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Nationwide organizing (like our work to help mobilize millions last weekend) takes a lot of resources, so our resistance grows bigger and better when you pitch in. Please consider a donation to build momentum and fuel our organizing during the congressional recess: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
April 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Nationwide organizing (like our work to help mobilize millions last weekend) takes a lot of resources, so our resistance grows bigger and better when you pitch in. Please consider a donation to build momentum and fuel our organizing during the congressional recess: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
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Crockett: This is not what we should be doing. I don’t even know why we’re fighting with Greenland. We’re fighting with Greenland, Canada, and Mexico—yet we’re in love with Putin?!
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Crockett: This is not what we should be doing. I don’t even know why we’re fighting with Greenland. We’re fighting with Greenland, Canada, and Mexico—yet we’re in love with Putin?!
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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To hell with #Felon45’s #SOTU2025 come join the movement with the Black community! Everyone is invited! Details below.
✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 #DemsUnited #BoycottSOTU
✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 #DemsUnited #BoycottSOTU
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
To hell with #Felon45’s #SOTU2025 come join the movement with the Black community! Everyone is invited! Details below.
✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 #DemsUnited #BoycottSOTU
✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 #DemsUnited #BoycottSOTU
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Over a dozen House Democrats are holding up black signs with messages such as “FALSE,” “MUSK STEALS” and “SAVE MEDICAID.” Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois) is wearing a shirt that reads in part: “NO KING.”
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Over a dozen House Democrats are holding up black signs with messages such as “FALSE,” “MUSK STEALS” and “SAVE MEDICAID.” Rep. Delia C. Ramirez (Illinois) is wearing a shirt that reads in part: “NO KING.”
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
Follow insights from Washington Post reporters: wapo.st/43olSMJ
Well, duh!
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Well, duh!
Brave woman! I wish a few Repubs would be so brave!
As President Trump walked into Congress, Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat from New Mexico, held up a sign that said “This is not normal.”
Follow the scene from Trump’s joint address to Congress: wapo.st/4hpeB2V
Follow the scene from Trump’s joint address to Congress: wapo.st/4hpeB2V
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Brave woman! I wish a few Repubs would be so brave!
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s focus on vitamin A use to combat a growing measles outbreak in Texas is raising concerns among public health experts, who fear he is sending the wrong message about preventing the highly contagious disease and distracting from the importance of vaccination.
RFK Jr.’s focus on vitamin A for measles worries health experts
The measles outbreak in Texas has sparked debate over the use of vitamin A, with some health experts warning it may not be effective.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s focus on vitamin A use to combat a growing measles outbreak in Texas is raising concerns among public health experts, who fear he is sending the wrong message about preventing the highly contagious disease and distracting from the importance of vaccination.
What sign is Trump making - Old White Guy Power?? And GOOD FOR BERNIE!! I should have voted for him years ago!
Sen. Bernie Sanders walked out of President Trump’s speech. Afterwards, over half a dozen House Democrats — including several who have been holding up signs protesting Trump — walked out of the chamber.
Follow our live coverage and analysis:
Follow our live coverage and analysis:
Trump speech to Congress: Live updates and analysis of the address
Follow live updates and analysis from Washington Post reporters as President Donald Trump delivers an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
What sign is Trump making - Old White Guy Power?? And GOOD FOR BERNIE!! I should have voted for him years ago!
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls
They make it easier to communicate with your congressperson. Worth a try!
They make it easier to communicate with your congressperson. Worth a try!
5 Calls Newsletter
The 5 Calls Newsletter breaks down what your representatives are voting on and what you can do to influence them. From your friends at 5 Calls
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March 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls
They make it easier to communicate with your congressperson. Worth a try!
They make it easier to communicate with your congressperson. Worth a try!
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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
I'm with Adam Schiff on this one!
No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.
February 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm with Adam Schiff on this one!
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Three Justice Department officials resign after Trump administration orders end to prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Senior Justice Dept. officials resign after order to drop Eric Adams case
The resignations are a rebuke to the Trump administration, which has ordered federal prosecutors in Manhattan to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Three Justice Department officials resign after Trump administration orders end to prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
February 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Is and always will be Gulf of Mexico.
Don't comply. Complying is the first step in giving up your democracy.
Don't comply. Complying is the first step in giving up your democracy.
February 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Is and always will be Gulf of Mexico.
Don't comply. Complying is the first step in giving up your democracy.
Don't comply. Complying is the first step in giving up your democracy.
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President Trump promised voters that he would enact policies to bring prices down on “Day 1.” Inflation figures released on Wednesday showed that consumer prices ticked up unexpectedly, with the cost of food at home, primarily eggs, as one of the biggest factors fueling the increase. nyti.ms/4hBg4nu
February 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
President Trump promised voters that he would enact policies to bring prices down on “Day 1.” Inflation figures released on Wednesday showed that consumer prices ticked up unexpectedly, with the cost of food at home, primarily eggs, as one of the biggest factors fueling the increase. nyti.ms/4hBg4nu
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Canada just signed a trade deal with Ecuador so the orange juice options will increase now that Florida Oranges aren't being bought.
Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges.
I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…
Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges.
I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…
February 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Canada just signed a trade deal with Ecuador so the orange juice options will increase now that Florida Oranges aren't being bought.
Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges.
I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…
Oasis is a Canadian brand. Minute Maid is bottled here using Brazilian oranges.
I guess Florida can sell elsewhere? If anyone will buy it at this point…
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A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying he had no knowledge of any plans for dismissals.
Sen. Durbin accuses FBI nominee Kash Patel of directing bureau firings
Kash Patel, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, was accused of directing firings of senior FBI officials from outside the agency.
wapo.st
February 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying he had no knowledge of any plans for dismissals.
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The mayor of Tulsa announced this week that he supports “significant elements” of a measure that would provide reparations for the families of Black people killed or left homeless by the 1921 race massacre.
Tulsa mayor backs reparations plan for ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre victims
Monroe Nichols supports “significant elements” of the measure to recompense the families of Black people killed or left homeless by the 1921 race massacre.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The mayor of Tulsa announced this week that he supports “significant elements” of a measure that would provide reparations for the families of Black people killed or left homeless by the 1921 race massacre.
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It’s not just that the buy-out won’t be honored; it can’t be honored.
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
More Than 40,000 Federal Workers Have Resigned So Far, Short of Target
Uncertainty about whether they will get paid not to work through September is deterring employees who face a Thursday deadline for taking a buyout.
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s not just that the buy-out won’t be honored; it can’t be honored.
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”
They have neither authority nor appropriations to honor the promise. “Fraud in the inducement.”