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Healthy Policies Lift Everyone. Faith Helps. Love Encourages Strength. Be Kind. I block all hints of porn.
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Hell, the threat of tariffs raised prices.
Even if all tariffs were canceled/ rescinded, prices won't go back down.
So, the American people are screwed no matter what.
Even if all tariffs were canceled/ rescinded, prices won't go back down.
So, the American people are screwed no matter what.
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hell, the threat of tariffs raised prices.
Even if all tariffs were canceled/ rescinded, prices won't go back down.
So, the American people are screwed no matter what.
Even if all tariffs were canceled/ rescinded, prices won't go back down.
So, the American people are screwed no matter what.
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I know there are no silver bullets here, but I think constantly about how our culture of insanely aggressive and thoughtless policing would be upended if federal and state officials were subject to individual liability for their torts instead of being protected by a vast web of immunity doctrines.
"His mother told NBC4 that the agent told her son they had confused him with someone else, but to “look at the bright side: you’re gonna have an exciting story to tell your friends when you go back to school”."
WTF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WTF
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim
Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and ‘unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LA
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I know there are no silver bullets here, but I think constantly about how our culture of insanely aggressive and thoughtless policing would be upended if federal and state officials were subject to individual liability for their torts instead of being protected by a vast web of immunity doctrines.
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there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
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A similar recent situation out of Boise: Boise PD and Idaho State Police used footage provided by a far right group to target and charge an abortion activist.
Three years later, a mistrial is declared when withheld video, apparently, shows battery and instigation by the source's group.
Three years later, a mistrial is declared when withheld video, apparently, shows battery and instigation by the source's group.
August 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A similar recent situation out of Boise: Boise PD and Idaho State Police used footage provided by a far right group to target and charge an abortion activist.
Three years later, a mistrial is declared when withheld video, apparently, shows battery and instigation by the source's group.
Three years later, a mistrial is declared when withheld video, apparently, shows battery and instigation by the source's group.
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Offshore wind is the most important ocean based climate solution, not marine carbon dioxide removal. I’m so angry.
August 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Offshore wind is the most important ocean based climate solution, not marine carbon dioxide removal. I’m so angry.
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Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
August 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Welch: Everybody's missing the point here. The point is, he's doing this on purpose. He's priming the public to get accustomed to having the military in the streets
This is spot on. Worth a moment & do consider how it applies to your state reps, national reps as well. It's there. Just evaluate what they do.
August 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is spot on. Worth a moment & do consider how it applies to your state reps, national reps as well. It's there. Just evaluate what they do.
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He wants to crash his agency. That's his mission.
The Council For National Policy is going to rush in and replace your ruined government with their Christian conservative government.
Ginni Thomas is on the CNP board.
The Council For National Policy is going to rush in and replace your ruined government with their Christian conservative government.
Ginni Thomas is on the CNP board.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
He wants to crash his agency. That's his mission.
The Council For National Policy is going to rush in and replace your ruined government with their Christian conservative government.
Ginni Thomas is on the CNP board.
The Council For National Policy is going to rush in and replace your ruined government with their Christian conservative government.
Ginni Thomas is on the CNP board.
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Meanwhile, in Texas…
August 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Meanwhile, in Texas…
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Take every opportunity you get to talk to your elders. Their stories and experiences are a part of your cultural legacy. We may build a new world, but their world was a part of what led us to where we are headed. Honor them by listening.
August 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Take every opportunity you get to talk to your elders. Their stories and experiences are a part of your cultural legacy. We may build a new world, but their world was a part of what led us to where we are headed. Honor them by listening.
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WATCH: “An unholy matrimony of greed & racism has taken over our state.”
@brotherjones.bsky.social & @rolandsmartin.bsky.social discuss @GovBillLee banning Jones from a state event about a Teslas-only airport tunnel - in his own district.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DMvZX-n...
@brotherjones.bsky.social & @rolandsmartin.bsky.social discuss @GovBillLee banning Jones from a state event about a Teslas-only airport tunnel - in his own district.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DMvZX-n...
July 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
WATCH: “An unholy matrimony of greed & racism has taken over our state.”
@brotherjones.bsky.social & @rolandsmartin.bsky.social discuss @GovBillLee banning Jones from a state event about a Teslas-only airport tunnel - in his own district.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DMvZX-n...
@brotherjones.bsky.social & @rolandsmartin.bsky.social discuss @GovBillLee banning Jones from a state event about a Teslas-only airport tunnel - in his own district.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DMvZX-n...
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Maddow Blog | Trump’s treasury secretary says he sees ‘a backdoor for privatizing Social Security’ www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
July 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Maddow Blog | Trump’s treasury secretary says he sees ‘a backdoor for privatizing Social Security’ www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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New report warns data centers will drive massive spikes in electricity consumption — and Americans could foot the bill www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
July 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
New report warns data centers will drive massive spikes in electricity consumption — and Americans could foot the bill www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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Can’t get enough of these videos. @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social is a must-follow.
July 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Can’t get enough of these videos. @diaperdiplomacy-m.bsky.social is a must-follow.
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WATCH: “In video captured by the Tennessee Holler…”
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
WATCH: “In video captured by the Tennessee Holler…”
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.
On @msnbc, @eriellereshef plays our video of @brotherjones.bsky.social getting banned from @GovBillLee’s Teslas-only tunnel announcement — even though it was a state event, in his own district.