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Sorry sweetie, but thanks to Trump’s policies, Valentine's Day treats are 15% more expensive this year.
February 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Sorry sweetie, but thanks to Trump’s policies, Valentine's Day treats are 15% more expensive this year.
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Trump would have you believe that immigrant workers are “freeloaders” and the “worst of the worst.”
Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ
Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ
Trump’s Lies About Immigrant Workers, Debunked
Don’t believe the lies you hear about immigrant and undocumented workers.The real villains are the greedy corporations t
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February 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Trump would have you believe that immigrant workers are “freeloaders” and the “worst of the worst.”
Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ
Here to debunk his lies and lay out how we can protect immigrant workers on the job is former Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u_HwUn4bYQ
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I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
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Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
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Out of the hundreds of essays I have written and published in the last few years, the ones that make MAGA incredibly angry aren’t about abortion or guns or trans rights.
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
February 14, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Out of the hundreds of essays I have written and published in the last few years, the ones that make MAGA incredibly angry aren’t about abortion or guns or trans rights.
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
The essays that make them lash out are about school funding and voting rights...
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DHS funding ran out at midnight last night, triggering a partial government shutdown.
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
DHS funding ran out at midnight last night, triggering a partial government shutdown.
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
Republicans had a choice between supporting massively popular, desperately needed restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol or shutting down DHS. And they chose to shut down DHS. 🧵
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Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Democracy is when voters choose their leaders. Autocracy is when leaders choose their voters.
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ICE and Border Patrol do have huge reserves of funding due to Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, but Republicans have acknowledged that this shutdown will deplete those funds more quickly and possibly disrupt some ICE and CBP operations.
How did they run out of funds when they received 190 billion from the BBB?
February 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
ICE and Border Patrol do have huge reserves of funding due to Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, but Republicans have acknowledged that this shutdown will deplete those funds more quickly and possibly disrupt some ICE and CBP operations.
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It’s official: Republicans have let funding for FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard lapse.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It’s official: Republicans have let funding for FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard lapse.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Frederick Douglass never knew his own date of birth but chose Feb. 14 as his birthday.
Check out this excellent video featuring @hcrichardson.bsky.social explaining this history while @lizadonnelly.bsky.social creates artwork about it.
What a creative way to educate & engage people with history!
Check out this excellent video featuring @hcrichardson.bsky.social explaining this history while @lizadonnelly.bsky.social creates artwork about it.
What a creative way to educate & engage people with history!
What, to a Country, Is a Child’s Birthday?
Liza Donnelly and I take on Valentine’s Day from a different perspective this year.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Frederick Douglass never knew his own date of birth but chose Feb. 14 as his birthday.
Check out this excellent video featuring @hcrichardson.bsky.social explaining this history while @lizadonnelly.bsky.social creates artwork about it.
What a creative way to educate & engage people with history!
Check out this excellent video featuring @hcrichardson.bsky.social explaining this history while @lizadonnelly.bsky.social creates artwork about it.
What a creative way to educate & engage people with history!
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The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files
The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.
www.nbcnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.
Seems kinda bad?
Seems kinda bad?
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Donald Trump has produced the lowest GDP growth of any President in the last 80 years.
February 14, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Donald Trump has produced the lowest GDP growth of any President in the last 80 years.
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👀 1 in 5 ESA voucher purchases found unallowable by 12News in a new investigative report
📣 A new bill at the #AZLeg aims to force in yet ANOTHER AZ voucher 🤯 Use RTS to say NO ❌
📣 A new bill at the #AZLeg aims to force in yet ANOTHER AZ voucher 🤯 Use RTS to say NO ❌
February 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
👀 1 in 5 ESA voucher purchases found unallowable by 12News in a new investigative report
📣 A new bill at the #AZLeg aims to force in yet ANOTHER AZ voucher 🤯 Use RTS to say NO ❌
📣 A new bill at the #AZLeg aims to force in yet ANOTHER AZ voucher 🤯 Use RTS to say NO ❌
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Important Calls to Make Today!
Use @5calls.org to OPPOSE the SAVE ACT & preserve robust voter registration: 5calls.org/issue/save-a...
Use #5Calls to say NO MORE MONEY for ICE: 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu...
#YourVoteIsYourVoice
#NoSAVEAct
#TheSAVEAct=ElectionInterference
#ICEOutForGood
#ICEOut
Use @5calls.org to OPPOSE the SAVE ACT & preserve robust voter registration: 5calls.org/issue/save-a...
Use #5Calls to say NO MORE MONEY for ICE: 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu...
#YourVoteIsYourVoice
#NoSAVEAct
#TheSAVEAct=ElectionInterference
#ICEOutForGood
#ICEOut
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Important Calls to Make Today!
Use @5calls.org to OPPOSE the SAVE ACT & preserve robust voter registration: 5calls.org/issue/save-a...
Use #5Calls to say NO MORE MONEY for ICE: 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu...
#YourVoteIsYourVoice
#NoSAVEAct
#TheSAVEAct=ElectionInterference
#ICEOutForGood
#ICEOut
Use @5calls.org to OPPOSE the SAVE ACT & preserve robust voter registration: 5calls.org/issue/save-a...
Use #5Calls to say NO MORE MONEY for ICE: 5calls.org/issue/dhs-bu...
#YourVoteIsYourVoice
#NoSAVEAct
#TheSAVEAct=ElectionInterference
#ICEOutForGood
#ICEOut
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NEW WEEKLY! Lawmakers have intro'd more bills this year than ever before, and in the confusion, a few good ones are getting heard. They need your support! Here's how to do it 👇
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February 9, 2026
The glut nobody wanted. Eight good eggs. Lawmakers behaving badly. Why good bills so rarely get a hearing. This might be our longest report ever.
weekly.cebv.us
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEW WEEKLY! Lawmakers have intro'd more bills this year than ever before, and in the confusion, a few good ones are getting heard. They need your support! Here's how to do it 👇
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The DHS funding deadline is tomorrow — and a bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. We need Democrats to keep holding the line by refusing to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation. Let’s get to work.
Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
act.indivisible.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The DHS funding deadline is tomorrow — and a bill can’t pass without Democratic votes. We need Democrats to keep holding the line by refusing to fund DHS without ironclad limits on ICE and CBP, actual accountability for abuses, and clear guardrails to stop raids and intimidation. Let’s get to work.
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Greg Stanton, and Yassamin Ansari’s letter to Kristi Noem and Todd Lyons over the 418K square foot industrial warehouse DHS purchased in Surprise, AZ to convert into a concentration camp.
February 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Reps. Adelita Grijalva, Greg Stanton, and Yassamin Ansari’s letter to Kristi Noem and Todd Lyons over the 418K square foot industrial warehouse DHS purchased in Surprise, AZ to convert into a concentration camp.
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Praise of the Week: The People of Arizona 🌵✨
From the Valley to the High Desert, AZ is showing the world what community power looks like. Whether it’s protecting our neighbors or our resources, the energy is undeniable.
Arizona isn’t a passive backdrop—it’s a movement. 🧵(1/3) #POTW #AZIndivisibles
From the Valley to the High Desert, AZ is showing the world what community power looks like. Whether it’s protecting our neighbors or our resources, the energy is undeniable.
Arizona isn’t a passive backdrop—it’s a movement. 🧵(1/3) #POTW #AZIndivisibles
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Praise of the Week: The People of Arizona 🌵✨
From the Valley to the High Desert, AZ is showing the world what community power looks like. Whether it’s protecting our neighbors or our resources, the energy is undeniable.
Arizona isn’t a passive backdrop—it’s a movement. 🧵(1/3) #POTW #AZIndivisibles
From the Valley to the High Desert, AZ is showing the world what community power looks like. Whether it’s protecting our neighbors or our resources, the energy is undeniable.
Arizona isn’t a passive backdrop—it’s a movement. 🧵(1/3) #POTW #AZIndivisibles
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Resource Sovereignty
We’re saying NO to being a "data desert":
💧 Tucson: Unanimous rejection of Amazon’s Project Blue.
🏙️ Chandler: City Council shut down massive AI data centers after public outcry.
🗳️ Marana: Residents just submitted 2,800+ signatures to put data center zoning to public VOTE. (2/3)
We’re saying NO to being a "data desert":
💧 Tucson: Unanimous rejection of Amazon’s Project Blue.
🏙️ Chandler: City Council shut down massive AI data centers after public outcry.
🗳️ Marana: Residents just submitted 2,800+ signatures to put data center zoning to public VOTE. (2/3)
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Resource Sovereignty
We’re saying NO to being a "data desert":
💧 Tucson: Unanimous rejection of Amazon’s Project Blue.
🏙️ Chandler: City Council shut down massive AI data centers after public outcry.
🗳️ Marana: Residents just submitted 2,800+ signatures to put data center zoning to public VOTE. (2/3)
We’re saying NO to being a "data desert":
💧 Tucson: Unanimous rejection of Amazon’s Project Blue.
🏙️ Chandler: City Council shut down massive AI data centers after public outcry.
🗳️ Marana: Residents just submitted 2,800+ signatures to put data center zoning to public VOTE. (2/3)
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Human Rights & Democracy
Showing up for our neighbors:
🚫 Surprise & Marana: Hundreds packing halls vs. ICE detention centers.
📢 ICE Out For Good: Statewide school walkouts & massive street protests.
🗳️ No Kings 1 & 2: 175,000 combined statewide standing for democracy. (3/3)
Showing up for our neighbors:
🚫 Surprise & Marana: Hundreds packing halls vs. ICE detention centers.
📢 ICE Out For Good: Statewide school walkouts & massive street protests.
🗳️ No Kings 1 & 2: 175,000 combined statewide standing for democracy. (3/3)
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Human Rights & Democracy
Showing up for our neighbors:
🚫 Surprise & Marana: Hundreds packing halls vs. ICE detention centers.
📢 ICE Out For Good: Statewide school walkouts & massive street protests.
🗳️ No Kings 1 & 2: 175,000 combined statewide standing for democracy. (3/3)
Showing up for our neighbors:
🚫 Surprise & Marana: Hundreds packing halls vs. ICE detention centers.
📢 ICE Out For Good: Statewide school walkouts & massive street protests.
🗳️ No Kings 1 & 2: 175,000 combined statewide standing for democracy. (3/3)