cdavid
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TakeItBack.Org, rooted in South Dakota, fought alongside Native leaders demanding accountability for the massacre at Wounded Knee.
Now, as Trump & Hegseth continue defending those “honors,” we have to make our voices louder than theirs.
click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qU...
Now, as Trump & Hegseth continue defending those “honors,” we have to make our voices louder than theirs.
click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qU...
Remove the Stain Act
In December of 1890, U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of Lakota men, women, and children -- most of them unarmed -- during the Wounded Knee Massacre on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Yet, in the years ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
TakeItBack.Org, rooted in South Dakota, fought alongside Native leaders demanding accountability for the massacre at Wounded Knee.
Now, as Trump & Hegseth continue defending those “honors,” we have to make our voices louder than theirs.
click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qU...
Now, as Trump & Hegseth continue defending those “honors,” we have to make our voices louder than theirs.
click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qU...
8 Republican Senators are to benefit from a BULLSHIT ammendment in the “deal” to reopen government. They would all be eligible to sue the US gov for a MINIMUM of $500k each
Trump Administration Updates: Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Updates: Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Updates: Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
8 Republican Senators are to benefit from a BULLSHIT ammendment in the “deal” to reopen government. They would all be eligible to sue the US gov for a MINIMUM of $500k each
Trump Administration Updates: Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Updates: Senate Passes Deal to Reopen Government www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Cruz-Gamez, a 55-year-old Hillsboro resident who owns a home remodeling business, was arrested by ICE agents on Oct. 14, family members said. He was released on a $3,000 bond Friday afternoon after an order from a federal district court judge.
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
Oregon man released after being wrongfully detained by ICE for weeks, congresswoman says
Victor Cruz-Gamez was arrested by ICE agents in October in a case of mistaken identity, his family says.
www.oregonlive.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Cruz-Gamez, a 55-year-old Hillsboro resident who owns a home remodeling business, was arrested by ICE agents on Oct. 14, family members said. He was released on a $3,000 bond Friday afternoon after an order from a federal district court judge.
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
www.oregonlive.com/washingtonco...
These sick fucks have 3 “tender care” shelters in Texas where they are holding babies and small children.
Once again we have CHILDREN IN CAGES in the United Fucking States of America.
#ShutItDown
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Once again we have CHILDREN IN CAGES in the United Fucking States of America.
#ShutItDown
www.threads.com/@real_men_fo...
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
These sick fucks have 3 “tender care” shelters in Texas where they are holding babies and small children.
Once again we have CHILDREN IN CAGES in the United Fucking States of America.
#ShutItDown
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Once again we have CHILDREN IN CAGES in the United Fucking States of America.
#ShutItDown
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This is why Mike Johnson is enabling Trump to let 40 million Americans starve
This is the behavior Republicans are bending over backwards to hide from you
This is the behavior Republicans are bending over backwards to hide from you
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This is why Mike Johnson is enabling Trump to let 40 million Americans starve
This is the behavior Republicans are bending over backwards to hide from you
This is the behavior Republicans are bending over backwards to hide from you
“None of this is complicated. The [Republicans] ran on affordability in 2024. They gave lectures on cable news on election night about how the ‘silent working class majority’ had spoken. Then they governed as reckless authoritarians, punishing the working class.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“None of this is complicated. The [Republicans] ran on affordability in 2024. They gave lectures on cable news on election night about how the ‘silent working class majority’ had spoken. Then they governed as reckless authoritarians, punishing the working class.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
@momsrising.org has gathered resources for us to help weather the Republican shutdown of the US government.
Take care of each other.
www.momsrising.org/blog/communi...
Take care of each other.
www.momsrising.org/blog/communi...
Community Care Starts With Us
We moms shouldn’t have to hold the nation together on empty.Yet here we are in the middle of a government shutdown that has thrown families into chaos.
www.momsrising.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
@momsrising.org has gathered resources for us to help weather the Republican shutdown of the US government.
Take care of each other.
www.momsrising.org/blog/communi...
Take care of each other.
www.momsrising.org/blog/communi...
The actual ghouls this Halloween aren't in haunted houses.
They're the Christian Nationalists that Americans United fights in the courts, in legislatures, and in the public square.
Ready to spot their tricks? Take our spooky quiz: text.au.org/h9CKeFx6turP
They're the Christian Nationalists that Americans United fights in the courts, in legislatures, and in the public square.
Ready to spot their tricks? Take our spooky quiz: text.au.org/h9CKeFx6turP
Take Action with AU
text.au.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The actual ghouls this Halloween aren't in haunted houses.
They're the Christian Nationalists that Americans United fights in the courts, in legislatures, and in the public square.
Ready to spot their tricks? Take our spooky quiz: text.au.org/h9CKeFx6turP
They're the Christian Nationalists that Americans United fights in the courts, in legislatures, and in the public square.
Ready to spot their tricks? Take our spooky quiz: text.au.org/h9CKeFx6turP
Portlanders. These restaurants are opening their doors to anyone negatively impacted by the Trump-MAGA SNAP cuts.
Please spread the word to your contacts
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
Please spread the word to your contacts
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
www.koin.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Portlanders. These restaurants are opening their doors to anyone negatively impacted by the Trump-MAGA SNAP cuts.
Please spread the word to your contacts
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
Please spread the word to your contacts
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
Nice job @Republicans. You just gave $40B to reelect a dictator and to also take food out of the mouths of already hungry American children
Repeat that fact to yourself 10 times and let me know how you feel about your votes.
#ChristiansMyAss
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Repeat that fact to yourself 10 times and let me know how you feel about your votes.
#ChristiansMyAss
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Really American (@reallyamerican)
BREAKING: Milei secures Argentina reelection after Trump’s massive $40 billion bailout. Your tax dollars bought a foreign win while 40 million Americans lose food stamps. This is America last.
substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Nice job @Republicans. You just gave $40B to reelect a dictator and to also take food out of the mouths of already hungry American children
Repeat that fact to yourself 10 times and let me know how you feel about your votes.
#ChristiansMyAss
substack.com/@reallyameri...
Repeat that fact to yourself 10 times and let me know how you feel about your votes.
#ChristiansMyAss
substack.com/@reallyameri...
‘Republicans have embraced the destruction of government, slashing SNAP benefits, Medicaid, research, FEMA,& so on. Democrats are defending the government that has focused on leveling the playing field between the very wealthy & ordinary Americans since the 1930’s.’ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 24, 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has canceled House business again next week, meaning that over the last 17 weeks, the House of Representatives will have worked on Capitol Hill for just 20 days.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
‘Republicans have embraced the destruction of government, slashing SNAP benefits, Medicaid, research, FEMA,& so on. Democrats are defending the government that has focused on leveling the playing field between the very wealthy & ordinary Americans since the 1930’s.’ open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Trumps jackbooted thugs are escalating their attacks on peaceful protesters, hoping to provoke a response. The worst violence occurred on Saturday night.
Federal agents in Portland shoved a protester to the ground and then fired pepper balls at another as they tried to help.
Safe to describe this as unnecessary force as they cleared the driveway.
Safe to describe this as unnecessary force as they cleared the driveway.
October 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trumps jackbooted thugs are escalating their attacks on peaceful protesters, hoping to provoke a response. The worst violence occurred on Saturday night.
‘Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
October 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
‘Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die
from @thomhartmann.bsky.social
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from @thomhartmann.bsky.social
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Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die
A historian’s alarm: when these twelve familiar steps appear in a nation, the result is often irreversible—unless citizens rise up and demand otherwise…
hartmannreport.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die
from @thomhartmann.bsky.social
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from @thomhartmann.bsky.social
hartmannreport.com/p/twelve-ste...
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Republicans have officially shut down the government.
My office will remain open to serve my constituents.
My office will remain open to serve my constituents.
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Republicans have officially shut down the government.
My office will remain open to serve my constituents.
My office will remain open to serve my constituents.
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
September 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...324 mass shootings in just 272 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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Another awful shooting, this time in Grand Blanc, Michigan. My heart is with the victims and their families.
Every single American should be able to worship freely without having to worry about their safety.
Hate and violence have no place in this country.
Every single American should be able to worship freely without having to worry about their safety.
Hate and violence have no place in this country.
2 people dead and 8 wounded in a shooting and fire at a Michigan church, police say - The Boston Globe
After the suspect left the church, two officers pursued him and “engaged in gunfire,” officials said. The man was killed.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Another awful shooting, this time in Grand Blanc, Michigan. My heart is with the victims and their families.
Every single American should be able to worship freely without having to worry about their safety.
Hate and violence have no place in this country.
Every single American should be able to worship freely without having to worry about their safety.
Hate and violence have no place in this country.
“To get hold of the invisible, one must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible. This is the essence of painting.”
— Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
1916: Yellow Afterglow
— Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
1916: Yellow Afterglow
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“To get hold of the invisible, one must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible. This is the essence of painting.”
— Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
1916: Yellow Afterglow
— Charles Burchfield (1893-1967)
1916: Yellow Afterglow
“What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed “
The impacts of hateful speech permeated by these people flows into communities. Yet we need a memorial to the source of that hate?!?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/magazine/charlie-kirk-rhetoric.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The impacts of hateful speech permeated by these people flows into communities. Yet we need a memorial to the source of that hate?!?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/magazine/charlie-kirk-rhetoric.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed “
The impacts of hateful speech permeated by these people flows into communities. Yet we need a memorial to the source of that hate?!?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/magazine/charlie-kirk-rhetoric.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The impacts of hateful speech permeated by these people flows into communities. Yet we need a memorial to the source of that hate?!?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/magazine/charlie-kirk-rhetoric.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Costume Secretary Kristy Noem is accused of withholding FEMA $$ for Americans in crisis as they recover from floods, fires, hurricanes, etc. She shoved them aside while putting her political allies, donors, and friends to the front of the line for funds.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened
The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noe...
www.propublica.org
September 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Costume Secretary Kristy Noem is accused of withholding FEMA $$ for Americans in crisis as they recover from floods, fires, hurricanes, etc. She shoved them aside while putting her political allies, donors, and friends to the front of the line for funds.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Call Congress and demand they halt the impending 40-60% spike in the price of healthcare.
Congress needs to extend the ACA tax credits PERMANENTLY!
People are about to be decimated by the increased financial burden on top of the shuttering of health centers/hospitals across America.
#Healthcare4All
Congress needs to extend the ACA tax credits PERMANENTLY!
People are about to be decimated by the increased financial burden on top of the shuttering of health centers/hospitals across America.
#Healthcare4All
Americans are facing a health care crisis.
Unless Congress acts, 22 million people on Affordable Care Act health plans will see their insurance bills skyrocket.
Working people can’t afford inaction. Tell Congress: extend the ACA tax credits permanently!
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Unless Congress acts, 22 million people on Affordable Care Act health plans will see their insurance bills skyrocket.
Working people can’t afford inaction. Tell Congress: extend the ACA tax credits permanently!
act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
September 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Call Congress and demand they halt the impending 40-60% spike in the price of healthcare.
Congress needs to extend the ACA tax credits PERMANENTLY!
People are about to be decimated by the increased financial burden on top of the shuttering of health centers/hospitals across America.
#Healthcare4All
Congress needs to extend the ACA tax credits PERMANENTLY!
People are about to be decimated by the increased financial burden on top of the shuttering of health centers/hospitals across America.
#Healthcare4All
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Listen Russ, you are a malignant political hack.
We will not be intimidated by your threat to engage in mass firings.
Get lost.
We will not be intimidated by your threat to engage in mass firings.
Get lost.
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Listen Russ, you are a malignant political hack.
We will not be intimidated by your threat to engage in mass firings.
Get lost.
We will not be intimidated by your threat to engage in mass firings.
Get lost.