Valerie

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

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🇺🇸 530,000

There’s a lesson there.

If you wanted to see the Inside CECOT segment from 60 Minutes, it aired in Canada 🇨🇦 Thank you, Canada, for sharing! 💚

A House panel is holding a hearing on a proposed ban on Congressional stock trading.

This ban is long overdue. Why should members of Congress be able to use privileged information to make money on the stock market, while they’re supposed to be working for you?

Trump is opening an "investigation" because that precludes DOJ from being allowed to release the files.

🔥 @jessicatarlov.bsky.social : “No one can confirm we’ve actually been taking out drug traffickers… the admiral in charge resigned… all these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime… the government’s story is not adding up.”

Donald Trump is the first president in US history to deny food to citizens.

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

Truthful facts 💯💯💯💯🎯🎯🎯🎯

My memory is LONG... while I don't hold grudges, I remember what you did or didn't do... so will the people when we revoke & replace them... every. Single. One.

Do you know what a group of frogs is called?

AN ARMY

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

THIS: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

October 14, 2025 The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.

October 14, 2025

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

Our hero from Portland, Oregon. The city that’s not burning and not boarded up. The city that’s weird and fun and beautiful.

And here we are in Portland pepper spraying protester in face

What We Know About The National Guard Deployment In Portland As Oregon Sues Trump Administration The suit was filed after the Defense Department sent a memo to Oregon state leaders informing them about the deployment of 200 National Guard troops in Portland.

The suit was filed after the Defense Department sent a memo to Oregon state leaders informing them about the deployment of 200 National Guard troops in Portland.

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.

Sound Up 🔊

( ht: @stanrezaee.bsky.social )

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

LOOK ALL AT THE GRAFFITI, SENATOR!!! WE MUST CALL IN THE 101ST AIRBORNE!!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!! #WarRavagedPortland

In 2020, federal troops rampaged through Portland: unmarked cars, tear gas, rubber bullets. I was there. It was hellish.

But we got through it then, and we will again. Portlanders are resilient. Stay peaceful, protect your rights, take care of each other. 💛

Some of us do.

😵‍💫 this is where we are in America 2025

This is amazing.

Dems fail to subpoena major banks in Epstein case Only Republican Rep. Thomas Massie sided with the minority party.

Republicans aren't just covering up Trump's connections to Jeffrey Epstein. They're also covering up for the banks that financed Epstein's child rape operation.

Watch this video.

Then act accordingly.

We do not have to be empathetic towards a person who showed no empathy.

I do have empathy for his kids.

Which is something he never had for anyone else's.

#SheShed