Gertrude Ederle swimming. Photo credit: Bain News Service / Library of Congress.

#ResistanceRoots

Gertrude Ederle was born on this day in 1905 in New York City. Ederle is best known as the first woman to swim the English Channel, setting a new record of 14 hours 34 minutes. Hard of hearing most of her life, she spent much of her free time teaching deaf children to swim. /1

“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.

Homepage Informing debates. Shaping policy. Producing results.

The government has the funds to issue SNAP benefits, yet they're withholding the money. Over $3 billion in contingency funds are set aside to ensure food assistance during a shutdown. They could leverage these funds to fulfill SNAP benefits for 40 M people, including 16 M children, yet they don't

Did anyone spot moving vans outside the White House recently that could have been used to remove precious, historic furniture, mantel pieces, fixtures, chandeliers, lamps, and portraits from the East Wing to safety?

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

Make sure you listen to the song too! Amazing. Thanks Nicky!!!

Crazy

I absolutely hate how every US media outlet will do this every time a cop shoots someone. They'll make the headline vague to imply an officer was shot by a suspect, then abuse passive voice to absolve the officer of any wrongdoing. "the agent’s weapon discharged". BRO, HE SHOT HIS COLLEAGUE.

4. We needed to confirm Trump and Rudy called GOP senators in an attempt to delay certification on 1/6
5. All the toll records were given to Trump and his lawyers in discovery a couple of years ago so what's your problem now?

Sincerely,

JS

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The truth about Emil Bove's conduct at DOJ would not have been fully known, if it weren't for a whistleblower.

As this administration makes a habit of misleading the courts, and ignoring court orders, speaking up could mean exposing real lawlessness.

The #Liz48 Plan: This Is How We Remove Them—Legally, Quickly, and Nonviolently The way to get rid of Trump—and his entire corrupt, inept Administration—is to cut the line of presidential succession. Here's the entire ten-step process.

I've been wracking my brain for months, trying to figure out how we can get rid of not just Trump, but also Vance and the entire monstrous Cabinet.

#Liz48 is what I've come up with. Please share this.

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

George Santos’ lying ass is back in the spotlight Fresh off having his prison sentence commuted by President Donald Trump, former New York Rep. George Santos wasted no ...

Santos served under three months of a seven-year sentence and showed little to no remorse.

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Get this out there.

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No person.

They even gave theses rights to SLAVES. Does not say CITIZEN

Amendment V
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who ...

“If you’re watching television and the words ‘woke and weaponized’ come out of a politician’s mouth, you can know that this is coming ... from the strategies we’re putting out,” Russ Vought boasted in a recording obtained by @propublica.org

The cover of jubilee hitchhiker the life and times of Richard Brautigan By william hjortsberg, which shows a young, smiling RB hitchhiking at a roadside with a typewriter cradled in his left arm.

They sold the night crawlers for a penny apiece to the Cedar Flats Grocery Store, a little crossroads place about twelve miles up the McKenzie out of Eugene.

I’m sitting in the Autumn sunshine in Puglia reading William Hjortsberg’s epic biography of Richard Brautigan and it is peppered with pleasing lines of Brautiganesque prose like this.

Mike Johnson is making a habit of protecting pedophiles

First it’s Jeffrey Epstein-and maybe even Donald Trump-by refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva

Now alleged sexual abuser and GOP Congressman Cory Mills, who has a protective order against him

But Johnson doesn’t think that’s “serious”

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen Brian Tyler Cohen gives speech at No Kings

Brian Tyler Cohen:

"[𝘔]𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭.
𝘚𝘰, 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳.
𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭?”

Crowd: “𝘕𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖𝘖!”

#USDemocracy #NoKings

They Said Red America Would Stay Silent. Then It Roared “No Kings.” From the plains of Wyoming to the pews of Georgia, millions stood in defiance of tyranny. Inside are the voices, colors, and conviction of a nation finding its roar.

When our freedom is threatened because the rule of law that guarantees it has been hijacked by a lawless, tyrannical regime, WE THE PEOPLE don’t check to see which side we’re on before we fight back.

We’re on each other’s side. We have each other’s backs.

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Yes indeed!

RFK is undoing human subjects protections so he can conduct placebo trials of vaccines. That means infecting people knowingly. I wonder who will “volunteer” for these trials? If history is any guide, a lot of incarcerated and other powerless people.

The brand new GOP position this morning, apparently, is that old white people suck. I kid you not. #NoKings

This entire conversation is based on the lie that democrats shut down the government. Karl just goes along with that premise.

MAGA Bullshit about paid protesters…

Norman, Oklahoma!

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Damn!!!! Those are some beautiful sights!
#NoKings

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