This year entire sections on women’s rights, gender-based violence, LGBTQIA+ protections, and disability rights are being erased in the State Department’s human rights reports. Interesting that he’s downplaying domestic abuse now.

The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority.

There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.

Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong.

Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:

From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent $46.6 BILLION on stock buybacks.

That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.

Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.

And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?

Power exists for those who are willing to organize for it and to take it.

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.

“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”

When my daughter was three she grabbed 2 handfuls of these burs, put them on either side of her head and said, “Look, I’m Princess Leia”. It took hours to get them out of her hair. No amount of benefits will ever get me to like this plant. Lol!

We teach kids to hide from shooters while leaders post “Bomb Iran” videos like it’s a joke. On June 24, Trump shared one himself. War isn’t content. It’s dangerous. We need leaders who take peace seriously and stop treating human lives like punchlines.

TikTok gave me a strike for “bullying and harassment” and removed my video with a community guidelines violation.

What was my crime? Debunking false claims by RFK Jr. about vaccine safety.

I haven't seen any other members of Congress taking about ICE (and whoever else is helping ICE) wearing masks and removing badges to hide their identity.

Call your Rep &. Senators! Ask them to talk about why ICE / DHS are hiding their identities!

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YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

Statement from Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias

This morning, the White House issued a Presidential Memorandum titled “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”

Elias Law Group Chair @marcelias.bsky.social Elias issued the following statement in response.
elias.law/newsroom/pre...

Todays far right Christianity is no different than “positive Christianity” of Nazi Germany. Both manipulate religious beliefs to justify exclusionary and oppressive policies, undermining democratic principles and human rights.

All of those people who are now crowing about the President having broad executive power to do pretty much whatever he wants felt exactly the opposite when a Democrat held the office - and likely will be outraged if a future Democratic president uses his/her power as it is now being exercised. 1/

Read Jack Smith's full report and watch instant analysis from MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas: www.meidasplus.com/p/doj-releas...

Tell your Senators: Oppose Trump's selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense Contact Congress today!

ALERT: Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing is tomorrow! He is UNQUALIFIED and UNFIT to be our Secretary of Defense.

Send letters to Senators telling them to oppose him now. Share the link, spread the word. Let's go! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Unsurprisingly, this included @RepTimBurchett @DesJarlaisTN04 & @AndyOgles 👇🏽😕 meidasnews.com/news/44-repu...

Who is Shamsud-Din Jabbar, suspect in alleged Bourbon Street terrorist attack in New Orleans? Shamsud-Din Jabbar was a recently-divorced Texas resident, though it was unclear what ties he had to New Orleans.

Here's what we know so far about the alleged Bourbon street attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar. www.nola.com/news/crime_p...