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Progressive, antiwar, humanitarian, environmentalist, civil liberties, human rights, Down Syndrome. #ConnectTheLeft.

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Drill, Baby, Drill rcooley123.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/d...

09.10.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams One of them described her job as offering โ€œconcierge, white-glove serviceโ€ to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

09.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

President Out-of-Control rcooley123.wordpress.com/2020/03/08/p...

09.10.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections | Common Dreams Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns of Trump's plan to militarize US cities and control elections. Pritzker remains defiant against threats of imprisonment.

Pritzker Warns Trump Will Have Military Seize Ballot Boxes So He Can 'Count the Votes Himself' in Elections | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/jb-prit...

09.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The President Who Poisons All He Touches: Donald Trump, the First American Dictator Reblogged on WordPress.com

The President Who Poisons All He Touches: Donald Trump, the First American Dictator rcooley123.wordpress.com/2020/08/17/t...

09.10.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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THE MIDDLE OF WEEK 33 There are 391 days to end this and save our country.

THE MIDDLE OF WEEK 33
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09.10.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money Lobbyists for foreign countries have long influenced US policy, but nothing compares to the brazen corruption of the second administration of Trump.

Trump Opens the White House Doors to Foreign Regimes and Their Dirty Money
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09.10.2025 01:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/01/15/f...

08.10.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read Jack Smith's unsealed court filing - POLITICO rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/10/03/r... | Stop letting Trump commit crimes. Impeach, convict, remove from office for violating laws and the Constitution he swore to uphold and defend.

08.10.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still a Long Way to Go: FDR's Second Bill of Rights rcooley123.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/s...

08.10.2025 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wanna Beat Trump? MAGA?? Here's How Democrats have the most obvious villains in human history. It should be easy. These are comic-book supervillains. But we have a problem...

Wanna Beat Trump? MAGA?? Here's How | Crooks and Liars crooksandliars.com/2025/10/wann...

08.10.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To Tell the Truth rcooley123.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/t...

08.10.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Republicans are holding Americans' health care hostage โ€” and lying about it By refusing to extend premium tax credits, GOP leaders are using the shutdown fight to gamble the coverage of millions of Americans.

Republicans are holding Americans' health care hostage โ€” and lying about it www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

08.10.2025 18:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's United Nations Speech: Read Full Text Transcript rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...

08.10.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump Must Go 2.0 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/t...

08.10.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump turned the shutdown into spectacle. That's not helping him. The president put himself in the spotlight, so he's taking the blame.

Trump turned the shutdown into spectacle. That's not helping him. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an... | I certainly hope it will hurt Trump and his GOP Congressional enablers. It's certainly hurting millions of Americans.

08.10.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Grand Theft Corruption rcooley123.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/g... | Will Trump's grift catch up to Musk's wealth by the end of this term?

08.10.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Stunning Corruption In The White House Itโ€™s a feature of Trump.

The Stunning Corruption In The White House
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08.10.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WATCH: Donald J. Trump's 2024 RNC acceptance speech : NPR rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/07/20/w...

08.10.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump's United Nations Speech: Read Full Text Transcript --- rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/t...

08.10.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State - Center for American Progress rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/08/06/f...

08.10.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fitness To Serve rcooley123.wordpress.com/2016/10/02/f...

08.10.2025 03:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Allowing Greed To Trump Need rcooley123.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/a...

08.10.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Class War, American Style - Part I - Health Care rcooley123.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/c...

08.10.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bernie Sanders Drops A Bombshell On Republicans About The Obamacare Subsidies Crisis A new report from the Senate HELP Committee compiled stories from Americans in 42 states who expressed fear that Trump's cuts to ACA subsidies are going to kill them.

Bernie Sanders Drops A Bombshell On Republicans About The Obamacare Subsidies Crisis
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08.10.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump Must Go 2.0 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/t...

08.10.2025 02:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025 rcooley123.wordpress.com/2024/01/24/t...

08.10.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Voting in Our Interests rcooley123.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/v...

08.10.2025 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Reality Breaking Through,โ€™ Says Casar, as MTG Scolds Fellow Republicans Over Healthcare | Common Dreams "Not a single Republican in leadership... has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!" wrote MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene.

โ€˜Reality Breaking Through,โ€™ Says Casar, as MTG Scolds Fellow Republicans Over Healthcare | Common Dreams www.commondreams.org/news/mtg-sco...

08.10.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Try Waging War on Poverty Instead of the Poor rcooley123.wordpress.com/2013/11/03/t...

08.10.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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