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3 Out of 4 California Families With Young Kids Can’t Afford At Least 1 Basic Need | KQED Parents of young children are often the first to feel the affordability crisis, experts say, because they’re in the most expensive phase of life.

Trump’s Golden Age is a lie. A complete lie. The Republicans are why we can’t have nice things in 2025! #Nashville #Vanderbilt #Clarksville #Springfield #Maddow #Velshi #TNPol #Rutgers

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#Nashville #Vanderbilt

YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture Parts of Appalachia went 85% for Tr*mp. He's ruining their lives. (Part 1 of a series)

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‘A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words’: The Internet Reacts to Laura Loomer Getting a Desk at the Pentagon The internet is abuzz over far-right activist Laura Loomer's latest victory lap -- this time over a desk she'll occupy at the Pentagon.

Trump & the Republicans should be working overtime to get us affordable healthcare & housing. We get this irrelevant nonsense instead.
Vote Dem Tomorrow for Change #Nashville!
#Vanderbilt #Clarksville

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The White House has now confirmed the second boat strike on Sept. 2.

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Keep emailing your legislators at all levels. Let them know Republicans enable lawlessness, incompetence & tyranny.

It’s working. We are winning. Trump is weakening. #Maddow #Velshi #Sacramento #Nashville #Vanderbilt #MSNow #BocaRaton #Clarksville

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.”
--Teddy Roosevelt (R)

America doesn’t kill stranded sailors or POW’s.

We don’t do that.

Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’ Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?

#Nashville & #Clarksville, you can PUNISH TRUMP tomorrow at the Polls for this nonsense. STAND UP for AMERICA and VOTE BLUE! #Vanderbilt #Camden #Maddow #Velshi #TNPol #TNHouse #TNSenate #Springfield @tnsenatedems.bsky.social
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Kemi would throw half of Britain's children in workhouses if she had the chance. #Edinburgh

Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar? The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.

If Larry Summers is - rightly - disgraced following the latest Epstein revelations, there's another man who's been talked about less and who deserves disgrace at least as much.

@monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon and Epstein: lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR

The Trump Admin is literally running out of soulless hacks to appoint. This Presidency is on a road to Nowhere. #Maddow

Gold. Absolute Gold. #Sacramento #CaLeg #UCSD #UCLA #Antioch #Encino #Pasadena #SanDiego

Attn #PennState #GeorgiaTech #VirginiaTech #Rutgers #philadelphia #Pittsburgh #Pitt

California’s First 3D-Printed Housing Community Rises in Yuba County A Sacramento developer is using a $1.5 million 3D printer to build fire-resistant, low-waste homes that could reshape how California tackles its housing shortage.

California is filled with interesting affordable housing experiments. Blue States are where the ideas are while Republicans continue to stand with their Orange Tyrant. #Sacramento #CaLeg #UCDavis #SanDiego

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Philly Braces for Massive Housing Losses Under New Federal Rules HUD’s shift from permanent housing to short-term programs could force formerly homeless residents back onto the streets and strain local budgets.

Trump & Republicans continue to plague the 🇺🇸 People…this time in #Philadelphia. Affordable Housing is not a GOP priority anywhere. #Nashville #TNPol #Vanderbilt

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Ribbon cutting ceremony held for newly renovated affordable housing units in Philadelphia There is now an upgraded affordable housing option available in Center City Philadelphia, thanks to the hard work of several organizations.

Superb affordable housing news out of #Philadelphia

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The Cult of iMessage A cross-platform journey to uncover how iMessage came to rule America’s messaging hierarchy.I. The Global Messaging DivideWe live in tribes (again).At least that’s what it feels like. Every domain tha...

In America, iMessage reigns.

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Social Security payments to disabled workers keep families afloat The money is critical when grandparents raise grandkids.

#SocialSecurity = DIGNITY for so many decent Americans In 2025. @petermorley.bsky.social #Florida #Sacramento #Virginia #Jacksonville #Oregon #Seattle #Dover #TNPol #Nashville

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How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.

The Trump Admin has retreated from its proposal to slash #SocialSecurity Disability Benefits & throw millions into undeserved poverty...because advocates FOUGHT BACK HARD.

Resistance✊Works.
#Florida #Virginia #Denver #Sacramento #Nashville #TNPol

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He doesn’t care about you. At all.

Pittsburgh's first affordable housing complex for LGBTQ+ seniors opens Dennis Downey moved this month for the seventh time in his life. But it wasn’t until this go-around that the longtime Pittsburgh resident felt excited...

Excellent Affordable Housing News out of #Pittsburgh. PA Dems are dedicated to tackling the cost of living crisis & continue to present RESULTS. Meanwhile, the PA GOP defends its Orange Madman in DC. #Maddow #Velshi #PennState #PAHouse #PASenate #Philadelphia

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Coffee hasn't been this expensive in decades—see how much prices have risen since 1985 in one chart Grocery-store coffee prices rose 41% in a year, a surge the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.

Groceries continue to soar under Trump & the Republicans. This is a party that has failed us at all levels. #TNPol #Vanderbilt #Nashville #Knoxville #Orlando #Ocala #FloridaState

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Thank you for your advocacy on affordable housing & healthcare

YouTube video by MS NOW ‘Morale has never been lower’: More GOP reps reportedly plot early exits

Republicans in Congress rush the exits as they also face a loss in Tennessee. Trump has failed America & everybody knows it. #TNPol #Vanderbilt #Nashville #Knoxville #TNState #Jacksonville #Maddow #Velshi #Rutgers #Philadelphia #Pittsburgh #Orlando
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Trump’s Vicious Mental Spiral Takes Center Stage on Thanksgiving as He Calls Governor, ‘Seriously Retarded’ President Donald Trump reached another low on Thanksgiving night in a rant against immigrants and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

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What nonsense. Lower prices already and then we'll talk.

Six Things for Democracy Supporters to Be Grateful for this Thanksgiving Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

It’s easy to forget that, amid all the Trump administration’s attacks on democracy this year, there are ample reasons to be grateful — and even hopeful — as we begin to bring 2025 to a close.

Here are six things we’re feeling thankful for this year.
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Americans are hurting. Prices are soaring. Young people cannot find jobs.

This is Trump's economy of disaster.

Our People are Hurting.

Thank You from Scranton for our consistent defense of Popular Government. The Ballot Box is the Property of the American People.