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Prickly over-60 leftist. Pseudonym b/c my family was threatened by cons and libs on Twitter. Provo refers to the Netherlands' Provo movement. Regenerative not sustainable, mutual aid, community, and direct action.

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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

06.11.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 51642    πŸ” 13921    πŸ’¬ 1004    πŸ“Œ 1149
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary β€œRovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

06.11.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9255    πŸ” 6041    πŸ’¬ 438    πŸ“Œ 1299
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Redlining is a bigger problem than banks' representatives admit The American Bankers Association's assessment of the Biden administration's fair lending enforcement efforts makes questionable claims about a practice that remains a major problem in some U.S. commun...

Fantastic piece from our friends at @natfairhouse.bsky.social and Relman & Colfax. Proving discrimination through circumstantial or indirect evidence is an approach grounded in over half a century of case law and shouldn't be considered remotely controversial.

www.americanbanker.com/opinion/redl...

24.10.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New York City Mayoral Election 2025: Latest Polls Track the latest polls about Mamdani, Cuomo, Adams and Sliwa in the New York City mayoral election.

New Quinnipiac University poll out today and hoo boy. If you can vote in New York or know people who can, then you need to activate. Not liking this Q-Poll trend as the racist attacks have mounted.

Oct. 23-27: Mamdani +10
Oct. 3-7: Mamdani +13
Sep. 4-8: Mamdani +16

29.10.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 840    πŸ” 293    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 19
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

29.10.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 32810    πŸ” 14642    πŸ’¬ 1325    πŸ“Œ 1046

...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.

20.10.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4297    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 17
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States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit North Carolina and Idaho have cut their Medicaid programs to bridge budget gaps, raising fears that providers will stop taking patients and that hospitals will close even before the brunt of a new fed...

#WolffBites: The Billionaire class's capitalism is already cutting back Medicaid for the poor in several states cut their budgets even before Trump's federal cuts kick in. All part of MAGA.

www.npr.org/2025/10/05/n...

17.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

16.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 15267    πŸ” 5415    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 104

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

17.10.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11673    πŸ” 2486    πŸ’¬ 320    πŸ“Œ 103

Only you're not making healthcare more affordable. You're simping for the insurance industry.

16.10.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel sorry for the staffer who has to post this.

07.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and β€˜unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LA

"His mother told NBC4 that the agent told her son they had confused him with someone else, but to β€œlook at the bright side: you’re gonna have an exciting story to tell your friends when you go back to school”."

WTF

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

30.08.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1094    πŸ” 416    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 30

All in all, I’d recommend not to ride the β€œis he dead” train but think why was this trendy rumor planted now and what shall this redirect your attention from.

30.08.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 343    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 6
Screenshot from Fox News that says 

CDC official includes
'pregnant people' terminology and pronouns in resignation letter
Daskalakis accused President Trump's administration of attempting 'to erase transgender populations'
By Alex Nitzberg β€’ Fox News
Published August 28, 2025 1:47pm EDT

Screenshot from Fox News that says CDC official includes 'pregnant people' terminology and pronouns in resignation letter Daskalakis accused President Trump's administration of attempting 'to erase transgender populations' By Alex Nitzberg β€’ Fox News Published August 28, 2025 1:47pm EDT

I often talk about the fact that MAGA does not access the same news as the left wing. I present to you Exhibit A.

Dr. Daskalakis’ resignation letter excoriated RFK Jr. and shared that RFK Jr. was lying to the public, manipulating data, and ordering unethical actions.

This what Fox News served.

28.08.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2738    πŸ” 927    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 35
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Not My Tax Dollars Find out how much of your city's federal tax dollars went to Israel, and what your community could look like if we stopped exporting our taxes to Israel.

Wait til you see what Israel's cost New Yorkers.

www.notmytaxdollars.org

28.08.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newly Revealed FBI Document Confirms Collaboration Between DC Police and Discredited Far-Right Group Project Veritas - UNICORN RIOT Federal Prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens and DC Police Detective Greggory Pemberton Conspired to Alter Key Video Evidence From Project Veritas Used to Prosecute More Than 200 Inauguration Day Pro...

This month, outlets like @washingtonpost.com and @npr.org
have let DC Police union head Greggory Pemberton present himself as an authority on crime statistics.

But he's at the heart of an ongoing scandal that led to the first ever sanction of a DC prosecutor for manipulating and hiding evidence:

27.08.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 538    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 6
An embroidery hoop with floral designs and green leaves, displaying the stitched phrase, "We are each other’s magnitude and bond," on white fabric.

An embroidery hoop with floral designs and green leaves, displaying the stitched phrase, "We are each other’s magnitude and bond," on white fabric.

I'll be selling this on 9/7 at our Craft Fair for Gaza happening from noon to 6 pm at 629 Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn.

26.08.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe came up with a plan to compromise with the Gestapo”

That’s what you sound like.

26.08.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1066    πŸ” 276    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6

Zohran Mamdani destroyed decades of fear-mongering about NYC safety in one afternoon with a scavenger hunt.

27.08.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just "yes, and"-ing here:

"It should be illegal for..."

Unless you're talking about the Laws of Physics that binds us all together, whatever you're going to say next entirely hinges on "what group is going to enforce that law?"
Its illegal to do all kinds of shit in America. Who enforces it?

26.08.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

if no one ever burned another American flag they'd just loop old footage of flag burnings and call Democrats the flag burning party as long as they thought that might get them a vote.

stop pretending reality matters and start playing the damn game.

26.08.2025 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1587    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 5

After decades of being a professional politician in Westchester, you finally visited Feeding Westchester.

27.08.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL. Surely, a regime with no respect for the law will quake in fear at a resolution. Don't expect George to do anything effective.

27.08.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anti-AI activists targeted "AI Portland’s Summer Soiree," writing anti-AI graffiti, throwing paint on cars, and leaving behind these flyers declaring 'β€œButlerian Jihad Against AI,” a reference to the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy...depicting a war of humanity versus robots and computers."

23.08.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 634    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 46

Here's a thought: let combat veterans speak for themselves instead of hogging the mic like you do every single Memorial and Veterans Day.

10.08.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Piggybacking a photo op on an existing program again. This only makes your legacy more pathetic.

05.08.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jamaal Bowman would do more than an ego-trip photo op to an existing program. He'd initiate community-based programs that ensure the wellbeing of #NY16 residents. Maybe you can take some of your $19 million from AIPAC to help.

05.08.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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War Is Peace, Gas Is Now β€œClean Energy” Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas, undermining renewable energy initiatives.

Secretive dark money groups are pushing states to redefine methane gas, undermining renewable energy initiatives. www.levernews.com/war-is-peace...

09.06.2025 11:30 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

lmao

every tough guy wants to dress like a soldier and be treated like a soldier. none of them want to spend days shitting themselves in a shipping crate while someone fires rockets at them in the distance

this isn't exactly what they deserve but it's pretty funny

06.06.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2427    πŸ” 287    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 11

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