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Carolyn Barthel βŒπŸ‘‘

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Longtime climate activist, mom, wife, grandmom, UU, singer Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral thinking. We must lay the foundation while we may not know exactly how to build the ceiling. --Greta Thunberg

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Americans are dead. Prices are skyrocketing. The Middle East is on fire. Civil war is brewing in Iran.

And for what? A war that will leave the same hardliners in charge? A war that can't actually destroy their nuclear program?

This is incompetence. Plain and simple.

05.03.2026 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10942    πŸ” 3055    πŸ’¬ 410    πŸ“Œ 107
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Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."

05.03.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14149    πŸ” 3993    πŸ’¬ 449    πŸ“Œ 185
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PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.

Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.

Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

04.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1460    πŸ” 746    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 44
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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

04.03.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20149    πŸ” 6010    πŸ’¬ 1022    πŸ“Œ 447

Comments submitted. I hope they help. Thank you for the opportunity.

05.03.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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04.03.2026 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ... there's info on who to complain to to try to stop this at the end of the article, lets share this message and try our best to stop it.

03.03.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2487    πŸ” 1937    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 189

Horrifying. Jesus Lord in heaven.

04.03.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 7207    πŸ” 2561    πŸ’¬ 349    πŸ“Œ 119
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"It is fraud" -- Neguse nails Kristi Noem for lying during her testimony yesterday when she told the Senate that DHS's $220m ad campaign starring her "went out to a competitive bid" (it did not), and tells her "I think there's gonna be accountability" (1/2)

04.03.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 12048    πŸ” 3626    πŸ’¬ 363    πŸ“Œ 237
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U.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy.

A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflictβ€”and 9000
miles from North Americaβ€”makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

04.03.2026 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 12940    πŸ” 4792    πŸ’¬ 517    πŸ“Œ 275
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NOEM: Our federal detention centers are held to the highest standards in comparison to other detaining facilities

McBATH: Did you just hear me? He has to crawl through mold and feces and bodily fluids just to take a shower. This is absolute lunacy and you know it.

04.03.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 16072    πŸ” 5343    πŸ’¬ 569    πŸ“Œ 265

It's infuriating and frankly disrespectful to call our modern-day Gestapo, aka ICE, "law enforcement officers." They're nothing of the sort. Real law enforcement protects (or should protect) people. ICE terrorizes them.

03.03.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7068    πŸ” 1612    πŸ’¬ 367    πŸ“Œ 103

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

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A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever πŸ’”

04.03.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 15993    πŸ” 6769    πŸ’¬ 283    πŸ“Œ 266
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Release the Epstein Files

04.03.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7034    πŸ” 2144    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 63
Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled β€œU.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

Screenshot of an X post by Senator Tom Cotton saying Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years and that the president was right to act. Below is a Fox News segment with Cotton speaking while footage labeled β€œU.S. Central Command – Unclassified” shows a strike.

β€œImminent.” You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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Balint to Noem: "You're the secretary of DHS -- for now. And you think you're immune from accountability. But I promise you this: one day he is not gonna be president anymore. And when that day comes, we will still be here. And in hearings like this, we are going to continue to prove your guilt."

04.03.2026 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23558    πŸ” 6366    πŸ’¬ 971    πŸ“Œ 552

BREAKING: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged foreign intelligence ties.

04.03.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13957    πŸ” 3434    πŸ’¬ 250    πŸ“Œ 105
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McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.

04.03.2026 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 17839    πŸ” 5558    πŸ’¬ 478    πŸ“Œ 306
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Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress.

Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

03.03.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8169    πŸ” 2764    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 76
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NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

04.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 27539    πŸ” 7113    πŸ’¬ 1010    πŸ“Œ 573

β€œThe biggest short-term losers of Trump's war? US consumers of oil and gas, as prices of energy rise,” Gleick says. β€œThe three biggest winners are fossil-fuel-company profits, Russian fossil-fuel revenue, & Chinese sales of renewable energy and electric vehicles.”
www.fastcompany.com/91502090/tru...

04.03.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to pass a House rule or law that requires them to work a certain number of days to get paid. Since Mike Johnson took over these people hardly ever work. When they finally come back after weeks off they work 2 days and he sends them home for 2 more weeks. It’s ridiculous.

04.03.2026 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15836    πŸ” 4574    πŸ’¬ 895    πŸ“Œ 237
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Opinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.

Thank you to the 4 law firms standing up to Trump. The list is in the article.

If you need a lawyer, they have guts! Hire them!

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...

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I dunno guys. I kinda feel like the administration overplayed their hand starting a war to distract from ICE to distract from the economy to distract from the Epstein Files...

02.03.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9512    πŸ” 2095    πŸ’¬ 366    πŸ“Œ 99
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As Iran War escalates, Trump and allies focus on pushing SAVE America Act While bombs fall on U.S. bases, Trump is posting about the SAVE America Act.

NEW: President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are not letting a shooting war in the Middle East distract them from their social media campaign for passage of the SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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In sudden reversal, Trump DOJ moves to revive retaliation cases against law firms All four firms swiftly opposed the Trump admin’s sudden reversal, urging the appeals court to reject the government’s attempt to withdraw its voluntary dismissal.

🚨BREAKING: After abandoning its defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department abruptly reversed itself Tuesday and asked a federal court to let it continue defending the retaliatory orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

03.03.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 876    πŸ” 315    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 23
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Exclusive: Trump DOJ targeting overseas voters over registration info Emails show a meeting between DOJ and California to discuss the issue was scheduled for last week.

NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is quietly pressing California to tighten voter registration verification for military and overseas voters β€” part of what it calls a β€œnationwide … enforcement program.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

03.03.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 714    πŸ” 392    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 9
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Democratic voters in Texas scramble to find polling place amid precinct voting switch Early voting had been countywide and saw recordΒ Democratic turnout, but the switch to precinct-only locations left many voters showing up at the wrong spot and being turned away.

🚨BREAKING: Hundreds of Democratic voters in Dallas and Williamson Counties, Texas scrambled to find their polling places Tuesday after the local Republican parties refused to hold a joint primary β€” ending more than a decade of convenient countywide voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

03.03.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2607    πŸ” 1360    πŸ’¬ 180    πŸ“Œ 98

Legacy media is failing democracy. Rather than just complain, I did something about. Six years ago I started Democracy Docket from scratch. Now it has more than 400,000 subscribers. But to help protect democracy, it needs to grow and scale. Subscribing now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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