Albert Kaufman

Congressional Republicans are happily handing their power over to Trump It’s a tale as old as January 2025: GOP lawmakers believe their primary job is to assist President Donald Trump in doing whatever he wants—even if “whatever he wants” means “turn Congress ...

Fun fact: Republicans are defunding the GAO—a watchdog Congress created—to help Trump ignore laws Congress passed.

It’s like sawing off the branch you're sitting on ... because Dear Leader told you to.

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Unfit to Serve: Jeanine Pirro Made Excuses for Jan. 6th Senators weighing her nomination for U.S. attorney should revisit her remarks denigrating prosecutors and calling defendants “hostages.”

This is make or break week for the Judge Jeanine Pirro nomination for US attorney in DC--vote is Thursday

She is unfit including by Senator Tillis' & Kennedy's standards because of her positions on Jan 6 & the insurrectionists

Make your voice heard👉 5calls.org

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Exclusive | Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album. One Was From Donald Trump. The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’

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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

So f'd up

While Everyone’s Watching Medicaid, the ACA Is About to Unravel — Quietly and Catastrophically Everyone’s focused on the massive Medicaid cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” — and rightfully so. Millions stand to lose life-saving coverage. But there’s another crisis coming, and it’s being almo...

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Are you on Medicaid? Are you SURE? Because it’s called a *lot* of different things in a lot of different states. 💁‍♀️

They don't care about your health. They are the party of death.

While Everyone’s Watching Medicaid, the ACA Is About to Unravel — Quietly and Catastrophically Everyone’s focused on the massive Medicaid cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” — and rightfully so. Millions stand to lose life-saving coverage. But there’s another crisis coming, and it’s being almo...

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Powerful image of the Supreme Cult.

While Everyone’s Watching Medicaid, the ACA Is About to Unravel — Quietly and Catastrophically Everyone’s focused on the massive Medicaid cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” — and rightfully so. Millions stand to lose life-saving coverage. But there’s another crisis coming, and it’s being almo...

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Not good

Imagine where it would be if there was a concerted effort by Democrats to make the case on this issue rather than let events play out on their own.

"In this 2007 documentary that originally aired on Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers investigates big media’s role as cheerleader in the clamor for war in the months preceding the March 19, 2003 invasion" billmoyers.com/content/buyi...

Just because something doesn’t affect you personally, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about it. We, as humans should desire to see others free from suffering

I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t.

#Pinks

Quiet Clean PDX Gas powered leaf blowers are hazardous to your health. Please help us to eliminate gas powered leaf blowers and make our neighborhoods safer and quieter.

Great work. We're still working to get rid of gas-powered tools @ quietcleanpdx.org

2025 climate risk report no place to hide

Our situation is perilous. As temperatures increase, so do damages from floods, hurricanes, and fires. These pose increasing threats to global economies.

Climate risk is financial risk. Many economists have predicted 20-40% reduction in asset values due to climate change. This poses a serious risk to pension funds and their beneficiaries.

Climate risk management is a core responsibility of those managing pension funds. They must step up and collaborate to pull their funds out of fossil fuel investments.

Divest Oregon is proud to present the 2025 Climate Risk Report: No Place to Hide, which addresses the financial risk that climate change presents to state pension funds and suggests solutions to combat this risk.
You can read the whole report on our website: www.divestoregon.org/2025-climate...

Aggressive immigration enforcement makes musicians rethink U.S. tours In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and s...

In a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, some international musicians are deciding that going through the complicated process of getting a U.S. artist visa may not be worth the financial and safety risks.

May 7, 2025 Alarm appears to be rising about how the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is consolidating data about Americans.

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Hi Bluesky follower!

Portland Parks Dept. Still using gas-powered tools. Move forward already!!!

If members of the press are worried they didn’t give enough coverage to the cognitive decline of a sitting president, they have an amazing opportunity to make up for it right now.

We live in a post-critical thought society

Split image showing White House Secretary Karoline Leavitt wearing a red dress next to a screenshot of the same dress for sale online labeled as made in China, with a caption claiming the Chinese embassy mocked her for boycotting Chinese goods while wearing Chinese-made clothing.

Well played.

💯

What an asshole. Seriously. F 47

F47

One of the highest grossing doctors in the climate world

I've come along to this take after kneekerk cynicism. Doing stuff that grabs attention is good. Not every action has to accomplish everything. You can praise and be happy about a step forward. We're going to need many steps forward.