#USDemocracy

Notes from an old broad.. heed these words from the great Marc Elias

Iowa Republicans voted against their own voters’ interests—again.

📉 Iowa Public Radio risks losing 10% of its funding. That means less local news for the Hawkeye State.

📺 Iowa PBS could lose 18%, gutting local sports and history shows.

They want you misinformed and ignorant. Stay loud.

2017, RUBIO: “Active measures taken by Putin to influence and manipulate 🇺🇸 public opinion…. to sow chaos and division in our politics, and doubt about the legitimacy of our elections…”

So did Trump’s now Secretary of State do a treason too? 🤔

47 years

We Finally Beat Right Wing Newspaper Publisher Gregg Walker in Court by overwhelming a staunchly Republican judge with undeniable evidence

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Bass: I just signed an executive directive that puts all city departments and leadership on notice to protect Angelenos—essentially from the federal government.

We’re also filing a FOIA request because we want to know: Who are these masked men, and why are they masked in the first place?

When?

ICE agents in plain clothes and unmarked vehicles swarmed a Puerto Rican museum in Chicago without ID. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.

A friend, who is Puerto Rican was once denied reentry into the US from Canada because US customs agents wouldn’t believe he was an American Citizen. They talk about making people take tests to prove their citizenship, well they need to start with Border Patrol and ICE.

Mayor Pete: You da best!🫢
I left my heart in South Bend & family still there. I’m so proud of you as are many I talk with when visiting. Good luck in whatever you pursue. We need you.
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GOP Voted NO to barring ICE from Detaining and Deporting US CITIZENS During a House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Democrats tabled amedments to a sweeping budget bill that President Donald Trump has dubbed "one big, beautiful bill."

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Jenn Budd on Substack El Centro Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino. He is MAGA.

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Michele on Substack This is what’s going on in LA! It looks like they sent in Storm Troopers! This looks like a movie!!

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This CDC Resignation Should Scare You Fiona Havers resigned because she feared that RFK Jr. would suppress or manipulate CDC data. “A lot of Americans are going to die from vaccine-preventable diseases,” she warned.

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