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Political violence from any party or any ideology is a direct assault on the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; it seeks not to persuade but to intimidate, not to debate but to destroy.
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Political violence from any party or any ideology is a direct assault on the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; it seeks not to persuade but to intimidate, not to debate but to destroy.
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I'm not sure that a journalist using plain and accurate language is newsworthy, but here we are
“If all of this was happening in another nation, we would not hesitate to describe it clearly,” said 9News anchor Kyle Clark.
Local TV Anchor Blasts Trump With 1 Word About His Recent Actions: 'Call It By Name'
“If all of this was happening in another nation, we would not hesitate to describe it clearly,” said 9News anchor Kyle Clark.
www.huffpost.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I'm not sure that a journalist using plain and accurate language is newsworthy, but here we are
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Hundreds of staff at two of California’s most popular national parks have voted to unionize, a move that comes during a troubled summer for the National Park Service.
Amid Trump’s onslaught, nearly all voted yes.
Amid Trump’s onslaught, nearly all voted yes.
Beleaguered workers at Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon flock to unionize
Amid Trump's onslaught, nearly all voted yes.
www.motherjones.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hundreds of staff at two of California’s most popular national parks have voted to unionize, a move that comes during a troubled summer for the National Park Service.
Amid Trump’s onslaught, nearly all voted yes.
Amid Trump’s onslaught, nearly all voted yes.
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NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state Senate in Iowa.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
This was a seat Trump carried by 11%, but Democratic nominee Catherine Drey has just won it by 10.4%.
This is the second legislative flip by Dems in Iowa this year. It also means the GOP loses its supermajority in Iowa’s senate.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Breaking: Whirlpool announces they are laying off 651 American workers in Iowa, citing the economic conditions under Trump.
Whirlpool Corp. announces Iowa's largest layoff of 2025 in Amana manufacturing facility
A statement from Whirlpool said the layoffs are the result of reduced consumer demand for products made in Amana, primarily refrigeration units.
www.desmoinesregister.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Breaking: Whirlpool announces they are laying off 651 American workers in Iowa, citing the economic conditions under Trump.
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Colorado is opening our arms to celebrate the historic, economic and cultural bilateral friendship with Canada. We stand against tariffs and for even stronger ties built on trust and respect between our two great nations.
March 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Colorado is opening our arms to celebrate the historic, economic and cultural bilateral friendship with Canada. We stand against tariffs and for even stronger ties built on trust and respect between our two great nations.
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More of this please
March 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
More of this please
1. Defend the constitution
2. Speak truth to power
3. Suffer no fools
2. Speak truth to power
3. Suffer no fools
Rep. Larson rips into Elon Musk over wanting to privatize Social Security.
March 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1. Defend the constitution
2. Speak truth to power
3. Suffer no fools
2. Speak truth to power
3. Suffer no fools
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Speaking about contemporary subjects and describing his opponents in harsh terms, President Donald Trump used more than two dozen words Tuesday night that had never been spoken in a State of the Union or similar address to Congress.
You’ve never heard that in a presidential address to Congress before
Trump used more than two dozen words Tuesday night that had never been spoken in a State of the Union or similar address to Congress.
wapo.st
March 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Speaking about contemporary subjects and describing his opponents in harsh terms, President Donald Trump used more than two dozen words Tuesday night that had never been spoken in a State of the Union or similar address to Congress.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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We continue to celebrate Women's History Month by honoring the late, great Representative Pat Schroeder, a trailblazing leader from Colorado!
As my dear friend and mentor, Pat Schroeder used to say “you can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”
As my dear friend and mentor, Pat Schroeder used to say “you can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”
March 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We continue to celebrate Women's History Month by honoring the late, great Representative Pat Schroeder, a trailblazing leader from Colorado!
As my dear friend and mentor, Pat Schroeder used to say “you can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”
As my dear friend and mentor, Pat Schroeder used to say “you can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.”
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Exporting “excess” products to the rest of the world and designing systems that preferenced U.S. exports created the postwar prosperity Americans have seen over the past 75 years. It’s going to be so cool when U.S. standard of living falls off a cliff and MAGA has no idea why.
March 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Exporting “excess” products to the rest of the world and designing systems that preferenced U.S. exports created the postwar prosperity Americans have seen over the past 75 years. It’s going to be so cool when U.S. standard of living falls off a cliff and MAGA has no idea why.
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Missouri has been running the pilot for Project 2025 for a couple of decades.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Missouri has been running the pilot for Project 2025 for a couple of decades.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
With a GOP Supermajority, over 30% of our schools are on a four-day week. We fund vouchers for private religious schools. Our starting teachers are 50th in the nation for pay and they pay for their own supplies.
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Girls Inc offers mentoring + leadership programs for school-age girls. The non-profit says it recently lost $70k in federal funding after being deemed "gender ideology." @nexton9news.bsky.social viewers have raised $65k. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: fundraise.givesmart.com/e/7rCKyQ?vid...
March 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Girls Inc offers mentoring + leadership programs for school-age girls. The non-profit says it recently lost $70k in federal funding after being deemed "gender ideology." @nexton9news.bsky.social viewers have raised $65k. I'll match the next fifty $5 donations: fundraise.givesmart.com/e/7rCKyQ?vid...
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"He's going to run the government like his business!"
Yes, exactly.
Yes, exactly.
Tesla stock has lost one-third of its value since Trump became president and Musk became whatever he is now.
The company was worth $1.35 TRILLION dollars then. It's worth $929 Billion now. That's a loss of $421 billion
The company was worth $1.35 TRILLION dollars then. It's worth $929 Billion now. That's a loss of $421 billion
February 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"He's going to run the government like his business!"
Yes, exactly.
Yes, exactly.
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Apparently lots of people called Gabe Evans (CO 08) to ask him to not cut Medicaid when 220,000 constituents receive assistance, especially since he only won by 2,449 votes. When I mention the slim win the staffer was exasperated and said, I know. No worries I'll keep calling daily to remind them.
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Apparently lots of people called Gabe Evans (CO 08) to ask him to not cut Medicaid when 220,000 constituents receive assistance, especially since he only won by 2,449 votes. When I mention the slim win the staffer was exasperated and said, I know. No worries I'll keep calling daily to remind them.
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Thank you t fighting! For peeps in CO 08, Gabe Evans(R) won his election by 2,449 votes. Our district has over 220,000 Medicaid recipients. If you live here please call him every day and remind him of these numbers and ask that he not vote to hurt the most vulnerable among us.
February 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thank you t fighting! For peeps in CO 08, Gabe Evans(R) won his election by 2,449 votes. Our district has over 220,000 Medicaid recipients. If you live here please call him every day and remind him of these numbers and ask that he not vote to hurt the most vulnerable among us.
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NEW: Freshman Rep Gabe Evans (R-CO) voted for the GOP budget that fellow Republicans say will slash Medicaid, which covers 25% of Evans' constituents in CO-08. #copolitics youtu.be/mKI0C2TZAOM?...
Most Coloradans who rely on Medicaid are in two districts represented by Republicans
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
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February 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
NEW: Freshman Rep Gabe Evans (R-CO) voted for the GOP budget that fellow Republicans say will slash Medicaid, which covers 25% of Evans' constituents in CO-08. #copolitics youtu.be/mKI0C2TZAOM?...
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During the US governors ball, the US Army Choir surrounded the MAGA leadership and sang: "Do
You Hear The People Sing"
The oligarchs didn’t even realize they were being protested. #3E #USprotest #EndOligarchy
You Hear The People Sing"
The oligarchs didn’t even realize they were being protested. #3E #USprotest #EndOligarchy
February 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
During the US governors ball, the US Army Choir surrounded the MAGA leadership and sang: "Do
You Hear The People Sing"
The oligarchs didn’t even realize they were being protested. #3E #USprotest #EndOligarchy
You Hear The People Sing"
The oligarchs didn’t even realize they were being protested. #3E #USprotest #EndOligarchy
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I called my rep and then asked 15 others to do the same. First day I've gone straight to voicemail for Gabe Evans. Before you call, do a quick internet search for the number of Medicaid recipients. In CO 08, it is 220,000. Rep Evans won by only 2,449 votes. Hmmm.
🚨If YOU live in 1 of these REPUBLICAN districts, these are the MOST vulnerable R's whose seats will be FLIPPED next year if they vote YES to cut Medicaid.
Please CALL your representative the vote is TOMORROW & help SAVE this program. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
Please CALL your representative the vote is TOMORROW & help SAVE this program. YOUR voice does matter and does make a DIFFERENCE. 202-224-3121.🚨
February 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I called my rep and then asked 15 others to do the same. First day I've gone straight to voicemail for Gabe Evans. Before you call, do a quick internet search for the number of Medicaid recipients. In CO 08, it is 220,000. Rep Evans won by only 2,449 votes. Hmmm.
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The governor of Maine clashed with Trump over transgender rights during a White House meeting.
“See you in court,” she told him.
“See you in court,” she told him.
Dem governor tells Trump she will see him in court
Maine Gov. Janet Mills clashed with Trump over transgender rights during a White House meeting.
www.politico.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The governor of Maine clashed with Trump over transgender rights during a White House meeting.
“See you in court,” she told him.
“See you in court,” she told him.
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A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...
Sponsors pull out of 'Girls in Science' event at Colorado children’s museum following DEI cuts
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A small museum says all but one sponsor of a Girls in STEM event backed out, fearing retaliation from the Trump administration over "DEI." Evan Kruegel reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg1n...
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Expect Elon Musk, and now Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, to do what Trump promised he would do all along... eradicate Social Security and Medicare. www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
Exclusive | DOGE Aides Search Medicare Agency Payment Systems for Fraud
Elon Musk’s allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Expect Elon Musk, and now Project 2025 architect Russell Vought, to do what Trump promised he would do all along... eradicate Social Security and Medicare. www.wsj.com/politics/elo...