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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Following the worst mass killing in the state’s history, Maine has become the 22nd state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59% of voters.
The latest from @markfollman.bsky.social:
The latest from @markfollman.bsky.social:
Maine voters approve new law to prevent suicides and mass shootings
The red flag policy follows the worst mass killing in the state's history.
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Following the worst mass killing in the state’s history, Maine has become the 22nd state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59% of voters.
The latest from @markfollman.bsky.social:
The latest from @markfollman.bsky.social:
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It's been 41 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's been 41 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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The brutal reality is that America is a place where having a job—even two or three jobs—doesn't guarantee that your most essential human needs will be met.
And now it's a place where millions of families are losing food assistance the same month as Thanksgiving.
And now it's a place where millions of families are losing food assistance the same month as Thanksgiving.
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The brutal reality is that America is a place where having a job—even two or three jobs—doesn't guarantee that your most essential human needs will be met.
And now it's a place where millions of families are losing food assistance the same month as Thanksgiving.
And now it's a place where millions of families are losing food assistance the same month as Thanksgiving.
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
October 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
We can’t pay air traffic controllers during the shutdown, making us less safe, but we can send $40 billion to bail out Argentina.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
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If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.
Get vaccinated.
Get vaccinated.
“Healthcare personnel often do not realize that in the U.S., HPV-related mortality far surpasses the mortality from tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis & meningococcal disease combined. Each year, about 4,000 deaths are the result of cervical cancer; most are preventable through pre-exposure vaccination”
Technically Speaking: Why HPV Vaccination Before Age 11 Years Is a Good Idea
Dr. Sean O’Leary, Chair of AAP’s COID, explains why AAP and CDC recommendations about HPV vaccine differ.
www.chop.edu
March 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If the HPV vaccine had been available 20 years earlier, my beloved Grace might still be alive.
Get vaccinated.
Get vaccinated.
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This won’t be trickling down.
September 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This won’t be trickling down.
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Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.
Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.
Textbook corporate greed.
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NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
September 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEWS: Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
"We’ve had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family."
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Dear politicians who want more security because they fear for their lives: When there are 4 times more guns in America than there are people,when life's necessities like housing, food,healthcare & education are unaffordable,when capitalists get richer & average Americans get poorer, maybe that's why
September 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Dear politicians who want more security because they fear for their lives: When there are 4 times more guns in America than there are people,when life's necessities like housing, food,healthcare & education are unaffordable,when capitalists get richer & average Americans get poorer, maybe that's why
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Yes. Yes, they are.
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yes. Yes, they are.
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Trump will likely try to use this to justify authoritarian crackdowns...and delegitimize dissent. Democrats should preempt that by warning: “Yes, violence is unacceptable...and equally unacceptable...is using this tragedy as an excuse to strip away constitutional freedoms.”
September 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Trump will likely try to use this to justify authoritarian crackdowns...and delegitimize dissent. Democrats should preempt that by warning: “Yes, violence is unacceptable...and equally unacceptable...is using this tragedy as an excuse to strip away constitutional freedoms.”
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I was grew up in 1950’s Jim Crow Alabama. Many if you have never known what it was like…water hoses and dogs turned loose on people of color just for congregating in groups, crosses burnt in your yard, hangings, beatings, people disappearing. YES this can happen to YOU too now.
September 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I was grew up in 1950’s Jim Crow Alabama. Many if you have never known what it was like…water hoses and dogs turned loose on people of color just for congregating in groups, crosses burnt in your yard, hangings, beatings, people disappearing. YES this can happen to YOU too now.
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Why would the title of a book,
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
By Jimmy Carter be controversial⁉️
👤Dave Chappelle
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
By Jimmy Carter be controversial⁉️
👤Dave Chappelle
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Why would the title of a book,
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
By Jimmy Carter be controversial⁉️
👤Dave Chappelle
PALESTINE PEACE NOT APARTHEID
By Jimmy Carter be controversial⁉️
👤Dave Chappelle
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They dragged out more than 300 S Korean engineers & specialists. People flown in to help stand the place up so it could eventually employ thousands of Americans.
It wasn’t scheduled open until 2026. These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them.
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It wasn’t scheduled open until 2026. These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them.
2.
September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
They dragged out more than 300 S Korean engineers & specialists. People flown in to help stand the place up so it could eventually employ thousands of Americans.
It wasn’t scheduled open until 2026. These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them.
2.
It wasn’t scheduled open until 2026. These workers weren’t taking jobs; they were building the factory that would create them.
2.
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Republican cuts to Medicaid and SNAP won’t just hurt middle-class families—they’ll tank our economy.
Soon, we’ll lose:
➡️ 1.2 million jobs
➡️ $12.2 billion for state and local budgets
Plus, more expensive health care and food.
All for tax cuts billionaires don't need.
Soon, we’ll lose:
➡️ 1.2 million jobs
➡️ $12.2 billion for state and local budgets
Plus, more expensive health care and food.
All for tax cuts billionaires don't need.
September 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Republican cuts to Medicaid and SNAP won’t just hurt middle-class families—they’ll tank our economy.
Soon, we’ll lose:
➡️ 1.2 million jobs
➡️ $12.2 billion for state and local budgets
Plus, more expensive health care and food.
All for tax cuts billionaires don't need.
Soon, we’ll lose:
➡️ 1.2 million jobs
➡️ $12.2 billion for state and local budgets
Plus, more expensive health care and food.
All for tax cuts billionaires don't need.
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Apparently, the closing of the concentration camp in Florida costed We the People somewhere in the vicinity of $200 million. So, they wasted approximately a half billion dollars on what? Not to mention the planes we paid for. This deportation is costing us far more than we can afford
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
August 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Apparently, the closing of the concentration camp in Florida costed We the People somewhere in the vicinity of $200 million. So, they wasted approximately a half billion dollars on what? Not to mention the planes we paid for. This deportation is costing us far more than we can afford
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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Today I’m going to give y’all a little bit of homework.
Read this, it’s important.
You need to know what the mainstream media and the Republican Party is doing to you.
Have you ever seen the movie “Wag the Dog”?
If not, find it, watch it. And then most importantly, pay attention.
#Epstein
Read this, it’s important.
You need to know what the mainstream media and the Republican Party is doing to you.
Have you ever seen the movie “Wag the Dog”?
If not, find it, watch it. And then most importantly, pay attention.
#Epstein
How the Right-Wing Outrage Machine Invents Liberal Fury — and Sells It Back to You
The manufactured controversy over Sydney Sweeney is a textbook example of how right-wing operatives get liberals to take the bait.
open.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today I’m going to give y’all a little bit of homework.
Read this, it’s important.
You need to know what the mainstream media and the Republican Party is doing to you.
Have you ever seen the movie “Wag the Dog”?
If not, find it, watch it. And then most importantly, pay attention.
#Epstein
Read this, it’s important.
You need to know what the mainstream media and the Republican Party is doing to you.
Have you ever seen the movie “Wag the Dog”?
If not, find it, watch it. And then most importantly, pay attention.
#Epstein
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FOX REPORTER: “The way it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. It seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say, got his photo next to the president, then left.”
August 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
FOX REPORTER: “The way it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. It seemed like Putin came in and steamrolled, got right into what he wanted to say, got his photo next to the president, then left.”