Beth

Today the Treasury posted the February 2025 state of the deficit. The problem is that we don’t collect enough revenue from Corporations or the very wealthy.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

An answer to the question circulating this week about whether to use US flags at protests

What do they think happens to civil rights lawyers & activists? It just amazes me.

Coolers Are Banned Near This Year’s Super Bowl. Guns? They’re OK New Orleans is one of many cities hamstrung by state legislatures hostile to gun regulation. Local police and officials have tried to find workarounds.

“The job of law enforcement has never been harder.”

As fans pour into New Orleans for the Super Bowl, city officials have tried to find workarounds to a state law that lets adults carry a gun without a permit or training. The law means police can’t check to see if people are legally armed.

I love how the same idiot trumpers who literally blamed egg prices on Biden, and bragged that trump was going to magically bring them down, are all backtracking and saying he CAN'T do anything about egg prices.

And eggs are just the beginning.

YOU voted for this bullshit.

The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

Mariann Speaks Calmly to the Leopards When empathy can sound very loud.

"They were surprised that someone—anyone—in this town had the guts to confidently say to Trump’s face what needed to be said in a moment for our country that is awash with trembling in the face of shameless fascism and unbridled bigotry."

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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.

Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

NEW: We just released our 2025 Gun Law Rankings and the data is clear—fewer people are killed with guns in states with stronger gun laws. In fact, states with the weakest gun safety laws have a gun violence rate 2.5 times higher than states with the strongest laws.

Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers

NEW: “A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US.”

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I’m curious how much federal funding he thinks the ACLU receives (it’s none).

Arkansas defunded public schools to send homeschoolers voucher money for horse riding lessons…

It was never about creating better situations for kids. It was always a scam to line the pockets of vendors and a way to give rich folks a coupon for rich folks activities.

Guns in America are killing our kids. Full stop. @momsdemand.bsky.social

Yes! Stop putting joy in arbitrary, regulated boxes.