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Elena Irvin
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Pissed.
“ Musk’s vow of $2 trillion in cuts has dwindled down to $150 billion, although … the cost of firing workers will be more than $135 billion this year, while cuts to the IRS will cost about $8.5 billion in revenue in 2026 alone. And then there is the cost of lawsuits over DOGE’s actions.”
April 24, 2025
“Vladimir, STOP!” wrote President Donald Trump on his social media site this morning.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is what I expect to hear out of every Christian’s mouth. Get your shit together. #mallorymcmorrow #resist #christianity

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Amazing!!!
substack.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Spotted this morning at Ocean Beach:
April 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz just claimed at a town hall that people in America are not guaranteed the constitutional right to due process: “You break the law, you don't have due process.”
Republican congresswoman booed at a town hall in Indiana
As with other town halls held by Republicans across the country, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz was met in her Indiana district by a group of angry constituents who challenged her on the decisions bein...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Pete Hegseth in 2016: "How damaging is it to your ability to recruit or build allies with others when they are worried that our leaders may be exposing them because of their gross negligence or their recklessness in handling information?"
March 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Everyone that voted Hegseth in should be looking for a new job now.

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BREAKING: Pete Hegseth accidentally texted a reporter war plans before an attack.
Im out and about right now, but I wanted to make sure you saw this.
aaronparnas.substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I know I shouldn’t be, but somehow, everyday, I’m still shocked.

BREAKING: Text messages between Vance, Hegseth, and senior officials discussing the Houthis strike have been released.

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BREAKING: Text messages between Vance, Hegseth, and senior officials discussing the Houthis strike have been released. Insanity.
substack.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My heart hurts this morning.
March 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.

(Published Dec. 2024)
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to…
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Politics affects everyone.
March 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Due process is a human right.

“Chained at their ankles and wrists, they stumbled and fell, some guards falling to the ground with them. With each fall came a kick, a slap, a shove. The guards grabbed necks and pushed bodies into the sides of the buses as they forced the detainees forward.”
This is heartbreaking and wrong. Is THIS what we want to be as a country?? This isn’t what I want the US to be. Even as much as I might feel like certain people should just be *gone*, I am still a strong advocate of due process time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I don’t have words.
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
March 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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March 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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March 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Im still shocked with every story. #nomassdeprtation #stopiceraids
“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”

Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.
Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained
Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.
www.nhpr.org
March 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Donald Trump and Tom Homan claim the Administration’s mass deportation effort is targeting criminals—‘the worst of the worst.’ Right now it’s targeting innocent and vulnerable American children.”
NEW: Ranking Member Raskin’s statement on the Trump Administration’s cruel deportation of a U.S. child with cancer:
Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on the Trump Administration’s Cruel Deportation of a U.S. Child with Cancer
democrats-judiciary.house.gov
March 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Devastating that nations have to collaborate to communicate with our government.

“Over the past two weeks, Britain and France have been working with the Ukrainians on how to best calibrate messages for the volatile new US administration...”
March 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
So glad I pay extra for LinkedIn to tell me there’s no way in hell I’m getting this job. #jobsearch #impossible
March 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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March 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Democracy Forward's CEO @skyeperryman.bsky.social will join David Cole, @raskin.house.gov, @kelleyjrobinson.bsky.social, & Ally Coll for @politicsprose.bsky.social's first Community Teach-In on Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and the Rule of Law. Join us in person or via livestream: bit.ly/3EHg7zA
Teach-in on Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and the Rule of Law — with David Cole, Skye Perryman, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and Kelley Robinson - moderated by Ally Coll — at Conn Ave
bit.ly
March 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget.

Really think about how twisted this all is.
March 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Imagine that!
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM