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Obama applauds Newsom's California redistricting plan as 'responsible' as Texas GOP pushes new maps

What real leadership looks like.

Thank you, President Barack Obama, for standing strong with California, defending our rights, and fighting for the people of this nation.

Florida is now the 2nd most financially distressed state in the US — topped only by Texas, Google helps reveal They also ranked sixth in the change in number of bankruptcy filings from 2025 to 2025.

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Both are Republican Red States Florida, and Texas

Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.

DC is a safe city and home to more than 700K citizens now being harassed and abused by federal agents, with DeWine-ordered Ohio troops OTW. The people don’t have Congressional representatives. They need our help! Take Action! PASS this around! Here’s a guide.
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What I would have paid!!!

In New Letters, DOJ Escalates Hunt For State Voter Data, Threatens Legal Action Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is escalating its effort to pressure states to hand over sensitive voter data, including by threatening legal action, according to letters from a top department official obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

a man and a woman are sitting in front of a map with the words " great minds think alike " ALT: a man and a woman are sitting in front of a map with the words " great minds think alike "

Was saying the same thing.. using the same language..

a man says i 'm getting tired of waiting while wearing a purple hoodie ALT: a man says i 'm getting tired of waiting while wearing a purple hoodie

I want to know when these liars are going to begin to be struck by lightning..

New York Sues Zelle—What To Know About Alleged $1 Billion Scams Over The App New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office picked up the lawsuit after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a similar one in March.

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office picked up the lawsuit after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a similar one in March.

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

My kind of girl!! ❤️

So hang on…. Trump is going to offer to open up FUKKIN ALASKA TO THE RUSSIANS??

Wow. Let’s see republicans defend this

The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S. ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...

NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.

Another thing they all have in common..

1. Get bad jobs numbers
2. Fire person who counted
3. Stop counting

‘1984’ is upon us 🇺🇸

Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq.

“If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.”

National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC.

A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.

Rediculously illuminated golden oyster mushrooms grow atop a mossy gray log under a green summer canopy. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

LEFT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has a tattoo in honor of a family member.

RIGHT: Where our government incarcerates a person who has facilitated and/or engaged in the sexual assault of over a thousand children.

Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

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I only ever share positive content to help save the street dogs.

1 million meals fed, 100,000 sterilizations funded and 106 dogs re-homed.

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CHIRLA just dropped a heat map tracking immigration raids across L.A., and the data is telling.

Since June, 471 confirmed operations—focused predominantly on specific neighborhoods, POC, and Latinos. Proof that ICE isn’t targeting individuals, they’re profiling communities — to meet quota.

Dragonfly at my apartment complex ☺️ 🌱 7/23/25

I feel seen!

Nashville Banner: Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried

Forget about what year it is. What century is it?

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I WANT A CREDIT TO MY FEDERAL TAXES for 2025!

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