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US citizen George Retes speaks out about his unlawful detainment by ICE.

Institute for Justice website: ij.org

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Happy with the landslide nature of all this.

Also curious what the tantrum will be.

After No Kings Day 2 we lost part of the White House.

*thinks*

Uh. We might should set a guard on the Statue of Liberty.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

So, is MAGA Mike Johnson ever going to work again, or is he just going to keep humiliating himself by holding these weird press conferences every day? Trying to starve Americans and take away their health care to protect those in the Epstein Files certainly is a choice.

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Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show Why Rural America Turned on the Democratic Party | The Ezra Klein Show

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.

The Rural Power Behind Trump’s Assault on Blue Cities

The political scientist @smettler.bsky.social examines the roots of America’s urban-rural divide and how Democrats can win back rural voters.
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😤

🗣️PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER

Patti Smith 🥰

CNN: “An older couple making $85K/year will see their yearly insurance premiums jump from $7K to $25,000 — 30% of their income.” 😳#TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

This is what Dems are drawing attention to and want fixed. Now, not later.

REPUBLICANS THREATEN MASS FIRINGS WHILE PRETENDING A "CLEAN FUNDING BILL" IS A FIX GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN FIGHT REPUBLICANS WANT: Clean funding bill THREAT: Mass firings DEMOCRATS WANT: Obamacare tax credit extension THREAT: Shut down government DEMOCRATS FIGHTING FOR ACA SUBSIDIES THAT KEEP WORKING FAMILIES INSURED the REFORMERS

Repubs are leveraging the firing of government employees to get Dems to concede to their budget bill.

Dems want to protect your finances from an extreme rise in premiums (75%+) and prevent millions from losing healthcare.

The parties are not the same.

One year later: Remembering the 108 lives lost in North Carolina to Hurricane Helene One year after Hurricane Helene, we remember and honor those in North Carolina who tragically lost their lives to the deadly storm.

One year later: Remembering the 108 lives lost in North Carolina to Hurricane Helene abcnews4.com/newsletter-d...

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Hail Zorp!
#rapture

So much greatness.

Heads up. Our healthcare is heading into leeches and mustard plaster territory.

A headline reads: "Wildfire Firefighters, Unmasked In Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying" over a photo of firefighters walking in a line through thick orange skies. Photo by Loren Elliott for The New York Times

The U.S. Forest Service has spent decades blocking efforts to better protect its wildfire fighters, sending crews into smoke without masks or warnings about the health risks, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/4mm9oMr

A dark blue graphic with red and white text that reads: “We’re 6 months into defending our civil liberties in President Trump’s second term. And we’re not backing down.” The ACLU logo is featured in the bottom right corner in red.

A dark blue graphic with red and white text that reads: “6 months into President Trump’s presidency, we have: stopped an executive order that would prevent trans and intersex people from receiving passports that align with their gender identity; filed a class action lawsuit to protect health care for incarcerated trans people; challenged President Trump’s unlawful invocation of the Alien Enemies Act; successfully fought for the release of Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Dr. Badar Khan Suri, and Mohsen Mahdawi; got President Trump’s order attempting to end birthright citizenship blocked in court; filed a lawsuit on behalf of two human rights advocates who were forced to stop their work with the ICC because of President Trump’s sanctions; challenged book bans in schools run by the Department of Defense; and more.” The ACLU logo is featured in the bottom right corner in red.

Count on it.

(below an image of Pedro Pascal) “I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” - Pedro Pascal

Great SC turnout in Sen3ca and Pendleton--200 in one and 500 in Pendleton :)

From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme | ACLU

President Trump's attacks on immigrants have only escalated since he returned to office.

Here are 3 key areas to watch as we rise up in defense of immigrant communities and our civil liberties.

We need to ensure that the incredible organizing and inspiring courage of yesterday’s #NoKings protests continue to spread. On tomorrow’s mass call, we’ll discuss how we do that with concrete action steps to overcome authoritarianism. Please join us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Exactly. We can’t win if we don’t vote.

Fuck the cowbell, I need more theremin.

RIP Brian Wilson

Hell of a photo

Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE                THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

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The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."

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Of course it's Tennessee!

Trumps Administration is a Death Cult