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MAGA Congressman Ryan Mackenzie was the DECIDING vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.
He’s now facing the closest challenge in America: Follow Ryan Crosswell and do everything you can to help him win!
He’s now facing the closest challenge in America: Follow Ryan Crosswell and do everything you can to help him win!
I'm running for Congress against Ryan Mackenzie, who, if not for him, we wouldn't be debating the big, beautiful, or ugly, or whatever you choose to call this disastrous bill.
July 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
MAGA Congressman Ryan Mackenzie was the DECIDING vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.
He’s now facing the closest challenge in America: Follow Ryan Crosswell and do everything you can to help him win!
He’s now facing the closest challenge in America: Follow Ryan Crosswell and do everything you can to help him win!
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It was never just about undocumented people. The cruelty is snowballing.
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newrepublic.com/post/197422/...
July 1, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It was never just about undocumented people. The cruelty is snowballing.
newrepublic.com/post/197422/...
newrepublic.com/post/197422/...
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Only Congress has this power. Sorry, Peewee German.
May 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Only Congress has this power. Sorry, Peewee German.
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The U.S. has surpassed 1,000
measles cases for the first time in five years, with 96% involving unvaccinated individuals or those with unknown vaccination status.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has repeatedly claimed that measles can be treated with vitamin A.
measles cases for the first time in five years, with 96% involving unvaccinated individuals or those with unknown vaccination status.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has repeatedly claimed that measles can be treated with vitamin A.
May 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The U.S. has surpassed 1,000
measles cases for the first time in five years, with 96% involving unvaccinated individuals or those with unknown vaccination status.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has repeatedly claimed that measles can be treated with vitamin A.
measles cases for the first time in five years, with 96% involving unvaccinated individuals or those with unknown vaccination status.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has repeatedly claimed that measles can be treated with vitamin A.
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When they show you who they are, believe them. wapo.st/3YENbzo
May 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When they show you who they are, believe them. wapo.st/3YENbzo
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Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography.
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
EXCLUSIVE: New GOP Bill Seeks To Take Sledgehammer To Online Porn Industry
Congressional Republicans will introduce legislation Thursday that would severely crack down on internet pornography and upend the online porn industry.
dailycaller.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography.
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards.
dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
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Diplomacy or improv? Even they can’t tell.
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Diplomacy or improv? Even they can’t tell.
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No. Americans shouldn't have to toil in brutal factories assembly dolls. But, also, people around the world shouldn't be exploited like this either.
We have to change the framing of this stuff. Protecting Neoliberal Globalism to maintain American privilege is just authoritarianism light.
We have to change the framing of this stuff. Protecting Neoliberal Globalism to maintain American privilege is just authoritarianism light.
May 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
No. Americans shouldn't have to toil in brutal factories assembly dolls. But, also, people around the world shouldn't be exploited like this either.
We have to change the framing of this stuff. Protecting Neoliberal Globalism to maintain American privilege is just authoritarianism light.
We have to change the framing of this stuff. Protecting Neoliberal Globalism to maintain American privilege is just authoritarianism light.
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“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
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1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.
May 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.
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Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.
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Judge tosses corruption charges against Adams at behest of Justice Department in a case showing how Trump is using the power of prosecution to advance his political interests rather than law enforcement. William Rashbaum @benweiser.bsky.social @jonesieman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...
Judge Ends Eric Adams Case, but Says U.S. Cannot Use Charges as Leverage
The judge, Dale E. Ho, refused to let the government leave open the prospect of reinstating corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. But his decision recognized the president’s power to determine ...
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Judge tosses corruption charges against Adams at behest of Justice Department in a case showing how Trump is using the power of prosecution to advance his political interests rather than law enforcement. William Rashbaum @benweiser.bsky.social @jonesieman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...
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Casar: One of the most important things I learned is how so many of the most right-wing elected officials break things, do not want services to work, and then campaign on them being broken in order to gain political power.
March 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Casar: One of the most important things I learned is how so many of the most right-wing elected officials break things, do not want services to work, and then campaign on them being broken in order to gain political power.
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After @booker.senate.gov historic 25-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor, I had to bring this one out of the archives. #corybooker #speech #senate
April 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
After @booker.senate.gov historic 25-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor, I had to bring this one out of the archives. #corybooker #speech #senate
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"Rahul Kohli shares post on his story and responds to Elon Musk: “I do. I am deriving A LOT of joy from his stock tanking. Just like how he derived joy from doing Nazi puns on Twitter after saluting on stage. May your Tesla stock decline as fast as your interest in your kids ☺️”
April 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
"Rahul Kohli shares post on his story and responds to Elon Musk: “I do. I am deriving A LOT of joy from his stock tanking. Just like how he derived joy from doing Nazi puns on Twitter after saluting on stage. May your Tesla stock decline as fast as your interest in your kids ☺️”
👏🏻👏🏻 so immensely proud of what you did!!!! Thank you. I hope this lights a fire under the ass of the #democraticadministration to FINALLY stand up against the dismantling of our constitution.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
👏🏻👏🏻 so immensely proud of what you did!!!! Thank you. I hope this lights a fire under the ass of the #democraticadministration to FINALLY stand up against the dismantling of our constitution.
I swear the Repubs must have a meeting where they get handed/told the exact phrase/comparison they must say to try and minimize what's really happening.
"It's like remodeling a house. It gets worse before it's better"
A house remodel and the economy tanking from tarrifs are not the same. 🤦🏻♀️😑🙄
"It's like remodeling a house. It gets worse before it's better"
A house remodel and the economy tanking from tarrifs are not the same. 🤦🏻♀️😑🙄
April 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I swear the Repubs must have a meeting where they get handed/told the exact phrase/comparison they must say to try and minimize what's really happening.
"It's like remodeling a house. It gets worse before it's better"
A house remodel and the economy tanking from tarrifs are not the same. 🤦🏻♀️😑🙄
"It's like remodeling a house. It gets worse before it's better"
A house remodel and the economy tanking from tarrifs are not the same. 🤦🏻♀️😑🙄
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Fun fact: the Boston Tea Party was a protest against a tariff.
April 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fun fact: the Boston Tea Party was a protest against a tariff.
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.
We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.
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If there was no queer culture in my life, it’d be so unbelievably fucking boring
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
If there was no queer culture in my life, it’d be so unbelievably fucking boring