Chris in Chicago

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Doesn't look like a "dead issue" to me.

It looks to me like an American president sending America's most infamous child sex trafficker a fawning birthday card on which he drew a naked underage girl with her arms pinioned behind her back and then wrote on her belly, "We have something in common."

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

The day of reckoning approaches If there was one video I would urge you to watch today it would be this from Ezra Klein in a New York Times opinion piece.

@schumer.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov

PLEASE, for the sake of our democracy, DO NOT FUND THIS CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT. Hasn't the last few months shown that voting with Trump's cronies has caused incredible harm?

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Thank you - that's very kind of you to say ❤️

(JB fans unite! 🇺🇸)

#WW gave me a predictable routine & sense of control during some incredibly challenging times, and a hugely supportive community. And yet, there's not much to show for the effort I put in: yes, I've encouraged others & I'm not so self-critical... but the hours, dollars, brainspace - it's been A LOT.

A yellow poster with this green-lettered quote: "The wrong side of history will tell you to be afraid. The right side of history will expect you to be brave." - a real billionaire, JB Pritzker (Illinois Governor)

I just quit #WeightWatchers after (gulp) 20+ years. Feeling some FOMO & regret about leaving 42k followers, for whom I've hosted an online book club for years... but I just can't give another dollar to the weight loss industrial complex while more important issues require my time & attention.

Truth Matters (@politicsusa46) If there was one monologue I would want you to listen to and remember it would be this one written by Lyle Fass, writer, blogger, wine importer and lifelong New Yorker. WHY AMERICA IS LIKE THIS 🎥 Ti...

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Watch. Listen. Comment!

That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.

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They’re doing it because trump doesn’t want to lose the house and he thinks if he steals five seats from the people of Texas he won’t

Add your name to support the Election Rigging Response Act Now, can you sign up to volunteer?

Already too late to stop Trump from rigging the 2026 election? Feels like a Hail Mary... but I can spare a few bucks. act.gavinnewsom.com/signup/ab-ty...

I wish more politicians understood how the economy is rigged against regular people the way Bill Burr does.

I would laugh if the incompetence of Trump's weren't so horrifying and putting us at risk on the daily.

Keep in mind that EVERYTHING he says or does going forward is to distract from the EPSTEIN files.

E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.

Even Republicans in Congress are pointing out Trump doesn't seem to realize the bill slashes hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid which he says is a taboo. Why are they doing this? No one can say.

Every single House Democrat will stand up for the American people.

We just need four Republicans to join us.

U.S. inflation rose slightly last month as grocery prices ticked higher The figures suggest inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's 2% target, which makes it less likely that the central bank will cut its key short-term interest rate.

Help me understand how poor rural White voters put their fate in the hands of a felon who only cares about tax breaks for billionaires.

The Big Beautiful Bill did not address grocery prices.

*sip*☕️

#ProudBlue
#USDemocracy
#ResistanceUnited
#Voices4Victory

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This is the best and of course. “What changed:”. Nope not the bill… not anything. The so called “moderates” who always were going to collapse and everyone else got…. A call from Trump. Of course

CNBC: It sounds to me like the president persuaded you by saying he's gonna override some of the provisions in the bill. Is that right?

RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.

A Real Cancer in Washington The quiet heroism of my friend in government

Yes! Grateful to @annielowrey.bsky.social who just wrote such a story about my sister Anne and her work at CFPB, a job DOGE fired her from the day she learned she has breast cancer.

Critical that people hear about the vital public services being destroyed.

tinyurl.com/ARealCancer

In a waiting room, and this lady chatting w/ the receiptionist is doing a great job explaining the actual impact of the DOGE cuts: *everyone* at her office laid off, what kinds of programs they do & who they help (kids), what's happening w the injunction. These personal stories need more attention!

🎯 Sounds about right. What a cluster!

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Why is that, do you think?

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

“Do you want Sharia law here?!” says the Republican senator as he destroys abortion rights and tries to get rid of women’s voting rights.

I feel so much better, knowing this... thanks?

I appreciate a lil' mild profanity in my puzzles - good one!

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, You Can Now Sponsor a Billionaire of Your Choosing "My fellow Americans: When you pay taxes, which would you rather support? Cancer research, or getting one guy a really big boat?" @petridishes writes:

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, Each Taxpayer Can Now Help Sponsor a Billionaire