Michael Boulware Moore

Charles Sumner Was More Than Just a Guy Who Got Caned on the Senate Floor

Early in his career, Charles Sumner (1811-1874) told a crowd there were three things to look for in a politician: “The first is backbone, the second is backbone and the third is backbone.”
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Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.

One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.

They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

Facts.

This is the first thread that I've seen here that seems wholly indistinguishable from X. 🙄

Smithsonian begins removing exhibits, artifacts from African American History Museum WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Some artifacts and exhibits are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. It comes a month after President Trump’s execu…

This is an abomination.

"It comes a month after President Trump’s executive order to remove what he calls “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums."

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As a reminder, when Trump says he is putting massive tariffs on China, or any nation, that means he is putting a massive tax on YOU.

China doesn't pay a single penny.

You, the consumer, do.

7 months ago.

Bring back Bidenomics.

Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow

How ironic that the most divisive President in history is so incredibly fixated on the notion that the truth of our country's history might be interpreted by some as divisive.

One man throwing the country into a depression because he had his feelings hurt by jokes from the black president.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

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If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it.

Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

I'm really incredible proud, and in awe of, Senator Booker!

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

Here's the direct feed from YT:

Cory Booker "filibuster" live: Senate floor speech passes 14 hours The Democrat, 55, who has been attacking cuts under the Trump administration, vowed to keep going "as long as I am physically able."

Proud of the Senator! We have to resist. In all the ways that we can.

A physician friend just told me that a company in SC is hiring doctors at $400,000/year to work with insurance companies to try to figure out how to deny service to their patients.

If this isn't a compelling rationale for single-payer, Medicare for All, I don't know what is.

And Mama! 🤔

NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.

🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.

Tiger Woods confirms relationship with Vanessa Trump The veteran golfer announces he is dating Vanessa Trump, who used to be married to Donald Trump Jr.

Tiger 'bout to get dragged. #blacksky

If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.

I think VP Harris is in that mix, but I agree!

I wish our white allies were more vocal about these assaults. Without a broader pushback, all of this insanity is simply becoming normalized.

MAWA

This is among the most brilliant things I've read about our current political situation.

Indeed.

A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore

I was thinking less about the party and more about the country. There have to be some rational voices in the mix somewhere.