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The journey is not easy, but the destination is sublime.
"Every day our job is to wake up and say what can I do today? There is no act too small." -AOC
The journey is not easy, but the destination is sublime.
"Every day our job is to wake up and say what can I do today? There is no act too small." -AOC
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· Dec 12
As funding dries up, private abortion clinics across the US are closing
Since the fall of Roe in 2022, 76 clinics have shuttered and the initial surge of donations is now falling short
www.theguardian.com
This is a disaster folks. Abortion funding is drying up because donations to independent abortion funds are falling. We can and must do better to support women in need of assistance. Donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds here: abortionfunds.org.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
We simply can't wait any longer. We all must demand impeachment right now. I've called my congressmember. Have you?
'Not a drill': Conservative warns US in midst of 'genuine emergency' with Trump
Charlie Sykes, political commentator and former editor-in-chief of the website The Bulwark, said Monday afternoon that the United States is in an "emergency" situation. MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace note...
www.rawstory.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
We simply can't wait any longer. We all must demand impeachment right now. I've called my congressmember. Have you?
The HANDS OFF! protest in Kingston, NY on a cold and rainy April 5th drew a good 2000 from 2 to 82, at least.
It's great that people came out all over the country no matter the weather. Let's keep it up until the convicted felon is gone for good!
It's great that people came out all over the country no matter the weather. Let's keep it up until the convicted felon is gone for good!
April 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The HANDS OFF! protest in Kingston, NY on a cold and rainy April 5th drew a good 2000 from 2 to 82, at least.
It's great that people came out all over the country no matter the weather. Let's keep it up until the convicted felon is gone for good!
It's great that people came out all over the country no matter the weather. Let's keep it up until the convicted felon is gone for good!
Good for Harvard and good for constitutional rights. It's past time to refuse Trump's anti-American blackmailing and bullying.
'Proud' Harvard alumni cheer school for standing up to Trump
Notable Harvard alumni applauded their university Monday after news that the Ivy League school would not capitulate to the Trump administration's anti-DEI initiatives for $9 billion in federal funding...
www.rawstory.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Good for Harvard and good for constitutional rights. It's past time to refuse Trump's anti-American blackmailing and bullying.
This has got to end. Ignoring the Constitution cannot be tolerated. Trump must be impeached and convicted now!
'This is the crisis moment': Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line
Jacob Levy, Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University, cautioned in a Blue Sky thread that the case involving a Maryland man the U.S. government acknowledges was "wrongfully deporte...
www.rawstory.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This has got to end. Ignoring the Constitution cannot be tolerated. Trump must be impeached and convicted now!
Honest question: is it possible that anyone is dumber or more dishonest than President POS?
The President of the United States says that Ukraine and Zelensky started the war. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump has fully turned on Zelenskyy: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
April 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Honest question: is it possible that anyone is dumber or more dishonest than President POS?
Trump is perverted and crazy. Anyone who continues to serve in his administration or to enable it through legislation is too.
Remove him from office or live in infamy forevermore.
Remove him from office or live in infamy forevermore.
Trump is asked if he’s planning to ask Bukele to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia & Trump punts to Pam Bondi.
Bondi claims it’s “up to El Salvador if they want to return him – that’s not up to us. [SCOTUS] ruled that if El Salvador wants to return him, we would ‘facilitate’ it, meaning provide a plane.”
Bondi claims it’s “up to El Salvador if they want to return him – that’s not up to us. [SCOTUS] ruled that if El Salvador wants to return him, we would ‘facilitate’ it, meaning provide a plane.”
April 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trump is perverted and crazy. Anyone who continues to serve in his administration or to enable it through legislation is too.
Remove him from office or live in infamy forevermore.
Remove him from office or live in infamy forevermore.
There is no other way to understand this. Trump is corrupt and so are the billionaires who control American corporations and, because of Citizen's United, government, too.
We the people are the only ones who can stop this. Force Republicans out of Congress and off the Supreme Court.
We the people are the only ones who can stop this. Force Republicans out of Congress and off the Supreme Court.
Corporations who donated to Republicans were more likely to get tariff exemptions during Trump's first term.
Now, tech companies like Apple are getting major tariff carveouts.
Who donated $1M to Trump's inauguration? Apple CEO Tim Cook.
It's crony capitalism.
Now, tech companies like Apple are getting major tariff carveouts.
Who donated $1M to Trump's inauguration? Apple CEO Tim Cook.
It's crony capitalism.
April 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is no other way to understand this. Trump is corrupt and so are the billionaires who control American corporations and, because of Citizen's United, government, too.
We the people are the only ones who can stop this. Force Republicans out of Congress and off the Supreme Court.
We the people are the only ones who can stop this. Force Republicans out of Congress and off the Supreme Court.
Sounds reasonable not to mention legally and morally correct.
April 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Sounds reasonable not to mention legally and morally correct.
Yep. The reactionaries are in charge and many won't be satisfied until women can't vote and Jim Crow is restored.
The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
April 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yep. The reactionaries are in charge and many won't be satisfied until women can't vote and Jim Crow is restored.
Who's going to investigate this? Not Pam Bondi, that's for sure.
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Who's going to investigate this? Not Pam Bondi, that's for sure.
A chance to hear a sane point of view.
April 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A chance to hear a sane point of view.
It's hard to wrap your head around how anyone could think this is good for the US.
Mark Carney is a strong candidate for global leadership in trade! His leadership has already demonstrated wisdom, dignity and critical thinking with a strategic mindset. I can envision a global alliance being built without the US. Can you?
youtu.be/I00qc_TKJDE?...
youtu.be/I00qc_TKJDE?...
Trump FREAKS OUT As Canada Drops UNPRECEDENTED BOMBSHELL🚨
YouTube video by Occupy Democrats
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
It's hard to wrap your head around how anyone could think this is good for the US.
This is what happens when the government operates lawlessly by ignoring due process. We are all at risk.
The Trump administration acknowledged Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador due to an “administrative error,” but said U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up.
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is what happens when the government operates lawlessly by ignoring due process. We are all at risk.
Bravo. May his example inspire all Dem electeds to take this moment seriously and to stand up and be counted as supporters of the rights of all people, not the privileges of the wealthy and powerful few.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Bravo. May his example inspire all Dem electeds to take this moment seriously and to stand up and be counted as supporters of the rights of all people, not the privileges of the wealthy and powerful few.
Some hard truths that Dems & the people need to reckon with. Many Dems are living in the past. While we all want civil political discourse, many of us realize that MAGA does not. It's a death cult that is willing to destroy everything in order to get its way. Funny thing is the Rs know it, too.
Democrats Fear Midterm Massacre Even Though Voters Are Furious With Republicans
YouTube video by The Ring of Fire
www.youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Some hard truths that Dems & the people need to reckon with. Many Dems are living in the past. While we all want civil political discourse, many of us realize that MAGA does not. It's a death cult that is willing to destroy everything in order to get its way. Funny thing is the Rs know it, too.
Tim Walz talking about why he is touring these town halls across America. "I heard the primal scream of Americans saying god dammit it, do something, do something about this."
Listen to the first 10 minutes at least for a bit of inspiration and hope. He's a straight talker and he's passionate.
Listen to the first 10 minutes at least for a bit of inspiration and hope. He's a straight talker and he's passionate.
This is happening in Houston, TX of all places! Awesome! Tim Walz connects with people on mutual concerns! youtu.be/aZck0HxFsGI?...
Tim Walz Holds a Town Hall in Houston Texas
YouTube video by Tim Walz
youtu.be
March 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Tim Walz talking about why he is touring these town halls across America. "I heard the primal scream of Americans saying god dammit it, do something, do something about this."
Listen to the first 10 minutes at least for a bit of inspiration and hope. He's a straight talker and he's passionate.
Listen to the first 10 minutes at least for a bit of inspiration and hope. He's a straight talker and he's passionate.
If this premise is correct, then we are near a state of anarchy where no laws will apply. It's getting harder to believe that our political leaders are up to the job, so that leaves it to the people. Dangerous times, indeed.
The bottom line is that Trump must be removed from office now.
The bottom line is that Trump must be removed from office now.
We're in a full-blown constitutional crisis, with Article I completely inoperative & Article III not clearly operative. Whatever one wants to call our current political regime, it's neither a democracy nor a republic at this point.
If the president can ignore court orders and illegally circumvent, Congress, there is no Constitution. It’s gone. There’s no enumerated right that the president can’t take from you, no law Congress can pass that is binding, and no court that can protect you from any of it. It’s the whole ballgame.
March 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If this premise is correct, then we are near a state of anarchy where no laws will apply. It's getting harder to believe that our political leaders are up to the job, so that leaves it to the people. Dangerous times, indeed.
The bottom line is that Trump must be removed from office now.
The bottom line is that Trump must be removed from office now.
This. 👇
March 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This. 👇
Working people, including immigrants, are not the problem. The problem is the billionaires who vacuum up the wealth created by working people. Guaranteeing a living wage and life sustaining services like healthcare and education will make the economy soar.
If you think you’re struggling because of undocumented immigrants “scamming the system” then you haven’t been paying attention to what the people who control the system are doing.
The 1% evade $163B in taxes per year.
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes from 2018 - 2022 & 2024.
Billionaires can write off the cost of their private jets and yachts.
While undocumented immigrants paid $96B in taxes in 2022.
The more you look into it, the crazier it gets.
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes from 2018 - 2022 & 2024.
Billionaires can write off the cost of their private jets and yachts.
While undocumented immigrants paid $96B in taxes in 2022.
The more you look into it, the crazier it gets.
March 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Working people, including immigrants, are not the problem. The problem is the billionaires who vacuum up the wealth created by working people. Guaranteeing a living wage and life sustaining services like healthcare and education will make the economy soar.
Trump and DOGE at work. If there's one thing worse than putting an idiot in charge, it's putting an idiot and a geniass in charge.
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.
Sorry, *was.
Sorry, *was.
March 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Trump and DOGE at work. If there's one thing worse than putting an idiot in charge, it's putting an idiot and a geniass in charge.
Rep. Katherine Clark gives a summary of Trump's essential failures.
Items 1 & 2 show his failure to deliver on his promises or, as we call them when spoken by Trump, his lies.
Items 3,4 & 5 are each cause for impeachment.
It's time for him to go.
Items 1 & 2 show his failure to deliver on his promises or, as we call them when spoken by Trump, his lies.
Items 3,4 & 5 are each cause for impeachment.
It's time for him to go.
Day 68 into the GOP takeover:
Prices are going up.
Consumer confidence is plummeting.
Classified info is being leaked.
Social Security is being dismantled.
Residents are being arrested for their political views.
Prices are going up.
Consumer confidence is plummeting.
Classified info is being leaked.
Social Security is being dismantled.
Residents are being arrested for their political views.
March 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Rep. Katherine Clark gives a summary of Trump's essential failures.
Items 1 & 2 show his failure to deliver on his promises or, as we call them when spoken by Trump, his lies.
Items 3,4 & 5 are each cause for impeachment.
It's time for him to go.
Items 1 & 2 show his failure to deliver on his promises or, as we call them when spoken by Trump, his lies.
Items 3,4 & 5 are each cause for impeachment.
It's time for him to go.
Agreed. For MAGA hate is the new love.
March 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Agreed. For MAGA hate is the new love.
fElon puts his foot in his mouth again. Yep, he's a geniass.
We are currently living in The Age of Incompetent Hypocrites.
March 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
fElon puts his foot in his mouth again. Yep, he's a geniass.
This is what democracy looks like.
We get our turn on April 5th. HANDS OFF! at a location near you. Turn out and show the world that we are not going to put up with Trump's sh*t any longer.
handsoff2025.com for details.
We get our turn on April 5th. HANDS OFF! at a location near you. Turn out and show the world that we are not going to put up with Trump's sh*t any longer.
handsoff2025.com for details.
March 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is what democracy looks like.
We get our turn on April 5th. HANDS OFF! at a location near you. Turn out and show the world that we are not going to put up with Trump's sh*t any longer.
handsoff2025.com for details.
We get our turn on April 5th. HANDS OFF! at a location near you. Turn out and show the world that we are not going to put up with Trump's sh*t any longer.
handsoff2025.com for details.
This crap is real folks and it's gonna hurt bad. Iowa City and U of Iowa didn't deserve this. Too many Iowans have lost the thread recently and we all hope they can see that now.
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This crap is real folks and it's gonna hurt bad. Iowa City and U of Iowa didn't deserve this. Too many Iowans have lost the thread recently and we all hope they can see that now.