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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.
This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
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I haven’t worried in over 30 years. I get concerned when needed, but worry? Never. Worry = fear + inaction. Concern = planning without fear. Worry shuts down your thinking brain. Concern keeps it sharp. You can’t unlearn worry overnight, but you can interrupt it—and that’s powerful.
April 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I haven’t worried in over 30 years. I get concerned when needed, but worry? Never. Worry = fear + inaction. Concern = planning without fear. Worry shuts down your thinking brain. Concern keeps it sharp. You can’t unlearn worry overnight, but you can interrupt it—and that’s powerful.
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Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right.
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right.
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was abruptly cut off in response to the United States’ freeze on USAID funding.
Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighboring Thailand, died only four days after she was forcibly discharged from a…
Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighboring Thailand, died only four days after she was forcibly discharged from a…
February 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A 71-year-old woman has died after her oxygen supply was abruptly cut off in response to the United States’ freeze on USAID funding.
Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighboring Thailand, died only four days after she was forcibly discharged from a…
Pe Kha Lau, a refugee from Myanmar living in a displacement camp in neighboring Thailand, died only four days after she was forcibly discharged from a…
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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
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If you are looking for someone to say that all is lost and the courts can't help protect democracy, you are following the wrong guy.
If you are looking for someone who fights hard and will never give up, I'm here for you.
If you are looking for someone who fights hard and will never give up, I'm here for you.
February 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you are looking for someone to say that all is lost and the courts can't help protect democracy, you are following the wrong guy.
If you are looking for someone who fights hard and will never give up, I'm here for you.
If you are looking for someone who fights hard and will never give up, I'm here for you.
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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Here’s just a partial list of groceries that will cost you more once Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada go into effect on Tuesday.
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here’s just a partial list of groceries that will cost you more once Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada go into effect on Tuesday.
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No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
You guys need to see this and take it in…
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience.
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?
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"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission."
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
Lina Khan really is That Girl.
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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
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I know this is polarizing among suburban white voters but i don’t think we need to pay anybody to ram down front doors and murder teens.
"An Alabama teenager was asleep in his childhood bedroom moments before a police S.W.A.T. team 'rammed down' the front door of his family's home and fatally shot him, according to a new federal lawsuit."
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
16-year-old with hands up shot to death by cops during ‘no-knock’ raid in AL, suit says
Officers left the teen bleeding out in the hallway for more than four minutes, body camera footage shows, according to the suit.
amp.miamiherald.com
December 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
I know this is polarizing among suburban white voters but i don’t think we need to pay anybody to ram down front doors and murder teens.
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"An Alabama teenager was asleep in his childhood bedroom moments before a police S.W.A.T. team 'rammed down' the front door of his family's home and fatally shot him, according to a new federal lawsuit."
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
16-year-old with hands up shot to death by cops during ‘no-knock’ raid in AL, suit says
Officers left the teen bleeding out in the hallway for more than four minutes, body camera footage shows, according to the suit.
amp.miamiherald.com
December 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
"An Alabama teenager was asleep in his childhood bedroom moments before a police S.W.A.T. team 'rammed down' the front door of his family's home and fatally shot him, according to a new federal lawsuit."
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!
December 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Posting this again. There are special elections in Virginia right now that need your help. Starting in February there are local and statewide elections in at least 31 states including Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Virginia and New Jersey have statewides. Let's go!
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Border resident: “No white people pick strawberries for any price. We’re going to be totally screwed.” 🍓
December 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Border resident: “No white people pick strawberries for any price. We’re going to be totally screwed.” 🍓
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In this way the 2024 cycle was a million times better than the 2016 cycle.
I am such a believer in this. Down-ballot is the way.
It’s also how we build a sustainable future of good leaders and infrastructure to elect and support them, as well as the movements they represent.
We don’t just need strong candidates. We need strong organizers, managers, CoS, grassroots, etc.
It’s also how we build a sustainable future of good leaders and infrastructure to elect and support them, as well as the movements they represent.
We don’t just need strong candidates. We need strong organizers, managers, CoS, grassroots, etc.
I’ve been organizing in rural areas since the first Trump administration. Rural Dems can make the difference in races at the top of the ticket.
Republicans have all of the electorate they’re ever going to have. Organize to turn out 5% to 10% more Dems in rural spaces. Watch what happens…
Republicans have all of the electorate they’re ever going to have. Organize to turn out 5% to 10% more Dems in rural spaces. Watch what happens…
November 29, 2024 at 7:37 PM
In this way the 2024 cycle was a million times better than the 2016 cycle.
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I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outs...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this:
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...
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Matt Gaetz stepping down proves public pressure still works.
This is why it’s important to remain engaged so we can be a check on Trump’s worst impulses.
This is why it’s important to remain engaged so we can be a check on Trump’s worst impulses.
November 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Matt Gaetz stepping down proves public pressure still works.
This is why it’s important to remain engaged so we can be a check on Trump’s worst impulses.
This is why it’s important to remain engaged so we can be a check on Trump’s worst impulses.
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Now we know:
Fighting back still matters.
Standing up to Trump still matters.
Our voices still matter.
Fighting back still matters.
Standing up to Trump still matters.
Our voices still matter.
November 21, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Now we know:
Fighting back still matters.
Standing up to Trump still matters.
Our voices still matter.
Fighting back still matters.
Standing up to Trump still matters.
Our voices still matter.