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Anne Brown

@indybend.bsky.social

Feminist in the democratic wing of the Democratic party. Michigan-born Hoosier and retired professor. Mathematical thinker.

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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

29.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 21270    πŸ” 7722    πŸ’¬ 503    πŸ“Œ 215
Trump SPIRALS With SCHEME To STEAL MILLIONS From DOJ
YouTube video by Katie Phang Trump SPIRALS With SCHEME To STEAL MILLIONS From DOJ

Crimer-In-Chief Donald Trump wants to steal $230 million dollars from American taxpayers, claiming he’s owed money because of his investigations and prosecutions.

His claims are absurd & we should all sue him for the pain and suffering he’s put us through over the years.

youtu.be/rTMK2SZKW8U?...

23.10.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1352    πŸ” 304    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 10
Signs of Fascism!
YouTube video by COOLHAND Signs of Fascism!

This is a really well doneβ€”I hope it catches on: A silent roadside protest staged over the weekend in Westerville, Ohio, and posted to the Facebook page of the Westerville Progressive Alliance.
www.youtube.com/shorts/TpZFS...

13.10.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 987    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 25

If you assume everything Trumpers do is about Epstein, you will be correct 90 percent of the time.

06.10.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1499    πŸ” 237    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6
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You need to know what might be coming.

Trump could have brought the nation together to confront political violence after the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Instead he appears to be preparing to use the shooting as a pretext to destroy his political opposition and consolidate power.

16.09.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3536    πŸ” 1192    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 96

This

25.08.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1735    πŸ” 251    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 6

β€œIsrael’s smear of Gazan journalists as Hamas is one of its oldest tricks to silence, delegitimize, and intimidate Palestinian voices, or justify their killing at a rate unprecedented in modern history. I know because I have seen it play out dozens of times.”

16.08.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello journalists. If you report this you gotta say that under the Constitution he has no power to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

07.08.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15176    πŸ” 4226    πŸ’¬ 367    πŸ“Œ 110
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Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.

01.08.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2004    πŸ” 491    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 103
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Step one: Trump tanks the economy
Step two: Data shows that Trump is tanking the economy
Step three: Trump fires the person who puts out economic data so that in the future, no one will know he’s still tanking the economy

01.08.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4

Not just no, but hell no!

09.07.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He has 365K followers on Instagram so somebody’s listening

07.07.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Murray: This bill polls like garbage because it is garbage. That's why it should go nowhere except a trash bin

29.06.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 30019    πŸ” 7024    πŸ’¬ 408    πŸ“Œ 266
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It β€˜s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

28.06.2025 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 31865    πŸ” 13504    πŸ’¬ 1281    πŸ“Œ 1358

I agree with this. The whistleblower letter written on behalf of Erez Reuveni, a former DOJ senior immigration lawyer, basically describes in extensive detail a contumacious if not criminal course of conduct by Emil Bove and other senior officials at DOJ.

26.06.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2952    πŸ” 940    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 28
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The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women The court's ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood twists logic, common sense, and the law to further the right-wing assault on bodily autonomy.

Today's Planned Parenthood decision was a devasting blow to women, and it wasn't even about abortion. It was a devasting blow to civil rights, and it wasn't even about Civil Rights.
It's one of the worst decisions from this SCOTUS, worse than you probably think.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

26.06.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4496    πŸ” 2011    πŸ’¬ 282    πŸ“Œ 160
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This is remarkable. New Quinnipiac poll finds support for path to legalization for most undocumented immigrants has risen to 64%. Only 31% want most of them deported.

That's a 14 point net swing for legalization since Trump took office.

On immigration generally, he's at 41-57!

26.06.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6548    πŸ” 2117    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 346
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Senator Alex Padilla is a good man and principled public servant.

The brazen and aggressive manhandling of Senator Padilla by the Trump administration is a sickening disgrace.

Anyone who assaulted the Senator should be held accountable.

No one is above the law.

12.06.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2701    πŸ” 801    πŸ’¬ 544    πŸ“Œ 99
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When I hear Trump voters saying this is not what they voted for…

09.06.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 904    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 19
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Mahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite objections from government Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.

22.05.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 951    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 55

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

21.05.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8391    πŸ” 3891    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 586
corruption
YouTube video by Takesβ„’ by Jamelle Bouie corruption

yeah corruption is bad youtube.com/shorts/0kwml...

12.05.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 991    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 10
This expands a similar purge recently at the Naval Academy library, in Maryland. Last month, civilian Navy officials, following orders originating from Mr. Hegseth, pulled from shelves books including one that critiqued β€œThe Bell Curve,” a 1994 text that argues that Black men and women are genetically less intelligent than white people. But the academy kept β€œThe Bell Curve” itself on its shelves.

This expands a similar purge recently at the Naval Academy library, in Maryland. Last month, civilian Navy officials, following orders originating from Mr. Hegseth, pulled from shelves books including one that critiqued β€œThe Bell Curve,” a 1994 text that argues that Black men and women are genetically less intelligent than white people. But the academy kept β€œThe Bell Curve” itself on its shelves.

You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

10.05.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8358    πŸ” 2604    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 152
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Here is a specific thing you can do to fight Trump's politicization of public services Plus: what I wrote in Science about the revised Schedule F

New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

09.05.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1502    πŸ” 1059    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 82
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This is a shockingly mistaken understanding of due process by Stephen Miller. It is likely this misunderstanding that is informing the President’s misunderstanding.

05.05.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 16275    πŸ” 4282    πŸ’¬ 1933    πŸ“Œ 576
Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats
YouTube video by Governor Tony Evers Gov. Evers Releases Message to Wisconsinites Regarding Apparent Trump Administration Arrest Threats

Yesterday, a top Trump Administration official made an apparent threat to arrest me.

Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️

02.05.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3971    πŸ” 1476    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 215
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AOC: They want to talk about why America is great or making America great. Our civil liberties and our civil protections are part of what makes America great. When you want to shred up our constitution and eliminate due process, it is attacking what it is to be an American.

03.05.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 11872    πŸ” 2959    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 84

Millions of Americans, including our children, rely on public broadcasting for news, education, and entertainment. Trump wants to cut them off. Unacceptable.

03.05.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 422    πŸ” 76    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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Opinion | To cut β€˜waste and fraud,’ reform Medicare Advantage The program was supposed to save the government money. It doesn’t.

Medicare (Dis)Advantage is NOT Medicareβ€”it’s a private, insurance-run scam that puts profits over patients.

I’ve repeatedly called on both Dem & Republican admins to rein in overpayments, cut down on waste, and protect seniors. Let’s get this done.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

25.04.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 193    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Wealthy In This Country Would Poison Us For The Sake Of Profit!!!

19.04.2025 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16205    πŸ” 5609    πŸ’¬ 510    πŸ“Œ 263

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