Marianne Phinney
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
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Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it
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If you live in the U.S.
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☑️No new wars
☑️No new ballrooms
☑️No new tax breaks for the wealthy
☑️No new tax loopholes for corporations
☑️No new limits on Constitutionally guaranteed rights
☑️No new voter disenfranchisement
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☑️No new wars
☑️No new ballrooms
☑️No new tax breaks for the wealthy
☑️No new tax loopholes for corporations
☑️No new limits on Constitutionally guaranteed rights
☑️No new voter disenfranchisement
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you live in the U.S.
You might agree with one or more of these
You might REPOST to amplify, if you agree
☑️No new wars
☑️No new ballrooms
☑️No new tax breaks for the wealthy
☑️No new tax loopholes for corporations
☑️No new limits on Constitutionally guaranteed rights
☑️No new voter disenfranchisement
You might agree with one or more of these
You might REPOST to amplify, if you agree
☑️No new wars
☑️No new ballrooms
☑️No new tax breaks for the wealthy
☑️No new tax loopholes for corporations
☑️No new limits on Constitutionally guaranteed rights
☑️No new voter disenfranchisement
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Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Donald Trump deleted this from the government website.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
Let's be clear: there's funding available to cover SNAP benefits next month. Trump is stopping SNAP benefits because he wants to. He is forcing mommas and babies to go hungry.
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Republicans ripped away health care from 15 million Americans.
Not a single newborn baby should lose health care.
Not a single senior should be tossed out of their nursing home.
Not a single rural hospital should close.
Congress must restore Americans’ health care.
Not a single newborn baby should lose health care.
Not a single senior should be tossed out of their nursing home.
Not a single rural hospital should close.
Congress must restore Americans’ health care.
September 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Republicans ripped away health care from 15 million Americans.
Not a single newborn baby should lose health care.
Not a single senior should be tossed out of their nursing home.
Not a single rural hospital should close.
Congress must restore Americans’ health care.
Not a single newborn baby should lose health care.
Not a single senior should be tossed out of their nursing home.
Not a single rural hospital should close.
Congress must restore Americans’ health care.
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Trump and Republicans control the White House and both houses of Congress, any shut down will be due to their failure of leadership.
September 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump and Republicans control the White House and both houses of Congress, any shut down will be due to their failure of leadership.
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Nexstar, the largest TV broadcaster, needs Donald Trump's approval for a $6 billion deal.
If approved, Nexstar would control TV stations reaching 80% of households — violating the cap set by Congress to protect against monopolies.
This censorship of Kimmel reeks of corruption.
If approved, Nexstar would control TV stations reaching 80% of households — violating the cap set by Congress to protect against monopolies.
This censorship of Kimmel reeks of corruption.
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nexstar, the largest TV broadcaster, needs Donald Trump's approval for a $6 billion deal.
If approved, Nexstar would control TV stations reaching 80% of households — violating the cap set by Congress to protect against monopolies.
This censorship of Kimmel reeks of corruption.
If approved, Nexstar would control TV stations reaching 80% of households — violating the cap set by Congress to protect against monopolies.
This censorship of Kimmel reeks of corruption.
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Republicans would rather shut down the government than restore health care funding.
If Republicans want Democrats to help pass their government spending bill, they must bring health care back for millions of people in this country.
If Republicans want Democrats to help pass their government spending bill, they must bring health care back for millions of people in this country.
September 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Republicans would rather shut down the government than restore health care funding.
If Republicans want Democrats to help pass their government spending bill, they must bring health care back for millions of people in this country.
If Republicans want Democrats to help pass their government spending bill, they must bring health care back for millions of people in this country.
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The hypocrisy from Trump's FCC Chair is staggering but unsurprising.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The hypocrisy from Trump's FCC Chair is staggering but unsurprising.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
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Trump scrapped a Biden rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays after the industry gave millions to Trump's inauguration and hired Trumpworld lobbyists.
This isn't about policy anymore.
It's about who can pay off Trump and get in his ear.
This isn't about policy anymore.
It's about who can pay off Trump and get in his ear.
September 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump scrapped a Biden rule requiring airlines to compensate passengers for flight delays after the industry gave millions to Trump's inauguration and hired Trumpworld lobbyists.
This isn't about policy anymore.
It's about who can pay off Trump and get in his ear.
This isn't about policy anymore.
It's about who can pay off Trump and get in his ear.
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So, let's get this straight. Out of 144 mass shootings, 7 of those shooters were trans. In all 144 cases, guns were used. But they claim, banning trans from owning guns will solve this problem? What about the other 137 cases? Stop playing games. Stop blaming everyone and everything except GUNS.
September 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So, let's get this straight. Out of 144 mass shootings, 7 of those shooters were trans. In all 144 cases, guns were used. But they claim, banning trans from owning guns will solve this problem? What about the other 137 cases? Stop playing games. Stop blaming everyone and everything except GUNS.
Massachusetts?
New Mexico has issued a public health order that removes federal restrictions to COVID-19 vaccine access so that pharmacies in New Mexico can vaccinate people of all ages and risk profiles. Every state need to do this!
August 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Massachusetts?
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The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
The DeSantis administration currently has at least seven Florida Highway Patrol troopers just on anti-chalk duty: Two watching from a Dunkin Donuts next door and five more parked in the lot right behind them.
August 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The DeSantis regime will do more to protect sidewalks from chalk than children from bullets.
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Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights?
He wants working people to feel helpless and divided.
Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power.
Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
He wants working people to feel helpless and divided.
Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power.
Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
August 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights?
He wants working people to feel helpless and divided.
Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power.
Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
He wants working people to feel helpless and divided.
Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power.
Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
Shame on you CVS! Time to find a different pharmacy!
CVS is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states, including Florida, New York and Pennsylvania, even to people who meet newly restricted criteria from the FDA.
CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
CVS said it needed a CDC panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States
The country’s largest pharmacy chain said it needed a C.D.C. panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.
nyti.ms
August 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Shame on you CVS! Time to find a different pharmacy!
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If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them:
—Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings
—More guns don't make us safer
—A majority of Americans want gun reform
We don't have to live like this.
—Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings
—More guns don't make us safer
—A majority of Americans want gun reform
We don't have to live like this.
August 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If someone tells you there's nothing we can do about gun violence beyond thoughts and prayers, remind them:
—Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings
—More guns don't make us safer
—A majority of Americans want gun reform
We don't have to live like this.
—Gun laws in other countries have prevented mass shootings
—More guns don't make us safer
—A majority of Americans want gun reform
We don't have to live like this.
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🧵: In late August 1619, the first documented ship carrying enslaved Africans docked in Point Comfort, VA. While this is the first documented, slavery has existed as long as civilization. Slavery is not "woke." It is not something you can erase just because it makes you uncomfortable. (1/3)
August 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🧵: In late August 1619, the first documented ship carrying enslaved Africans docked in Point Comfort, VA. While this is the first documented, slavery has existed as long as civilization. Slavery is not "woke." It is not something you can erase just because it makes you uncomfortable. (1/3)
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While Wall Street executives rake in $1,769 an hour, the workers who help take care of our kids get paid less than parking lot attendants.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
August 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
While Wall Street executives rake in $1,769 an hour, the workers who help take care of our kids get paid less than parking lot attendants.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
That is crazy.
No job is more important than raising our nation’s children. Child care workers deserve a living wage.
And I thought it was just my air conditioner…
(Guardian) - Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s datacenter boosterism .. as part of the cause.
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
August 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
And I thought it was just my air conditioner…
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The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
August 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
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The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The moment he named his platform “Truth Social” we were headed this way.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws,” newly filed complaints allege.
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
Mike Johnson hit with new accusation showing ‘clear-cut violation’ of federal law
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign ...
www.rawstory.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign finance laws,” newly filed complaints allege.
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...