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The country is basically three scams in a trenchcoat at this point.

This story leaves me feeling both sad and heart-warmed.

THIS: “She decided to do this in her own terms. She has no criminal record. A hardworking taxpayer who’s been working 12-hour shifts since she was 15, six days out of the week. She never asked for a handout. She didn’t get food stamps…”

I want politics to be about a better everyday life.

Here's what that can look like:

One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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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.

RFK Jr. Set to Launch Disease Registry Tracking Autistic People And he’s using private medical records to make it happen.

RFK Jr. is launching a government registry to track autistic Americans using private medical records.

Barf

RFK Jr. is wrong about autism His lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else.

"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."

How a Judge Tells a President to F**k Off I read a lot of court documents, and I like to highlight some from time to time that really encapsulate the moment we find ourselves in. The latest from the 4th Circuit does it perfectly.

“The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph.” - Judge Wilkinson www.muellershewrote.com/p/how-a-judg...

So much to say about RFK Jr's latest vile spew, and this isn't the focus, but my grain is just stuck on his measure of a life worth living being whether someone pays taxes, while he and his billionaire cronies...do not. Productivity for thee but not for me.

Unforgivable.

No amount of apologies from this man will suffice.

He cannot be allowed to stay in office.

He is an unqualified eugenicist.

Also an idiot.

On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador

If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.

In case you're wondering...

it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans.

And nobody has been fired...

Don't stop talking about SignalGate

Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.

When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.

Well this seems like a fantastic plan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...

Fam, remember three years ago when Cory Booker brought tears to all of our eyes when he lifted up Ketanji Brown Jackson?

“You are worthy.”

That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@booker.senate.gov

If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.

Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."

Cory Booker. 👇👇👇

No “are you okay”, no “how can I help”, just screenshots.

My dad really wanted us to be there for each other. But the reality is, there’s no place in my life for that kind of delusion.

It’s a fucking cult!

I came home, and resisted the urge to reach out to my brother, the one person who, like me, lost our dad. But he reached out to me, sending screenshots from the We Love Tr*mp website, showing articles that said Covid was a hoax and the vaccines are probably what killed my dad (they weren’t)

4/

I wanted to record him saying that, because my MAGA brother is convinced that Elon’s BS about fraud is true. And of course my brother was not around to help so he missed hearing proof of how it actually works.

3/

I asked the guy helping me why it’s rumored that 150 year olds are still receiving social security payments and he just looked at me, shook his head and said the only way it would be possible is if someone were to conceal the death of a loved one and hide their body to keep getting the $.

2/

Friday morning my dad took his last breath as I held his hand. Yesterday I spent the afternoon at the mortuary, making arrangements. The mortuary confirmed that they will notify the county and social security by Tuesday, and his April payment will not be deposited in his account. 1/

America kidnapped and shipped off human beings to be tortured and your homeland security secretary got glammed up and shot a video in front of them.
I don’t know what it takes for you soulless motherfuckers to stand up and say ENOUGH!

Thank you @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Continuing resolution vote expected today, quick action item.
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Congress: Save Medicaid Now Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.

The House could vote next week on drastic cuts to Medicaid that would gut critical programs that protect the civil rights and dignity of millions of Americans — including people with disabilities.

Contact your member of Congress: No cuts to Medicaid.