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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

We were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE facility in Illinois.

WHAT is the Trump Administration hiding?

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: "ICE are raging through the streets of Chicago trying to intimidate everyday ordinary citizens trying to go to school and work. That's not what America is about. It's shameful that the president has instigated this."

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Pete Hegseth's views on women serving in combat—and apparently also on our right to vote—are beyond shameful and flat out wrong.

The tens of thousands of women he's commanding are actually qualified and earned their jobs, unlike him.

He's a disgrace to our brave servicemembers.

Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas

The whole world’s watching this ludicrous coverup unfold as Trump’s team moves convicted sex offender Maxwell to a minimum security camp after Trump’s lawyer found she answered all his questions correctly. Nobody’s falling for this fraud—release the files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

Aaaaaand there it is.

Privatizing Social Security has been their plan all along.

Lying thieves. All of them.

Some kids need more protection from ultra-processed food. Here's why Kids in the U.S. get most of their calories from ultra-processed foods, which are tied to health problems. Now, scientists are finding that kids don't all react to these foods in the same way.

Kids in the U.S. get most of their calories from ultra-processed foods, which are tied to health problems. Now, scientists are finding that kids don't all react to these foods in the same way.

Letter by U.S. Senator Van Hollen joined by U.S. Senator Duckworth and her colleagues pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Letter by U.S. Senator Van Hollen joined by U.S. Senator Duckworth and her colleagues pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Letter by U.S. Senator Van Hollen joined by U.S. Senator Duckworth and her colleagues pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Letter by U.S. Senator Van Hollen joined by U.S. Senator Duckworth and her colleagues pressing the Trump Administration for answers on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

It is an outrage that there is still not enough aid making it to Gazans in need.

And I'm horrified to see innocent civilians being targeted and killed as they try to seek out aid.

Rubio needs to address GHF's complicity in the starvation and killing of innocent Palestinians.

Why 22 million people may see a 'sharp' increase in health insurance premiums in 2026 The GOP's so-called "big beautiful bill" cut taxes in some ways but didn't extend a tax break that lowered health insurance premiums for millions of people.

Trump and Republicans just gave $4 trillion in tax giveaways to the nation’s most wealthy—
 
Meanwhile millions could wind up paying $700 extra next year just to keep the same plan.
 
Most families don’t have that kind of money lying around. This will cost lives.

Alt Text: A statement on a red-bordered white background from George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. Army veteran, U.S. citizen, and security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, California. The statement recounts his wrongful detainment by ICE agents on July 10th while on his way to work. He describes being pepper-sprayed, tear-gassed, having his car window smashed, and being dragged out of his vehicle at gunpoint, despite being nonviolent and clearly identifying himself as a U.S. citizen and employee. Retes details being detained for three days without charges, phone access, or legal help, and without being told the reason for his arrest. He was denied medical care despite injuries from chemical agents. He expresses that such treatment is unacceptable, especially for a veteran, and underscores that this was not just a mistake but a civil rights violation and a failure of justice. Retes calls for a full investigation into ICE's actions, accountability for the agents involved, and broader public awareness, emphasizing that the raid hurt U.S. citizens as well as immigrants. The statement ends with his declaration that he will not remain silent. In the bottom-right corner is the United Farm Workers logo and the phrase “Sí se puede.” Generated with BSky AltText CustomGPT.

25 y/o vet George Retes, a citizen, was ICE-napped en route to work—tear-gassed, cuffed, ghosted for 3 days. No charges. No calls. No clue. “Oops” won’t cut it. The Empire eats its own. Fnords howl. Chaos knows the truth: this isn’t justice—it’s ritual abuse. Investigate everything. 🌀🇺🇸
#aftermath

Please, this isn’t about saving money.

Republicans just exploded the debt by at least 4 trillion dollars!!!

To fund tax cuts for billionaires.

Defunding Big Bird and Elmo isn’t going to fix that mess.

Neither is defunding programs to help starving children.

The price of eggs @ Kroger doesn’t matter when there are no eggs.

Summertime (Saturday Morning, July 12, 2025) A Case of You, the Creekside Blend, and the Meaning of Public Witness

Grinding the Beans on Substack-Creekside Blend at Panacea in Waynesville, NC; A Case of You, Herbie Hancock interprets Joni Mitchell; and thoughts on public witness in a summertime when the living is (not) easy.

On July 5, as floodwaters were starting to recede, FEMA received 3,027 calls from disaster survivors and answered 3,018, or roughly 99.7 percent, the documents show. Contractors with four call center companies answered the vast majority of the calls. That evening, however, Ms. Noem did not renew the contracts with the four companies and hundreds of contractors were fired, according to the documents and the person briefed on the matter. The next day, July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls and answered 846, or roughly 35.8 percent, according to the documents. And on Monday, July 7, the agency fielded 16,419 calls and answered 2,613, or around 15.9 percent, the documents sho

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

4 in 10 kids are covered by Medicaid.

That's over 37 million kids that Republicans just threw under the bus so they can fund even more tax breaks for their billionaire donors.

Democrats cut child poverty nearly in half by expanding the Child Tax Credit.

Republicans’ Big, Beautiful Bill denies 22 million low-income kids the full benefits they deserve—while also robbing 16 million kids of their free school lunches.

It's billionaires before kids.

The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

If it weren’t for SNAP, I wouldn’t be where I am today.
 
Now, Republicans are trying to rip that lifeline away from millions of kids, Veterans and working families—just to hand more tax breaks to their billionaire buddies.
 
No one should go hungry so the rich can get richer.

NEW VIDEO: Trump’s masked Gestapo brutally beating an unarmed day laborer in SANTA ANA, CA

The constitution in shreds. 🇺🇸

Original post: www.instagram.com/reel/DLLIdku...

ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A.

After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.

Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”

Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.

Spiritual warfare and the roots of political violence American democracy is under attack from an authoritarian movement.

The story that many Americans like to tell themselves is that #Christianity landed in America with the Pilgrims and hasn’t changed much since.
In fact, American #religion has undergone major transformations in its long history.
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YouTube video by RHINO Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (Official Music Video)

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Republicans passed a package that guts $9.4 BILLION in critical funding.

They’re coming for global health, humanitarian aid, national security—& even PBS & NPR.

Let me be real clear:
What they’re cutting saves lives, keeps the world stable, and tells the truth.

Trump is so desperate to distract from their attack on Medicaid that he’s threatening to arrest governors?

The folks hollering about “family values” are out here tearing families apart with unlawful ICE raids, militarized police, & the weaponization of government.

All while ripping away food & healthcare from working-class families.

Are the family values in the room with us?

To Trump and Republicans, it's “fiscally responsible” to kick millions off Medicaid and SNAP—
 
In order to fund billionaire tax breaks that will add $2.4 TRILLION to the deficit.
 
The big, ugly bill is a total sham. It steals from everyone to give to the few.