Tam Franklin
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We are the Obergefell plaintiffs Tam/Kim Franklin -marriage equality plaintiffs #respectformarriageact 🌈🏳️🌈💙🏳️🌈🌊
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Award-winning actress, writer, director and media mogul Issa Rae is canceling her sold-out appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over President Donald Trump's "infringement" on the institution's values. www.newsweek.com/sold-out-sho...
Sold-out show at Kennedy Center canceled after Trump "infringement"
As the cultural community reels over Trump's takeover of the institution, an upcoming show at the venue was canceled on Thursday.
www.newsweek.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Award-winning actress, writer, director and media mogul Issa Rae is canceling her sold-out appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts over President Donald Trump's "infringement" on the institution's values. www.newsweek.com/sold-out-sho...
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This is a pattern www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is a pattern www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Listen to @briantylercohen.bsky.social: Where you get your news is in part a statement of what you value. Support fearless independent media that will not back down. That will never obey.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Never forget...
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Never forget...
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Governor Tim Walz made Black History Month a state proclamation to protect it.
February 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Governor Tim Walz made Black History Month a state proclamation to protect it.
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February 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Day # 14. Equality Matters
Clinton used Guatanamo Bay for migrants. As we rage about its use. Used during Haitian crisis.
We need to call out our own hypocracy.
We should ALL learn from history.
Clinton used Guatanamo Bay for migrants. As we rage about its use. Used during Haitian crisis.
We need to call out our own hypocracy.
We should ALL learn from history.
February 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Day # 14. Equality Matters
Clinton used Guatanamo Bay for migrants. As we rage about its use. Used during Haitian crisis.
We need to call out our own hypocracy.
We should ALL learn from history.
Clinton used Guatanamo Bay for migrants. As we rage about its use. Used during Haitian crisis.
We need to call out our own hypocracy.
We should ALL learn from history.
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Without congressional approval or constitutional authority, the richest man in the world has taken over payroll of the US government.
How is this not a coup?
How is this not a coup?
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Without congressional approval or constitutional authority, the richest man in the world has taken over payroll of the US government.
How is this not a coup?
How is this not a coup?
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Fuck him. Fuck the orange blob.
🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
I CAN'T F*CKING BREATH - I didn't vote for this. I voted for the smart lady with a real plan
techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/e...
techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US government agencies | TechCrunch
People working for, or with, Elon Musk are reportedly taking over the inner workings of multiple government agencies, including the Office of Personnel
techcrunch.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Fuck him. Fuck the orange blob.
🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼
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“Aides? Sure!!”
January 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“Aides? Sure!!”
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There's a very real question as to whether federal law will apply to Trump's allies at all during Trump's term. The atmosphere of impunity may be like nothing we've seen in our lifetimes.
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors based in Nashville have withdrawn from the criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, an unprecedented move that could signal plans by the Trump administration to drop the case against a Republican ally. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Career prosecutors withdraw from federal criminal investigation of GOP Congressman Andy Ogles
Federal prosecutors based in Nashville have withdrawn from the criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles.
www.newschannel5.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
There's a very real question as to whether federal law will apply to Trump's allies at all during Trump's term. The atmosphere of impunity may be like nothing we've seen in our lifetimes.
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“What’s the site? The water? You want me to go swimming??”
This was Trump’s response when asked if he had visited the site of the deadly DC plane crash.
The very same ghoulish sociopath who said “it is what it is” when he was asked about 1,000 Americans dying a day from Covid.
This was Trump’s response when asked if he had visited the site of the deadly DC plane crash.
The very same ghoulish sociopath who said “it is what it is” when he was asked about 1,000 Americans dying a day from Covid.
February 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“What’s the site? The water? You want me to go swimming??”
This was Trump’s response when asked if he had visited the site of the deadly DC plane crash.
The very same ghoulish sociopath who said “it is what it is” when he was asked about 1,000 Americans dying a day from Covid.
This was Trump’s response when asked if he had visited the site of the deadly DC plane crash.
The very same ghoulish sociopath who said “it is what it is” when he was asked about 1,000 Americans dying a day from Covid.
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Sen. Warnock: "They're trying to reshape government according to the vision of Project 2025, which he denied over and over again, but we are literally seeing it being played out before our very eyes."
Warnock: We’re seeing Project 2025 play out ‘before our very eyes’
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Sen. Warnock: "They're trying to reshape government according to the vision of Project 2025, which he denied over and over again, but we are literally seeing it being played out before our very eyes."
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Kash Patel is trying to get the chairman to shut up Senator Klobuchar instead of answering her questions. Watch how she handles him.
Amy Klobuchar is one helluva powerful woman.
Amy Klobuchar is one helluva powerful woman.
January 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Kash Patel is trying to get the chairman to shut up Senator Klobuchar instead of answering her questions. Watch how she handles him.
Amy Klobuchar is one helluva powerful woman.
Amy Klobuchar is one helluva powerful woman.
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Senator Dick Durban to Kash Patel:
"With all due respect, Mr. Patel, I've not worn the uniform of this country and neither have you. To think that you would denigrate Bob Mueller's service to our country and call him a 'swamp creature' is an indication of the depths your political views take you."
"With all due respect, Mr. Patel, I've not worn the uniform of this country and neither have you. To think that you would denigrate Bob Mueller's service to our country and call him a 'swamp creature' is an indication of the depths your political views take you."
January 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Senator Dick Durban to Kash Patel:
"With all due respect, Mr. Patel, I've not worn the uniform of this country and neither have you. To think that you would denigrate Bob Mueller's service to our country and call him a 'swamp creature' is an indication of the depths your political views take you."
"With all due respect, Mr. Patel, I've not worn the uniform of this country and neither have you. To think that you would denigrate Bob Mueller's service to our country and call him a 'swamp creature' is an indication of the depths your political views take you."
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I stand for equality rights as they are all human rights
November 16, 2024 at 8:45 AM
I stand for equality rights as they are all human rights
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KKK activity on the rise as the convicted felon emboldens racists.
www.fox19.com/2025/01/21/k...
www.fox19.com/2025/01/21/k...
KKK flyers found across Tri-State
Anyone with information about who may have spread the flyers is asked to call their local police department.
www.fox19.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:15 AM
KKK activity on the rise as the convicted felon emboldens racists.
www.fox19.com/2025/01/21/k...
www.fox19.com/2025/01/21/k...
This is so f**king stupid and dangerous! Who actually thought this was a good idea ???
Living in Topsy-Turvy land
January 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is so f**king stupid and dangerous! Who actually thought this was a good idea ???
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Amazon on Wednesday said it was closing all of its warehouse and logistics operations in Quebec, the Canadian province where unions gained a foothold in one of its facilities, and would lay off 1,700 employees.
Amazon Closes Operations in Quebec, Laying off 1,700 Workers
Unions had gained a foothold in one of the company’s warehouses in the province, though Amazon would not say if there was a connection.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Amazon on Wednesday said it was closing all of its warehouse and logistics operations in Quebec, the Canadian province where unions gained a foothold in one of its facilities, and would lay off 1,700 employees.
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Unredacted affidavit contains a previously unreported allegation about Pete Hegseth’s behavior toward his second wife. Hegseth has denied all allegations in the affidavit, which was written by his former sister-in-law.
Unredacted affidavit contains previously unreported allegation about Pete Hegseth’s behavior toward second wife
Hegseth has denied all allegations in the affidavit, which was written by his former sister-in-law.
www.nbcnews.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Unredacted affidavit contains a previously unreported allegation about Pete Hegseth’s behavior toward his second wife. Hegseth has denied all allegations in the affidavit, which was written by his former sister-in-law.
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US President Donald Trump pardoned two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said reut.rs/3PKvFEO
Trump pardons two police officers convicted in murder of Black man in Washington
Republican U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said.
reut.rs
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM
US President Donald Trump pardoned two police officers in Washington who were convicted in the 2020 murder of a 20-year-old Black man named Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said reut.rs/3PKvFEO
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15 years of Citizens United have shown us that money corrupts politics. We are going to have to take back our democracy from the forces of greed! #StopTheOligarchy
January 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
15 years of Citizens United have shown us that money corrupts politics. We are going to have to take back our democracy from the forces of greed! #StopTheOligarchy
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