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Cat lady. Data nerd. Lefty capitalist. Atheist. Nostalgic for Democracy. UBI advocate. Lover of facts, books, intellectual debate, and finding goodness in the world. Views are my own. Steelers forever! πŸ–€πŸ’› This is not a dating app. Do not DM me. WTF

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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

14.02.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17477    πŸ” 6048    πŸ’¬ 474    πŸ“Œ 209
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

18.09.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 61868    πŸ” 19685    πŸ’¬ 2006    πŸ“Œ 918
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See how stupid this sounds...

07.09.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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So much greatness.

05.09.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 23644    πŸ” 7027    πŸ’¬ 1026    πŸ“Œ 337

They can’t win through their disastrous policies, so they try to win via disenfranchisement. Pathetic and disgusting.

31.08.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gus Speth: "I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that 30 years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy...”

26.08.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3535    πŸ” 882    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 35

Rather than admit their mistake and let this poor man go home to his family, they double down and villainize him for absolutely no reason but wounded pride and unadulterated cruelty.

25.08.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some things are inherently for the public good and should never have a profit motive!

16.08.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ban congressional stock trading.

For all members of Congress.
For their spouses & dependents.
For the president & vice president. Period.

30.07.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 718    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 4

I can’t believe I’m reposting something Ann Coulter wrote and I might have thrown up in my mouth a little bit when I hit that button… but she is correct on this one

23.07.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It also provides ongoing slave labor due to a loophole in the 13th amendment. There is exploitation of people - mostly black men and men of color - from profiting off of incarceration itself plus the labor the prisoners provide. It’s nothing short of ongoing state-sanctioned slavery.

17.07.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump seems to be trying to win the β€œworst president in history” distinction.

16.07.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t care who is on the Epstein list from a political perspective, we just need to know. We deserve to know the names of those in public service that are participating in or covering up the abuse of girls and women. And there needs to be consequences whether you like their politics or not.

16.07.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And if there are Democrats on it, we deserve to know that as well. We shouldn’t be protecting any of these people regardless of whether we agree with them politically or not!

15.07.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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😑😑😑

14.07.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Truth. And yet somehow people trust republicans more on the economy??

06.07.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Senate Ds did fight every step of way, made the bill toxic, forced Tillis to retire, made them vote in broad daylight as bill got worse, nixed some truly awful parts. They need more members. In 2026, vote out every R. That is what the lesson is here.

01.07.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9673    πŸ” 2645    πŸ’¬ 448    πŸ“Œ 163
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This is same as it’s always been, they just went back to being open about it

25.06.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps the GOP should do something crazy like, I don’t know, actually negotiating a bipartisan bill that doesn’t fuck over the working class to further enrich people who couldn’t spend all their money in 10 generations πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

25.06.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Me.

23.06.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1187    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 13

I find this so maddening. He scrapped an agreement that was working and now he wonders why Iran is back to developing nukes. WHY did people vote for this idiot?

23.06.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Democrats want new leaders, focus on pocketbook issues, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The poll identified a deep disconnect between what Democrats say their priorities are and the issues they believe party leaders care about most ahead of next year's midterm elections, when they hope to crack Republican control of Congress

www.reuters.com/world/us/dem...

19.06.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1517    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 24
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Challenge me, I dare ya

16.06.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4386    πŸ” 1155    πŸ’¬ 170    πŸ“Œ 43

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

11.06.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 48837    πŸ” 14785    πŸ’¬ 578    πŸ“Œ 376

He was so bad (in points) in the beginning that I probably sat him just in time for him to start racking them up! πŸ˜‚

06.06.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wouldn’t be upset if they were trash this year resulting in Tomlin leaving and an early draft pick for (hopefully) a future franchise QB. It’s going to hurt rooting for a team led by Aaron Fucking Rodgers anyway

06.06.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I know from experience that Kelsey was absolute shit for fantasy points last season! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜–

06.06.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope so. It’s been time for several years.

06.06.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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