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So impressed when I heard Tom Morello and his One Man Revolution” radio program on Sirius Xm lithium 34 today. He called it the “immigrants’ rights show.” Heard White Stripes, Rage against the Machine, Led Zeppelin. We need more people taking a stand for what’s happening.
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So impressed when I heard Tom Morello and his One Man Revolution” radio program on Sirius Xm lithium 34 today. He called it the “immigrants’ rights show.” Heard White Stripes, Rage against the Machine, Led Zeppelin. We need more people taking a stand for what’s happening.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
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🧵DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY
I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.
It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.
based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18
I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.
It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.
based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18
April 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🧵DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY
I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.
It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.
based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18
I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.
It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.
based on
christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...
1/18
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Just a reminder that Germany led the world in science until the Nazis came to power and fired, exiled, and/or killed all the non-Nazi scientists, which was most of the scientists 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science
Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Just a reminder that Germany led the world in science until the Nazis came to power and fired, exiled, and/or killed all the non-Nazi scientists, which was most of the scientists 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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The four Democrats who voted for the SAVE Act were Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Ed Case, Henry Cuellar, and Jared Golden. End their careers as soon as you can; harangue them when you see them in public. This was an irredeemable act of voter suppression.
April 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The four Democrats who voted for the SAVE Act were Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Ed Case, Henry Cuellar, and Jared Golden. End their careers as soon as you can; harangue them when you see them in public. This was an irredeemable act of voter suppression.
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
Incredible!!
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Incredible!!
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Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
Love Lithgow and reading Timothy Snyder. 🙌🏼
This is incredible! John Lithgow shares 20 lessons on tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. Please take a moment, and share this widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Love Lithgow and reading Timothy Snyder. 🙌🏼
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If you want to see all the Senators supporting @booker.senate.gov, you can see the list here: www.dailypress.senate.gov
Home - U.S. Senate Daily Press
Senate ScheduleSenator Booker has been speaking since 7:00 p.m. Monday evening. Next vote: TBA. Senate Hearings & Meetings
www.dailypress.senate.gov
April 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If you want to see all the Senators supporting @booker.senate.gov, you can see the list here: www.dailypress.senate.gov
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Senator Booker is about to read The Unknown Soldier, and he's getting choked up. And so am I. This comes during a discussion about Trump and Musk GUTTING the Department of Veterans Affairs. He will break the Senate speech record in three hours and 20 minutes.
April 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Senator Booker is about to read The Unknown Soldier, and he's getting choked up. And so am I. This comes during a discussion about Trump and Musk GUTTING the Department of Veterans Affairs. He will break the Senate speech record in three hours and 20 minutes.
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HOLY SHIT, IT'S 1:45AM AND SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS STILL ON THE SENATE FLOOR, DISRUPTING SHIT!!!!
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!!!
THANK YOU, SEN. BOOKER!!! 🙏💪
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!!!
THANK YOU, SEN. BOOKER!!! 🙏💪
April 1, 2025 at 5:46 AM
HOLY SHIT, IT'S 1:45AM AND SENATOR CORY BOOKER IS STILL ON THE SENATE FLOOR, DISRUPTING SHIT!!!!
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!!!
THANK YOU, SEN. BOOKER!!! 🙏💪
THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!!!
THANK YOU, SEN. BOOKER!!! 🙏💪
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Republicans in the Senate voted tonight while no one is watching to fatten Wall Street profits by jacking up overdraft fees on you.
So much for lowering costs.
So much for lowering costs.
March 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Republicans in the Senate voted tonight while no one is watching to fatten Wall Street profits by jacking up overdraft fees on you.
So much for lowering costs.
So much for lowering costs.
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Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.
March 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Welcome to autocracy. The Republic we have known for the last 240 years is gone. This is going to keep getting worse. Much worse. The courts mean nothing, the law means nothing, Congress is irrelevant. He is a malignant psychopath.
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Hungary's Russian-backed Orban regime facing massive protests in Budapest today.
Crowds demanding Orban step down to face justice after looting the country into position of 3rd poorest country in Europe.
Crowds demanding Orban step down to face justice after looting the country into position of 3rd poorest country in Europe.
March 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hungary's Russian-backed Orban regime facing massive protests in Budapest today.
Crowds demanding Orban step down to face justice after looting the country into position of 3rd poorest country in Europe.
Crowds demanding Orban step down to face justice after looting the country into position of 3rd poorest country in Europe.
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Huge protests against Orban in Budapest.
March 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Huge protests against Orban in Budapest.
And the students protested! Yesss!
As terrible as this is (and it is completely terrible):
High school students protested the order to remove the sign.
And that makes me hopeful in some way
High school students protested the order to remove the sign.
And that makes me hopeful in some way
March 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
And the students protested! Yesss!
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🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives.
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
March 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🪦 New Yorkers are in front of the New York Stock Exchange for a mass die-in to symbolize how these devastating cuts will destroy families & take lives.
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
Deep spending cuts to programs like healthcare, food assistance, and education is a matter of life & death for millions.
Congress: #StopTheCuts!
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Today’s protest in Columbus, MS
March 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Today’s protest in Columbus, MS
We sure did. Every Friday 12-1. All are welcome!
March 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We sure did. Every Friday 12-1. All are welcome!