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Connie Priebe
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Boozhoo! Mother/Grandmother, Anishinaabe/Bois Forte Ojibwe. Lover of music, coffee, forests. Amateur photographer, definitely a work in progress.
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Harry Truman: If it benefits all the people, they call it socialism.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.

Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.

Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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#BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking #SCOTUS for an immediate “administrative” stay of a Rhode Island district judge’s order that is otherwise requiring it to resume the distribution of SNAP benefits from other funding sources no later than the end of today.
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This isn't the easiest time to be Jewish in America. But now—and for a long time—it's been significantly harder to be Muslim.

Barring Jews from government was one of the Nazis' signature moves. Every American Jew has an obligation to speak out against the new Nazis trying to do the same to Muslims.
Laura Loomer pitches banning Muslims from running for office to members of Congress
Far-right influencer Laura Loomer has had an unusual amount of power over staffing and foreign policy decisions in the current Trump administration. Now, she is promoting anti-Muslim bills and pressur...
www.mediamatters.org
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If we don't test for COVID, then there's no COVID! If there's no flights, then there's no late flights! Brilliant!
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”

The result was “institutionalized hunger.”

@kristencrowell.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Maths...

If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.

If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.

Tax the rich.
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security.

Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.

Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
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NEW: Alabama Republicans introduced new legislation that would enable them to redo the state's primaries and potentially eliminate the state’s two Black-majority congressional seats if the Supreme Court weakens protections against racial gerrymandering.
Alabama GOP Wants Do-Over Elections if SCOTUS Weakens Protections for Black Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
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BREAKING — THIS IS HUGE: Michigan, Oregon and Wisconsin just announced they will join California to FULLY FUND SNAP until Trump is forced to pay. 💪

THANK YOU to these 4 states for your leadership! I want MY state to do this too. 🤚
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(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡

@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...
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She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.
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If Starbucks baristas have to strike, we’re striking too — with our wallets.

Don’t shop at Starbucks if baristas are on strike. No contract, no coffee. Period. #NoContractNoCoffee
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.

If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.

It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
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I socialize like a cat in that I generally want to be left alone unless there's food or someone complimenting how high I can jump.
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It's abundantly clear that a lot of Department of Homeland Security agents take great pleasure in inflicting violence on other people.
The DOJ accuses Martinez of assulting/impeding a federal agent on Oct. 4, even after an agent shot her.

An exhibit filed yesterday shows text messages discussing media coverage of the case.

"I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys."
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Everyone has been predicting the Democrats would screw up their big win. Yep that's what they are going to do.
What awful Senators. Never think that @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov are for the people. I cannot believe mark kelly he's such a huge disappointment.
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HOLD THE LINE SENATE DEMS!

Did Tuesday mean nothing??

Call Congress NOW:
202-224-3121

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