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Historical and political movements are often defined by their rallying cries and protest songs.

06.11.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 981    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

You know who the real freeloaders in this country are? Not people who rely on SNAP, but corporations whose business model depends on wages so low that taxpayers have to feed their workers.

27.10.2025 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2423    ๐Ÿ” 578    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

It's 21 days since Rep. Grijalva won her election.

Mike Johnson could swear her in whenever he wanted.

202-225-2777

14.10.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 832    ๐Ÿ” 323    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

It's one thing to lament loss of life and decry political violence, but this revisionism is shockingly dishonest and downright offensive to the millions of people Kirk targeted and upon whom he inflicted pain and misery. The man was a liar and a bigot who gladly hurt others to advance himself.

11.09.2025 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2037    ๐Ÿ” 390    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'

We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman

Empathy for Kirkโ€”not because he ever acted like a decent humanโ€”but because we are decent humans

10.09.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4689    ๐Ÿ” 980    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 361    ๐Ÿ“Œ 112

Weโ€™ve never been closer to finding a potential cure for cancer than we were with mRNA.

So of course, RFK Jr. cancelled all government funding for mRNA.

God fucking damn it.

07.08.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2129    ๐Ÿ” 585    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32
27.07.2025 01:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4046    ๐Ÿ” 2221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61
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Excellent explanation of what's ahead

The Big Bad Ugly Bill
Take a moment to listen and spread the word

05.07.2025 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 787    ๐Ÿ” 424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

25 dead so far across Texas from flooding. Local authorities are blaming poor forecasting.

Itโ€™s all so tragically predictable and criminally negligent.

05.07.2025 10:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2513    ๐Ÿ” 1201    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 164    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paperโ€™s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

27.06.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2585    ๐Ÿ” 1133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 223    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.ย 
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Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
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Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

โ€”Harry Truman, 1952

25.06.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34558    ๐Ÿ” 10945    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 642    ๐Ÿ“Œ 394
Photos of Brandon with Drew and a text exchange from that night and the days following:

Drew: at dance floor
Brandon: I miss you so much.

Photos of Brandon with Drew and a text exchange from that night and the days following: Drew: at dance floor Brandon: I miss you so much.

Nine years ago, a gunman tore through my neighborhood bar, Pulse Nightclub, and stole 49 people from us. I was lucky to make it out alive, but my best friends Drew & Juan never made it home to say goodbye.

Nine years, but it hurts like yesterday. Please #HonorThemWithAction .

12.06.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 501    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Neo-Nazi group โ€˜actively seeking to grow in USโ€™ with planned paramilitary training event The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right

Neo-nazi group with clear Russian links expands activity in the US
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.06.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 956    ๐Ÿ” 452    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

Itโ€™s actually quite simple: Anyone whoโ€™ve called teachers groomers for giving teens (allegedly) sexually inappropriate books, but wonโ€™t call Andrew & Tristan Tate groomers for beating, sexually assaulting & trafficking teens, is a hypocritical fraud โ€” and a misogynistic asshole.

28.05.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2880    ๐Ÿ” 647    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

We make jokes about this sometimes because itโ€™s laughable. But when journalists try to make sense of the nonsensical, rational out of the irrational, and coherence out of the incoherence, they affirmatively do the public interest great harm.

25.05.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5843    ๐Ÿ” 1367    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 231    ๐Ÿ“Œ 79
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Great idea from @cherijacobus.bsky.social.

11.05.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3405    ๐Ÿ” 999    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 146    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

This. So much. Why is this suddenly ok? Just because he believes he can't be prosecuted for it? That's wrong. Corruption isn't even remotely within the remotest perimeters of official and thus protected acts. It is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. Which means it can't be official. Wake up.

03.05.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 814    ๐Ÿ” 221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Headline. The richest households in America added $1 trillion in wealth last year. The richest people in the U.S. control a record amount of the country's total wealth. By Ben Kesslen.

Headline. The richest households in America added $1 trillion in wealth last year. The richest people in the U.S. control a record amount of the country's total wealth. By Ben Kesslen.

Headline. 56% of Americans can't afford a $1,000 emergency expense: We are 'living in a paycheck to paycheck nation,' money expert says. By Annie Probert.

Headline. 56% of Americans can't afford a $1,000 emergency expense: We are 'living in a paycheck to paycheck nation,' money expert says. By Annie Probert.

There are two Americas.

27.04.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 513    ๐Ÿ” 205    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

24.04.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79504    ๐Ÿ” 20352    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 840    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1265

I know this is woke DEI, but could we have a national economic policy that's something other than the minute-by-minute whims of a deranged and malevolent old man?

09.04.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2620    ๐Ÿ” 451    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

He's tariffied.

09.04.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Hello! The US housing market has gotten very expensive, but I still dream of one day owning a home in a walkable neighborhood. In that spirit, I'm offering my consulting services. If you support the Trump tariffs, I can help you find US suppliers. Let me show you some examples. ๐Ÿงต

05.04.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10742    ๐Ÿ” 2137    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 275
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LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

Senator Booker is still going ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...

01.04.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4303    ๐Ÿ” 680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 122    ๐Ÿ“Œ 70
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FROM THE MASTER INVESTOR HIMSELFโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘‡

Thoughts?! ๐Ÿค”

26.03.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19375    ๐Ÿ” 6088    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 600    ๐Ÿ“Œ 311

Tell your Democratic senators not to join Schumerโ€™s surrender: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

13.03.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1710    ๐Ÿ” 693    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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Primary Every Democrat Itโ€™s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.

The overhaul is coming.

newrepublic.com/article/1909...

13.03.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 296    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

You have $100 in your checking account.

One day, you check your balance and it's $60. You haven't made any withdrawals.

You call the bank. They say $40 was taken as part of their "waste, fraud and abuse" program.

Would you be ok with it?

Coz it's happening to your social security and Medicaid.

11.03.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11206    ๐Ÿ” 3713    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 95

Yes thank you more please.

11.03.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 146    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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