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Screenshot of a tweet from The Spectator Index on X.com that reads: “JUST IN: Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has started serving his 27-year prison sentence.” Below is a portrait of Jair Bolsonaro standing in front of a blurred background with a Brazilian flag.

Why can’t we have nice things, too?

It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...

An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.

💯. It's not these patriotic citizens' fault they're being used as performative props by a corrupt, mendacious, and deranged president. They deserve our kindness and respect, and now, devastatingly, our deepest concern and sympathy. 😢

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Don’t stop rubbing their noses in the teachings of Christ.

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

Pulte should resign

Ossoff: "It's been extraordinary to see the Speaker of the House reduced to lying in order to cover up sex crimes"

Inslee: If you need more energy, the dumbest thing you can do is disallow access to wind, solar, and advanced batteries—three of the most productive ways of producing new energy. And yet, that’s exactly what he’s done.

I will say it again.

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Joe knows...

"My friends, we need to face the hard truth of this administration." They're trying to "erase history, rather than make it; to erase fairness, equality; to erase justice itself."

We can't pretend it isn't as bad as it is, and I'm 100% unapologetic. How about you?

Proud to have @alsobrooks.senate.gov as our senator!

My parents married young — 21 and 22 — and five years later, they bought a modest home.

The Whole-Home Repairs Act would allow families like mine — and seniors across the country — to make necessary repairs and age in place with dignity.

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Both sides news coverage is killing democracy and there is no place where it is more dangerous that in how legacy media covers the GOP attacks on free and fair elections.

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Man Afraid to Ride Subway Named Head of NASA Trump has tapped Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy as NASA administrator.

A lesson on how to write a headline.

Hope Walz Perfectly Claps Back After Laura Ingraham Rips Her For Supporting Mamdani "Get well soon, Laura" 😭

Tell her, Hope!!

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 called for dismantling the NOAA, which provides warnings of natural disasters, such as the deadly floods in Texas. The irony is that Heritage wanted these cuts because it’s angry that NOAA helps prove the reality of climate change--the thing causing floods.

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

To the “I voted for this” crowd:

You voted for the guy who gutted the National Weather Service. Now we’ve got dead families and missing kids in Texas, because storm warnings didn’t go out in time. And he gutted FEMA so they can’t properly respond to disasters.

That’s what you voted for?

Mike Johnson just said if you are for reducing the deficit, this bill is for you.

The bill adds 3-4 trillion dollars to the deficit.

They just lie.

More than 16 million Americans are at risk of losing their health care because Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act.

Chris Murphy: "The CBO, nonpartisan, says it's gonna kick between 10 and 15 million people off their healthcare. And for what? To be able to afford a new $270,000 tax cut for the richest families in the country ... it's a moral abomination."

Brilliant. 10/10. No notes.

Justices Let Parents Opt Children Out of Classes With L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks

Another ridiculous court ruling (of course authored by Alito). Any Maryland parent that requests this opt-out should simply be asked “where were you on Jan 6th?”
Justices Let Parents Opt Children Out of Classes With L.G.B.T.Q. Storybooks www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

As a UVA alum I’m ashamed to see this turn of events. The tiki-torch nutjobs from 2017 won this round. Glad that my kids chose to go elsewhere.
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

In 2018, we swung a red seat 20 points(!!) to flip it blue by showing up everywhere and listening.

In 2022, I was re-elected – and helped flip the State Senate. Then we governed like we gave a damn.

Now I'm running for United States Senate – because we're not done.

Not even close.