Jenna Balestrini

Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

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Proof that wokeness has run amok: Nearly 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.
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All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders We put them all in one place.

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People 💙Just saying 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#DemsUnited

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We can do it by having agencies and individuals self report, estimate on a per hour basis the cost to the tax payer.

Not to mention the inevitable medical costs due lack of medicare access, the inevitable impact of food-borne illness not prevented by CDC communication, etc. Can we create a calculator, similar to the covid death calculator, that lets us know in real, understandable terms the waste??

Folks, all of these executive orders have cost the tax payers *so much money*. Clinical trials tanked because they were stopped. Jobs rescinded after $$ spent for a candidate selection. Conference unattended but paid for @aoc.bsky.social can't we create a real-time waste tracker?

You guys need to see this and take it in…

Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

This is the advice I needed right now.

i said a few times here and there before the election that we’ll see what the mass deportation plan looks like when it’s ICE agents dragging grandmothers out of churches and, well, here we are

Even after being threatened by Trump and racially harassed by the MAGA movement, Mexico has sent humanitarian aid and firefighters who are risking their lives to save U.S. civilians and homes during the LA fires.

"We are a country of generosity and solidarity," Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum.

SoCal friends:

Many animal shelters are overwhelmed from people dropping off beloved pets they can't take with them as they flee. Please consider donating and fostering. Pasadena Humane is one such org. Contact your local animal orgs to see if they need help.

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Massachusetts Is Making Communications Free for Incarcerated People The reform would eliminate the exorbitant charges people face to keep in touch with loved ones in jail and prison, removing a heavy financial burden for thousands.

Massachusetts last year made phone calls from prison and jails free.

It also wiped charges for other forms of communication between incarcerated folks & their loved ones.

You can see how hugely important it is for people in this piece. 1/2
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pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....

This is amazing. Dems, take note.
We need this kind of energy

The real-time reporting of South Korea today was far easier to follow along on Bluesky than X. It’s these moments that define these platforms. Bluesky really does have the juice.

Evidence has demonstrated this effect in numerous cities now.

I understand why it sounds weird to say, 'building a bunch of fancy new townhouses and skyscrapers will make housing more affordable!' but it simply appears to be true.

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

"Why don't all of the Republican House members who are afraid to use the restroom just poop in the hallway like their supporters did."

- Paula Poundstone

1 Dead and Dozens Ill in E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots The outbreak, which has sickened nearly 40 people, has been tied to multiple brands of recalled organic carrots sold by Grimmway Farms, officials said.

Who needs the FDA when you can just start seeing rampant outbreaks of e.coli instead? For those who would blame the FDA for this and say, baby formula contamination, do you also blame firefighters for fires?

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Yann LeCun (@yannlecun) on Threads Musk: "we are for unfettered free speech, including freedom to disinform. But purveyors of actual information we don't like will be prosecuted to oblivion."

In the end, they are so poor, all they have is money. Luckily, there are still others who know the difference, even if most will compromise themselves extravagantly. www.threads.net/@yannlecun/p...

Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage Legal letter follows complaints aimed at CBS News, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast.

When I met the secretary of the Navy, I asked him what is the most important thing we citizens could do, and he said “protect the free press”. He had grown up in Cuba, and knew the aftermath of that loss. Here we are facing this threat directly.

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Post by Jamie Selzer: Michelle Obama: “Our food environment isn’t healthy and we should explore some changes” Republicans: “You’re a communist taking our freedom!” RFK Jr: “Literally anything added to food is poison” Republicans: “Agreed! I demand you make all my food choices for me!”

Well, this gets it exactly right, doesn’t it?

What It Means if You’re Wholly Numb Right Now—And How to Cope It’s a normal way of processing a range of big emotions at once, according to experts.

If you, like me, want to understand your emotions or numbness post election on a more biological level then this may help. I always find comfort in that understanding.

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the thing to note about the Elon “Department of Government Efficiency” thing is that the Government Accountability Office already exists and serves this basic function. the problem is that it’s largely serious and nonpartisan. they’re trying to build their own hyper-ideological version of it.

Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers ra...

Bright spot today: apnews.com/article/onio...