparency.

Now it goes to the House - so call your Member of Congress to ask how they’ll vote!

The fact that the Department of Justice has not, and will never, launch an investigation into this massive national security breach tells you all you need to know about this lawless and profoundly corrupt Administration.

Well, they lied. Obviously.

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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But hey. They’re not racists.

The only fair way to handle this is to appoint a team of teenagers to tear this company limb from limb until we find out what kind of financial damage they are hiding and where

Unless you wear a red hat.

August 4, 2024