November 14, 2025 In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.

November 14, 2025

“If you want to freeze society where it is, then cripple the research enterprise,” says Harvard professor Steven Pinker. cbsn.ws/4oZdhHQ

Hundreds of Education Department employees were laid off during a Friday-night shutdown, significantly reducing staffing in special-education offices and raising concerns about services for millions of students with disabilities.

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Graphic text: REPUBLICANS WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT WHY? THEY'D RATHER SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT THAN SAVE YOUR HEALTH CARE. BUT WE'RE IN A HEALTH CARE CRISIS: 15 MILLION PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE. MILLIONS ARE ABOUT TO SEE THEIR PREMIUMS SKYROCKET. DEMOCRATS THINK PEOPLE DESERVE HEALTH CARE.

Democrats think the American people deserve health care.

Republicans would rather shut down the government than lower health care costs.

Donald Trump’s Assault on Disability Rights Federal offices and programs that insure equal treatment are being shuttered and scaled back.

Under the Trump Administration, federal offices and programs that insure equal treatment are being shuttered and scaled back.

"(M)ost Americans are ill-equipped to fully understand the significance of attempts to render the Amendment void, and what it will mean for our national identity, our legal and political systems, and for the lives of ordinary Americans, if those efforts are successful."

September 2, 2025 In the early hours of Sunday morning, in the middle of a three-day holiday weekend, the Trump administration attempted to take children out of government custody and ship them alone to their country o...

September 2, 2025

“This Supreme Court will never condemn this President, even for delegitimizing the federal judiciary.”
Judge Luttig offers a stark and scathing view of the Court’s willingness to limit Trump’s “unconscionable & unconstitutional” power grab.

America Tips Into Fascism Today is different than before.

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%. Once they win elections, it's already too late.

Sobering read

"I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.

Once they win elections, it's already too late."

by Chris Armitage

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Social Security was born 90 years ago today.

We are fighting to protect and strengthen it.

Republican extremists are trying to rip your earned benefits away.

August 9, 2025 Last Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a video in which Christian nationalist pastors express their opposition to the idea of women voting.

August 9, 2025

Equal access to the ballot box is the foundation of democracy.

Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we continue our fight.

Whether it's Donald Trump or Greg Abbott, we can’t let them drag our democracy backwards.

Schools brace for potential cuts to special education funding Medicaid cuts could impact special education services in public schools, leaving districts to find alternative funding sources.

Public schools receive billions each year in reimbursements for services such as counseling and speech therapy — and those programs are at risk following President Trump's cuts to Medicaid.

Scenes from a packed town hall with @jasmineforus.bsky.social @yassaminansari.bsky.social @meidastouch.com @moveon.org in Phoenix.

How Scientific Empires End And what it means for America

Trump burns everythng to the ground

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Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.

His own daughter has benefited from NIH research. He's a monster. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Graphic with text "The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 35 years ago today." Above the text is a photo of two people in wheel chairs and two people standing behind them next to a desk where former president H.W. Bush is signing a piece of paper.

The ADA was signed into law 35 years ago today, and remains the most comprehensive civil rights law protecting people with disabilities.

This anniversary comes at a time when the health and dignity of disabled people are under attack by the Trump administration.

This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart Reacts to Colbert's Cancellation & Trump's "Bawdy" Epstein Doodles | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart Reacts to Colbert's Cancellation & Trump's "Bawdy" Epstein Doodles

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Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them

Popping in briefly from vacation to share my latest: Here's how the ~$1 trillion in Medicaid cuts in Republicans' newly passed law could threaten the home- and community-based care that many Americans with disabilities rely on.

You can also protest the other techno-fascist billionaires who bankroll and empower this coup.

In the article and thread below, there is guidance on how to boycott Amazon, Meta, Google, and OpenAI.

Their power and wealth come from our data. Stripping that from them is a direct way to fight back.

(next to an image of John Lewis) JOIN US JULY 17 Good Trouble Lives On GoodTroubleLivesOn.org

TODAY: We’re honoring the late Rep. John Lewis by taking to the streets, courthouses and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights and dignity for all.

Find a Good Trouble Lives On event near you to march in peace and act in power: goodtroubleliveson.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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@adamkinzinger.substack.com How about a running list of everything this administration is doing? The news changes by the hour.

July 7, 2025 At about 10:30 this morning local time, heavily armed masked agents in trucks, armored vehicles, a helicopter, on foot, and on horseback, accompanied by a gun mounted on a truck raided the MacArthur P...

July 7, 2025

This is so good. We cannot forget all the impact from the chaos. It changes daily but it should not be lost but shown every day.

Home of the Brave participant Ronn:

“I took an oath in 1969 to defend this country against all enemies—foreign and domestic. I never thought at the age of 75 years old that the biggest threat to veterans right now is the Commander in Chief.”

Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who disobey the president’s immoral or unlawful orders.

Expect to see more of this.

#RadioFreeAmerica

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