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some good ideas here...
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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"Graham, a 34-year old Greensboro, North Carolina police officer, is the seventh instance ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman in a state that significantly restricted abortion died after she was unable to access standard care..."

www.propublica.org/article/nort...
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 18, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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@aoc.bsky.social has this exactly right.
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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This is a corrupt, politically motivated attack on the Federal Reserve.

The strict independence of the Fed has been paramount to the stability of the global economy for over a century, which will collapse if Trump moves to seize control of it.
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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a little dirt snack never hurt anyone who already lives with human filth
January 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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We cannot forget who was complicit on January 6th.

Ted Cruz fanned the flames of insurrection.

Ken Paxton provoked the rioters before the assault.

John Cornyn refused to investigate the attack.

They have forfeited their right to represent us in our nation’s Capitol.
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Today marks 5 years since the attack on our Capitol on January 6. There have been a lot of efforts to rewrite history, but I was there that day. The building that represents American democracy was attacked by a violent mob, incited by President Trump, with the goal of...
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Off to a good start
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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December 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Loomer is right in saying that “the GOP has a Nazi problem.” Not all Republicans are Nazis, but all Nazis are Republicans.
MAGA Activist Laura Loomer Says Democrats 'Were Right' About Some Conservatives Being Neo-Nazis: 'It's Kind of Undeniable'
Laura Loomer, the controversial far-right activist and ally of Donald Trump, said Democrats “were right” about the presence of neo-Nazis within conservative circles on Tuesday, Dec. 23, writing "the G...
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December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Many survivors came forward, and we began comparing notes and working with people in Congress.

As we started connecting the dots, we realized that some of us were sent to the same person in Hollywood for movie auditions. Some of us went to the same modeling agency…
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Take some time over the next few days to watch my interview with Gov JB Pritzker. I think you will learn something about politics, elections and the fight for democracy. youtu.be/oA0uttMI5rc?...
The Resistance Blueprint | Gov. JB Pritzker
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s military takeover of Chicago will not go forward after the Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling halting his attempt to send hundreds of National Guard troops to the city. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court Upholds Block to Trump’s Chicago Military Takeover
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Illinois AFL-CIO, Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, and Illinois Federation of Teachers, my law firm has moved to intervene as defendants in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Illinois' complete statewide voter registration database. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
🚨 United States of America v. Matthews
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Courage Collectives are groups of everyday people with a common interest, experience, or background who are organizing to turn the societal pillars upholding Trump’s power into unyielding opponents of his regime: indivisible.org/campaign/courage-collectives?source=bluesky
December 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Congressman Dan Goldman grills Kristi Noem about asylum seekers. Once again, we have people who hate immigrants so much they will do and say anything simply because they don’t want them here. I’m tired of the gaslighting!
December 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Tom Cotton would not even be in Congress, were it not for the huge defense contractors supporting him from the beginning and keeping him flush with cash.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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This is extremely funny given that she already confessed to contributing to the toxic culture, but when someone else calls her out for it she goes back on the attack. It’s just who she is.

LESLEY STAHL: You contributed to the toxic culture. You were out there pounding, insulting people

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You've contributed to it as well

STAHL: I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people

MTG: I'd like for you to respond to that
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM