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Don't forget - if you are in line after polls close - you STILL get to vote. Stay in line. Never leave. Your vote matters!

04.11.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is so sickening that I feel ill. I grew up with kids of Hispanic descent. They were the majority. Smart and talented kids. My last yearbook is full of best wishes from them, happy notes, some written in Spanish or mixed with English. How horrible have we become, with support from this admin!

04.11.2025 05:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Usha Vance Is Not a Victim. Sheโ€™s a Villain The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what sheโ€™s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence.

โ€œUsha Vance Is Not a Victim. Sheโ€™s a Villain.โ€

The second lady deserves to be held accountable for what sheโ€™s chosen to represent and the role she has willingly played in an admin whose values run counter to her very existence.

04.11.2025 04:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4018    ๐Ÿ” 672    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 188    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

The president of the United States thinks asylum-seekers come from mental asylums.

He says it in almost every interview where the topic of migration comes up.

How is this not 25th Amendment territory? How is he not an embarrassment to this entire country?

04.11.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29637    ๐Ÿ” 6894    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1582    ๐Ÿ“Œ 409
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Democrats are more enthusiastic about the midterms as Trumpโ€™s approval hits second-term low, CNN poll finds | CNN Politics One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll c...

A time for change.

If the Republican Party drifts from traditional values and democratic principles, then it's time for the American people to search for trust elsewhere.

America deserves leadership guided by conscience and its future is dependent on it. www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

03.11.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Video shows immigration agent punching restrained man after car collision turns into confrontation Police in a Chicago suburb are gathering evidence after a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle crash led to a violent arrest caught on video.

Trump is the villain behind unleashing amoral, brutish thugs on the American people.

When will SCOTUS stop this destroyer of democracy dictator? Or is this what MAGA judges want? Act before you lose all credibility.

apnews.com/article/illi...

03.11.2025 12:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Listen Up People๐Ÿ’™You need to hear what is being said on what is happening here in America!! Itโ€™s so on point and itโ€™s not what we want to hear but itโ€™s true!! This country is devouring itself from the inside because of this hateful administration!!weโ€™re in Jeopardy๐Ÿคจ
#DemVoice1
#DemsUnited
#ProudBlue

02.11.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Moving on from Kavanaugh Stops to Kavanaugh Shootings.

03.11.2025 05:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1241    ๐Ÿ” 400    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Real top story from 60 Minutes interview of Trump is that he is a puppet:
Norah O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is... Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it.

Trump is a PINO- A President in name only!

03.11.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 350    ๐Ÿ” 118    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

The conversation about illegal immigration would be very different in America if the focus of federal law enforcement was on arresting and prosecuting corporate employers who hire undocumented workers.

03.11.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 867    ๐Ÿ” 205    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

What a disgrace we are living in, experiencing the erosion of our democracy. Eighty years ago,we signed a treaty officially ending the war in the Pacific and thus of World War 2. Look at us now. It is shameful.

03.11.2025 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some days I just want to play like Kamala won the presidency & how nice it would be if we were on a path of joy & decency, that our science & intellectual achievements were still intact in our government. That our democracy was thriving along with truth & opportunity for all.

02.11.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bail Crackdown on Ballot Ignores Mental Health Crisis, Advocates Say Even without Proposition 3, "The jail system is already the largest warehouse of people with mental illness in the state of Texas."

Last week: โ€œBecause of overcrowding, the jail system is already the largest warehouse of people with mental illness in the state of Texas. We cannot keep punishing our way out of this mental health crisis.โ€

02.11.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Strongmen in politics and technology are changing the world They share a reckless disregard for rules, as two books point out

Two new books grapple with a new cadre of strongmen in politics and tech. They share a reckless disregard for rules, the authors point out

02.11.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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US squeeze on Venezuela wonโ€™t bring about rapid collapse of Maduro โ€“ in fact, it might boomerang on Washington Covert ops and military buildup in the Caribbean suggest Washington is eying a regime change. But are conditions ripe in Venezuela?

Trumpโ€™s huge military build-up in the Caribbean is unlikely to shift Maduro. Venezuelans are rallying around their leader against the threat. And an invasion would mobilise world opinion against America theconversation.com/us-squeeze-o...

02.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block The immigration agents' tear gas grenades clinked and then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.

'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE NAZI Dreck block-by-block
www.reuters.com/world/us/wer...

02.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The United States is not an autocracy today. It still has a mostly free press and independent judiciary, and millions of Americans recently attended the โ€œNo Kingsโ€ protests. But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans โ€” including people in positions of power โ€” remain far too complacent about the threat.

The United States is not an autocracy today. It still has a mostly free press and independent judiciary, and millions of Americans recently attended the โ€œNo Kingsโ€ protests. But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans โ€” including people in positions of power โ€” remain far too complacent about the threat.

The @nytimes.com editorial board "has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
#autocracy
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

02.11.2025 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Obama tells Democrats to push back against Trump's 'lawlessness and recklessness' โ€œLetโ€™s face it, our country and our policy are in a pretty dark place right now.โ€

REAL US President Obama tells Democrats to push back against NAZI USURPER Trump's 'lawlessness and recklessness'
www.reuters.com/world/us/oba...

02.11.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the presidentโ€™s architectural folly into sharp relief

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

02.11.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yet he in no way practIces or attempts to practice Christian principles.

02.11.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's counting on cowardice. We need to push back with the force we finally exhibited during WW2 before we have to suffer his blatant Naziism. But GOP is still propping him up. Some people still have racial prejudice and think they won't be affected. Wrong. They will. All this is insane.

02.11.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Actually it is years past time

02.11.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1157    ๐Ÿ” 191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Katie Couric Says Trump Supporters Need to Be 'Deprogrammed' The big tech and media push to see conservative thought weeded out of all the spaces they control is marching forward one day before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office withย a promiseย to โ€œhealโ€ a...

I agree with Katie Couric โ€” Trumpโ€™s movement has all the hallmarks of a cult. The lies, the blind loyalty, the denial of facts โ€” itโ€™s not politics anymore, itโ€™s indoctrination. Deprogramming isnโ€™t an insult; itโ€™s a national necessity. #TrumpCult #Resist cbn.com/news/news/ka...

01.11.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

01.11.2025 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26391    ๐Ÿ” 7724    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 517    ๐Ÿ“Œ 366
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Kamala Harris: It is about reminding folks that we refuse to kneel at the foot of a tyrant. That's not what we do. We stand for the principles upon which our nation was founded. We believe in the power of the vote, and we are prepared when necessary to fight fire with fire.

01.11.2025 23:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11065    ๐Ÿ” 2814    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 196    ๐Ÿ“Œ 108
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Kamala Harris on Yes on Prop 50: This fight is not about sitting by and complaining, 'Oh, they're cheating.' We are witnessing a high-velocity event that is about implementing a plan decades in the making to intimidate voters and suppress the vote. California is taking a stand.

01.11.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 222    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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'Christians Who Don't Want to Feed Peopleโ€”Aren't Jesus Christians'

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/christians...

02.11.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1807    ๐Ÿ” 648    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 67    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

โ€œIf theyโ€™re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???โ€

Because theyโ€™re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.

02.11.2025 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12020    ๐Ÿ” 2723    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 429    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152
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President @barackobama.bsky.social: โ€œNew Jersey, itโ€™s time to point America in a better direction by electing @mikiesherrill.bsky.social."

02.11.2025 00:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 426    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

President Obama is encouraging New Jersey voters to elect Mikie Sherrill, suggesting she could guide America towards better direction. Important elections can shape the future of democracy significantly.

02.11.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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