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Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

Trump’s Christmas message "Scum" wasn’t just offensive. It was a warning.
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Trump’s Christmas message "Scum" wasn’t just offensive. It was a warning.

The future lay before us now, and if we care about the country our children will inherit, we can’t let this moral vandalism to go unanswered.

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December 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

Was That a Speech or a Breakdown?
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Was That a Speech or a Breakdown?

A stark look at the speech that blurred the line between leadership and losing control on the world stage…

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December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

Again: Beware These Two Oligarchic Bubbles
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Again: Beware These Two Oligarchic Bubbles

They may already be bursting

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December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM

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Common Dreams

@commondreams.org

Mike Johnson Defends US Murder of Shipwrecked Sailors as 'Entirely Appropriate' | "There can be no war crime if there is no war," said @kennethroth.bsky.social this week. "But there can still be murder, which these attacks were."

Mike Johnson Defends US Murder of Shipwrecked Sailors as 'Entirely Appropriate'

"There can be no war crime if there is no war," said one human rights scholar this week. "But there can still be murder, which these attacks were."

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December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics.

Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.

If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

What Happens When a Bonkers President Takes Over the Private Sector
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What Happens When a Bonkers President Takes Over the Private Sector

We need independent regulatory agencies to contain him

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December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM

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Thom Hartmann

@hartmannreport.com

When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…

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America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”

When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…

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December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?
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How Can Outrageous CEO Pay be Stopped?

Here's One Good Answer

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December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM

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The Borowitz Report

@borowitzreport.bsky.social

On Sunday’s edition of “Meet the Press,” Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas was such a relentless firehose of lies that at times he appeared to be auditioning to replace Karoline Leavitt.

Profile in Awfulness: Tom Cotton

The senator from Arkansas is a firehose of lies.

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December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”
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America’s New Political Reality: Trump Decides Which Beliefs Are “Legal”

When dissent becomes an “indicator,” the First Amendment stops being a right and starts being a risk…

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December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.

Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

Trump’s Monument to Corruption
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Trump’s Monument to Corruption

And one of the first things to do when sanity and legality are restored

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December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

Trump’s Corrupt Pardons Are a Middle Finger to Every American
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Trump’s Corrupt Pardons Are a Middle Finger to Every American

Why Cuellar’s Pardon Hits Different

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December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

What Democrats Must Pledge to America
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What Democrats Must Pledge to America

Ten ways to make America more affordable

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December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

I Studied Money and Power, Here's The (Actually) Useful Thing It Taught Me About Politics
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I Studied Money and Power, Here's The (Actually) Useful Thing It Taught Me About Politics

Does having more money and power actually reduce empathy and change behavior for the worse?

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December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

How to Get Rid of “Citizens United”
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

If Threatening to Hang Members of Congress Isn’t Impeachable, What Is?
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If Threatening to Hang Members of Congress Isn’t Impeachable, What Is?

If Trump wants veterans in Congress killed for affirming U.S. law, doesn’t that make him the very danger the Founders warned would destroy the republic, the kind impeachment was designed for?

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November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

Marjorie Taylor Greene Thought the Mob Was Her Power Base: Now It's Her Predator
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Thought the Mob Was Her Power Base: Now It's Her Predator

But the roar was never for her, it was for Trump.. And when he turned it against her, she learned the eternal rule: demagogue's followers don’t choose enemies, their leader does...

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November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM

Kathy Yeomans

@californiakathy.bsky.social

As Dr. Oz Helps Prove 'There Is No Republican Health Care Plan,' Democrats Have Solution Most Refuse to Embrace: Medicare for All www.commondreams.org/news/as-dr-o...

As Dr. Oz Helps Prove 'There Is No Republican Health Care Plan,' Democrats Have Solution Most Refuse to Embrace: Medicare for All | Common Dreams

"Healthcare is becoming unsustainable under Trump," says one progressive politician running for US Senate. "Medicare for All would fix it."

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November 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Epsteingate is the tip of the iceberg — and the beginning of the end for Trump.

November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎

@virginiahall32.bsky.social

Adelita Grijalva will FINALLY be sworn in On Wednesday, November 12th, after 7 LOMG weeks.

She will be the 218 th vote to release the Epstein files.

November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM

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MS NOW

@ms.now

Former President Barack Obama boarded an Honor Flight on Monday to greet 79 veterans and their families as they arrived to visit Washington’s war memorials.