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We should never forget that it was Barack Obama who made Tom Homan Immigration and Customs Enforcement's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations. Until the Dems learn to stop trying to prove their anti immigrant bonafides to the Republicans, ICE terrorism will continue

Jodi Ernst said cuts to Medicaid, which will kill people, are fine because "we are all going to die." OK. We'll we are all going to not have any money once we all die so we can just go ahead and take all the money and property of the rich. I like this plan.

Real courage is saying we should not deport people, not we should deport people the right way.

Alex Brower FOR COMMON COUNCIL DIST 3 Events Stats Total: 137 Canvasses: 74 Phone Banks: 30 Social Media Boosts: 8 Meet & Greets: 11 Fundraisers: 3 Forums/Debates: 9 Other: 2 Donation Stats Total Raised: $45,434.85 Num Donations: 832 Unique Donors: 665 Median: $20.00 Mode: $5.00 Volunteer & Canvassing Stats Volunteers: 151 Volunteer Shifts: 881 Doors Knocked: 24,129 Dials Made: 39,942 Texts Sent: 58,127 Emails Sent: 275,144 People Canvassed: 4,506 Doors: 3,236 Calls: 712 Texts: 558 Supporters Identified: 1,771 Primary: 901 General: 1,067 Yard Signs: 280

The most exciting thing about our win Tuesday night is that it was completely people driven w/ the power of movement driven campaigns and grassroots organizing. This was not just a win for Brower. It was a win for all working class people in Milwaukee. This is only the beginning.

You had a hand in it: Kinzinger voted in line with President Donald Trump about 90% of the time and voted against Trump's first impeachment (though he later admitted to regretting this vote) - too bad that was only a later regret, it would have been too brave to actually vote for it when it mattered

It almost seems like there is an unspoken agenda that Ezra and the gang have

There are ZERO national level Republicans who deserve respect or who care about the People of the United States. From Liz Cheney to Donald Trump, Josh Hawley to Adam Kinzinger, Some of them may have SLIGHTLY better views on some issues but are ALL out to destroy the common good. #Justbusiness

YouTube video by Breaking Points Ezra Klein RIPPED For Viral Jon Stewart Claim

Was it laziness or willful ignorance that made @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social not explain the Republicnan influence in burdensome regulations he set forth in his book Abundance? The obfuscation that he has presented in his book makes people misunderstand how politics works. youtu.be/Xi8IBAEpAd4?...

There are consequences to one's actions

Alabama cannot prosecute those who help travel for abortion, judge rules Alabama cannot prosecute people and organizations who help residents of the state travel elsewhere to get abortions, a federal judge has ruled, in one of the first decisions over the right to travel for abortion.

The court has found that the Attorney General's threatened prosecutions violate the right to travel and the First Amendment. As the adage goes, be careful what you pray for.

Alabama CANNOT prosecute citizens for seeking out of state abortions @democrats.org #reproductivefreedom

We will not stand for union busting. We will protect the rights of workers to collectively bargain.

Wisconsin votes in high-profile judicial race after millions spent by Musk Wisconsin voters will choose a new justice for the state's top court in a race that offers an early referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, with abortion rights, labor rights and election rules all potentially in the balance.

BREAKING: Wisconsin just rejected Elon Musk’s $10M power grab—and elected Judge Susan Crawford! Despite his dark-money blitz, voters said NO to Republican judges. This is how we save democracy. www.reuters.com/world/us/wis...

Impact of mine safety office closures on eastern Kentucky Locations include Barbourville, Prestonsburg, Harlan, Hazard, Beaver Dam and Madisonville.

www.wkyt.com/2025/03/12/i...

Elon Musk just put the lives of Eastern Kentucky miners in peril by closing all of the Mine Safety offices on a whim. And Hal Rogers did nothing to stop him. These people don't care about miners of Eastern Kentucky. They are all judt pawns to be sacrificed for profit.

"In times of terror, we choose monsters to protect us" - Mia Couto

Bezos remakes Washington Post opinion page in defense of ‘personal liberties and free markets’ The change highlights the billionaire’s increasing involvement in editorial decisions in the paper he bought in 2013.

www.politico.com/news/2025/02... "It is almost impossible for me to imagine Jeff Bezos trying to manipulate the WaPo news desk in order get favorable coverage for Amazon. That would be unbelievable to me." - Curtis Yarvin said with total confidence to @benburgis.bsky.social

We need to stop with the notion that there are RED STATES and BLUE STATES. It's a concept that only existed as a lazy way to report presidential election results in the 2000 election. Now it's used to dismiss/blame whole states on both sides. We need to fight for ALL people in ALL states

Taxes are good

A Republican is a Republican

I honestly think what angers me most about Congresional corruption is just how cheap it all is. Like I can understand selling out your constituents for a life-changing amount of money but Congress members will do it for $5,000 in campaign donations and a pair of obstructed view Taylor Swift tickets

Reminder that Alice Walton (Walmart heiress) once KILLED a woman after hitting the woman with her car and faced ZERO consequences for it. Today's elites are no different than feudal lords who controlled the lives of the peasants.

This line from @currentaffairs.bsky.social about how Colombia stood up to Trump is absolutely true. Democrats need to stop saying Trump is some all-powerful malevolent force and fight back. Show him as the weak, small person he is , not a strong, unstopable force. Solidarity is the key

Generative AI is essentially copy paste but with large datasets analyzed probabilistically. Maybe that's useful but it's not intelligence and doesn't justify the absurd amounts of investment it's attracted

If the funniest outcome is what will happen then I guess we know how the Trump saga ends

Would Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions subject him to deportation?

Confusion and concern in Kentucky over Trump’s freeze on federal grants The White House memo ordered federal agencies to pause all grants and loans, creating uncertainty for Kentucky recipients.

In Kentucky, Trump's funding freeze could have broad and dramatic impacts on local and state governments, public schools and universities, nonprofits, disaster assistance, infrastructure projects and small business loans. www.lpm.org/news/2025-01...

The multiplicative effect of $23 billion freeze for our Commonwealth is unimaginable. Imagine a semi truck traveling at 65 mph and then just suddenly slams on the breaks

'Surprised at how quickly they were being enforced': Lexington immigration attorney weighs in on Trump orders, offers advice An immigration attorney in Lexington says worries among the immigrant population are on the rise as the Trump administration begins to enact policies promised during his campaign.

"We were surprised at how quickly they were being enforced," Lexington immigration attorney Heather Hadi says of the Trump #immigration orders. Read our full conversation, including her advice to undocumented immigrants and their advocates. #BirthrightCitizenship #BorderTroops

If you are in Los Angeles please show your support and fight back against immigration raids

Capitalist Housing Markets Make Natural Disasters Worse From price gouging to risky developing to insurance dysfunction, the dynamics of private housing markets are making the Los Angeles fire disaster considerably worse. We don’t need to prioritize real e...

My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social covers some of the many ways that various kind of real estate bloodsuckers have made the situation in L.A. worse, plus some tentative thoughts about how a better society might handle housing:

Fighting for things like reproductive freedom, workers' rights, free Healthcare, and climate justice gets you called a "socialist"...maybe that's a sign that we shouldn't be running away from that label