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Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...

“I’m not here though because of his speech. I’m here despite his speech,” Booker said of Strom Thurmond. “I’m here because, as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...

Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”

Good news from Colorado: A U.S. District Judge ordered a school district to restore library books they banned by next week, prohibiting the district from further restrictions on access to books that the school board objects to politically.
#UniteAgainstBookBans

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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.

What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

I can’t stop thinking about these two headlines

Senate File 62 would prohibit transgender people from using communal facilities, like restrooms and changing facilities, at Wyoming’s public schools that match their gender identity. 🧵 1/4

“Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him.”

- Ezra Klein

So the world's richest man spends a fortune backing Trump and is given the go-ahead to...

-Run an "efficiency" agency despite having billions in govt contracts

-Replace civil servants with his own cronies

-Gain access to sensitive Treasury payment systems

See the problem?

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They’re seriously trying already…

So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.

A screenshot of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of December 30, 2024, showing a table that ranks the world’s richest people. Elon Musk is listed first with a $442B net worth and a +$213B year-to-date change, followed by Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison.

Not-so-fun fact:

In 2024, the combined salaries of 2M federal employees totaled $213B (avg. $106K each, per OMB).

Coincidentally, Elon Musk’s net worth rose by $213B in 2024 (per Bloomberg).

Helps to put in perspective where the real inefficiencies lie.

Response to an executive order titled "Defending women" involves removing gender pronouns from signatures and removing gender identity from forms (sex is M and F only). How in the blazes does this have ANYTHING to do with defending women? This is about oppression and fear. chcoc.gov/content/init...

If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.

It’s far too soon to ascribe responsibility for the horrific DC plane collision, but it’s not too soon to say that dismantling the safeguards afforded by a functioning federal government put us at significant risk. And it’s irrefutable that, since January 20th, we are all less safe.

The president can veto or support legislation. He can make recommendations to Congress. But he doesn't have the unilateral right to change laws.

Trump has very little respect for the rule of law & our Constitution. He is moving us toward authoritarianism.

We must stop him.

🔊 Joy is resistance 🔊

Remember to breathe, rest, and do what you can to help counteract

The constitution is unconstitutional? The Lemkin Institute putting out a red flag alert for the US. Doomsday Clock getting a second closer to midnight. Book bans, nationwide abortion ban legislation, memorandums for SCOTUS to overturn equal marriage, etc. One week many to go, shock&awe in full force

Libraries are an amazing resource for all kinds of knowledge!

Oh look my Senators voicemail is full and no one will answer. Definitely being there for her constituents 🙄

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Book Bans are real and are happening throughout the states. Books are and always have been political.

Excellent post

It’s a wonderful day to visit your local used bookstore and buy some banned books 🥰

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

Side eyes my bedside table with 6 books I’m in the middle of…

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.

1. Sabotage public institutions.

2. Claim they don’t work efficiently.

3. Eliminate them.

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That’s the playbook.