AkamaiHI
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AkamaiHI
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Save the Social Safety Net - Save a Life
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No one brings this up enough:

-Acosta gives Epstein a sweetheart deal
-Becomes Secretary of Labor
-In that capacity tries to gut anti-human trafficking funding

It's like a poorly written paperback legal thriller
The Secretary of Labor Wants to Cut Funding for an Agency That Combats Human Trafficking
Acosta, who is currently under scrutiny for his 2008 plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, has proposed an 80 percent cut to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs' budget.
psmag.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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“I don’t think that’s appropriate at all.”

REPUBLICAN @RepGregSteube opposed the funding bill because @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn and others snuck in a provision to hand themselves millions of taxpayer dollars. #MarshaMoneyGrab 💰
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Utah has just approved a 1,300-person “mega camp” for homeless individuals,This camp lacks transportation, features locked units, and even imposes forced labor.

They refer to this facility as “work-conditioned housing,” but we simply call it what it is: modern-day internment.
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”

www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Gavin Newsom saying what the majority of Americans — including doctors at Walter Reed — are thinking. Trump's mind is mush. 😳👇
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Former US president Ronald Reagan FULL 1987 speech on tariffs and free trade
YouTube video by Global News
youtu.be
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I never again want to hear House Republicans disparage people they claim are too lazy to work
It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Let's talk about you paying 55% of Trump’s tariffs....
YouTube video by Belle of the Ranch
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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….like letting an ARAB country out an AFB in Idaho.
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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