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We Can’t Give In to Fear From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.

New from me.👇

It does not surprise me that people are worried. I expected many to be concerned. But I did not anticipate that so many leaders across industries and professions would allow fear to silence them. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-c...

43% of social welfare recipients are White. 11 of the top 12 most dependent states are red states.

Alaska is the most dependent on federal aid while California (49) and New Jersey (50) are least dependent, contributing far more than they receive.

#RedStateMoochers

Vance, a recent convert to Catholicism, demonstrates his comfort w the sin of racism in this post. Defending racism is the antithesis of being prolife. Focusing on the media as the evil doer rather than the person who did evil things is the work of the devil. Racism is incompatible w the faith.

When the Holy Father steps in to explain Ordo Amoris bc a recent convert is spreading a false understanding of it, take note and understand the recent convert is not a trustworthy source for explaining the faith. The Holy Father, the Vicar of Christ, is the trustworthy source.

A pardon doesn’t change the audio on the Blago tapes.

A scale image showing the planets of our solar system in relation to the size of the sun.

The Sun is a giant ball of hydrogen & helium held together by gravity. At 4.6B years old, it is about 50% through its effective life span. Its equator completes a rotation about once every 25 days.
Today has a Superbowl, but it's Sun-day first.

Some don't want posts like this on @bsky.app. I want more. Why ?

This is a moderated platform. Which means unbridled hate is removed. And blocked.

Making this is a platform where we can engage and have real discussions on real issues.

@bsky.app w 100m users changes political discourse.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Ken Martin: Get the DNC Out of D.C.

A few weeks ago I had a chance to interview Ken Martin, about his commitment to have the DNC fight for voting rights. His answer gives me hope that we will again see the DNC take a leadership role in the fight for democracy. youtu.be/_vbbvO_fx0Y

The Paranoid Thriller That Foretold Trump’s Foreign Policy Some of the president’s policies are stranger than fiction.

What happens when the President Of The United States goes insane? www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Yep.
Including no one to watch the Jumbotrons.

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Stunning!

Too bad there aren’t any fruits and vegetables for them to pick.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in his farewell address: "You know, I was taught at West Point to pray that I would 'choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong.' And I have tried every day as Secretary to live up to that teaching."

It's a prayer for America right now.

If Republicans are the working class party why is minimum wage still $7.25 in their states?

Felons beware….

Some good news — since we started the Holler we have hollered about voice votes in Tennessee’s house being an absolute anti-transparency joke.

We’ve many times seen chairs call votes the obviously wrong way.

It seems those days are finally over. 🎉

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The adult version of
"head, shoulders, knees, and toe"
is
"wallet, glasses, keys, and phone" 😂😂

Sadly, we all know the answers to these questions 🫤🇺🇸

Well then I support placing conditions on California’s tax revenue supporting red states.

It can be hard to dream when the future feels uncertain.

Hard to focus.
Hard to plan.
Hard to imagine the best when the worst feels as present as our breath.

It’s okay.

Just do the next right thing.

And then the one after that.

Keep going.

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I’m really delighted to be one of the contributors to the pro-democracy new media group, The Contrarian. More news about this coming later today!

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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg nears end to his post where he started - Pittsburgh Union Progress Ten days from the end of his term as U.S. secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg spent a thoughtful and reflective day in Pittsburgh Friday that he dubbed “boats, trains, planes and automobiles.”...

"Through it all, Buttigieg came across as friendly, sharp, inquisitive and keenly aware of the importance of the topics at hand."

That's our Pete 💙

www.unionprogress.com/2025/01/12/t...

Free Press What’s wrong with the media? Too slanted. Too greedy. Too much power in too few hands. It’s time to change that. The fight for better media begins here, so get involved today. Read more and share with...

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Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...

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🇺🇸 I deeply appreciate these nations helping ours. God bless you. 🇺🇸