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🚨🚨 House Republicans are pushing for a vote **THIS WEEK** on their "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (Yes, that is officially what they're calling it. Sycophant much?)

It's hard to sum up all of the destructive bullshit they crammed into this bill, but we tried...

🔥📞🔥 Call your Rep NOW --> 5calls.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.
May 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes! Well deserved.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · May 5
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
'James' wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., ruled, does not "possess the lawful authority under the (Alien Enemies Act), and based on the Proclamation, to detain Venezuelan aliens, transfer them within the United States, or remove them from the country."
Trump-appointed federal judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act for Venezuelans in South Texas
The Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., ruled, does not "possess the lawful authority under the (Alien Enemies Act), and based on the Proclamation, to detain Venezuelan ...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Is this the same guy who was complaining about Joe Biden using an autopen and not knowing what he was signing when he was president just a few days ago?
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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We had a win in the courts today where DOGE is concerned. Let’s celebrate it — then keep fighting for more.

#doge
March 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Something we haven’t focused on enough is that the Trump administration isn’t just deporting people without process, it’s deporting them & incarcerating them in inhumane conditions in a third country. And we are paying for that cruel & unusual punishment that our government is imposing.
March 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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NEW: A D.C. federal judge rules that Trump’s firing of Cathy Harris, the chair of an agency that protects federal workers’ rights, was illegal and exceeded his authority. The court orders for Harris to be reinstated as chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Federal Judge Says Trump Illegally Fired Chair of Federal Workers Protections Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Donald Trump, JD Vance, and Elon Musk have made clear who they are. Only fools - or Kremlin tools - would abandon NATO, side with Russia, and demand Ukraine surrender in the face of Putin’s brutal aggression.
March 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
March is Reading Month…also all the months.
March 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Musk’s status as a “special government employee” limits him to 130 days in the executive branch. However, despite working daily—documented by his own X posts—they claim he only works one day a week, effectively stretching his limit to 130 weeks. This needs to be brought to Congress—please share.
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Republicans are lying to you about cutting Medicaid. Here’s how we know and how you push back.
youtu.be/JSuhiT-rZFs
Republicans are lying to you about cutting Medicaid. Here’s what you can say to them.
YouTube video by Jessica Craven
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February 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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This would be nuts even if they were gov’t employees with clearances: “Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.” www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
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February 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM