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McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
Good!!!
Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Good!!!
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Yet another case of Trump looking to protect his donors & buddies in the oil & gas industry, even if it means killing good paying jobs in clean energy and polluting the air we breathe.
In Trump-world, it’s all about what you’ve done for him.
In Trump-world, it’s all about what you’ve done for him.
Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over EV Charger Funding Freeze
Democratic states are once again pressing the administration to reinstate programs intended to boost electric vehicle use.
www.wsj.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Yet another case of Trump looking to protect his donors & buddies in the oil & gas industry, even if it means killing good paying jobs in clean energy and polluting the air we breathe.
In Trump-world, it’s all about what you’ve done for him.
In Trump-world, it’s all about what you’ve done for him.
Act to fight data center power grabs! PJM, the power grid operator for the Mid-Atlantic, may force residents to pay around $70 more each month for electricity. Sign MD State Sen Katie Fry Hester's petition against this plan to pass data center costs on to us. Sign at www.protectingratepayers.org ⭐
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Act to fight data center power grabs! PJM, the power grid operator for the Mid-Atlantic, may force residents to pay around $70 more each month for electricity. Sign MD State Sen Katie Fry Hester's petition against this plan to pass data center costs on to us. Sign at www.protectingratepayers.org ⭐
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Act to fight data center power grabs! PJM, the power grid operator for the Mid-Atlantic, may force residents to pay around $70 more each month for electricity. Sign MD State Sen Katie Fry Hester's petition against this plan to pass data center costs on to us. Sign at www.protectingratepayers.org ⭐
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Friendly reminder that only Congress can constitutionally declare war. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay... ⚖️📜💥
constitution.congress.gov
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Friendly reminder that only Congress can constitutionally declare war. U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay... ⚖️📜💥
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Is this why electricity's cost is up? Thank you for investigating @vanhollen.senate.gov
As data centers pop up in every corner of the country, their electricity demands are spiking rates for everyone.
But why on Earth should you be covering the electricity bill of a billion-dollar tech giant?
This week, @warren.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov, & I are asking big tech just that.
But why on Earth should you be covering the electricity bill of a billion-dollar tech giant?
This week, @warren.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov, & I are asking big tech just that.
Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Is this why electricity's cost is up? Thank you for investigating @vanhollen.senate.gov
So absolutely true. Trump, MAGA, and the oligarchs are robbing the average American. And the ICE/DHS abductions and detainments are only practice for going after us all.
Stand up. Say “no!”
Stand up. Say “no!”
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So absolutely true. Trump, MAGA, and the oligarchs are robbing the average American. And the ICE/DHS abductions and detainments are only practice for going after us all.
Stand up. Say “no!”
Stand up. Say “no!”
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
Really important. Get the pressure ON!!
House Dems have the votes to pass a 3yr extension of ACA tax credits.
Now Senate Republicans are the only thing standing in the way of getting this bill to the President & preventing huge spikes in costs for millions.
Leader Thune: commit to bringing this bill to a vote, now.
Now Senate Republicans are the only thing standing in the way of getting this bill to the President & preventing huge spikes in costs for millions.
Leader Thune: commit to bringing this bill to a vote, now.
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Really important. Get the pressure ON!!
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To and MD Redistricting Doubters and @senbillferg.bsky.social Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Dan Friedman (formerly Counsel to the MD General Assembly) & Barnett Harris argue the Szeliga decision was wrong. #RedistrictMDNow #FairMaps
@indivisiblebaltoco.bsky.social @indivisiblemd.bsky.social
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![Conclusion of Judge Dan Friedman, Appellate Court of Maryland in his 2024 Maryland Law Review article, "Is Federal Congressional Redistricting in Maryland Governed by Article III,
Section 4 of the State Constitution? An Analysis of the Trial Court Decision in Szeliga v. Lamone, 83 Md. L. Rev. (Co-author, Law Clerk Barnett Harris)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mlr/vol83/iss4/5
CONCLUSION
We think that it is clear that the Szeliga court was wrong in finding that
the constitutional standards set forth in Article III, Section 4 of the Maryland Constitution—requiring “[d]ue regard” for “natural boundaries and the boundaries of political subdivisions”—apply to federal congressional redistricting. There is no evidence that points in that direction. All of the evidence, in fact, points in the opposite direction. In particular, both a textualist and an originalist interpretation clearly indicate that Article III,
Section 4 applies only to state legislative redistricting, not to federal
congressional redistricting. As a result, we conclude that Article III, Section 4 ought to be interpreted to apply exclusively to state legislative districts. Moreover, there is little support for the Szeliga court’s conclusion that if those constitutional standards apply, the enacted plan violated those standards as they had been applied at the time of the Szeliga opinion. This is even more true now, after the Court of Appeals’ most recent decision interpreting those standards.210 As a result, it is our view that while the Szeliga opinion’s view of Article III, Section 4 has no mandatory precedential value, it should also have no persuasive effect on future federal congressional redistricting in Maryland.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6wbl7ntilxdodin65yp64ha3/bafkreifxxiaisxxbt243gg7lp3n24h4ygmzawxikw3udslsrfyt642wcue@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
To and MD Redistricting Doubters and @senbillferg.bsky.social Appellate Court of Maryland Judge Dan Friedman (formerly Counsel to the MD General Assembly) & Barnett Harris argue the Szeliga decision was wrong. #RedistrictMDNow #FairMaps
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@indivisiblebaltoco.bsky.social @indivisiblemd.bsky.social
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Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Note: "Deportation Judges," not immigration judges. No need to apply if you don't get the agenda.
STOP ICE: Call the Philippine Consulate for Kuya Greggy: 415-269-2090
“D4CC, Doctors for Camp Closure, demand that Kuya Greggy not be allowed to fly. His medical conditions including active infections, ulcerative colitis & others put him at imminent risk of pulmonary embolism which is quite lethal"
“D4CC, Doctors for Camp Closure, demand that Kuya Greggy not be allowed to fly. His medical conditions including active infections, ulcerative colitis & others put him at imminent risk of pulmonary embolism which is quite lethal"
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
STOP ICE: Call the Philippine Consulate for Kuya Greggy: 415-269-2090
“D4CC, Doctors for Camp Closure, demand that Kuya Greggy not be allowed to fly. His medical conditions including active infections, ulcerative colitis & others put him at imminent risk of pulmonary embolism which is quite lethal"
“D4CC, Doctors for Camp Closure, demand that Kuya Greggy not be allowed to fly. His medical conditions including active infections, ulcerative colitis & others put him at imminent risk of pulmonary embolism which is quite lethal"
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⚡ Locals report explosions near Engels airfield, oil depot in Russia's Saratov Oblast amid overnight drone attacks
Locals report explosions near Engels airfield, oil depot in Russia's Saratov Oblast amid overnight drone attacks
Locals reported explosions near the Engels airfield and an oil depot amid overnight drone attacks in Russia’s Saratov and Rostov oblasts.
kyivindependent.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.
Immediately: Call the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco & Philippine Airlines 800-435-9725. This is a human being who may die en route. ICE abductions & Immigration judges working for DHS are being put at terrible risks - sometimes of torture, other times, like this, of health risks!!
Call!!!
Call!!!
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Immediately: Call the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco & Philippine Airlines 800-435-9725. This is a human being who may die en route. ICE abductions & Immigration judges working for DHS are being put at terrible risks - sometimes of torture, other times, like this, of health risks!!
Call!!!
Call!!!
ICE murder alert: Call Philippine Consulate in San Fran: 415-269-2090 & Philippine Airlines 800-435-9725
Urge them to stop FLIGHT PAL 125 so Kuya Greggy does not fly. It’s possibly a death sentence from severe medical conditions, including ulcerative colitis and imminent risk of pulmonary embolism.
Urge them to stop FLIGHT PAL 125 so Kuya Greggy does not fly. It’s possibly a death sentence from severe medical conditions, including ulcerative colitis and imminent risk of pulmonary embolism.
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
ICE murder alert: Call Philippine Consulate in San Fran: 415-269-2090 & Philippine Airlines 800-435-9725
Urge them to stop FLIGHT PAL 125 so Kuya Greggy does not fly. It’s possibly a death sentence from severe medical conditions, including ulcerative colitis and imminent risk of pulmonary embolism.
Urge them to stop FLIGHT PAL 125 so Kuya Greggy does not fly. It’s possibly a death sentence from severe medical conditions, including ulcerative colitis and imminent risk of pulmonary embolism.
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Trump claims he wants to lower housing costs, but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump claims he wants to lower housing costs, but his allies in the House just axed a bipartisan bill that UNANIMOUSLY passed the Senate to do just that.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
If Republicans keep blocking legislation to cut housing costs, Democrats will pass it ourselves when we take back Congress.
From one horror to the next. It’s appalling. It’s cruel & inhumane. To be clear: they are “experimenting” with black & brown people before turning the authoritarian secret police on us all. We must all stand up, and stop this. It’s immoral, unlawful, & straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
From one horror to the next. It’s appalling. It’s cruel & inhumane. To be clear: they are “experimenting” with black & brown people before turning the authoritarian secret police on us all. We must all stand up, and stop this. It’s immoral, unlawful, & straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
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Congresswoman says she was shoved & pepper-sprayed after identifying herself during ICE operation. "‘When I presented myself as a member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed aside and pepper sprayed.’" www.commondreams.org/news/adelita...
ICE Goons Pepper Spray Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva During Tucson Raid | Common Dreams
"If federal agents are brazen enough to fire pellets directly at a member of Congress, imagine how they behave when encountering defenseless members of our community," Grijalva said.
www.commondreams.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Congresswoman says she was shoved & pepper-sprayed after identifying herself during ICE operation. "‘When I presented myself as a member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed aside and pepper sprayed.’" www.commondreams.org/news/adelita...
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Sure - the Kremlin is delighted that they adopted exact what Russia had dictated. 😡😡
Sure - the Kremlin is delighted that they adopted exact what Russia had dictated. 😡😡
Kremlin hails Trump’s national security strategy as aligned with Russia’s vision
Moscow welcomes White House document critical of the EU as talks to end the Ukraine war enter a key phase
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Sure - the Kremlin is delighted that they adopted exact what Russia had dictated. 😡😡
Sure - the Kremlin is delighted that they adopted exact what Russia had dictated. 😡😡