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💜 It’s far from over. Democracy is not a spectator sport. You get from it what you put into it. Do the work. Stay Focused. Stay Strong. Fight. Let’s Go!
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#WeAreNotGoingBack
#WhenWeFightWeWin
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Unapologetically Black 🫰🏽
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#WhenWeFightWeWin
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WATCH: Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, 'The Hill We Climb'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Amanda Gorman’s ‘The Hill We Climb’ is the vision of America that we should celebrate tomorrow and forward. I know that we are on the eve of the unimaginable and uncertainty. But, we can and must remain certain that WE are on the right side of history. #Resist #WeAreNotGoingBack #WhenWeFightWeWin
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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state.
Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles
www.stripes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state.
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Pretty sure we can safely define this as the era of unfiltered white nationalism.
Explain to me why I’m wrong.
Explain to me why I’m wrong.
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Pretty sure we can safely define this as the era of unfiltered white nationalism.
Explain to me why I’m wrong.
Explain to me why I’m wrong.
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Dems add 5 House districts to target list ahead of 2026 midterms.
The list is now 40 seats they’re targeting.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
The list is now 40 seats they’re targeting.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Dems add 5 House districts to target list ahead of 2026 midterms.
The list is now 40 seats they’re targeting.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
The list is now 40 seats they’re targeting.
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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The goal is to have as many leave the country as possible, or to just die, if that doesn't work. It's passive genocide. But all the Genocide Joers are gonna get out there and fight this, right? Where are your protests and tents and hunger strikes? Y'all gonna surround the White House soon?
I wish more people would read 2025. It is an intentional white nationalist agenda.It is designed to destroy black and brown communities by depleting government resources and denying opportunities.
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The goal is to have as many leave the country as possible, or to just die, if that doesn't work. It's passive genocide. But all the Genocide Joers are gonna get out there and fight this, right? Where are your protests and tents and hunger strikes? Y'all gonna surround the White House soon?
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I rarely sound alarm - but please: do not believe what you hear or read from the legacy outlets.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I rarely sound alarm - but please: do not believe what you hear or read from the legacy outlets.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
For US news - these either serve the WH by definition or are intimidated to serve (always their decision though)
For global news - US media spreads pro-RU, anti-EU views under “America First” label.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most intelligent, most shrewd justice sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court.
This is a damn FOOTNOTE in one of her recent dissenting opinions. She’s calling out her colleagues for lying about being strict textualist interpreters of the Constitution.
This is a damn FOOTNOTE in one of her recent dissenting opinions. She’s calling out her colleagues for lying about being strict textualist interpreters of the Constitution.
![12^ The majority's contention that I reject "pure textualism' [a]s insuf-ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek," ante, at 10, stems from an unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And, indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A methodology that includes consideration of Congress's aims does exactly that and no more. By contrast, pure textualism's refusal to try to understand the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing judicial policy preferences. By "finding" answers in ambiguous text, and not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own preferences as "textual" inevitabilities. So, really, far from being "insuffi-ciently pliable," I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable that's its primary problem-and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexible enough to secure the majority's desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zftsnmv3oeatoag66zia5sfu/bafkreidudds6sgom7szw2tpaallkaij74abwiedbqlcfxwyhki63yoehn4@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most intelligent, most shrewd justice sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court.
This is a damn FOOTNOTE in one of her recent dissenting opinions. She’s calling out her colleagues for lying about being strict textualist interpreters of the Constitution.
This is a damn FOOTNOTE in one of her recent dissenting opinions. She’s calling out her colleagues for lying about being strict textualist interpreters of the Constitution.
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A warrant is just cops swearing to a judge to at there is [evidence of] probable cause they must have a warrant to obtain.
Thing is, we all know cops lie all the time. To get everyone. They even lie to judges (all. the. time.)
Thing is, we all know cops lie all the time. To get everyone. They even lie to judges (all. the. time.)
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A warrant is just cops swearing to a judge to at there is [evidence of] probable cause they must have a warrant to obtain.
Thing is, we all know cops lie all the time. To get everyone. They even lie to judges (all. the. time.)
Thing is, we all know cops lie all the time. To get everyone. They even lie to judges (all. the. time.)
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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MIAMI: Today is Election Day! Get out and vote Eileen Higgins for mayor before polls close at 7pm.
You have the chance to elect a Democrat who will restore trust in City Hall and get things done for you. Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
You have the chance to elect a Democrat who will restore trust in City Hall and get things done for you. Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
MIAMI: Today is Election Day! Get out and vote Eileen Higgins for mayor before polls close at 7pm.
You have the chance to elect a Democrat who will restore trust in City Hall and get things done for you. Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
You have the chance to elect a Democrat who will restore trust in City Hall and get things done for you. Find your polling place at IWillVote.com.
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Your reminder that Black Americans are not immigrants.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Your reminder that Black Americans are not immigrants.
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How did a century-old community hospital in a small Georgia city grow into a sprawling healthcare system that dominates the local economy?
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
How did a century-old community hospital in a small Georgia city grow into a sprawling healthcare system that dominates the local economy?
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
By waging a years-long battle to eliminate its competition and become the only game in town. (THREAD)
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People voted while ignoring the history of white America who has always been anti immigrant (unless it was them) and foreigner
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Dec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose Citizenship
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
People voted while ignoring the history of white America who has always been anti immigrant (unless it was them) and foreigner
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Until white people quit telling themselves those “comfortable lies” and dismantle systemic racism in this country. You ain’t getting any of this, the racism you benefit from is what most of you opt for in the voting booth. Only thing is you miscalculated with this administration. It only sees $.
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Until white people quit telling themselves those “comfortable lies” and dismantle systemic racism in this country. You ain’t getting any of this, the racism you benefit from is what most of you opt for in the voting booth. Only thing is you miscalculated with this administration. It only sees $.
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery with Trump's interference, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery with Trump's interference, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Nope. 🙂↔️ The GOP is ABSOLUTELY the same party it has always been. “Lincoln’s party” was co-opted by those whose views were more in line with the Confederacy, than his Union. It’s diabolical for folks to claim Lincoln while waving confederate flags. This was published in 1981. Look familiar?
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Nope. 🙂↔️ The GOP is ABSOLUTELY the same party it has always been. “Lincoln’s party” was co-opted by those whose views were more in line with the Confederacy, than his Union. It’s diabolical for folks to claim Lincoln while waving confederate flags. This was published in 1981. Look familiar?
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The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
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🚨BREAKING: Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted 6–3 to advance a controversial mid-decade redistricting bill that would all but guarantee the GOP wins all nine of the state’s congressional seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Indiana Senate Committee Advances Trump-Demanded Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
🚨BREAKING: Indiana Senate Elections Committee voted 6–3 to advance a controversial mid-decade redistricting bill that would all but guarantee the GOP wins all nine of the state’s congressional seats. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A thing I keep bringing up is that Texas is in the lower grouping of states in terms of % of voters actually voting in elections since 1992. Part of why I’m hyped about Rep. Crockett is that she understands getting them to vote is how to win. There’s not a one-size-fits-all formula for every state.
December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A thing I keep bringing up is that Texas is in the lower grouping of states in terms of % of voters actually voting in elections since 1992. Part of why I’m hyped about Rep. Crockett is that she understands getting them to vote is how to win. There’s not a one-size-fits-all formula for every state.
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Ice is the result of not listening to Black
People about police & policing..
People about police & policing..
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ice is the result of not listening to Black
People about police & policing..
People about police & policing..
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If nothing else good came from 2025, the fact that many Black women (including me) burned our proverbial capes is a thin silver lining within the horrors of the present.
We've got to save ourselves, our families, and our communities...the nation said "NO" to our bid to save it, and we said "heard."
We've got to save ourselves, our families, and our communities...the nation said "NO" to our bid to save it, and we said "heard."
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If nothing else good came from 2025, the fact that many Black women (including me) burned our proverbial capes is a thin silver lining within the horrors of the present.
We've got to save ourselves, our families, and our communities...the nation said "NO" to our bid to save it, and we said "heard."
We've got to save ourselves, our families, and our communities...the nation said "NO" to our bid to save it, and we said "heard."