longfemj
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Critical thinking. This is the way.
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How did my generation – the baby boomers – squander the potential our parents left us?
What can our children do to correct our mistakes?
These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.
You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich
What can our children do to correct our mistakes?
These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.
You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich
April 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How did my generation – the baby boomers – squander the potential our parents left us?
What can our children do to correct our mistakes?
These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.
You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich
What can our children do to correct our mistakes?
These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.
You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich
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Dem Rep. Brendan Boyle: “Republicans just voted for the largest cuts to health care in American history — cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. At least 13.7 million will now lose their health care as a result. And why? To pay for tax cuts for billionaires and special interests.”
May 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Dem Rep. Brendan Boyle: “Republicans just voted for the largest cuts to health care in American history — cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act. At least 13.7 million will now lose their health care as a result. And why? To pay for tax cuts for billionaires and special interests.”
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If this bill becomes law, ICE will become the best-resourced law enforcement agency in the history of the country, with more funding for detention than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican-led House approves tax bill after grueling all-night session, taking a major step forward for Trump's agenda.
May 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If this bill becomes law, ICE will become the best-resourced law enforcement agency in the history of the country, with more funding for detention than the entire federal Bureau of Prisons.
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Do you think Lutnick wants *his* kids and grandkids spending their lives in a manufacturing plant, or are these just aspirations for "other people"?
Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."
April 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Do you think Lutnick wants *his* kids and grandkids spending their lives in a manufacturing plant, or are these just aspirations for "other people"?
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Every big business should show customers how much Trump's tariffs are hurting their pocketbooks.
People deserve to know the impact of the tariffs on their everyday costs.
People deserve to know the impact of the tariffs on their everyday costs.
REPORTER: Amazon will soon display a number next to the price of each product that shows how much the Trump tariffs are adding. Isn't that a perfect demonstration that it's the American consumer who is paying for these policies?
LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.
LEAVITT: This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.
April 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Every big business should show customers how much Trump's tariffs are hurting their pocketbooks.
People deserve to know the impact of the tariffs on their everyday costs.
People deserve to know the impact of the tariffs on their everyday costs.
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Wow. Naval Academy prof to their 3-star Admiral in his letter of resignation: "your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Mein Kampf"
Prof McBride, USNA 1974, PhD Johns Hopkins, went on to say, “Your acquiescence was a repudiation of the Naval Academy’s historic mission. You may take some solace that the removal of these books was a lawful order. However, such an interpretation runs contrary to larger Constitutional issues ..
April 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wow. Naval Academy prof to their 3-star Admiral in his letter of resignation: "your legacy will be that of a careerist who banned Maya Angelou but retained Mein Kampf"
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Trevor Project (Ages 13-24):
(866) 488-7386
LGBT National Hotline:
(888) 843-4564
LGBT Youth National Chatline (Up to age 25):
(800) 246-7743
Trans Lifeline:
(800) 246-7743
True Colors United (LGBT Runaway Support):
(212) 461-4401
National Runaway Safeline:
(800) 786-2929
(866) 488-7386
LGBT National Hotline:
(888) 843-4564
LGBT Youth National Chatline (Up to age 25):
(800) 246-7743
Trans Lifeline:
(800) 246-7743
True Colors United (LGBT Runaway Support):
(212) 461-4401
National Runaway Safeline:
(800) 786-2929
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trevor Project (Ages 13-24):
(866) 488-7386
LGBT National Hotline:
(888) 843-4564
LGBT Youth National Chatline (Up to age 25):
(800) 246-7743
Trans Lifeline:
(800) 246-7743
True Colors United (LGBT Runaway Support):
(212) 461-4401
National Runaway Safeline:
(800) 786-2929
(866) 488-7386
LGBT National Hotline:
(888) 843-4564
LGBT Youth National Chatline (Up to age 25):
(800) 246-7743
Trans Lifeline:
(800) 246-7743
True Colors United (LGBT Runaway Support):
(212) 461-4401
National Runaway Safeline:
(800) 786-2929
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In mid-March, ICE started detaining immigrants in tent camps in the U.S. for the first time, built by a company once known for operating music festival facilities that is poised to make a fortune on Trump's deportation plans.
From Lollapalooza to Detention Camps: Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans
The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to…
www.propublica.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In mid-March, ICE started detaining immigrants in tent camps in the U.S. for the first time, built by a company once known for operating music festival facilities that is poised to make a fortune on Trump's deportation plans.
Textbook.
“Anyone who speaks out against the government is an enemy of the state” is quite literally textbook fascism
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Textbook.
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“One of the top MS-13 members”?
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
Bondi is escalating the rhetoric against Abrego Garcia, who she calls "one of the top MS-13 members" and "a terrorist"
April 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“One of the top MS-13 members”?
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
This woman is an officer of the court and the Attorney General of the United States.
She knows that she wields immense power and responsibility.
Yet here she is on national TV, making baseless claims about a guy her boss wrongly sent to a gulag in El Salvador.
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DHS is threatening to revoke Harvard’s ability to host international students and the IRS is looking at revoking their tax exemption.
The “stop the weaponization of government” crowd sure is quiet as fuck on this one.
The “stop the weaponization of government” crowd sure is quiet as fuck on this one.
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
DHS is threatening to revoke Harvard’s ability to host international students and the IRS is looking at revoking their tax exemption.
The “stop the weaponization of government” crowd sure is quiet as fuck on this one.
The “stop the weaponization of government” crowd sure is quiet as fuck on this one.
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The more this goes on, the stupider it gets.
1st it was abt antisemitism. Then it was about checking their curriculum & classes. Then they threw in DEI. And now it's this.
I'm sure Harvard isn't phased. It's a private institution that can do as it damn well pleases.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/u...
1st it was abt antisemitism. Then it was about checking their curriculum & classes. Then they threw in DEI. And now it's this.
I'm sure Harvard isn't phased. It's a private institution that can do as it damn well pleases.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/u...
DHS threatens to revoke Harvard’s eligibility to host international students unless it turns over disciplinary records | CNN
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is threatening to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students if it doesn’t turn over records on international studen...
www.cnn.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The more this goes on, the stupider it gets.
1st it was abt antisemitism. Then it was about checking their curriculum & classes. Then they threw in DEI. And now it's this.
I'm sure Harvard isn't phased. It's a private institution that can do as it damn well pleases.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/u...
1st it was abt antisemitism. Then it was about checking their curriculum & classes. Then they threw in DEI. And now it's this.
I'm sure Harvard isn't phased. It's a private institution that can do as it damn well pleases.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/u...
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Republicans are praising President Trump's executive order that bypasses Congress to change election laws and restrict ballot access.
The GOP had a completely different reaction to President Biden's 2021 order expanding voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
The GOP had a completely different reaction to President Biden's 2021 order expanding voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
GOP Slammed Biden’s Voting Order as Federal Overreach — But Praised Trump’s
Read more here
www.democracydocket.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Republicans are praising President Trump's executive order that bypasses Congress to change election laws and restrict ballot access.
The GOP had a completely different reaction to President Biden's 2021 order expanding voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
The GOP had a completely different reaction to President Biden's 2021 order expanding voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...
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Tax Day Reminder:
If your job requires a college degree, you should be able to write-off your student loan payments as a business expense the way CEOs write off their private jets and yachts for their jobs which require neither.
If your job requires a college degree, you should be able to write-off your student loan payments as a business expense the way CEOs write off their private jets and yachts for their jobs which require neither.
April 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Tax Day Reminder:
If your job requires a college degree, you should be able to write-off your student loan payments as a business expense the way CEOs write off their private jets and yachts for their jobs which require neither.
If your job requires a college degree, you should be able to write-off your student loan payments as a business expense the way CEOs write off their private jets and yachts for their jobs which require neither.
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Ohio Senators are considering a new bill that would allow public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Public schools are not Sunday schools, and religious freedom thrives best when the government stays out of it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/14/f...
Public schools are not Sunday schools, and religious freedom thrives best when the government stays out of it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/14/f...
'Founding documents' act could put the Ten Commandments in Ohio classrooms • Ohio Capital Journal
A measure moving through the Ohio Senate would direct public schools to display historical documents like the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights. It also includes the Ten Commandments, ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Ohio Senators are considering a new bill that would allow public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Public schools are not Sunday schools, and religious freedom thrives best when the government stays out of it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/14/f...
Public schools are not Sunday schools, and religious freedom thrives best when the government stays out of it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/14/f...
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2/The United States Constitution does not permit the deportation of American citizens for committing a crime. That is not legal. But what’s legal doesn’t seem to matter to the Trump administration. The question is whether anything or anyone can still force him to follow the law.
April 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
2/The United States Constitution does not permit the deportation of American citizens for committing a crime. That is not legal. But what’s legal doesn’t seem to matter to the Trump administration. The question is whether anything or anyone can still force him to follow the law.
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1/The Trump admin has made it clear: they will have to be forced to comply with the law. They won’t do it voluntarily. It’s that simple & that complicated. Worst of all, it’s completely unsurprising we’ve come to this juncture. This was in the cards all along joycevance.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
The Supreme Court Got It Badly Wrong
Today, the Trump administration made it clear: they will have to be forced to comply with the law.
joycevance.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
1/The Trump admin has made it clear: they will have to be forced to comply with the law. They won’t do it voluntarily. It’s that simple & that complicated. Worst of all, it’s completely unsurprising we’ve come to this juncture. This was in the cards all along joycevance.substack.com/p/the-suprem...
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🌮Happy Tuesday 🌮
🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
TAX DAY
“Of life’s two certainties, (Death and Taxes) there is only one for which you can get an automatic extension.”
Make the most of today and enjoy 😉
We WILL be okay
Love
Foxy
💙🦊💙
🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
TAX DAY
“Of life’s two certainties, (Death and Taxes) there is only one for which you can get an automatic extension.”
Make the most of today and enjoy 😉
We WILL be okay
Love
Foxy
💙🦊💙
April 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🌮Happy Tuesday 🌮
🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
TAX DAY
“Of life’s two certainties, (Death and Taxes) there is only one for which you can get an automatic extension.”
Make the most of today and enjoy 😉
We WILL be okay
Love
Foxy
💙🦊💙
🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋
TAX DAY
“Of life’s two certainties, (Death and Taxes) there is only one for which you can get an automatic extension.”
Make the most of today and enjoy 😉
We WILL be okay
Love
Foxy
💙🦊💙
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This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This. Write your name in the history books on the right side of the ledger.
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Again, this is how you know the whole DOGE thing is absolute bullshit. We’re apparently on the brink of financial ruin at all times when it comes to Social Security or healthcare or college in this country while simultaneously there’s infinite money when it comes to war.
President Trump announces he'll be requesting a record-breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget.
"$1 trillion, and nobody's seen anything like it. We have to build our military and we're very cost conscious. But the military is something that we have to build, and we have to be strong"
"$1 trillion, and nobody's seen anything like it. We have to build our military and we're very cost conscious. But the military is something that we have to build, and we have to be strong"
April 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Again, this is how you know the whole DOGE thing is absolute bullshit. We’re apparently on the brink of financial ruin at all times when it comes to Social Security or healthcare or college in this country while simultaneously there’s infinite money when it comes to war.
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I discuss this in my book (www.amazon.com/Rot-Revival-...).
The Supreme Court and its jurisprudence don't function as a counterweight to majoritarian politics. Instead, operates as a regime enforcer. The fact that 40 years out, the Court works like a well-oiled Reaganist machine is unsurprising.
The Supreme Court and its jurisprudence don't function as a counterweight to majoritarian politics. Instead, operates as a regime enforcer. The fact that 40 years out, the Court works like a well-oiled Reaganist machine is unsurprising.
April 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I discuss this in my book (www.amazon.com/Rot-Revival-...).
The Supreme Court and its jurisprudence don't function as a counterweight to majoritarian politics. Instead, operates as a regime enforcer. The fact that 40 years out, the Court works like a well-oiled Reaganist machine is unsurprising.
The Supreme Court and its jurisprudence don't function as a counterweight to majoritarian politics. Instead, operates as a regime enforcer. The fact that 40 years out, the Court works like a well-oiled Reaganist machine is unsurprising.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM