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This is concerning during Trump’s press conference, he portrayed Washington as a testing ground, a place to prove MAGA can manage and “revitalize” cities better than Democrats, with the goal of making it a model for other Democratic-led cities across the USA. A model for what exactly, martial law?

BANNON on Trump’s D.C. takeover: “I hope this is a template for Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.” 🤔

(Reminder: This is an authoritarian power grab to distract from his Epstein cover-up)

60 years ago today, the signing of the Voting Rights Act ensured representation for every community in the nation.

Trump is attempting to violate that law now to roll back our progress.

This isn't just about Texas – this is about America.

I'm proud to stand for our democracy.

Embarking on a speaking tour for the National Women's Party, despite concerns for her health, she collapsed in the middle of one of her speeches. She died of pernicious anemia at just 30 years old. The final words of her last suffrage speech - “Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"

Inez Millholland was born #otd August 6, 1886. An activist from her youth, she held suffragist meetings billed as "classes" when her college had banned them. She is known for leading the way on horseback as the Woman Suffrage Procession marched through Washington, DC, on March 3, 1913.

Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired over 11,000 air traffic controllers amid a strike.

Two days earlier, Reagan had warned the workers that their jobs would be terminated if they did not return to work within 48 hours.

America, where a Lt. Governor can blatantly admit to not knowing what due process is, and still have a job.

Not only that, but still honestly think this is correct despite Supreme Court decisions.

And then get upset at the town hall participants for reacting in such a way.

Gaslighting

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Virginia Guiffre statement to Maxwell read on the day of her sentencing.

Virginia Guiffre statement to Maxwell read on the day of her sentencing.

This is Virginia Guiffre's statement to Ghislane Maxwell, read by Guiffre's attorney in court the day Maxwell was sentenced.

I had to divide it into 2 parts. Please read each & share.

These are the words of a child rape victim, a victim of the monster Trump now protecting & arranging her freedom.

It’s 1984 Friday, Donald Trump did what every good (bad?) dictator does: He shot the messenger.

It’s 1984
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#OtD 1 Aug 1837 legendary Irish-born US labour organiser and co-founder of the @IWW, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was baptised (her birthdate is unknown) in Cork, Ireland stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8044...

Trump Just Released His Plan to Revoke Birthright Citizenship. It’s Worse Than Imagined. Try as it might, the government cannot cover up the horrors with bureaucratic legalese.

ICE “could send agents to demand proof of legal status from postpartum mothers and fathers. If they failed to produce the necessary paperwork, ICE could arrest the entire family, including the baby, whom agents could attempt to separate from her parents.”

Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps With 2/3 of ICE's enforcement and removal operations budget going to outside companies, contractors are receiving billions of taxpayer dollars. This map shows the U.S.-based organizations receiving fu...

See which companies in your area are profiting from the mass detention & deportation of our neighbors.

Updated 7/16 to add several companies & create a new category for those involved in the Everglades tent camp. Best viewed from a browser, not Google Maps app.

If you don’t talk about something unpleasant, like covid or poor jobs numbers, then like a miracle it will disappear

President Trump Actually Paved Over the Rose Garden The iconic White House Rose Garden is now more of a rose...

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On this day in 1965, Pres. Lyndon Johnson signed into law legislation establishing the Medicare and Medicaid programs. "For 60 years, these programs have been protecting the health and well-being of millions of American families, saving lives, and improving the economic security of our nation."

it is spine-chilling to learn that a 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was, per Trump, the source of his rift with Epstein (who he claims “stole” her)

since of course, Virginia is no longer with us to respond

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 45 47 **** The WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and © www.whitehouse.gov 25. Juli 2025

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people

and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed."

It was never going to stop with immigrants.

This is horrifying beyond words.

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive
― James Baldwin

Night 💚📖

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Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War Among the books flagged for possible removal were “The 1619 Project” and a book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland.

Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War - The Washington Post

His name stripped from Fort Polk, Black World War I hero honored with building Weeks after Fort Johnson became Fort Polk once again, a major building at the fort in Vernon Parish was named after Johnson, a Black World War I hero.

Weeks after Fort Johnson became Fort Polk once again, a major building at the fort in Vernon Parish was named after Johnson, a Black World War I hero.

Trump seeks to make it easier for people with mental illnesses to be involuntarily committed President Trump wants to make it easier to involuntarily treat people with serious mental illnesses, but critics say the approach lacks sufficient evidence to be expanded.

Trump seeks to make it easier for people with mental illnesses to be involuntarily committed - STAT

Groups allege 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees have no access to immigration attorneys in new lawsuit A 38-page complaint spells out how people detained at the state-run Everglades detention center are reportedly not getting access to their attorneys.

The U.S. Constitution does not allow the government to simply lock people away without any ability to communicate with counsel or to petition the court for release from custody.

Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry | CNN While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, the two officials affected led the investigation into whether NOAA’s scientific integrity policies were violated during the so-called Sharpiegate scan...

SCOOP: Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry www.cnn.com/2025/07/25/w...

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize and institutionalize people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health disabilities.

Thanks to Trump, R—skins is back in the news. Just a friendly reminder that it is a dictionary-defined racial slur, so you shouldn’t use it or casually throw it around. Instead, you can use R-skins or the R-word.