Rosalie V. Grafe

"THE LESSON OF HISTORY IS THAT TYRANTS CANNOT BE APPEASED. APPEASEMENT ONLY FEEDS THEIR INSATIABLE HUNGER FOR POWER. TYRANTS PREY ON PEOPLE WHO FEEL UNSAFE AND VULNERABLE. BUT WITHOUT MASS SUBMISSION, A TYRANT IS POWERLESS. REMEMBER THIS." - ROBERT REICH -

You told people last week…….
I thought they listened. I was wrong.

Robert Reich The Failures of “Centrism”

Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.

When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo

As Trump continues to challenge in court the distribution of food to the poor and disabled through the SNAP program

8 Senators Break Ranks With Democrats and Advance G.O.P. Plan to End Shutdown Two of them are retiring, and none of the others face re-election in 2026.

Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party on Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the U.S. government shutdown.

Here's what to know about the 8 lawmakers who broke ranks.

Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen The request Monday is the latest in a legal fight over how the program that helps 42 million Americans buy groceries should proceed during the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the government is shut down. https://to.pbs.org/43JfaR9

SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that would decide whether mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after should be counted. A ruling for Republicans could upend mail voting, potentially disenfranchising large numbers of voters.

YouTube video by Rebel HQ ICE Slapped With $50M Lawsuit For Throwing 79 Yr Old Man To Pavement

Trump & prick w/ Ears (Steven miller) should be sued for these ICE raid & ICE barbie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj0I...
Sue them and then Govt.

Hello from outside the Portland ICE facility.

America’s construction industry is unraveling as immigration raids empty job sites, workers disappear overnight, and billions in projects remain unfinished while the nation’s builders vanish from sight.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...

They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.

They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.

Most importantly, they were human beings.

And they were murdered.

By the government of the United States of America.

Noem wanted to buy Spirit Airlines planes - except the airline didn’t own them DHS looked at buying the planes from Spirit Airlines, according to a report

Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Artist John Cole. Voters Plane flies over Trump and dumps poop on him “Ok Our Turn”

Still enjoying the ass-whooping voters and Democrats delivered on Tuesday. We must keep fighting to flip seats blue in 2026 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

ICE ABDUCTED THIS PRESCHOOL TEACHER! They stormed into the preschool endangering children.

This woman has a permit to work here, but Trump's brutal forces slammed her, face first through the door & detained her anyway.

This could happen at your children's school.

Call Congress 202-224-3121!

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

We are going to live in a world where the the marginal cost of electricity is very close to zero

A troubled nation breathes a sigh of relief as the Hoagie Hurler case is finally adjudicated.

#NotAllHeroesWearCapes

Robert Reich The Truth About Trump’s Tariffs

The Supreme Court today questioned Trump's use of emergency powers to levy tariffs.

Perhaps they're finally realizing what the rest of us already know.

Other countries aren't paying for the tariffs. We are. https://youtu.be/AfVGUiet39E?si=d0zTlOiRdMCuv6ke

Remember: no matter who is in the Oval Office, you can always fight for change at the state and local levels.

Just look at New Mexico.

This Republican shutdown isn’t about responsible governance. It’s about cruelty and control — and a president who treats hunger as a weapon against his own people.

Let them eat paper

Trump's USDA is ordering grocery stores to follow a federal rule outlawing them from giving discounts to SNAP recipients whose benefits are currently frozen illegally.

So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.

The wealth of the 10 richest Americans has soared by $700 billion since Trump was reelected.

Meanwhile, millions of Americans are going hungry because Trump is illegally withholding contingency funds that would keep food stamps funded during his shutdown.

Two Americas.

Trump pardoned Binance cofounder Changpeng Zhao after Binance made a $2 billion investment in his family’s crypto venture.

Now Trump is claiming he has no idea who Zhao is.

Hello?

Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.

“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”

First Colbert. Then Kimmel. Now he's threatening to go after Seth Meyers? Donald Trump can't take a joke. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-humorless-president

Kimberly-Clark buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in an approximately $48.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, creating a massive consumer health goods company.

Kimberly-Clark is buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in an approximately $48.7 billion cash-and-stock deal, creating a massive consumer health goods company.

Chicago’s image has been on the city’s mind recently, as Donald Trump acts on his threat to occupy it. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/chicago-ice-and-the-lie-of-the-american-pastoral

Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts Set to Open This Month Rachel Saslow

The hub for the comics industry has been four years in the making.

In Uganda, NYC mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani is remembered with pride Zohran Mamdani is leading the New York City mayor's race, and people in his native Uganda say they are watching with pride.

Zohran Mamdani, who has kept his Ugandan citizenship, could become New York City’s first Muslim mayor and the first of Indian descent.
https://to.pbs.org/4qHASOW