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YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren I want to send America's seniors an extra $200 a month.

Donald Trump is sending $40 billion to Argentina. I want to send America's seniors an extra $200 a month.

The cost of everything from groceries to utilities to health care is up.

My new bill is an emergency lifeline for seniors struggling to survive in Trump's economy.

Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:

$100 billion

Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:

$100 billion

One is decried as "welfare." One is not.

Why?

$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings

But no money to lower your healthcare costs.

What do these corporate donors expect in return for their money?

It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.

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

Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?

Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…”

~Patrick Henry

Miss you!!!

Graphic where Senator Warren says: In 2013, Trump himself said, about a potential government shutdown, quote: Then, a Donald Trump quote: “if there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He’s the one that has to get people together.” Senator Warren says: Donald Trump today should take a hint from Donald Trump yesterday.

I agree with Donald Trump:

Trump is not the right leader for his moment.

There are only two types of products and services now: outright scam and pseudo scam (where you're like ehh technically I got something in exchange for my money but cmon)

May we never become accustomed to state-sponsored propaganda. 

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

I’m old enough to remember that “I was just following orders” was no defense. Nor is it now.

Here are my top 10 fall dogs!

Graphic that reads: DID DONALD TRUMP CANCEL JIMMY KIMMEL? After Colbert’s show was canceled, Trump posted that “next up” is Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Kimmel is on ABC (owned by Disney). Some ABC stations are controlled by a media company called Nexstar. Nexstar and Disney both need the Trump admin’s approval of 2 big business deals. Talking about Kimmel and ABC, Trump’s FCC Chair said, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way." ABC execs were reportedly "pissing themselves" over fear of Trump retaliation. Nexstar announced it won’t carry Kimmel's show. ABC indefinitely canceled Kimmel’s show. Trump called it “great news for America.” We need a free press, not a few corporate media giants bowing down to Trump

Did Donald Trump cancel Jimmy Kimmel?

We need a free press, not a few corporate media giants bowing down to Trump.

This was the absolute norm for any US politician until, well, Trump. Even Mike Pence said it when he was booed at a staging of Hamilton just after they won in 2016.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

“Starting on Day One, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”

—Donald Trump, August 2024

lmao

David Letterman, Now (and Then) As his NBC late-night show comes to streaming, David Letterman reflects on his legacy — as well as his love for John Mulaney: ‘I would, right now, drive cross-country and back in a rental car with John Mulaney, without stopping, other than for gas.’

As his NBC late-night show comes to streaming, David Letterman reflects on his legacy — as well as his love for John Mulaney: ‘I would, right now, drive cross-country and back in a rental car with John Mulaney, without stopping, other than for gas.’

RFK Jr. should’ve never been confirmed, & he’s proven that every day since. Children are literally dying from measles because of his lies & reckless anti-vax agenda. He is a threat to our health & our democracy. Public office has no place for deadly, deranged delusion. It’s time for him to resign.

The New Yorker…

Today's shooting in Minneapolis was a tragedy. The cause: The guns. It always been the guns. Until Congress does something about the guns, it will still be the guns.

Consider this, from LONG SHADOW, hosted by @vermontgmg.bsky.social and produced by @longlead.com with @thetrace.org and @prx.org