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If a free society cannot help the many who are poor,
It cannot save the few who are rich.
-JFK
Erich Fromm, The Heart of Man (1964)
08.03.2025 12:57 β π 19390 π 4331 π¬ 630 π 209One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting β study
08.03.2025 14:54 β π 291 π 151 π¬ 36 π 43Trump burns down financial watchdog agency to spite Liz Warren
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This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is βthe agencyβs AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosisβ¦β
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Don't get distracted by their bluster and clownish antics.
The real oligarch takeover is well underway.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Hey Laura!
24.01.2025 19:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A Trump supporter saying they "should've been better informed" was not on our bingo card
23.01.2025 17:33 β π 3351 π 346 π¬ 128 π 52This is fine. Weβre fine. Everything is fine.
23.01.2025 17:01 β π 11950 π 3654 π¬ 437 π 194Ketamine is a hell of a drug.
20.01.2025 18:06 β π 55619 π 12917 π¬ 3741 π 2034JUST IN: At 12:01 pm on Inauguration Day, Veterans, Teachers, Public Health Professionals, Consumer Advocates, and Watchdog Groups File Suit Challenging the DOGEβs Secret Operations
READ COMPLAINT HERE: democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
Today we mourn the passing of Texas Icon Cecile Richards, we extend our deepest condolences to her family. Texans will continue to honor her fight for justice, equality and restoring reproductive freedom. π€
20.01.2025 16:53 β π 37 π 13 π¬ 0 π 0Donald Trump's return to power will mark a new era steeped in rule-breaking, authoritarian tendencies, and a deep hostility to civic institutions. And according to him, a herculean portion of this agenda will kick into gear immediately.
Here's what to expect on Day One.
This essay has gone viral. I didn't anticipate the response it has gotten! Thanks to all those who've read and shared it, and welcome to the new followers of this feed!
16.12.2024 22:04 β π 3499 π 1414 π¬ 149 π 118CARTOON OF THE DAY π
16.12.2024 23:25 β π 5080 π 1326 π¬ 122 π 55They did, because of public outcry.
11.12.2024 16:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt know where this is coming from - maybe certain activists circles. Iβve noticed in posts and memes an effort to make βkillβ and make βrapeβ into profane words. I find this to be too much. How can you discuss an issue if the basic words in the language to describe it become prohibited?
10.12.2024 17:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0On her first day canvassing for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania, βI began to sense a dissonance between the celebrity-inflected exuberance of the Harris campaign and the bleak mood and raw divisions I encountered in the streets,β Julia Preston writes.
30.11.2024 16:38 β π 394 π 79 π¬ 57 π 40President Biden appointing 61 Black LIFETIME judges during his time in office is a serious flex.
He understood the damn assignment.
This will mean higher gas prices, higher alcohol prices, higher food prices, higher building prices, higher car prices, higher pharmaceutical prices, etc. Trump is about to teach Americans who *actually* pays for tariffs (the consumers do).
26.11.2024 02:51 β π 16376 π 3906 π¬ 1431 π 327Post: Congratulations to Derek Tran for flipping #CA45 from red to blue!! Derek will be a terrific Member of Congress. Tran: Only in America can you go from refugees fleeing with nothing but the clothes on your back to becoming a member of Congress in just one generation.
He did it! Congrats to Derek Tran!!
26.11.2024 03:30 β π 45004 π 5681 π¬ 770 π 224He watched democracy die in his home country of Hungary. Here is his advice to Americans getting ready for a second Trump term.
23.11.2024 17:41 β π 5014 π 1845 π¬ 187 π 185Know ππ½ your ππ½ worth! ππ½
24.11.2024 02:16 β π 19825 π 2598 π¬ 431 π 81Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter βthe fall of the Broman Empireβ and I died laughing. π
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