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Retired teacher. Resister,

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Former Venezuelan detainees speak out about abuse in El Salvador’s mega-prison In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. Now, some of the freed men are speaking out…

In July, a three-country deal released 238 Venezuelan migrants the Trump administration had rounded up and sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.

Some of the freed men are speaking out about the physical and psychological abuse they endured while locked up.

05.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ohio U.S. Senators Husted and Moreno keep putting Trump and billionaires over working Ohio families β€’ Ohio Capital Journal Ohio Republican U.S. Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted both swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution before taking their seats, but their loyalty to the rule of law was quickly supplanted by unyielding…

Commentary: Ohio Republican U.S. Sens Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted both swore to uphold the U.S. Constitution before taking their seats, but their loyalty to the rule of law was quickly supplanted by unyielding loyalty to a twice-impeached convicted felon. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/05/o...

05.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jewish-Led Protest Outside Trump Hotel Demands End to US Support for Gaza Genocide | Common Dreams "The carnage the Israeli government is inflicting on the people of Gaza is unbearable," said IfNotNow. "For our collective sake. For the sake of those suffering. For the sake of each of our souls, we…

"Dozens were arrested outside of the Trump International Hotel in New York City late Monday at a Jewish-led protest demanding an end to U.S. support for Israel's destruction of the Gaza Strip."

"The protest [..] reportedly drew around 2,000 people."
#NewYork #USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

05.08.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Police should reveal ethnicity of suspects, says Yvette Cooper Home Secretary’s comments come in response to claims that authorities have tried to β€˜cover up’ alleged offences by asylum seekers

Preposterous balderdash, aimed at placating feeble and moronic racists.

Are we going to reveal the race of EVERY Rapist scumbag, who's Catholic, white, had a mixed race granny, or is called a name that isn't 'Darren'?

The UK is pandering to thick racists.

05.08.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Only a very silly person now doesn't want Scottish Independence.

There is no longer a rational argument against it.

05.08.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you know?

Glasgow was once Europe's murder capital, so the Scottish Government created a taskforce to treat crime as a symptom of poverty and trauma. They offered jobs and support instead of just punishment.

Murder rates dropped by half.

05.08.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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They should start selling off US Treasury Bonds.

04.08.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 6
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Can we all finally agree this had nothing to do with freeing hostages? Can we finally agree it’s ethnic cleansing? Can we finally agree it’s genocide? Can we finally agree it’s criminal? Can we finally agree it’s a land grab? Can we finally agree it’s an invasion?

Can we finally agree?

Can we?

05.08.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 381    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7
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New York Governor Stands With Quorum-Breaking Texas Democrats, Pledges to Fight GOP β€˜Fire with Fire’ Read more here.

NEW: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stood alongside Texas House Democrats Monday, condemning what she called a β€œlegal insurrection” by Republicans in Texas and beyond β€” vowing that New York would not sit quietly as democracy is dismantled state by state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

04.08.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2522    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 21
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Absolutely correct.

05.08.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3617    πŸ” 1036    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 73
Well, that's a relief -- we were all wrong. LOL
BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell now claims that, every time something illegal was happening at Jeffrey Epstein's parties, Donald Trump was in another room reading the Bible, calling charities to donate money, or holding Melania's hand.

Well, that's a relief -- we were all wrong. LOL BREAKING: Ghislaine Maxwell now claims that, every time something illegal was happening at Jeffrey Epstein's parties, Donald Trump was in another room reading the Bible, calling charities to donate money, or holding Melania's hand.

Good Morning 🌞
#Trump was never around #Epstein when he was being naughty ☠️☠️

#SheShed

05.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3
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250 consecutive days of daily mass protests in Georgia against the fascist Russian takeover of their government.

The people declare no surrender until victory.

(πŸ“Ή@LemonjavaGiga) #3E #GeorgiaProtests

05.08.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1065    πŸ” 288    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 29
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Exactly. Say, "yes and" to love, courage & compassion.

You're allowed to feel despair. We'll be there for you & when your strength returns, you'll be there for us.

They want to divide us. We'll never agree 100% on everything. But we're all looking ahead to a more positive compassionate tomorrow.

05.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BRILLIANT! 🎯

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USA Today: The June 2023 implosion of the Titanic-bound submersible that killed five people was "preventable," fueled by its inadequate design & a "toxic" workplace culture, a newly released Coast Guard report found.

Just like Trump & his administration.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice

05.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
Republicans are all in with Abbott and his goons threatening Dems for refusing to allow gerrymandering in TX. Yet they were okay with republicans in the US House leaving to prevent a vote on the Epstein files. Anything to cover up crimes of DJT and cheat to win.

05.08.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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The New Dark Age The Trump administration has launched an attack on knowledge itself.

They’re trying to destroy universities & scientific research, ban books, fabricate government data, rewrite history & mandate what is or isn’t taught in schools.

It’s how authoritarians work. It’s not about prosperity, advancement & knowledge. It’s about control, ignorance & manipulation.

05.08.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6

This is a man-made famine. Israel is starving Gaza’s civilians and blocking the aid that could save them.

Every day of inaction means more lives lost. The world must demand an end to this blockade and hold Israel accountable for this humanitarian crime.

05.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Governments across Canada are rewriting the rules to fast-track projects and silence public input. Ecojustice is sounding the alarm on Bills 5, 15, and C-5 β€” three power grabs that put nature, democracy, and Indigenous rights at risk. #cdnpoli #Ecojustice

05.08.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Arrest the republicans who fled Washington to avoid releasing the Epstein files!! 

Step up #Democrats

Adam Schiff ~

Arrest the republicans who fled Washington to avoid releasing the Epstein files!! Step up #Democrats Adam Schiff ~

Fight back Democrats!!

I agree with #AdamSchiff

#Pinks
#Proudblue

05.08.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1119    πŸ” 452    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 2

I'll make time read this new book to see the arguments to the contrary, but I have a very hard time having a positive view of someone who, as far as I am aware, set himself up as a dictator (indeed, as self-proclaimed *emperor*) and imposed mass forced labor on the people he'd previously freed.

05.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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fuck yeah! Democrats finally figure it out: we’re in a war for democracy Kathy Hochul: β€œthe gloves are off, and I say β€˜bring it on.’”

here's today's post: "fuck yeah! Democrats finally figure it out: we’re in a war for democracy" β€” the gloves are off, and I say β€˜bring it on.’
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post β€”

05.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 557    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 6
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All respect, awe and gratitude for the glorious Cynthia Erivo❀️ Adam Lambert 🩷 and the entire SUPERB cast of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Pleeeez come to Broadway πŸ™πŸ½

05.08.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Mr. Blumenthal is a Good Man,and
He Understands Chump and
RepubliKKKans.......

05.08.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 717    πŸ” 242    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 7
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FUCK TEXAS REPUBLICANS

THIS IS CRIMINAL WHAT THEY ARE DOUNG.....
ESPECIALLY IN HARRIS COUNTY

05.08.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She right.

05.08.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 425    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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FRIEDMAN: β€œIf the behavior this administration has exhibited in just its first six months continues and is amplified for its full four years, the America you know will be gone. And I don’t know how we will get it back.”

β€˜1984’ is upon us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/o...

05.08.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4266    πŸ” 1672    πŸ’¬ 232    πŸ“Œ 92
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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation β€œThe worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said on Tuesday, in a call to action amid unrelenting conflict, mass displacement and the near-tot...

Just imagine you lived in a country that turned Fascist...
You didn't care about paying for a Genocide....
And you just ignored everything....Now open your eyes and look around
Don't you see it? news.un.org/en/story/202...

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Former Texas Governor Ann Richards would have kicked Trump’s a** for asking for 5 extra Texas seats! We all know what Abbott is doing and it isn’t protecting Texans.
#AnnRichards
#StandWithTexasDems
#TexasResistance

05.08.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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