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No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

The biggest single violent criminal event in DC history was masterminded by and on behalf of Trump who is himself, of course, a convicted felon. The police he today said he would protect and empower were the primary victims of the mass attack he incited.

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

“Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1 percent and 7.5 percent respectively, according to a report… That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates”

Are Americans aware that down here in Mexico we’ve been getting bombarded for months with ads of Kristi Noem telling us to our face that we’re out welcome in the US, and that these ads even found their way into our national TV broadcasts

Because I feel like I have seen nobody mention it

The billionaire CEO of the third richest company on the planet gives the President an actual block of gold so his company is exempted from US Government tariffs. And the whole thing is broadcast live on TV.

Anyone who can't see what is happening to this country is unsalvageable at this point.

Illustration of a woman standing in a lit doorway, casting a long shadow down a dark hallway. Text on the image reads: 'Restricting access to safe abortion drives women and girls to unsafe procedures.'

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

#HealthForAll

I’m not upset if someone on SNAP wants to buy chips.

There are very wealthy people in this country who profit off Americans who have cancer.

That does upset me.

Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.

Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitution—which limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpus—have disappeared from Congress’s website. They claim a coding error is to blame.

“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”

Melinda Gates

Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans The Trump administration revoked a Biden era abortion rule on Friday that allows veterans to receive abortions under their medical package.  The Department of Veteran Affairs is reversing a 20…

Trump just moved to outlaw women veterans who are victims of rape or incest from getting abortion care at VA.

Republicans don’t care if your health is in danger, if you’re a veteran, or if you’ve been raped—they want abortion outlawed everywhere, for everyone.

The Trump administration arrested immigrants-who had no criminal records-and sent them to a gulag where they were tortured and sexually abused

Yet just transferred Ghislaine Maxwell-serving a 20 year sentence for having trafficked hundreds of women with Jeffrey Epstein-to a cushy "Club Fed" prison

Fanone: " I don't believe that the Republican Party ever backed the blue. But they lost all credibility in doing so when they pardoned the more than 500...violent insurrectionists who assaulted uniformed police officers who were just doing their jobs like myself on January 6th."

What you’d hope the President of the United States would say is that they would NEVER pardon a convicted child sex trafficker.

Apparently Trump isn’t ruling that out. Disgusting.

The President of the United States is hoping the testimony of a convicted child sex trafficker will be beneficial to him

Read that again

Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised.

Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years?

THIS

The cost of housing has gone up by 174% since 1990.

Childcare costs are up 120%.

Healthcare costs are up a whopping 270%.

It doesn't have to be this way. Our government can put American families first, create good jobs, and build an economy that people can afford.

Turns out Jeffrey Epstein is a big factor in terms of life.

Pete Buttigieg - Seattle Theatre Group STG Presents Pete Buttigieg, Sep. 6, 2025 at The Paramount Theatre. Official details here.

🚨 Pete Buttigieg is doing an event in Seattle on Saturday, September 6th at 7:30pm.

Tickets will go on sale this Friday at 10am:
www.stgpresents.org/events/pete-...

When Pete did an event in Santa Barbara a few months ago, the 2,000 seats got sold out almost immediately.

'They chained me to the ground': Detainees at Alligator Alcatraz allege harsh punishment by guards While the new Everglades migrant detention center fends off complaints about its living conditions, some detainees claim guards are also doling out discipline for questioning rules — including standin...

“They chained me to the ground," a Nicaraguan migrant seeking U.S. asylum told WLRN in a phone call from inside Alligator Alcatraz.

"I was in the sun, like, from one o’clock to seven o’clock in the evening — without no water.”

🙄

I saw Superman and, based on the right-wing freakout, I was fully expecting something deeply political. I’ve never seen a more straightforward good vs evil movie. It was the kind of good vs evil story that you make for small children, naturally. What a way for the MAGA crowd to tell on themselves.

Horrific, police state stuff.

Political cartoon. President Trump is depicted on a throne above a blazing pit of fire. An older couple wearing “Trump” shirts stand at the end of a ledge at the base of the throne, with text above them reading, “Your sacrifice so millionaires can get a big tax break will not be forgotten.”

On Friday, ICE detained an artist on San Juan Island, near Seattle. The man has no criminal record, is married to an American (who is pregnant), and had applied for a green card. The GOP’s paramilitary goons must be stopped.

I just voted NO to advance Trump's DOGE cuts to PBS, rural radio, and lifesaving aid.

Republicans need to decide: Does Congress decide how to spend taxpayer dollars, or do they just take orders from Russ Vought?

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."