“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave.

They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.

Totally not a cult.

ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.

They're already on top of it.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

In 1990, only 1.2% of all guns manufactured were AR15s. Now, >23.4% of all guns made are AR15s & mass shootings with ⬆️ casualties skyrocketed - due to the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban expiring in 2004 & the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act giving the gun industry a civil liability shield.

Donald Trump is on the Hill to demand that House Republicans end Medicaid as we know it in America.

They can all get lost.

They will NEVER silence us on the House Floor.

Or anyplace else.

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many can’t even define what they mean by it. But it’s their code word for anything that doesn’t center them. 😭

History will remember the truth ...

So they are hurting hungry children AND local farmers.
But hey! At least rich guys will get tax cuts!

You break it, you own it.

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Jim Himes, Ed Case, Laura Gillen, Ami Bera, Jim Costa, Chrissy Houlahan, Marcy Kaptur, Jared Moscowitz, Marie Glusenkamp Perez, and Tom Suozzi…you are the ten chickenshit motherfuckers who voted with REPUBLICANS to censure Al Green.

You will all be primaried. You ALL must go.

Bowser signals D.C. will paint over BLM Plaza after GOP threatens funding The mayor’s announcement represents a remarkable retreat from her defiant posture toward President Donald Trump during his first term.

NEW: Republicans threaten to cancel millions of dollars in transportation funding unless DC Mayor Bowser paints over Black Lives Matter Plaza. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

TONIGHT: One Big, Beautiful Speech of Lies. Don’t forget to grab your Bingo cards ⬇️

Weekend Video March 1, 2025 Hey!

Weekend Video is up, and open to all! I debunk some of the stupid "Zelensky should have just..." crowd you're hearing from, desperately trying to save Trump.

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Bottom line: Elon's vendetta against USAID and the federal workforce is shredding all of the systems that the USG has built up to protect the US homeland against global outbreak risks.

Scrambling to recall a few staff and issue some belated funding is just window dressing.

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There are moments in these deportation fights when I can just FEEL how pissed off they are that I’m Puerto Rican 😂 they want to threaten me with it so bad 😂

It would help if more people would SHARE what the Dems ARE doing. They post every day.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools

clarksvillenow.com/local/books-...

This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?

And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !

We all look forward to reading your thoughts

This says it all

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show Showing The Math: Kamala Actually Won The Election, Investigative Journalist, Greg Palast

youtu.be/3UiB3xwyfPQ

The Musk coup is at five alarm fire. I just received this text from a friend:
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#Musk # Coup

Mexico & Canada did literally nothing to stop the Trump tariffs.

The stock market stopped the tariffs as Wall Street always assumed it would.

How is Trump hoping to improve air safety?!