An important opinion piece, because it lays out the facts.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
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Feminist, Wife, Mom & Grandma. Nature & animal lover. Lifelong Democrat, since my teens when I asked a wise friend what's the difference between D's & R's & was told, D's care about everybody while R's only care about themselves. No MAGA or DMs
An important opinion piece, because it lays out the facts.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.
09.12.2025 15:04 β π 6381 π 1484 π¬ 136 π 56For nearly 100 years, independent agencies created by Congress have been critical to the nonpartisan administration of government.
If the Court guts limits on presidential control over these agencies, it wonβt just empower Trump β it will shred a core safeguard of democracy.
You reap what you sow.
ILLINOIS: βresidents can sue federal immigration agents if they believe their civil rights were violated after @GovPritzker enacted a new lawβ¦ restricts immigration enforcement efforts outside of state courthouses and lets plaintiffs sue for damages.β www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
10.12.2025 05:35 β π 1723 π 547 π¬ 29 π 34The Dems are far from perfect, but the vast majority of them seem to have the best interests of their constituents at heart, and they deserve support in an imperfect system. This cannot be said of the scum in the Rep party.
10.12.2025 01:19 β π 8769 π 1353 π¬ 32 π 193She sounds like a kid saying, "I know you are but what am I". She is & always will be a POS.
08.12.2025 03:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Of course itβs a rip off π€£
08.12.2025 00:57 β π 32 π 10 π¬ 6 π 2The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein
08.12.2025 01:22 β π 117 π 30 π¬ 2 π 0Spot on, Mr. Rather. π― π―
07.12.2025 16:21 β π 32838 π 8337 π¬ 650 π 350Alzheimer's drug Legembi:
β’Administered via IV on the hand
β’ Requires regular MRIs
β’ Causes drowsiness
This is where we are now. Families are starving in the wealthiest nation in the world.
Meanwhile the president is intentionally trying to cut off food for hungry people who live in states that did not vote for him.
It's not just immoral β it's un-American.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income β so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Dear Google, please add an "AI Generated Images" tab to your search engine so I can turn it off to weed out the fake reference photos of toads, insects and other amazing critters that inspire me. Thank you. π¨
05.12.2025 00:42 β π 443 π 37 π¬ 9 π 3But of course...
05.12.2025 02:50 β π 2514 π 1191 π¬ 225 π 94Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoliπ
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyyβs plane & itβs barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. Weβve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesnβt even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
05.12.2025 02:04 β π 11937 π 5948 π¬ 311 π 237While Mike Johnson is running around trying to act like heβs not the most incompetent Speaker in US history, weβre pushing hard to extend the ACA tax credits for millions of Americans.
Weβre almost there, and you can help!
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
04.12.2025 15:01 β π 7833 π 3491 π¬ 685 π 325Moon just now.
Thereβs a bushfire about 10km from here, thus the colour.
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Starbucks settles New York City worker scheduling violations. "Fast food employers must give workers regular schedules..., must provide schedules 14 days in advance and cannot reduce hours by more than 15% without βjust cause or a legitimate business reasonβ." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...
03.12.2025 01:20 β π 7518 π 1965 π¬ 140 π 89This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
03.12.2025 13:21 β π 11527 π 6371 π¬ 475 π 341It's not shocking that an organization formed by an asshole and staffed by assholes to try and make more assholes has an asshole problem.
02.12.2025 17:08 β π 6423 π 1520 π¬ 238 π 106Brazilβs former Dictator Bolsonaro will begin serving his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup in his country.
If only Merrick Garland had gotten the job done when we had the chance and sent the orange felon and his insurrectionists to jail where they belong. Scumbag.
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments