Lynne in Victoria

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

Ugh - thank goodness for Senator Warren and Wyden!

Bravo! Took me 5/6 today 🤔

I sounded the alarm about UnitedHealth's attempt to purchase this home health giant years ago.

This is another half-baked merger settlement by the Trump DOJ—this time at the expense of the most vulnerable.

The public deserves to know if this deal is based on political favors.

What to do when you know you'll lose if the voters have their way

Things Trump Has Lied to You About:

His family was originally from Sweden.

Mexico will pay for the wall.

E. Jean Carroll was not his type.

He won the 2020 election.

He was a success in real estate.

He’s lost money being president.

He will not cut Medicaid.

He's not in the Epstein files.

ICE will get access to Medicaid enrollees' personal information The immigration agency will use Medicaid data to identify and locate people it believes are in the country unlawfully.

www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...

Don’t Say Vote: NC GOPers Want to Bar Election Officials From Encouraging Turnout Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

No, this is not a joke. This is real.

North Carolina Republicans have introduced a sweeping elections bill that, among other steps, would bar election officials from encouraging or promoting voter turnout. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/don...

So it's working in one place at least . . .despite Trump suing Murdock, Fox is still toeing the line

Canceled my Paramount subscription for a couple of reasons - their craven caving to Trump and then final straw was canceling of the Colbert Show.

Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor After Police Raid — Bloomberg Brazil’s Supreme Court sent police to raid the home of former President Jair Bolsonaro and to attach a monitor to his ankle just hours after Donald Trump piled pressure on the South American nation to...

Jair Bolsonaro, the corrupt former President of Brazil, is about to stand trial over an alleged coup attempt.

Trump is pressuring Brazil in an effort to protect him, but Brazil’s Supreme Court is standing firm.

They have FAR more integrity than SCOTUS.
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The Trump admin's new talking point on the Big Beautiful Bill: we're going to deport all the farm laborers and make people on Medicaid work in the fields to earn their health insurance.

The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.

Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.

“De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.’s twin-engine firefighter planes are renowned for their manoeuvrability, for expertly skimming along bodies of water to fill up with large volumes to dump on infernos– & do it repeatedly.”
🇨🇦 icons, even if a climate emergency makes them more necessary than ever

#ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong
#BuyCanadian
#DoNotBuyAmerican
#Never51

What to Know About June 14 “No Kings Day” Protests Read more here.

Dubbed “No Kings Day,” the over 2,000 planned demonstrations are set to kick off Saturday morning, June 14. The protests have been organized by hundreds of organizations and grass-roots groups, including the ACLU, Public Citizen, Indivisible and 50501. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.

This is the kind of leadership Leo’s picking.

www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

(link opens warren's very punchy short report in pdf format)

(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

In April, we took to the streets for the biggest day of civic protest in years.

No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.

Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Here's what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been tasked with overhauling the federal agency that manages vast tracts of public lands.

Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec:

"... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands

"...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest"

apnews.com/article/hass...

Word!

Democrats seem at a loss for a punchy message that easily conveys how horrible Trump has been.

How about "So far, Donald Trump has killed 300,000 people, mostly children, just so billionaires can pay less taxes"?

Celebrate the contribution of women to war efforts.

FBI arrests judge in escalation of Trump immigration enforcement effort Federal agents arrested Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on obstruction charges, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Their war against the judiciary…has begun.

www.cnbc.com/2025/04/25/f...

Can't decide . . should I file this under "DUH!" or "We All Told You So!" ?