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Eliza Orlins (@elizaorlins) Is the shutdown over? Not yet. Tonight’s vote was only step 1 of 5. There’s still another 60-vote hurdle, amendments, AND then the House. Pressure matters right now—especially on Kaine, Rosen, Hass...

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Every state runs their own elections but what do most have in common? Over 70% of the country uses voting systems supplied by just two privately-owned companies.

Moreover, nearly 100% of the votes cast in 2024 were counted by tabulation machines, even hand marked paper ballots.

President Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. would impose a new round of tariffs, including a 100% tariff on pharmaceutical drugs, a 30% tariff on upholstered furniture, a 50% tariff on kitchen ca... TikTok video by CBS Mornings

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According to Pew Research Center, about 4.4 million children who were born in the U.S. live with at least one parent who is undocumented. In 2022, about 850,000 children in the U.S. were themselves undocumented. 💗

VC @embodimentwithemily

#handsoff #nokings #5calls #humanrightswatch

In case anyone's confused, yes, slavery was bad.

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The Synonymy of Christianity and Inhumanity Does America Still Have a Tipping Point, or Have We Grown Too Comfortable With Cruelty?

When cruelty becomes normalized, humanity loses its soul. Gaza isn’t just a tragedy unfolding overseas. It’s a mirror. America’s comfort with suffering, justified by Christian patriarchy and power, shows us exactly how “never again” becomes “here we are again.”

Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit

Newsmax lied about the 2020 election. Now they’ll pay Dominion $67 million.

Fuck around ➡️ find out.

NYT: Newsmax Will Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Defamation Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...

"Ukraine is actually worse off under President Trump."

Former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, fact-checks Trump after the critical summit ends without any agreement or ceasefire.

Newsom releases new ad 🔥

Beautiful 🤩 #Ice

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#greenscreen #Gavin #funny if you would’ve told me when I was born at all, this was gonna happen. I would’ve looked at you crazy and said ain’t no way. But here we are in 2025. TikTok video by JM 12

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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado.

Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.

Got it.

Hochul: "This is what I call a legal insurrection ... they know they're going to lose next year. That's the only reason they're engaged in this. It also might be a nice distraction from people asking -- all of the sudden this happens when? When they refuse to release the Epstein files."

Join us in-person for the first ever LIVE on Skylight!

We’re going LIVE on Aug 24th in Brooklyn, NY at @thelotradio.com 🎉

There will be free merch, tacos, drinks, and great music!

RSVP here:
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Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause.

The removal was blamed on a "coding error."

Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...

Imagine getting fired because math hurt a man’s feelings. We’re being governed by a walking Yelp review.

Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.

Pritzker!! The reckoning is here

I am so happy to see you here from TT

Good to see you here

I was just going to type the same thing as you just did. It’s crazy to Faux play this

My heart is with this survivor. I would have loved to hear the response.

Hey Tori! I’m training my brain to come here first before other social media apps. I’ll be posting art videos soon. You are such a positive and joyful person and I love your happy videos

You are doing a great job Tori!

Sometimes I need a mid day distraction from everything and create something happy. Finding happiness in the chaos isn’t always easy.
#watercolor #cardmaking #art #funart #distraction