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Traveller/explorer/global citizen/🇨🇦 political junkie. Liberal. Lover of Life, Liberty, Law, Tennis, Photography, Swimming & Beaches. #ProChoice #ProFreedom #AntiFascist #AntiCorruption #ProDemocracy #CrazyCatLady #WomensLivesMatter #BLM #EqualRights 🚫DMs
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REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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KTLA local news in Los Angeles...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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To paraphrase the Greek statesman, Pericles:

"You may not be interested in politics, but politics may be interested in you."
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Rob Reiner was more than an amazing movie director to me.

He was one of our strongest public advocates for @TheDemCoalition, part of our Impeachment Task Force.

He was one of America's foremost voices of reason and wisest defenders of democracy.

Rob is an American treasure.
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, officials said. No one was in custody, and a shelter-in-place order remained in effect for the campus. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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In this Spies Like Us episode, former FBI executive Lauren Anderson joins two ex-Canadian intel officers to describe how politicized leadership & retaliation against agents are eroding FBI morale, damaging cooperation with partners, and creating vulnerabilities.

open.spotify.com/episode/7qcp...
For the sake of the FBI and the US, Patel should 'kash' out
open.spotify.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Release the Epstein files.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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NEW ORLEANS OFFICIALS: “We insist (Trump’s ICE goons) clearly ID themselves… there is no precedent for masked law enforcement… they have ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY… citizens are being racially profiled, chased, hunted… the chaos and lack of professionalism is ALARMING…”
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I Blame You
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Gotta wonder what this admiral has to say.....
Adm. Alvin Holsey: Commander overseeing US forces in the Caribbean to retire one year into tenure | CNN Politics share.google/jiIdiubO72G2...
Commander overseeing US forces in the Caribbean to retire one year into tenure | CNN Politics
The admiral overseeing US Southern Command, which has responsibility for forces in the Caribbean, where the US has carried out multiple legally ambiguous strikes against alleged drug cartels, is retir...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Yeah, remember those “illegal orders” Dems said not to follow?

Apparently Admiral Bradley didn’t get the memo.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
White House Throws Commanding Admiral Under The Bus In Killing Of Alleged Drug Boat Survivors
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed the apparent war crime was legal even as she said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knew nothing about it.
www.huffpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM