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Did you know that $100M in food aid is rotting in warehouses that could feed the entire population of Gaza for a month and half, but a 28-year-old at DOGE is holding it hostage? www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
www.reuters.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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House Republicans are so ashamed of the GOP Tax Scam that they are planning a 1 AM committee meeting tonight to jam it through Congress.

In today's Democratic Daily Download, @repmcgovern.bsky.social breaks down what's in this ugly bill and what Democrats are doing to stop it.
May 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
April 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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"Let's not take the soul-sucking path of sacrificing the most persecuted for that which we deem to be most popular. I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am."
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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"We are the weaker party. But history demonstrates that weaker parties can still win—if they pursue the right kinds of long-term strategy." www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
Roadmap to American Reconstruction
A roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction.
www.liberalcurrents.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Hey, this is actually a case where if you live in a red state you can call your senator too. This CR is bad, and there might be red votes to peel off. Highlight how devastating it will be to the city of DC.
CALL EARLY TODAY! share to friends in these states
NY-Schumer (212) 486-4430 Gillibrand (202) 224-4451
NH Hassan (202) 224-3324 Shaheen (202) 224-2841
IL Durbin 202-224-2152 Duckworth 202-225-3711
MI Peters (202) 224-6221
HI Schatz (202) 224-3934
ME King (202) 224-5344
NV Cortez (202) 224-3542
March 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Senate Dems it is NOT true a shutdown will close the courts. You need to use your leverage NOW to rein in Musk. Don’t give your vote away especially on BS argument that you need to keep govt open to fund the courts
March 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Poster for my Boston Mutuals.

Print, post, share widely, show up.
February 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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This is nuts
February 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Call to activation all hands on deck
February 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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"The tyranny of an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."
- Montesquieu

🚨Call To Action!!! Who is meeting me in DC?!!

Who is going to be in their State Capitol or at their local Town Hall!!? Spread far & wide!!

#3E #EndOligarchy #USprotests
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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a great way to resist. Help get these 3 elected and take back the House
February 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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February 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Remember this?
February 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Everyone!!! Protest at Treasury Building 5pm on Tuesday. Speak for you and speak for the ones that can't show up. We got to fight back. You have your orders
February 3, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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From "The Coming of the Third Reich", Richard J. Evans (2003), the author describes the death of the Weimar Republic under Franz von Papen, who staged a coup against the Social Democrats in Prussia and then, as Chancellor, brought Hitler to power.
February 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people did so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid.com
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study
Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM