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BLACK FARMERS AREN’T TAKING THE BAIT
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
December 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BLACK FARMERS AREN’T TAKING THE BAIT
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
Rejecting Trump’s bailout as structurally racist.
The $12 billion runs through the same USDA systems that systematically locked Black farmers out for decades. Loan denials, delayed paperwork, acreage rules, enrollment hurdles. The discrimination is documented.
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INBOX: The American Lung Association calls out the Trump admin move to stop greenhouse gas reporting from big emitters, calling it a "deadly choice."
From Will Barrett, assistant VP for the ALA's Healthy Air Programs:
From Will Barrett, assistant VP for the ALA's Healthy Air Programs:
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
INBOX: The American Lung Association calls out the Trump admin move to stop greenhouse gas reporting from big emitters, calling it a "deadly choice."
From Will Barrett, assistant VP for the ALA's Healthy Air Programs:
From Will Barrett, assistant VP for the ALA's Healthy Air Programs:
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This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman remembered as funny, savvy and 'a true leader'
Friends and colleagues remembered her as grounded, kind and compassionate.
www.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a Melissa Hortman appreciation account for the next 24 hours.
I’ve learned a new history lesson—our US democracy is 60 years old. We didn’t really become a democracy until the Voting Rights Act became law. Now we see our foothold in 60 years of democracy slipping away. There is still time to claw it back and build on our boldest dreams for the common good.
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
August 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’ve learned a new history lesson—our US democracy is 60 years old. We didn’t really become a democracy until the Voting Rights Act became law. Now we see our foothold in 60 years of democracy slipping away. There is still time to claw it back and build on our boldest dreams for the common good.
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
August 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
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SEIU is flooding Chicago to say HELL NO to Trump's Big Ugly Bill: the worst grift ever. F that.
They're marching for Medicaid. For food assistance. For childcare. For families.
This is the Families First Day of Action-and the people are done being robbed to fund yachts
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
They're marching for Medicaid. For food assistance. For childcare. For families.
This is the Families First Day of Action-and the people are done being robbed to fund yachts
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
July 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SEIU is flooding Chicago to say HELL NO to Trump's Big Ugly Bill: the worst grift ever. F that.
They're marching for Medicaid. For food assistance. For childcare. For families.
This is the Families First Day of Action-and the people are done being robbed to fund yachts
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
They're marching for Medicaid. For food assistance. For childcare. For families.
This is the Families First Day of Action-and the people are done being robbed to fund yachts
#SaveMedicaidSaveFamilies
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So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...
July 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So, as I suspected, the police response to the shootings of Democratic elected officials in Minnesota was actually a complete disaster www.startribune.com/new-details-...
Another spends $26 billion to create a new $1,700 credit for people who give to groups providing scholarships for children to attend private school.
GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks for venture capitalists, Alaskan fisheries, spaceports, private schools, rum makers and others — costing tens of billions of dollars. These are the same "pork" tax breaks R's scream when criticizing Democratic bills.
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
GOP megabill littered with special tax breaks
GOP lawmakers said the provisions provided needed economic relief for some industries, while they took fire from deficit hawks.
www.politico.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Another spends $26 billion to create a new $1,700 credit for people who give to groups providing scholarships for children to attend private school.
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People voted for the destruction of the social safety net (& it will result in deaths), decimation of due process, ineffective courts, & funding of a masked police state.
Ignorance (& frankly too much denial, comfort & distance from the P2025 rollout) did this.
🧾 www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
Ignorance (& frankly too much denial, comfort & distance from the P2025 rollout) did this.
🧾 www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
July 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
People voted for the destruction of the social safety net (& it will result in deaths), decimation of due process, ineffective courts, & funding of a masked police state.
Ignorance (& frankly too much denial, comfort & distance from the P2025 rollout) did this.
🧾 www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
Ignorance (& frankly too much denial, comfort & distance from the P2025 rollout) did this.
🧾 www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
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Bishop Danny Garcia of Austin: “We live in a time of great suffering and hurst…We cannot profess to be Catholic and Christian, yet see one another as enemies or strangers. The poor, the weak, those that live on the margins of society and life cannot be forgotten in our policies and practices.
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Bishop Danny Garcia of Austin: “We live in a time of great suffering and hurst…We cannot profess to be Catholic and Christian, yet see one another as enemies or strangers. The poor, the weak, those that live on the margins of society and life cannot be forgotten in our policies and practices.
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This reporting from the Keys Citizen will give you a great feel for the kind of humanistic Americans that call Key West home as they prepare for battle with the DeSantis administration over 287(g).
City leaders react to vote in favor of ending ICE agreement
The day after the Key West City Commission voted 6-1 to end the city’s 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), residents and leaders expressed their pride in the
www.keysnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This reporting from the Keys Citizen will give you a great feel for the kind of humanistic Americans that call Key West home as they prepare for battle with the DeSantis administration over 287(g).
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Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
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Folk, I am hearing that 5 GOP senators are deeply concerned about the anti clean energy provisions in the Big Bad Bill. Yes, Susan Collins is one. If you live in AK, KS, ME, NC, or UT, pls call your senator! #energysky
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
Just got more details from some Senate staffers on where to focus pressure on stopping the big bill. | Michael Thomas
Just got more details from some Senate staffers on where to focus pressure on stopping the big bill.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) are among the most concerned about t...
www.linkedin.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Folk, I am hearing that 5 GOP senators are deeply concerned about the anti clean energy provisions in the Big Bad Bill. Yes, Susan Collins is one. If you live in AK, KS, ME, NC, or UT, pls call your senator! #energysky
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
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What happened to “comprehensive immigration reform”? That literally every politician on both sides used to claim was so important. 🤔
June 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What happened to “comprehensive immigration reform”? That literally every politician on both sides used to claim was so important. 🤔
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Note to media: Do not dismiss Trump’s references to God tonight as awkward pandering. If you do, you are missing a key part of what is driving these dangerous actions.
In a 4 minute address gloating over US bombing of Iran, President Trump made this statement:
“We love you, God, and we love our great military.”
This is Holy War language.
He was flanked by Hegseth, who has the Crusades motto “Deus vult” tattooed on his arm.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
“We love you, God, and we love our great military.”
This is Holy War language.
He was flanked by Hegseth, who has the Crusades motto “Deus vult” tattooed on his arm.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Update from Maggie Haberman
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Note to media: Do not dismiss Trump’s references to God tonight as awkward pandering. If you do, you are missing a key part of what is driving these dangerous actions.
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Remember when we had that other building in DC along with the White House? It was full of politicians? Con-something? Anyway.
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Remember when we had that other building in DC along with the White House? It was full of politicians? Con-something? Anyway.
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Donald Trump illegally took military action against Iran—without congressional authorization—risking dragging us into another endless war.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Donald Trump illegally took military action against Iran—without congressional authorization—risking dragging us into another endless war.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
I am calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
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My in-depth take on a bad article on Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire website that fundamentally misrepresents Benedict XVI’s thought, deprecates the Catholic social teaching tradition in papal encyclicals, and negates the whole concept of social justice
Why is Word on Fire undermining papal Catholic social teaching?
[a bad article misrepresents Benedict XVI and attacks social justice]
greydanus.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My in-depth take on a bad article on Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire website that fundamentally misrepresents Benedict XVI’s thought, deprecates the Catholic social teaching tradition in papal encyclicals, and negates the whole concept of social justice
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The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
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If I'm correctly understanding the locations given, it sounds like he went to the home of Rep. Kristin Bahner (37B) but didn't find her home. And then to the home of Sen. Ann Rest (43) but a New Hope cop arrived to do a wellness check before he could carry out the murder.
holy shit -- acting US attorney Thompson details that Boelter went to the homes of two other elected officials after shooting Hoffman but before going to Hortman's house. One cop encountered him at the third house but thought he was a police officer.
June 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If I'm correctly understanding the locations given, it sounds like he went to the home of Rep. Kristin Bahner (37B) but didn't find her home. And then to the home of Sen. Ann Rest (43) but a New Hope cop arrived to do a wellness check before he could carry out the murder.