Lemon, but you can call me Lo
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Dum spiro spero
Coffee addict
Optimist
Politically Outspoken
Pet Parent
Oxford Comma fan
Dum spiro spero
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
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McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
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I can’t ingest any more news. It all makes me cry. Time to look at something beautiful…
I love how the Russian sage and the blooms of the hostas blend together!
I love how the Russian sage and the blooms of the hostas blend together!
July 1, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I can’t ingest any more news. It all makes me cry. Time to look at something beautiful…
I love how the Russian sage and the blooms of the hostas blend together!
I love how the Russian sage and the blooms of the hostas blend together!
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It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
I have never felt more shame and disgust for another woman than I do at this moment. Lisa Murkowski is a traitor to the very people she serves - unless they're rich, white men.
July 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I have never felt more shame and disgust for another woman than I do at this moment. Lisa Murkowski is a traitor to the very people she serves - unless they're rich, white men.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will rehear a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case that could have major implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS Will Rehear Louisiana Redistricting Case Next Term, Signaling Major Ruling to Come
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court will rehear a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case that could have major implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SAME.
Hakeem Jeffries is so skilled at being a disappointment. The worst opposition leader possible. I am so sick of rank careerism and incompetence.
June 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
SAME.
Just your daily reminder that if you voted Republican (or willfully abstained from voting)) this is all on you.
Democracy only works when you use your voice every chance you get.
Democracy only works when you use your voice every chance you get.
June 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Just your daily reminder that if you voted Republican (or willfully abstained from voting)) this is all on you.
Democracy only works when you use your voice every chance you get.
Democracy only works when you use your voice every chance you get.
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One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.
June 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is very much worth your time.
Genuinely never thought I'd see an American Pope. Come what may, I sincerely hope Leo XIV honors and follows the forward path set out by Pope Francis. We need more kindness and inclusivity in the world right now.
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Genuinely never thought I'd see an American Pope. Come what may, I sincerely hope Leo XIV honors and follows the forward path set out by Pope Francis. We need more kindness and inclusivity in the world right now.
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Your School House Rock moment......
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Your School House Rock moment......
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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
nyer.cm
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
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If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
March 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If Trump can disappear green card holders for protesting war, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
If he can disappear visa holders for criticizing him, he can disappear you.
If he can disappear asylum seekers for tattoos, he can disappear you.
We must speak out now — before there is no one left to speak out.
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“DOGE won’t just fall short of Musk’s deficit-reduction goals. It will, in all probability, increase the deficit,” Jonathan Chait writes. Are the deficit-reduction efforts just a pretext for ideological warfare? theatln.tc/0zdiT2Hb
Why DOGE Could Actually Increase the Deficit
Some of Musk’s haphazard cuts will produce tiny savings in terms of salary while forfeiting much larger ones down the road, costing the government money.
theatln.tc
March 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“DOGE won’t just fall short of Musk’s deficit-reduction goals. It will, in all probability, increase the deficit,” Jonathan Chait writes. Are the deficit-reduction efforts just a pretext for ideological warfare? theatln.tc/0zdiT2Hb
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Dear all foreign friends outside the United States,
Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them.
So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC
I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House
Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them.
So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC
I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House
March 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Dear all foreign friends outside the United States,
Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them.
So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC
I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House
Our country is big. Like really big. Like so much bigger than you ken. Our states are bigger than many countries, and there's 50 of them.
So when you wonder why we are not all marching on DC
I live 2,500 miles (4000 km) from the White House
Republicans were never "for the people." They are for exploitation and disenfranchisment OF the people and are trying to drag us back to the 1800s - by any means possible.
thehill.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Republicans were never "for the people." They are for exploitation and disenfranchisment OF the people and are trying to drag us back to the 1800s - by any means possible.
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The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists reut.rs/4imU0gP
Exclusive: FBI scales back staffing, tracking of domestic terrorism probes, sources say
The cutbacks could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists, according to sources familiar with the matter.
reut.rs
March 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists reut.rs/4imU0gP
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I've been screaming it for years: the right in Canada is headed down an American-style path on almost every issue because the right-wing media plays that tune, and the right-wing pretend media plays that tune. It's headed in one direction, and we have never had a clearer view of where that leads.
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I've been screaming it for years: the right in Canada is headed down an American-style path on almost every issue because the right-wing media plays that tune, and the right-wing pretend media plays that tune. It's headed in one direction, and we have never had a clearer view of where that leads.
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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
March 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.
March 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop them from forming. Keep up the fight.
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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations.
Tom Homan and Kristi Noem blame lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Tom Homan and Kristi Noem blame lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have blamed lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks about planned operations.
www.nbcnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations.
Tom Homan and Kristi Noem blame lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Tom Homan and Kristi Noem blame lower-than-expected ICE arrest numbers on recent leaks.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
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This Repub CR, that they claim will keep the government open, is a perfect example of why you must read bills.
Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.
Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️
Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.
Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️
March 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This Repub CR, that they claim will keep the government open, is a perfect example of why you must read bills.
Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.
Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️
Inside the text, you’ll find cuts everywhere, and so much money taken from vets you wouldn’t believe it. These guys are frauds.
Nice try! Hard NO! Throw it in the 🗑️