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You know what’s insane? The Republicans have built a whole conspiracy theory about the Democrats committing crimes against children based on nothing, while this guy was the Republican Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007:
www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/u...
Hastert Molested at Least Four Boys, Prosecutors Say (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
You know what’s insane? The Republicans have built a whole conspiracy theory about the Democrats committing crimes against children based on nothing, while this guy was the Republican Speaker of the House from 1999 to 2007:
www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/u...
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"...reaching with one hand to embrace his young child who is in the back in his car seat.
“Mommy’s coming,” he said.
The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..."
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
“Mommy’s coming,” he said.
The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..."
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
‘Mommy’s coming’: Video shows what happened before ICE arrested parent outside Oregon preschool
Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, was arrested by immigration authorities last week.
www.oregonlive.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"...reaching with one hand to embrace his young child who is in the back in his car seat.
“Mommy’s coming,” he said.
The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..."
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
“Mommy’s coming,” he said.
The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..."
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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NYC friends: this poor dog was almost on his freedom ride out of the pound when his foster didn't show up on him. He's now in danger of being put down. Do you have space in your home and heart to adopt him? ❤️
Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home.
nycacc.app#/browse/225834
Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home.
nycacc.app#/browse/225834
June 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
NYC friends: this poor dog was almost on his freedom ride out of the pound when his foster didn't show up on him. He's now in danger of being put down. Do you have space in your home and heart to adopt him? ❤️
Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home.
nycacc.app#/browse/225834
Also, lots of animals at this NYC shelter who need a home.
nycacc.app#/browse/225834
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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.
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BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
June 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.
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ICE's increasingly aggressive tactics are unacceptable and dangerous. They do not make us any safer.
I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.
I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.
Warren, Markey call for probe into ‘escalating aggression’ by federal agents in immigration raids - The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts senators called for the investigation in a letter sent Wednesday to the US Department of Homeland Security.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
ICE's increasingly aggressive tactics are unacceptable and dangerous. They do not make us any safer.
I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.
I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.
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When Republicans are in power, the deficit doesn’t matter, only tax cuts for the wealthy do. Then when they are out of power, suddenly it is all important.
Record Debt Limit Increase Would Break Republican Precedent
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
When Republicans are in power, the deficit doesn’t matter, only tax cuts for the wealthy do. Then when they are out of power, suddenly it is all important.
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If this bill passes, our public lands will fall into the hands of fossil fuel interests.
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
If this bill passes, our public lands will fall into the hands of fossil fuel interests.
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Trump parade vs No Kings march, San Diego
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump parade vs No Kings march, San Diego
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Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
June 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.
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And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
June 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.
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Steve Bannon has branded the MAGA movement “Real America” - based on their disfigured version of patriotism.
Real America came out to protest today.
Real America came out to protest today.
June 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Steve Bannon has branded the MAGA movement “Real America” - based on their disfigured version of patriotism.
Real America came out to protest today.
Real America came out to protest today.
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Donald, do your damn job.
Focus on violent offenders, and stop abusing the military.
Focus on violent offenders, and stop abusing the military.
June 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Donald, do your damn job.
Focus on violent offenders, and stop abusing the military.
Focus on violent offenders, and stop abusing the military.
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Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
June 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Newsom: "Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived. He's taking a wrecking ball to our Founding Father's historic project."
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Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration.
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump is spending $134 million to needlessly deploy troops to LA and $45 million to throw himself a birthday military parade — he seems to think the US military is a toy for his amusement, funded by American taxpayers.
June 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump is spending $134 million to needlessly deploy troops to LA and $45 million to throw himself a birthday military parade — he seems to think the US military is a toy for his amusement, funded by American taxpayers.
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Americans have the right to peaceably protest - of course.
Trump claims that protesters hate their country.
Only someone who hates the liberties this country was founded on would so quickly threaten “very heavy force” against Americans exercising their right to “peaceably…assemble” in protest.
Trump claims that protesters hate their country.
Only someone who hates the liberties this country was founded on would so quickly threaten “very heavy force” against Americans exercising their right to “peaceably…assemble” in protest.
Trump says anybody who protests the military parade on Sunday will be met with “very heavy force”
June 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Americans have the right to peaceably protest - of course.
Trump claims that protesters hate their country.
Only someone who hates the liberties this country was founded on would so quickly threaten “very heavy force” against Americans exercising their right to “peaceably…assemble” in protest.
Trump claims that protesters hate their country.
Only someone who hates the liberties this country was founded on would so quickly threaten “very heavy force” against Americans exercising their right to “peaceably…assemble” in protest.
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Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
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This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is on all the Senators who turned a blind eye and voted to confirm. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...
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Trump wants a confrontation, wants to see the situation erupt. No American president should behave like this. No kings.
June 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Trump wants a confrontation, wants to see the situation erupt. No American president should behave like this. No kings.
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I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here is the TRUTH:
Trump’s economic agenda destroys families, leaving them behind, bankrupting America.
Mass layoffs, record corp profits, a budget that slashes Medicaid & adds $2.4 trillion to the deficit
Call your Senator and demand NO vote on Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. #WePersist #WADM
Mass layoffs, record corp profits, a budget that slashes Medicaid & adds $2.4 trillion to the deficit
Call your Senator and demand NO vote on Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. #WePersist #WADM
June 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here is the TRUTH:
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The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year eliminates funding for programs that provide lifesaving vaccines around the world, including immunizations for polio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...
Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Trump administration’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year eliminates funding for programs that provide lifesaving vaccines around the world, including immunizations for polio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...
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There's a special place in hell for those who hide behind scripture.
June 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There's a special place in hell for those who hide behind scripture.
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Holding a town hall at 7:30a.m. on a Friday morning may have helped Senator Ernst keep the crowd size small, but it didn't keep the size of the political disaster she made small...
May 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Holding a town hall at 7:30a.m. on a Friday morning may have helped Senator Ernst keep the crowd size small, but it didn't keep the size of the political disaster she made small...