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Republicans immediately shut down Schumer shutdown offer
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Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren't buying it
The offer, crafted by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and championed by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would also extend expiring health care subsidies for one year.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Republicans immediately shut down Schumer shutdown offer
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Millions are about to lose their SNAP benefits — not because there’s no money, but because Republicans chose not to use the reserve fund that could’ve extended funding.
This shutdown isn’t about saving money. It’s about punishing working families while protecting billionaires.
This shutdown isn’t about saving money. It’s about punishing working families while protecting billionaires.
November 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Millions are about to lose their SNAP benefits — not because there’s no money, but because Republicans chose not to use the reserve fund that could’ve extended funding.
This shutdown isn’t about saving money. It’s about punishing working families while protecting billionaires.
This shutdown isn’t about saving money. It’s about punishing working families while protecting billionaires.
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We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
We all need to channel this Chicago man’s utter contempt
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It’s pretty funny that the Trump Administration is both ignoring court orders to pay SNAP and trying to blame Dems for SNAP lapses
Despite two separate courts ruling Friday that the Trump administration must fund SNAP amid the government shutdown, the president said his lawyers don't think the orders are legal and will need to look into it more.
Trump Says Courts Need To Give Him More 'Legal Direction' On Funding SNAP
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November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It’s pretty funny that the Trump Administration is both ignoring court orders to pay SNAP and trying to blame Dems for SNAP lapses
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
October 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Fuck them kids.”
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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One of the great challenges of our day is to combat the hatred, fear, and lies that generate profits for those seeking to divide us and keep us from uniting around a common good.
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
One of the great challenges of our day is to combat the hatred, fear, and lies that generate profits for those seeking to divide us and keep us from uniting around a common good.
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Glenn Beck’s media outlet The Blaze just gave an interview last month to the person who killed the politicians in Minnesota
September 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Glenn Beck’s media outlet The Blaze just gave an interview last month to the person who killed the politicians in Minnesota
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The graph shows what happened when the polio vaccine became available. Deaths and illness stopped. People begged to get it when it became available.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The graph shows what happened when the polio vaccine became available. Deaths and illness stopped. People begged to get it when it became available.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
Reversing this is what Florida just announced it intends to do.
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In a country where bankruptcy due to medical care costs exists, America has decided to end all preventative disease infrastructure
September 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In a country where bankruptcy due to medical care costs exists, America has decided to end all preventative disease infrastructure
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And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
Ted Cruz: "I don't want to get between JB Pritzker and the Dominos Pizza line, but I'll tell you what I am willing to get between -- him and his open doors for every human trafficker ... "
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas
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The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
September 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Roadless Rule does a huge amount to protect wild areas against wildfires, the vast majority of which begin near roads. It's super easy to leave a comment urging them to keep the Roadless Rule and protect against fires. Comments like this make a big impact! www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...
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What are we even doing?
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
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h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
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Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
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August 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What are we even doing?
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Trump’s Border Patrol raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to pause their work for hours. "Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller and their ilk are going to burn the country to the ground if that’s what it takes, so they can rule over the ashes," says Chris Hayes.
'F---ing crazy': ICE swoops in on firefighters IN THE MIDDLE of battling wildfire
YouTube video by MSNBC
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August 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Trump’s Border Patrol raided a Washington wildfire camp, forcing firefighters to pause their work for hours. "Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Stephen Miller and their ilk are going to burn the country to the ground if that’s what it takes, so they can rule over the ashes," says Chris Hayes.
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I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
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August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
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The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch
The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.
presswatchers.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state. presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
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RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
I'd also call your senators/reps as well.
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I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING!!!
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
“Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news.” www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/m...
Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.
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Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
July 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Every news outlet that reports on US stocks "surging" should be required to note that the wealthiest 10% of Americans hold more than 90% of all the value of US stocks.
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Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
July 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.