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· Jan 23
COMPANIES THAT DONATED TO TRUMP AND PROJECT 2025
Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.
www.democratsabroad.org
Companies that donated to Trump and Project 2025 via Democrats Abroad www.democratsabroad.org/companies_th...
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“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived,” writes Michelle Goldberg.
Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
The president didn’t bother to wait for a crisis to launch an authoritarian crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived,” writes Michelle Goldberg.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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Wannabe dictator acting like a dictator.
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wannabe dictator acting like a dictator.
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By @alejandrabee.bsky.social
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
Congress moves to loosen toxic air pollution rules
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
By @alejandrabee.bsky.social
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.
During Hitler’s Reich, these diaries “…capture a time when many looked the other way, remained silent, or became complicit.” youtu.be/fDWYc8vTvEw
Hitler's Reich - Diaries of Nazi supporters, opponents and victims (1/4) | DW Documentary
YouTube video by DW Documentary
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
During Hitler’s Reich, these diaries “…capture a time when many looked the other way, remained silent, or became complicit.” youtu.be/fDWYc8vTvEw
How neo-Nazism actually works, according to a former white supremacist
www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazi...
www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazi...
How US neo-Nazism actually works, according to a former white supremacist
Arno Michaelis was in neo-Nazi groups for seven years. He discusses how the Nazi ideology has spread across the US.
www.businessinsider.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:40 AM
How neo-Nazism actually works, according to a former white supremacist
www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazi...
www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazi...
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We have overcome near-death experiences before.
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Yes, we still have a constitutional democracy
March 18, 2025
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March 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We have overcome near-death experiences before.
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis.
We are.
But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
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The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services.
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
March 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services.
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor).
It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...
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A powerful, important piece from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Gone From Unconstitutional to Anti-Constitutional
Where all this goes is still up to us.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A powerful, important piece from @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
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MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant.
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech.
@nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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A gloves-off trade war with the U.S. is uniting Canadians against their southern neighbor.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Elbows Up: Canada’s Response to Trump’s Trade War
Anger with the country’s southern neighbor is simmering and widespread.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A gloves-off trade war with the U.S. is uniting Canadians against their southern neighbor.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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Did you hear that the much trumpeted mission to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay has completely failed and ended? Nah...they don't want you to know they burned over $16M for 290 people. But they got the pictures! Really. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
Smoke and mirrors in Cuba
They are all lying but they got the pictures and that's what matters
open.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Did you hear that the much trumpeted mission to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay has completely failed and ended? Nah...they don't want you to know they burned over $16M for 290 people. But they got the pictures! Really. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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To be clear: The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to deport Mahmoud Khalil for voicing his beliefs.
We will see them in court.
We will see them in court.
March 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
To be clear: The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to deport Mahmoud Khalil for voicing his beliefs.
We will see them in court.
We will see them in court.
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Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations
Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations
The documents would ultimately inform whether Musk has been operating unconstitutionally to the extent Doge’s activities should be halted
Elon Musk and his so-called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge, have been ordered by a federal judge to…
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Judge orders Elon Musk and Doge to produce records about cost-cutting operations
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SCOOP: The new DOGE official seeking private taxpayer information at the IRS has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch considered part of Putin's inner circle.
Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud.
www.rollingstone.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
SCOOP: The new DOGE official seeking private taxpayer information at the IRS has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch considered part of Putin's inner circle.
Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Sam Corcos is married to a woman who partnered w/ a VC firm handling Suleyman Kerimov's money.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Last year I found myself on the trail with prominent Republicans who knew their conscience called them to stand up against Trump. But those in office today believe their power/survival completely depends on his approval. Only by changing that equation can we reconnect them with their conscience.
March 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Last year I found myself on the trail with prominent Republicans who knew their conscience called them to stand up against Trump. But those in office today believe their power/survival completely depends on his approval. Only by changing that equation can we reconnect them with their conscience.
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Using the powers of the Department of Justice to threaten free speech
March 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Using the powers of the Department of Justice to threaten free speech
The UN is the hero in this dire moment of history. They have a stronger moral compass and sense of obligation than the current self-centered, self-serving, short-sighted American presidential leadership and administration.
‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders close to agreeing €800bn defence plan
‘Watershed moment’: EU leaders close to agreeing €800bn defence plan
Show of unity over Ukraine may be hampered by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán but consensus has built on need for spending
* Europe live – latest updates
European leaders holding emergency talks in Brussels are expected to agree on a massive increase to…
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The UN is the hero in this dire moment of history. They have a stronger moral compass and sense of obligation than the current self-centered, self-serving, short-sighted American presidential leadership and administration.
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Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency.
apnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.
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Jon has only gotten better in the 20 years since he eviscerated Tucker Carlson.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/watch-...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/watch-...
Watch Jon Stewart Call Tucker Carlson a “Dick” in Epic 2004 ‘Crossfire’ Take Down
The then-'Daily Show' host appeared on the now-defunct CNN show, where he referred to the hosts as "partisan hacks" and blamed the show for being divisive by reducing arguments to two-sided political ...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jon has only gotten better in the 20 years since he eviscerated Tucker Carlson.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/watch-...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/watch-...
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Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social and Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are hosting a virtual National Update and Call to Action this Wednesday at 9pm ET.
Tune in tomorrow to hear more from our Party's leaders about how Democrats are fighting back against Donald Trump's reckless agenda.
Tune in tomorrow to hear more from our Party's leaders about how Democrats are fighting back against Donald Trump's reckless agenda.
March 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social and Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are hosting a virtual National Update and Call to Action this Wednesday at 9pm ET.
Tune in tomorrow to hear more from our Party's leaders about how Democrats are fighting back against Donald Trump's reckless agenda.
Tune in tomorrow to hear more from our Party's leaders about how Democrats are fighting back against Donald Trump's reckless agenda.
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.