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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.

11,000 people showed up.

Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.
March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.
Late Night Gives Trump’s Education Agency Shutdown a Failing Grade
“Trump famously said he loves the poorly educated, and now he will have so many more people to love,” Jimmy Kimmel said on Thursday.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Current reality in the US.
March 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s bid to freeze foreign aid payments, which were seen as a prime target for his plan to cut spending.

Follow live updates.
Trump Live Updates: Supreme Court Denies Bid to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Trump didn't win 50% of the popular vote.

The GOP has slim margins in both the House and Senate.

His approval ratings are tanking.

He does not have a mandate.

Do not let him gaslight you into believing he is all powerful.

He's not.
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Medicaid covers...

-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total

Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. 

"Party of family values."
March 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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March 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Florida Power & Light, the state’s largest utility, is seeking a nearly $9 billion hike to customers’ base rates over four years, a sum that affordability advocates said represents the largest rate hike request in U.S. history.
Florida Power & Light seeks a $9B rate hike. It may be largest request in U.S. history
As part of the request, which was filed to state regulators Friday, FPL is also seeking a rate of shareholder profit with a midpoint of 11.9% — well above the national average.
www.miamiherald.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The richest man in the world calls people who get help from government programs the “parasite class.”

But Medicaid’s beneficiaries aren’t parasites. Half of them are children.

If we’re talking about people who depend on government, Elon Musk is the biggest “parasite” of all.
February 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
March 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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From Opinion

“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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10 more reasons for modest optimism
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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i really like this framing.
"You may be thinking that one day can't make a difference. "but it could be one day or day one." @adriennemareebrown.

Coretta Scott King reminds us that "freedom must be won with every generation." #economicboycott ✊🏽
February 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
February 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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What people don’t realize is that you don’t HAVE to watch that thing, you can just read.
February 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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In Trump’s America, U.S. citizens, legal immigrants, and people with no criminal records are being terrorized.

We must reject hate and stand with our communities.
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM