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New ideas and fresh approaches are invigorating! Same old, same old is not progress, just old.
Mamdani Did All the Things the Establishment Hates. He Won Anyway.
There’s a growing appetite for something new and innovative growing among the electorate—and an opportunity for Democrats to grow that electorate, as well.
newrepublic.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.

This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“Breaking news” now just basically means, what else is he breaking? #resist #breakingnews
March 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Why is DOGE pronounced like it rhymes with “loge,” but it’s a hard G for Government and E for Efficiency. Shouldn’t it be DOG-E, rhymes with doggie? 🐶
February 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
New to this platform. What’s the best way to see actual real-time breaking news in my feed? If someone I follow posts about it, fine; but, otherwise I can only find out more if I do a search for that topic which I don’t really even know is a topic yet?
December 7, 2024 at 5:09 PM
bit.ly/BABRatPVF
Supporting the farmworker folks in a California coastal community (SF Bay Area) who grow our food, but cannot afford to buy the food they grow. This is the 4th year of this special holiday effort. 🙏🏽
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 AM