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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country.

As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.

“.. It’s also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic ..”

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Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.

“Approximately 40,000 children born every year have some type of heart condition, Antaki said, but that isn’t a large enough number to incentivize medical device companies to invest ..

“For that reason,” Antaki said, “our only option is federal funding ..”

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This was taken during the great depression.

Sound familiar?

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

Photo of hand holding protest sign with the text: “I didn’t know we had a king! I thought we were an autonomous collective.”

Photo of protestors in front of the California Capitol building

Hands Off protest in Sacramento

#HANDSOFF #NYC

We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.

And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.

The time to organize is now.

OcasioCortez.com

"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"

"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."

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First they came for your due process rights, and you said nothing for you had not committed a crime.

Then they came for your right to privacy, and you said nothing for you had nothing to hide.

Then they came for your free speech rights, and you said nothing.

Hey guys remember the Hillary Clinton email server?

Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?

Social Security is the largest source of income for most beneficiaries — and it keeps 22 million people out of poverty.

Meanwhile, Trump’s billionaire Commerce Secretary says that seniors won’t care if they don’t receive their benefits.

Government for the rich, by the rich.

Remember: The fundamental issue isn’t the size of the government or how to make government more “efficient.” 

It’s who our government is for.

Should it work mainly for big corporations and billionaires, including the richest person in the world — or for the rest of us?

AOC and Bernie in front of the rally crowd in Denver

Zoomed out crowd shot of 34,000 people in downtown Denver with Colorado mountains in the background

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.

This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.

Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.

And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

Gender-affirming care may lower depression risk, study finds, but many are losing access A new study finds gender-affirming care may lower depression risk, as access to such care is diminishing.

Gender-affirming care may lower depression risk, study finds, but many are losing access abcnews.go.com/Health/gende...

X post by Timothy Snyder (@TimothyD ...), posted 6 hours ago. The post reads, "The people Attorney General Bondi is calling 'terrorists' have had no trial and no chance to defend them. We do not know they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril."

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

Hand holding protest sign saying “Believing in climate change is NOT a political opinion” with the California Capitol building in the background

Hand holding protest sign saying “that’s not very data-driven of you” with the California Capitol building in the background

Science!

Tariffs UP.
Groceries UP.
Exports DOWN.
Stock market DOWN.
Consumer confidence DOWN.
Chance of a recession UP UP UP.

After Trump left, it took Biden 4 years to rebuild the US economy.

It’s taken Trump just 6 weeks to destroy it again.

Due to egg shortage, Egglands best will now expand to selling Egglands “adequate” and Egglands “I guess we’ll see won’t we”

My dog talks in his sleep.
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He never tells the truth.
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Theres nothing I can do about it.
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You have to let sleeping dogs lie.

TRUMP: "You're not in a good position, you don't have the cards right now" ZELENSKYY: "I'm not playing cards"

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

You say "difficult woman" like I'm going to be offended.

YouTube video by Chappell Roan - Topic Femininomenon

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three posts: - suz from aotearoa: A kiwi is a flightless bird. The fruit is kiwifruit - JessTerraformEarth: Tbf the fruit is also flightless - Kieran: Not if you have a good arm.

nzsky underrated

Photo of a package of markers next to a white poster board with the words “NO KING IN OUR COUNTRY” in red and blue stylized, handwritten text

Happy President’s Day