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Bleeding heart liberal, disgusted by evil GOP. Resist! & Persist!
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CNN Finds Israel Killed Palestinian Aid Seekers and Bulldozed Bodies into Shallow, Unmarked Graves
CNN Finds Israel Killed Palestinian Aid Seekers and Bulldozed Bodies into Shallow, Unmarked Graves
Israel’s military is continuing to pound the Gaza Strip in violation of the October 10 ceasefire agreement. Al Jazeera reports Israeli ships opened fire toward the coast of Khan Younis, while air raid...
www.democracynow.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Trump could fix the economy*

*by abandoning all his policies
Trump’s Affordability “Con Job”
He pooh-poohs cost complaints as a “hoax.” Here’s what the numbers say.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.

A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Well, well, well...
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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The federal government "jawbones" private companies by pressuring them to silence voices they can’t legally censor themselves, and Big Tech has erased ICE‑watching apps and an ICE-Sighting Chicago Facebook group.

The full story: lataco.com/big-tech-ice

By Nik Venet
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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At least 170 U.S. citizens have already been detained by immigration agents, including children. There's no telling how far this Administration will go if Congress does not act.
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And by design; which makes it all the more despicable
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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"Xi Jinping must wake up every morning and want to do cartwheels down the hall that the president of the United States is doing so much to advantage China's interests."

@kschake.bsky.social joins @monacharen.bsky.social on The Mona Charen Show:
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The most reckless, stupid administration E-V-E-R. Nothing comes close.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You could stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down
No, I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down

I won't back down! #NoKings
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - I Won't Back Down (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TomPettyVEVO
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October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Trump's treatment of George Santos shows that the only free speech he believes in is lying
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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The big beautiful bill calls for a 56% cuts to the National Science Foundation founding. This is one of the two major funding agencies for science. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts
President’s assault on science –particularly climate science – has led to unprecedented funding cuts and staff layoffs
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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U.S. shoppers' orders canceled as world shuts down some American-bound shipments share.google/vaTWLGuZCeLv...
U.S. shoppers' orders canceled as world shuts down some American-bound shipments
The end of the “de minimis” exemption for cheap parcel shipments, nearly a century old, is prompting countries everywhere to suspend shipments to the U.S.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy
October 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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"We have entered a period in which it is becoming important to ask: What happens when our leaders and the people who work for them see immigrants not as human beings but as scum?" www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...
The “Moral Monsters” Among Us
Immigrants are dying now. Will people of good conscience speak up?
www.thebulwark.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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That is just plainly not true. Your budget slashed help for people who buy Affordable Care Act plans. That's 22 million Americans whose premiums are going up - RIGHT NOW - by double digits directly because of a policy you passed.
September 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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IN 15 MINUTES: Free Speech is disappearing before our eyes, so we have to get our licks in while we still can. The Breakdown will attempt to further hurt Trump's precious feelings at 7 PM EST: https://youtu.be/RpdDOIdW6M0
September 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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If you missed the hearings with the ex-head of the CDC, and care about your health…you might want to hear what she said.
youtu.be/yQXpNutlgFk
URGENT: Before it's TOO LATE!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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September 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The Greens are pledging to revoke any permits this corrupt regime issues. Will Labour? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government reopens oil and gas exploration nationwide, Greens decry 'climate fire'
Industry leaders hailed the move as vital for energy security, but the Green Party condemned it as a sign the coalition cares little for the climate crisis.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Now.. imagine we do what we did with Disney with more and more mega corporations… until we have healthcare, housing, living wages, bodily autonomy, gender and racial equity, money out of politics… and like… just keep going all the way until we get to the liberation of everyone worldwide.
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM