Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify

It's outrageous that Spotify is running ICE ads. I'm moving to another streaming platform that doesn't profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/0tYdsS8l

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.

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"You must be able and prepared to give until you cannot give any more. We must use our time and our space on this little planet that we call Earth to make a lasting contribution, to leave it a little better than we found it, and now that need is greater than ever before.” Congressman John Lewis

If not us, then who? If not now, then when? As relevant now as first spoken by John Lewis.

Speaking freely is a right, it matters deeply to us. When pundits & politicians vilify folks who stand up for their beliefs, I ask "Why?" Is it about safety...or control? It's not about patriotism. Democracy can’t be defended by silence. Speak up #TruthBrigade truthbrigade.indivisible.org/s/WcMMDBth

The administration thinks it will replace the immigrant workforce with Medicaid recipients. Sorry, that won't fly. Of the 34 million "able bodied" on Medicaid, 92% already work or meet the new Medicaid work requirements through care giving, school, or other means. Oops - think again!

Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."

Frum: What a tariff is, is the equivalent of hitting yourself in the head. And he’s saying to the world: “We will not stop hitting ourselves in the head unless you all agree to hit yourselves in the head.”

"If free speech doesn’t apply to noncitizens, then free speech rights are eroded for all people in the U.S....if the only way that you have the right to speak freely is if you show your passport, you really no longer have the right to speak freely in this country" David Bier

Federal budget bill would boost logging — but cut funds to Oregon timber counties The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that typically receive a portion of timber sales.

Republicans - always looking out for rural America.

In the Republican reconciliation bill, ICE gets $45 billion - a 365% increase. It's more money than the combined budget for all 50 state prison systems. It's more than the administration's cuts to NIH, CDC, and cancer research combined. The priority is clear - they're building a police state.

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Tax cuts in the Big, Beautiful Bill for billionaires are permanent. No tax on tips and overtime expire in 2028.

If you know someone who lives in Alaska (Senator Murkowski), Wisconsin (Senator Johnson), or Maine (Senator Collins), please ask them to tell their Senator to vote NO on the reconciliation bill (One big, beautiful bill Act) Capitol switchboard (202-224-3121).

The $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid in the Big, Beautiful Bill go into effect after the 2026 mid-term elections. Republicans hope we won't notice before voting.

Roadless Rule Recision Buys Off Murkowski With Taxpayer-Funded Lumber Giveaway To China But all it will achieve is to further break the forest service

The good news is, the bad news is...the administration's goal of defunding the USFS may thwart their efforts to harvest timber and build roads in areas protected by the roadless rule.

Deportations to Add Almost $1 Trillion in Costs to the “Big Beautiful Bill” Properly considered, the actual cost of H.R. 1’s immigration enforcement spending is nearly $1 trillion more than the CBO estimates. When seen in the context of the overall costs of the bill, mass dep...

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"And remember, you can't cut taxes — you can't extend the tax cuts for the wealthy. The math just doesn't work." Steve Bannon

Meet Elon Musk’s Puppet Master: Russell Vought The person poised to take over DOGE from Trump’s pet billionaire is the guy who’s actually been running it all along.

Elon may be gone, but DOGE carries on under Russell Vought, OMB Director and Project 2025 architect.

✨ Great response by Amy McGrath. Thank you for not pulling any punches and always supporting your fellow vets.

The Outrage That Is Ed Martin When I was going through the selection process for a U.S.

Call your Senator to demand a NO vote on the supremely unqualified Ed Martin as DC US Attorney. This is critical if your Senator is on the Judiciary Committee. (202) 224-3121

Hope you bring it to a vote again in the near future. Empty store shelves may increase the chances of your Republican colleagues coming to their senses.

Billionaires Buying Elections: They’ve Come to Collect - Americans For Tax Fairness KEY FINDINGS Just 100 billionaire families poured a record-breaking $2.6 billion into federal elections in 2024, one of every six dollars spent altogether by all candidates, parties and committees.  T...

Musk’s 2024 campaign contributions were four times more than what he paid in annual federal income taxes between 2013 and 2018. Americans for Tax Fairness americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires...