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The Real Cost of Voter ID Laws — And Who Pays the Highest Price Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

A new must read from Yunior Rivas.👇

In a healthy democracy, the right to vote isn’t something you earn or defend and the burden is on the government to make voting easier, not on citizens to prove they deserve to vote. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

Please vetted even Democrats candidates to make sure they are not just "role playing democrat" to get elected for their own power and grifts the American people. Resist. NY you can do much better than Cuomo. VOTE MAMDANI .

Please vetted even Democrats candidates to make sure they are not just "role playing democrat" to get elected for their own power and grifts the American people. Resist. NY you can do much better than Cuomo. VOTE MAMDANI .

Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control. Here’s what the data shows. Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes. But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president’s attention.

Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control. Here’s what the data shows. - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

They knew his kind was out there! Someone the Enemies of Our Nation could easily Corrupt and use. 🤔🧐🤨

#ProudBlue

My life in a nutshell.

I’m passionate about my family my country and my planet.

And protecting the vulnerable in society.

I can guarantee, if everyone were similar, this world would be a paradise.

Of course, without Conservatives.

YouTube video by The Dangerous Ones EXPOSED: Trump's DC TAKEOVER distraction

🚨EXPOSED; Trump's DC TAKEOVER distraction

Crime in DC is at a 30-year low, so naturally the city needs troops, federal police control, and a strong dose of Nazi-coded ‘beautification.’

THE TRUTH: He hopes you'll forget about the Epstein files

WATCH: youtu.be/QIWXKeEKQMg

Thank you for taking a few moments to read this. I’ve hesitated to post this. I don’t intend to offend anyone, but understand I may. I will not respond to comments but I believe in free speech and will not deny anyone the right to respond. It’s hard to believe we’ve reached this point. It saddens me. Yet, I believe there is hope. I grew up an Iowa Republican. I worked to get Republicans elected. I hosted fundraisers in our home for Republican candidates. I gave money to Republican candidates. I voted for Republicans. I was appointed an Honorary Colonel in the Iowa Militia by a Republican Governor for my service to the State of Iowa, largely due to my Republican efforts. I considered running for public office someday as a Republican. I was part of the Republican team. Then, things started to change. The party moved farther and farther right. It became radicalized by people who had lost sight of truth, justice, equality and (ironically) doing what is “right”. It lost sight of our country’s history and the necessary, continuing struggle to “form a more perfect union”. Most important to me, it lost sight of the essence of Christianity—it more and more loudly claimed to be Christian, yet more and more ignored Christ’s core teachings and example of pulling together for good and loving our neighbors as ourselves. Still, I hung on for several years believing the Republican Party at least stood for fiscal conservatism. Eventually, I concluded that “trickle down” economics was a sham and the Republican Party was mostly, if not wholly, the cause of our ballooning national debt. So, many years ago I quietly left the Republican Party and became an Independent.

I am no longer willing to be quiet. Now, we have Trump 2. Our democracy is crumbling before our eyes, led by Republican egomaniacs who are drunk on money and power; who vomit on the rule of law; who choke on equality before the law; who belch blatant daily lies to mislead the people they are sworn to represent and serve; who spit on the legacy of our forefathers; who rage against the rights of the downtrodden, including the foreigner legitimately seeking asylum and/or an opportunity to realize the cherished American Dream. Trump is a criminal, a liar, and a draft-dodger, among many other traits unsuitable for the leader of the free world. I am ashamed he is our President. He leads the charge and the MAGA’s of the Republican Party blindly follow. GOP no longer stands for “Grand Old Party”, it stands for Gutted, Obsolete and Pathetic. Yet, are there good and thoughtful Republicans who have worked hard for their wealth and believe in the American Dream of democracy, freedom, fairness and equality under the rule of law? Of course. Are there good and thoughtful Republicans who reject the MAGA zealots? Yes. But, apparently, few Republicans (The Lincoln Project excepted) are willing to stand up and openly oppose Trump and the MAGA element. Please understand if you are one of those quiet Republicans who privately rejects Trump and MAGA extremism, but continues to vote Republican just because you’ve always been a Republican, you will destroy this country for you, your children and your children’s children. This is not your parents’ Republican Party. This is not Iowa Governor Bob Ray’s Republican Party. This is not Iowa U.S. Congressman Jim Leach’s Republican party. This is not President Ronald Reagan’s Republican Party. This is a Republican Party of the self-absorbed rich—insatiably addicted to power and money. This is a Republican Party of the few, who are hell-bent on gutting democracy and the rule of law to enrich themselves. This is not the party of Lincoln, the party w…

After being an attorney in a private law practice in my home town for 28 years, I was honored to serve as an Iowa District Court Judge for nearly 14 years, appointed by a Republican governor, sworn to everyday uphold the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Iowa and to equally uphold the rights of the rich and the poor. My experience in the law allows me to understand the precious and fragile nature of our rights under the law. My interest in history allows me to understand how treacherous, power-hungry people can destroy those rights. I will no longer quietly tolerate the treachery of this present version of the Republican Party as it tramples on our rights and dismantles our democracy. Neither should you. As bleak as things seem, there is hope. 2026 is just around the corner. Vote in the upcoming 2026 mid-term election and encourage others to vote. Most importantly, in the sanctity and privacy of the voting booth, join me for the first time in my life in voting a Democrat Blue straight-ticket ballot to show Trump, his MAGA sycophants and the Republican Party that “We the People” are still in charge and that we want balanced, intelligent, thoughtful, fair, mature and expletive-free politics. Show them by your vote that we will not allow them to ruin, ransack and trample upon our lives, our rights, our faith, and our nation—a nation bought by the blood and sacrifice of those willing to give their lives for the high ideals that the current Republican Party now clearly rejects. Be brave. Be strong. Resist. Persist. Save our country in ‘26.

We need a LOT more Republicans to publicly say this to their friends.

And don't @ me with that "if we even have elections" BS. I'll hide that shit as soon as you post it.

Post your defeatism on your own TL.

I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of these secret meetings-- whether between Todd Blanche and Ghislaine Maxwell, or the White House "not a meeting to discuss the Epstein files" organized by JD Vance, or Trump's upcoming meeting with Putin.

That's $22 a pound. 😬

@betoorourke.bsky.social: "When Trump called GA Republicans after the 2020 election and said, 'Hey, will you find me 11,000 votes?' they said, 'The hell with that. Absolutely not.' When he called Texas Republicans and said, 'Find me 5 congressional seats,' they said, 'How soon do you want them?'"

"If you live in Alaska, I need you to buy a Ukrainian flag and turn any area that Putin is going to be into a sea of Ukrainian flags - so many that, when Putin lands, all he's going to see is just yellow and blue."

Inflation report drops Tuesday as economists warn prices are going up The July CPI inflation report will be released on Tuesday with economists expecting prices ticked higher as more tariffs took effect, complicating the Fed's rate cut outlook.

The question people are asking is, ‘will we see accurate information’?

The Labor Department will release latest monthly inflation report on Tuesday at a critical time for the economy, the Federal Reserve will take stock of impact of tariffs on consumer prices.

www.foxbusiness.com/economy/infl...

This is LA this past weekend, Saturday, August 9, 2025 💪🏽💙

YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast Rick Wilson On Trump, Putin & Alaska – WTF?!?!?

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Crazy how the guy on the Epstein list is also the guy making sure you never see it.

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Nancy Mace freaks out as she's questioned about taking credit for a law she voted against - LGBTQ Nation Pete Buttigieg famously slammed her hypocrisy on the matter in just one word.

Nancy Mace freaks out as she’s questioned about taking credit for a law she voted against www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/nanc...

Former SC FBI official promoted to Washington fired for Jan. 6 work, reports say Former top South Carolina FBI official Steven Jensen had just eight months to go before he was eligible for a pension when he was fired this week from the Bureau.

You do your job, do it well, and get fired. #scpol

Former SC FBI official promoted to Washington fired for Jan. 6 work, reports say
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Is Dean Cain joining ICE to try and erase his heritage?

He's half Japanese. His family were in internment camps.

He's no Superman, he's in a cult

JFC Well fuck him for his morally indifferent for other human beings. If this is true, he should be shame publicly every day, every where he goes because it will be no less than what ICE is inflicting pain & cruelty on people that has been kidnapped & not giving them DUE PROCESS. Resist.

A doctor in Gaza describes the horror of starvation "I remember the first time that I saw a little girl, she was eight months old, brought to me—she was sticks and bones and she was dead."

 "There is no sane human being who can look at the situation and not see a pile of war crimes and evidence of genocide everywhere that they look at this point. Anyone who doesn’t recognize what’s happening in Gaza as war crimes and a genocide is not serious. They are propagandists and that is it."

LISTEN, DONALD TRUMP IS A PIECE OF SHIT, WE KNOW THAT HE IS. BUT IN A FUNCTIONING DEMOCRACY, HE STILL WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. BUT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS BECAUSE THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLICIT. HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH THIS BECAUSE SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLICIT. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE COURTS, ESPECIALLY THE SUPREME COURT, IS COMPLICIT." REP. JASMINE CROCKETT

#JasmineCrockett ~ You are perfectly right. Thank you for speaking the truth!

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

Results are in …

🚨🧵1/2 Tomorrow, 8/9 in Ft. Worth, DFW is standing together at 3:00 to support our TX DEM REPS

No excuse, it’s plenty of time for ya’ll to drive up from Houston, Austin & San Antonio & even stop at Buckees for a Brisket sandwich

Or as we say in TX regardless of where you live, “Ya’ll come on down!”

Yes, this is how you fight, Governor!

California Gov. Gavin Newsom:

"We are talking about emergency measures to respond to what's happening in Texas, and we will nullify what happens in Texas."

Smith joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:

Substack: www.thebulwark.com/p/lis-smith-...

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2jh...

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJ0...

Opinion: Cruelty masquerading as law and order We are, most of us, familiar with the statue of Lady Justice, the blindfolded, sword-bearing icon whose scales symbolize the balance our justice system strives to enforce. The great lady

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#FreeKellyYu
Kelly Yu is not a criminal
She has owned a favorite Sushi restaurant for over 20 years in Peoria AZ
She has been detained by ICE since May !!
She is being held in Eloy detention
The CRUELTY OF ICE
She has done nothing wrong
Bring her home