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Grijalva’s name is now known to millions.

They say culture eats strategy for lunch. Wish it weren't so but dominance politics beats messaging politics for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The Dem base understands this and is starting to lead on the street. Dem elected generally doing a better job -- but be like Swalwell: bare your teeth, folks

Yes. More like this. More fight. Polarize everything.

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Andrew Cuomo gave more money in taxpayer subsidies to Elon Musk than the entire cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus plan.

It’s not unreasonable or radical to want our tax dollars to go to programs that help us, instead of as giveaways to billionaires.

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These candidates actually existed.

The Democratic Party actually had a platform. Ezra Douthglesias could still go read it. They choose not to, or to pretend it didn't exist: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/20....

Just have the courage of your convictions, please: bsky.app/profile/will...

A more pertinent question: Why might one mayor in one city be a political liability for national Democrats, while the president, VP, various governors, and members of Congress are not for the national Republicans, let alone any GOP mayor?

How did that come to be? Who makes that happen?

It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile *speech* and hostile *conduct.*

The First Amendment protects—or, at least, is supposed to protect—the former up and until it's a "true threat," which none of this is.

"In the process ... Common Crawl has opened a back door for AI companies to train their models with paywalled articles from major news websites. And the foundation appears to be lying to publishers about this—as well as masking the actual contents of its archives."

It’s at least amusing.

That’s a lot of paid leave in a country that doesn’t favor such a thing. Even worse, taxpayer funded …

Speaker Mike Johnson vs Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heroes -- who knows less about what's going on?

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The case that Trump/GOP are responsible for the shutdown: Republicans control every branch of govt, and have repeatedly violated the Constitution.

The case that Democrats are responsible for the shutdown: A Senate rule says the GOP majority can pass whatever it wants, but they don't want to use it.

Yes, an important test for the midterms.

This is the essence of the emerging fascist state.

Access to resources and programs designed to make our lives better is being stolen from us so that the oppressors can use, hoard, and distribute them to friends and hold them ransom in order to force compliance.

Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.

There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.

Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.

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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

The Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row and the DoD has confirmed nearly $11 billion in fraud in just 7 years. But the concern is the poorest Americans abusing the average $342 monthly alotment. foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-...

They literally ruin everything they touch

As with everything, the technology is not the thing. OpenAI is a financial instrument more than it is a tech company.

If you want or need SNAP benefits, literally the only barrier should be...signing up.

"But what about fraud?" My sibling in red, white, and blue, THE PENTAGON HASN'T PASSED AN AUDIT IN YEARS AND MONEY IS FAKE. I don't care if too many people have food assistance.

Undocumented immigrants don't get SNAP benefits.

Thet should, though, if they need it. Making people starve to death is fucking evil. Going across an imaginary line is not.

Photo of a light colored kitten jumping out from behind a wall diving two rooms. A flash was used and the kittens eyes look like they are glowing white.

Blair Witch kitten for Halloween! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Whenever I hear someone say Trump and Musk had a "falling out," I ask if the federal government has ended any contracts with Musk companies, or at least isn't granting billions of dollars in new ones.

the base salary for members of the house is $174k, which they are still getting during the shutdown. the speaker gets $223k. these are the same people trying to shame others for eating without working.

Pritzker forms independent commission to document misconduct of federal agents Article Summary JB Pritzker signed an executive order creating a new commission to document unlawful actions by federal agents. The

IL Gov Pritzker has created an accountability commission

This commission is tasked with "capturing and creating a public record of the conduct of federal law enforcement agents and recommending actions to hold (them) accountable”

We have to believe this regime will not be in power forever

The GOP campaigned on "We are better at government than the Democrats"

Enough voters believed them and gave them the keys to the government.

And now its "Its all Democrats' fault that we suck at governing"

A reminder that Musk is a mass murderer. It's not hyperbole.