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Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.

They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.

Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.

Watch how they vote this week.

I’m so frustrated by gaps in my medication supply caused by insurance games, and delays caused by waiting for appointments. At least I have insurance?

Trump’s Case for War With Iran Faces Growing Scrutiny U.S. intelligence showed threats from Iran loomed, as they had for years. But they were not imminent.

"U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information ... say the administration’s assertions are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong."

- Wall Street Journal

The glibness. The indifference. The carelessness. The utter lack of planning for a war against a country of 90M. The sickness of a man who acts on whim that will kill thousands not hundreds. The horror of a regime that enables this sickness. The broken body politic that votes in such malignancy.

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Can we have Ghislaine Maxwell trade prisons with Luigi Mangione?

No need to really answer the above question. This is complicated, and I googled. I’ll look forward to hearing about your experience

I’m supposed to start imfliximab for neuropathy from sarcoidosis Did that not help you?

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump can unilaterally withhold $4 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress that his regime deemed “wasteful.”

Meanwhile, he’s happy to bail out his authoritarian pal in Argentina to the tune of $20 billion.

Talk about wasteful.

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MEDIA'S CHARLIE KIRK COVERAGE IS MASTERCLASS IN COWARDICE

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The Mainstream Media’s coverage of Charlie Kirk's death & funeral is a masterclass in burying the lede. Pundits left, right, and center are falling over themselves to "lower the temperature" with a pox-on-both-houses vibe.

Sinclair owns Little Rock’s ABC affiliate, #KATV. I stopped watching when Sinclair bought it. Nothing but Christian Nationalist propaganda and thinly veiled hate spew. They are Trump Cult water boys. #arpx #arnews #Arkansas

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

And here we go again. REMEMBER THE PARAMOUNT- SKYDANCE MANIPULATION AND ULTIMATE MERGER?

Now it’s NEXSTAR, SINCLAIR AND ABC.

SOON, AMERICA, EVERY INSTITUTION WILL BE “OWNED” BY OLIGARCHS AND LOYALISTS.

WERE WATCHING IT HAPPEN.

I ASK AGAIN: IS. THIS. WHAT. WE. WANT. AMERICA?

WE CAN STOP IT.

Charlie Kirk DID say stoning gay people was the 'perfect law' — and these other heinous quotes These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

People like Stephen King are getting caught in Kirk's deceit. He didn't say gays should be stoned. He said Biblical law requiring gays to be stoned was "God's perfect law." He didn't say it explicitly, but implicitly, and everyone understood his meaning, especially that he was being deceitful.

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.

Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.

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

It’s about priorities.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."

Is Peace in Ukraine So Crazy? Maybe Not, But Donald Trump Certainly Is When ordinary people lose their minds, they disappear from view. When powerful men go insane, they can make the entire world crazy.

There was an unprecedented meeting at the White House yesterday. Why? Because America’s allies don’t trust our president anymore. Why? Well the fact he is nuts, loyal to Russia, a liar, and an incompetent surrounded by incompetents has something to do with it. www.thedailybeast.com/is-peace-in-...

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will spend more than $50 billion per year privatizing public schools in America.
 
We should not have a two-tier education system — private schools for the rich & well-connected, severely underfunded public schools for low-income & working class kids.

Who's the top dog? Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships Pooches competed against similarly sized peers for a chance to appear in the finals. Additional heats featured multiple dogs surfing tandem or riding with people.

Pooches competed against similarly sized peers for a chance to appear in the finals. Additional heats featured multiple dogs surfing tandem or riding with people.

I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.

Well done, #SouthPark 👏

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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

The combination of Oligarchy, authoritarianism and Big Tech are an extraordinary threat to democracy and the future of humanity.

We must not allow Musk, Trump, Mohammed bin Salman and other Oligarchs shape the future of our world.

HAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block / X HAPPENING NOW: Republicans are putting health care on the chopping block

It’s 2 am and we’re still marking up massive cuts to Medicaid.

While their constituents are asleep, Republicans are trying to take away health care from 13.7 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

He thinks revenge is leadership and trolling is governance.

Stop the #MadKing