The NYC mayorโs election might be the first big election where Millennials and Gen Zers realize that their broad participation can literally dictate the outcome of elections.
That alone is everything. Itโs the way democracy will be reborn.
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The NYC mayorโs election might be the first big election where Millennials and Gen Zers realize that their broad participation can literally dictate the outcome of elections.
That alone is everything. Itโs the way democracy will be reborn.
Grijalva: I do think that Speaker Johnson misplayed his hand.
There are people all over this nation who were out there with signs that said, โSwear her in.โ They wouldnโt have even known about me otherwise.
Thank you for highlighting how corrupt the system youโre protecting really is.
That move lost my household as a customer.
03.11.2025 13:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Voters in California: Please vote YES on Prop 50, the temporary redistricting measure to fight fire with fire against cheating by the radical right in other states. Deadline to vote and to send in your ballot is Tuesday, Nov 4.
03.11.2025 04:13 โ ๐ 1869 ๐ 525 ๐ฌ 39 ๐ 18โThereโs too many Americans on SNAP!โ
Yes there are. Too many corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
Huge companyies are encouraging their employees to apply for SNAP because they donโt pay them enough to survive.
The government encourages this & then blames the poor.
What a surprise ๐ฎ
03.11.2025 12:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
What a beautiful voice! Golly, ladies, take more Tylenol...
03.11.2025 12:00 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 015-year-old Jack singing Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" while his Dad plays guitar.
Jack is autistic.
WATCH:
#Resist
Or Russia.
02.11.2025 23:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Those people are obscene.
02.11.2025 22:10 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Pass the popcorn!
02.11.2025 22:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dodgers, do not go to the White House.
Fans, demand this.
Enjoy the moment, but we have to come together as a community to make this World Series victory a symbol of Los Angeles joy and resistance, not collaboration and betrayal.
I think "I hope that's true".
02.11.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I loved the description of daylight savings time attributed to a Native American elder: "only a White Man would think he can make his blanket longer by cutting a foot off one end and sewing it onto the other end".
02.11.2025 22:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#Epstein
02.11.2025 06:01 โ ๐ 803 ๐ 315 ๐ฌ 33 ๐ 11โThe GOPโs greatest con has convinced Americans that what is holding them back economically is not the rich with their tax lawyers and loopholes; rather, itโs the poor, who might buy junk food with food stamps. Itโs not the people hoarding billions; itโs the people sleeping on the sidewalks.โ
01.11.2025 21:01 โ ๐ 305 ๐ 105 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 3Newsom: "This is a historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than him. In every core category he's underwater. He who promised to make us healthier & wealthier & we're poorer and sicker ... He knows he's lose midterms so he's trying to rig it before 1 vote is cast"
02.11.2025 15:20 โ ๐ 12883 ๐ 3947 ๐ฌ 214 ๐ 101Well, darn. It did sound like an unlikely amount to sue for, so I was a bit skeptical.
02.11.2025 21:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0STEAM catapults?
02.11.2025 21:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Life imitating art.
02.11.2025 20:12 โ ๐ 598 ๐ 223 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 12And misogyny.
02.11.2025 21:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yup.
02.11.2025 21:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Same here!
02.11.2025 21:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Sitting here thinking about the fact that come Tuesday, barring disaster, NYC is going to have a democratic socialist Muslim immigrant as mayor and Iโm so glad Iโm going to get to live to see it.
02.11.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 1413 ๐ 191 ๐ฌ 55 ๐ 16After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
02.11.2025 19:55 โ ๐ 2010 ๐ 811 ๐ฌ 73 ๐ 44Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."
02.11.2025 15:21 โ ๐ 24298 ๐ 6377 ๐ฌ 409 ๐ 217