Leslie Lorton Hamm

What one does with cameras on him is only a fraction of what he does behind closed doors.

And yesterday morning a tornado testing system echoed while delivering food, water, resources to devastated areas. No sign of FEMA, no sign of Missouri aid, no sign of large St. Louis corporations. Just the ominous, “THIS IS JUST A TEST. THIS IS JUST A TEST.” As people stood amidst debris.

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test.

Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.

That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.

So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

Yesterday’s visit to Billy Earl Dade Middle School reminded me why I fight so hard. These kids deserve the world—and I’ll keep showing up to make sure they get it.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Hearing the same, if they can leave many are:( Also trying to finish as rapidly as possible. Australia, Canada, Japan are a few places I have heard, but also a lot of unknown. I can’t imagine US grad programs can stay afloat with so many people leaving.

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I don't think a guy who kept classified documents next to his toilet is gonna fire national security leadership for sharing war plans in an unsecured group chat. With emojis! This and worse was a given. Especially when you hire talk show hosts to run defense.

Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Maps: Where Trump Voter Jobs Will Be Hit by Tariffs Nearly 8 million Americans work in industries targeted by the levies and the majority are Trump voters, a New York Times analysis shows

As President Trump escalates a trade war, countries are targeting red states with tariffs. See where jobs will be affected.

As the mom of girl athletes, I know why they attack trans athletes: It’s a way to further marginalize trans girls.

If the issue truly was about girl’s sports, they would first make facilities equally available to girls and fund their uniforms and coaches and buses the same as boys. They don’t.

Agree. He has stellar, authentic teacher-for-the-kids aura. And that character runs deep. Throw the kitchen sink at them, and they won’t fold.

This is not a thing that happens if children had real human rights.

I don’t get the smiling. Like these reps and this weird smiles. It’s so condescending and honestly awkward.

My Senator is a traitor.

The Department of Ed has a form to snitch on DEI policies in schools.

I’d be a shame if we broke it with thousands of responses… enddei.ed.gov

Everything he says about deportation camps on military bases is spot on—and alarming. But don’t get thrown off by the name Blackwater. It’s still out there—rebranded.

Blackwater became Xe in 2009, then Academi in 2011, before merging into Constellis in 2014. The name changed but the op lives on.
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As a kid growing up in a rural area, the rural dems were one of my few windows outside of the echo chamber. Steady and committed.

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lol the issue with a lot of men right now is that instead of wanting to evolve, they want to pull everybody back to the time period they were most comfortable with.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

Annex Missouri, please, for the love of God.

I sat down with @briantylercohen.bsky.social to talk about President Elon Musk’s illegal takeover of the federal government, and how we’re going to take on Donald Trump and the billionaire cabinet that bought this country.

Watch the full thing here: win.dnc.org/BTC

We’re focused on feeding our kids.

Investing in our schools.

Making sure child care is affordable.

Regardless of the chaos unfolding in Washington, we’re making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.

Thank you @jasmineforus.bsky.social. THIS is the energy we need from the opposition party during an attack on democracy.