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When people get SNAP , Social Security, & housing assistance they spend the money locally stimulating the economy. Great post from @kelliesnider.art
July 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When people get SNAP , Social Security, & housing assistance they spend the money locally stimulating the economy. Great post from @kelliesnider.art
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I’m in a text ‘discussion’ with my older Dem neighbor about this…he’s still stuck on the label while I say, ‘dude, we’re so far past that.’
Folks can argue about the relevancy of the “Democratic socialist” label all day. But if that’s what you’re hung up on, you’re missing the larger point.
People aren’t chasing labels. They’re chasing change. Real, structural, unapologetic change.
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People aren’t chasing labels. They’re chasing change. Real, structural, unapologetic change.
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June 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’m in a text ‘discussion’ with my older Dem neighbor about this…he’s still stuck on the label while I say, ‘dude, we’re so far past that.’
We are so far off the reservation
June 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We are so far off the reservation
He’s ours. You can’t have him.
June 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
He’s ours. You can’t have him.
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Instead of CUTTING Social Security benefits, Congress should INCREASE payments by $200 per month and extend the solvency of the Social Security program by 75 YEARS.
How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share.
I’ve got a bill to get it done.
How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share.
I’ve got a bill to get it done.
Social Security's insolvency date is now a year earlier. Here's how it could impact your benefits.
Social Security is dipping into its trust fund to pay current retirees, with spending outpacing its revenue from payroll taxes.
www.cbsnews.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Instead of CUTTING Social Security benefits, Congress should INCREASE payments by $200 per month and extend the solvency of the Social Security program by 75 YEARS.
How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share.
I’ve got a bill to get it done.
How? Make the wealthiest Americans pay a fairer share.
I’ve got a bill to get it done.
Pass it on
June 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Pass it on
This is even better than him telling Carney that it didn’t rain on his parade…a third grader is more mature than him
June 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is even better than him telling Carney that it didn’t rain on his parade…a third grader is more mature than him
Continue to speak up and call them out. Make being vulgar and horrible bad again!
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, removed posts on his personal X account about Saturday's fatal attack on a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband after facing fierce backlash from Democrats about the postings.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Mike Lee deletes social media posts about the Minnesota shooting after facing criticism
In one post, Lee shared a photo of the suspect in the case and captioned it, "Nightmare on Waltz Street," an apparent reference to the state's Democratic governor, Tim Walz.
www.nbcnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Continue to speak up and call them out. Make being vulgar and horrible bad again!
Take note, people
NEW: After barricade showdown, ICE didn't show up to the Seattle Field Office on Sunday, cancelling day 2 of the unusual check-ins. Organizers behind the barricade say no check-ins means no kidnappings, at least in that facility and at least for that day. www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-did...
ICE Didn't Show Up For Work At Seattle Field Office After Barricade Showdown
After Saturday’s barricade of ICE’s Seattle Field Office went up in green smoke, ICE agents called off what was supposed to be day two of their unusual call for check-ins with Seattle-area immigrants....
www.theburnerseattle.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Take note, people
This energy all the time. This is what it is going to take.
HAPPENING NOW: New Yorkers are protesting against ICE’s illegal arrest of NYC comptroller Brad Lander.
June 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This energy all the time. This is what it is going to take.
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Keep up the momentum!
1. Share your #NoKings experience
2. Sign up w the orgs that planned your event
3. Call your electeds! They work for YOU!
4. Join boycotts & support small businesses
5. Donate to groups that support immigrants + help communities
H/t @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
1. Share your #NoKings experience
2. Sign up w the orgs that planned your event
3. Call your electeds! They work for YOU!
4. Join boycotts & support small businesses
5. Donate to groups that support immigrants + help communities
H/t @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Keep up the momentum!
1. Share your #NoKings experience
2. Sign up w the orgs that planned your event
3. Call your electeds! They work for YOU!
4. Join boycotts & support small businesses
5. Donate to groups that support immigrants + help communities
H/t @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
1. Share your #NoKings experience
2. Sign up w the orgs that planned your event
3. Call your electeds! They work for YOU!
4. Join boycotts & support small businesses
5. Donate to groups that support immigrants + help communities
H/t @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social
It is exhausting
I think one of the reasons you hear so much visceral anger coming from Dems about politics these days is bc for years now we’ve been expected to respond with dignity and respect (which we do) when political violence touches the GOP. But when it touches us - we get the Mike Lee’s of the world.
Because of my work and writing, I've talked to countless elected officials and their staffers about political violence over the past several years. Mostly Dem, though not all. The collective trauma for these folks is immeasurable and justified. With no recourse. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...
June 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It is exhausting
But we can’t be complacent. We must keep showing up and showing out. Calling every. Little. Thing. Out.
June 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
But we can’t be complacent. We must keep showing up and showing out. Calling every. Little. Thing. Out.
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South LA runs ICE off ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
June 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
South LA runs ICE off ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
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Karen Bass: "There is no comparison [with the 1992 riots]. And unfortunately that is what is being pushed, as though the city is in chaos, there's civil unrest everywhere. For most Angelenos, they're like, 'What city are they describing?' They are definitely not describing Los Angeles."
June 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Karen Bass: "There is no comparison [with the 1992 riots]. And unfortunately that is what is being pushed, as though the city is in chaos, there's civil unrest everywhere. For most Angelenos, they're like, 'What city are they describing?' They are definitely not describing Los Angeles."
Thiiiiiiiis
June 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Thiiiiiiiis
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“HISTORY IS WATCHING” Message from Gavin Newsom. 👇👇😃
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“HISTORY IS WATCHING” Message from Gavin Newsom. 👇👇😃
Cali strong
The Department of Homeland Security is lying. @padilla.senate.gov identified himself.
Urging everyone to go out and righteously and peacefully exercise your freedom of speech and assembly. That’s how we take back our country.
Urging everyone to go out and righteously and peacefully exercise your freedom of speech and assembly. That’s how we take back our country.
June 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Cali strong
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
To those saying that Padilla ‘deserved it’…um, no. Even if he was just a citizen in there asking a question—even pointedly asking it—he did not deserve that treatment.
Government works for US, or at least they are supposed to. They need to be held accountable by us. Padilla IS us. Period.
Government works for US, or at least they are supposed to. They need to be held accountable by us. Padilla IS us. Period.
June 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
To those saying that Padilla ‘deserved it’…um, no. Even if he was just a citizen in there asking a question—even pointedly asking it—he did not deserve that treatment.
Government works for US, or at least they are supposed to. They need to be held accountable by us. Padilla IS us. Period.
Government works for US, or at least they are supposed to. They need to be held accountable by us. Padilla IS us. Period.
So, this is effing INSANE. And also, this energy from ALL electeds is what we need right now. Eff the goons that surround that plastic byatch.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So, this is effing INSANE. And also, this energy from ALL electeds is what we need right now. Eff the goons that surround that plastic byatch.
Anyone notice how the weather is just wrong all the time now? I look at the app and it’s just wrong.
Just one more way that our reality is being altered. So effed up.
Just one more way that our reality is being altered. So effed up.
June 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Anyone notice how the weather is just wrong all the time now? I look at the app and it’s just wrong.
Just one more way that our reality is being altered. So effed up.
Just one more way that our reality is being altered. So effed up.