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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
September 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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The terrific Our Rule of Law team has constructive advice for the European Union on how to be more than a single market - instead, a union of values: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
Europe’s young citizens have a plan to repair democracy — will the EU listen?
If the Union and its member states intend to remain both a community of values and a functioning polity, it should choose the latter, and get on with it.
euobserver.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The terrific Our Rule of Law team has constructive advice for the European Union on how to be more than a single market - instead, a union of values: euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...
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First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
www.motherjones.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.
The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.
Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M
See the problem?
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resistance through art
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
resistance through art
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This is what a united front looks like -- nine former CDC directors who served under both Democratic and Republican presidents explain what's not normal about RFK Jr and how we all lose when he attacks science. Leaders in other fields need to unite against autocratic capture of their institutions.
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is what a united front looks like -- nine former CDC directors who served under both Democratic and Republican presidents explain what's not normal about RFK Jr and how we all lose when he attacks science. Leaders in other fields need to unite against autocratic capture of their institutions.
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When justice tries to catch up to a brazen attempt to evade it . . .
DEVELOPING: Advocates are seeking a court order to block the Trump administration’s effort to deport hundreds of unaccompanied minor children to Guatemala.
Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
Judge abruptly moved 3 pm hearing up to 12:30 after she was notified that some children “are in the process of being removed" today.
August 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When justice tries to catch up to a brazen attempt to evade it . . .
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The Senate just defunded NPR and PBS. PLEASE send support in any amount that you can. These services are CRUCIAL to providing news, emergency warning systems, and educational programming. The rural areas in our country will be especially impacted. They are a life-line for so many people...
July 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Senate just defunded NPR and PBS. PLEASE send support in any amount that you can. These services are CRUCIAL to providing news, emergency warning systems, and educational programming. The rural areas in our country will be especially impacted. They are a life-line for so many people...
THIS is what we need from Democrats in order to save our democracy.
A Remarkable Message:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
A Remarkable Message:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
A remarkable message
You need to read this.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
THIS is what we need from Democrats in order to save our democracy.
A Remarkable Message:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
A Remarkable Message:
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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If one of these people is your senator, it is incredibly important that you call them today.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If one of these people is your senator, it is incredibly important that you call them today.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
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I just left the Senate floor after speaking out against the Big Ugly Bill.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
June 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I just left the Senate floor after speaking out against the Big Ugly Bill.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
It breaks my heart that this is what we’ve come to as a Senate — and as a country.
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“He’s easily bruising. He has bone pain. He looks pale .… He has also lost his appetite …. His mom is terrified that these are symptoms that his leukemia situation might be deteriorating.”
A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?
A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?
“He’s pale. He’s bruising. He cries every night.”
A detained Texas family says their son’s health is deteriorating: bit.ly/4ldATHp
A detained Texas family says their son’s health is deteriorating: bit.ly/4ldATHp
Family sues over US detention in what may be first challenge to courthouse arrests involving kids
A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center.
bit.ly
June 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“He’s easily bruising. He has bone pain. He looks pale .… He has also lost his appetite …. His mom is terrified that these are symptoms that his leukemia situation might be deteriorating.”
A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?
A 6-year-old with cancer is languishing in a U.S. detention camp. Who will answer for this cruelty?
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Alligator Alcatraz must be stopped. We’re fighting to save the soul of this country and you continue to inspire us. You always show up when it counts. Thank you, truly! 💚✊
June 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Alligator Alcatraz must be stopped. We’re fighting to save the soul of this country and you continue to inspire us. You always show up when it counts. Thank you, truly! 💚✊
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Lies.
Deliberately used “big false claims” are lies.
Deliberately used “big false claims” are lies.
President Donald Trump is using false claims to promote his massive domestic policy bill. | Fact check cnn.it/4enGnwx
Fact check: Trump makes big false claims about his big domestic policy bill | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is using false claims to promote his massive domestic policy bill.
cnn.it
June 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Lies.
Deliberately used “big false claims” are lies.
Deliberately used “big false claims” are lies.
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He flew there to pay his respects.
June 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
He flew there to pay his respects.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
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You know what’s radical?
Masked “agents” grabbing people off the street and disappearing them without due process.
Masked “agents” grabbing people off the street and disappearing them without due process.
One might as justifiably accuse the Suffragettes for becoming "radicalized" in their fight to get women the vote, or the civil rights movement for fighting Jim Crow.
If asking for equal rights is "radical", then bring it on.
If asking for equal rights is "radical", then bring it on.
Sylvia Rivera would like a word:
"I will not put up with this shit. I have been beaten. I have had my nose broken. I have been thrown in jail. I have lost my job. I have lost my apartment for gay liberation and you all treat me this way? What the fuck's wrong with you all? Think about that!"
"I will not put up with this shit. I have been beaten. I have had my nose broken. I have been thrown in jail. I have lost my job. I have lost my apartment for gay liberation and you all treat me this way? What the fuck's wrong with you all? Think about that!"
June 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You know what’s radical?
Masked “agents” grabbing people off the street and disappearing them without due process.
Masked “agents” grabbing people off the street and disappearing them without due process.
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Advice to incoming interns:
June 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Advice to incoming interns:
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We celebrate our love, our community, and our victories even in tough times.
June 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We celebrate our love, our community, and our victories even in tough times.