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Washington DC doesn't need occupation, it requires statehood Proud Democrat seeking an alternative to hellscape Twitter. Wife and Mom who enjoys art, travel, gardening, good books and good conversation. Anglophile. Critical thinking a must! #DemCast

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Demand Speaker Johnson Swear in Rep Grijalva โญ‘ 5 Calls On September 23rd, Adelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona, replacing her father, the late Raรบl Grijalva (D-AZ) who passed away earlier โ€ฆ

Call for action.

Swear in Rep Grijalva

#DemVoice1

5calls.org/issue/adelit...

07.10.2025 09:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years

06.10.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 548    ๐Ÿ” 226    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Ordering state police to have a confrontation with federal agents or the military โ€” while it might โ€œfeelโ€ satisfying to some โ€” is a recipe for disaster, one in which someone will get hurt, and provide the exact pretext they are looking for toโ€ฆdo something worse. Pritzker is right here, sorry

07.10.2025 03:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 690    ๐Ÿ” 147    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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'Sorry the Constitution hurt your feelings': Gavin Newsom takes a jab at Stephen Millerโ€™s whining over Oregon troop ban | The Mary Sue If you are a kid, then a little whining can go a long way. The same, however, cannot be said about adults or more specifically politicians, at least not

โ€˜Sorry the Constitution hurt your feelingsโ€™: Gavin Newsom takes a jab at Stephen Millerโ€™s whining over Oregon troop ban www.themarysue.com/sorry-the-co...

06.10.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 671    ๐Ÿ” 202    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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NEWS: A top federal prosecutor in Virginia has informed colleagues the she is DECLINING to charge NY AG Letitia James, despite pressure from Trump himself to indict her on bogus charges.

New via Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian of MSNBC. Link in reply.

06.10.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4244    ๐Ÿ” 1118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 123    ๐Ÿ“Œ 77

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as โ€œinsurrectionโ€ with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

07.10.2025 09:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2121    ๐Ÿ” 783    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 46    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

There's no Winchell's in Portland, or Chicago. All they've got are lies

07.10.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Greg Abbott used Texas taxpayer money to fly undocumented immigrants to Chicago and now he's using Texas taxpayer money to send our troops there to clean up a phony crisis he created.

07.10.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 102    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Portland Judgeโ€™s Vital Lesson: Deference Is Not Blind Obedience Judges canโ€™t defer to determinations โ€œuntethered to facts.โ€

open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...

07.10.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

98% of House Republican have not signed the Epstein files discharge petition.

Why are 215 of them refusing?

Ghislaine Maxwell knows.

06.10.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
donald trump is lying about the government shutdown being the fault of democrats.

donald trump is lying about the government shutdown being the fault of democrats.

Hey folks!

My daughter just sent this to me and asked why this is on a federal parks page? Well first, the USDA is not the parks service.

Hey @usparksdept.bsky.social
@altnps.bsky.social

Be aware that trump is lying to the people using fake sites.

07.10.2025 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"We're gonna crash some planes if you don't fund ICE."

06.10.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7894    ๐Ÿ” 1831    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 338    ๐Ÿ“Œ 61
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The "Abolish ICE" Banner is back outside of the Portland ICE detention center. It was removed by federal goons.

"Whose streets? Our streets!"

"Whose streets? Our streets!"

06.10.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2782    ๐Ÿ” 1066    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

As a lifetime Chicago resident until 2019, now a resident of Portland, I'm honored to have lived in both cities ๐Ÿ”ต

07.10.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Portland is a โ€œwar-ravagedโ€ city that is โ€œon fire,โ€ President Trump warns. But I braved the artillery fire and militia checkpoints to bring you this video report from the front lines.

06.10.2025 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1401    ๐Ÿ” 332    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
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Epstein Survivors Will Flood Capitol to Force Files Release They will appear alongside the congresspeople supporting the release, including Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Jeffrey Epstein survivors and a bipartisan group of lawmakersโ€”Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)โ€”are scheduled to hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 11 a.m..
www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-surv...

07.10.2025 04:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president โ€” not any of his aides โ€” who authored the written responses to his questions.

He also did not explain whether heโ€™d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly.

The presidentโ€™s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phoneโ€™s text message capacity.

He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings.

Trumpโ€™s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

The CNN anchor did not explain how he verified that it was the president โ€” not any of his aides โ€” who authored the written responses to his questions. He also did not explain whether heโ€™d made any effort to speak with the president by phone, something that has become commonplace for reporters covering the second Trump administration because Trump has maintained use of his personal mobile phone since returning to the presidency and frequently uses it to contact reporters directly. The presidentโ€™s purported text message exchange with Tapper was also unusual because Trump is not known to be a frequent user of his phoneโ€™s text message capacity. He also famously eschews email and other written forms of communication and during his first term he openly complained when attorneys working for his administration took notes during meetings. Trumpโ€™s unconventional use of text-based communications to purportedly respond to Tapper comes as questions continue to swirl about the state of his health

Jake Tapper did a whole interview with Trump by text message? Which means he can't actually confirm it was him. And now everyone's asking even more than before very reasonable questions about the wannabe dictator's health.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

06.10.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2099    ๐Ÿ” 573    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 136    ๐Ÿ“Œ 210
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โ€œThe account in the federal criminal complaint differs significantly from an earlier homeland security statement โ€” it said agents โ€œforced to fire defensive shotsโ€ at driver โ€œarmed with semiautomatic weapon- criminal complaint does not include that claimโ€๐Ÿค” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

06.10.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1551    ๐Ÿ” 632    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

Do people realize that Trump and Miller are creating so many valid civil causes of action that taxpayers will be paying billions of dollarsโ€”if not tens of billionsโ€”to their innocent victims and their families over the next 25 years?

America will be digging itself out of a hole for decades to come.

06.10.2025 19:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1395    ๐Ÿ” 416    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Federal tactics on Portland protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administrationโ€™s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administrationโ€™s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city. via @opb.org

05.10.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 729    ๐Ÿ” 351    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Hereโ€™s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administrationโ€™s cut...

Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.

07.10.2025 03:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1113    ๐Ÿ” 658    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 59
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www.upi.com Nature's Own Bully Bites dog treats recalled over salmonella risks - UPI.com

Nature's Own Bully Bites dog treats recalled over salmonella risks

06.10.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donโ€™t give an inch

07.10.2025 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2338    ๐Ÿ” 851    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE DESPERATELY RUNNING 26 MILES, 385 YARDS TO ESCAPE A WAR ZONE

07.10.2025 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3173    ๐Ÿ” 730    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

WTF

07.10.2025 04:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court shoots down challenge to WA carbon market A natural gas power plant in Grays Harbor County had sued over the state's keystone climate policy.

Voters upheld the Climate Commitment Act by a landslide last year.

Today, the Supreme Court shot down a legal challenge.

As the federal government is abandoning critical climate protections, Washington's leadership is needed now more than ever. This is an important win.

07.10.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 814    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

so can someone explain how itโ€™s good when AI takes our jobs but bad when the immigrants do?

07.10.2025 05:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Portland And Beyond This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: โ€œIโ€™d do it if it was necessary.

Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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