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I know that none of us should be one bit shocked by this news, but deep disgust and disappointment are taking over.

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In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...

50 days is not any sort of ultimatum.

Bass: We finally have some good news.

We got a great decision from the court—a temporary restraining order.

I think this showed that if we fight back peacefully, if we use the means our democracy provides, and in this instance, the courts—we get a proper decision.

How unethical can one continue to get? Does the hole just have infinite depth?

So before Trump came into office... someone else didn't want them released... or many someones... now they have likely been burned. Who has a copy? And who has the integrity to release it ALL?

#booksky

Release the Epstein files!!!’

It’s a scam. The budget bill is a shell game we will lose.

This has got to be in violation of human rights.

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

GOP-backed cuts to Medicaid, food assistance would hurt their red states, say Democratic governors • Kansas Reflector The Democratic governors of two red states — Kentucky and Kansas — urged Republicans in Congress to scrap their massive budget bill, warning it would take health care and food away from needy American...

GOP-backed cuts to Medicaid, food assistance would hurt their red states, say Democratic governors | via @jamielucke.bsky.social #ksleg

Scanlon: They're flat out lying when they say they're just kicking undocumented immigrants off Medicaid because those folks were never eligible for Medicaid in the first place. The truth is Republicans know that kicking millions of Americans off of health insurance is unpopular.

Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance

Boyle: For every American household that makes under $55,000 a year, they will be poorer as a result of this bill. So it's quite clear under this Republican betrayal— the poor get poorer, the rich get richer, and the middle class falling further behind. This is wrong.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran needs to hold a Kansas town hall and stand up for Medicaid. Not later. Today. • Kansas Reflector It’s all come down to this. The U.S. Senate will vote soon on a gargantuan tax and spending package that will rip health care coverage from thousands of Kansans and put our rural hospitals at grave ri...

Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran needs to hold a Kansas town hall and stand up for Medicaid. Not later. Today. #ksleg

Go on a vacation. Your health is important.

I’ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now. I’ve watched as corporations ransacked our system. In 1952, The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich

I’ve been in politics for over a half-century. I’ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.

It won't be easy, but here’s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people. https://youtu.be/sP0pRIBRcDk?si=o8uynfvuoVhcX7p8

Graphic showing breakdown of economic output and jobs supported by BLM-Managed lands. $252.1 Billion in economic output. 949,000 Kobe supported.

Thank you to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for pointing out that we make money on our public lands every single year. Why would we sell them when they are a reliable form of income?

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YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders Trump: Don't Drag the US Into Netanyahu's War with Iran | Sen. Bernie Sanders

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST STAND FIRM.

We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.

Iran Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...

In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

I am not surprised in the least, but cannot fathom how our elected officials think that they are representing the will of the people when the people are not allowed a voice in any of these issues. Our public lands have been protected for so many years and we have obviously taken it for granted.

🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.

Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵

Undocumented immigrants contribute nearly $100 billion in taxes every year.

Meanwhile, the wealthiest 1% dodge $163 billion in taxes annually.

The real drain on America isn’t coming from the border — it’s coming from the boardroom.

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson American Conversations: Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Two of my favorite people, @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @petebuttigieg.bsky.social, making me feel a little more hopeful for the future (for a brief moment, at least). 🤞
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