Democracy 4ever (formerly Older Pen)
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Firm believer in the democratic process. Anti fairy tales and anecdotes about political or governmental matters especially those rooted in bizarre conspiracy theories. Committed to a better tomorrow. Always.
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The most beautiful thing within us lies at the bottom of our souls—like a sunken treasure. You only recognize it with closed eyes and a speechless mind. You feel it when you open yourself without fears and doubts, when you let yourself fall into the depths of the moment—because life wills it.
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US House Special Elections, 1957-present:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Includes, for the past 20 years, the number of days between a special election victory and the winner's House swearing-in
U.S. House Special Elections, 1957-present (Greg Giroux)
docs.google.com
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WOW! ⭐️

Speechless and grateful for all of your support! We’ve got so much more work to do so thank you for being with me in this fight.

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CHICAGO: “Feds chased a car through a residential neighborhood… intentionally crashed into the car.. responded to the crowd by hurling smoke grenades, shooting pepper balls and deploying 3 rounds of tear gas with children & seniors in the area…” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Thune: "If I were a woman I'd be talking to my doctor and not taking advice from RFK"
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Thomas Jefferson University laid off about 1%, or between 600 and 700, of its 65,000 employees Wednesday, as it contends with persistent financial pressures in healthcare and tries to streamline its health system that grew rapidly through acquisitions since 2015.
Jefferson is laying off about 1%, or roughly 600 to 700, of its employees this week
The layoff of 600 to 700 people is the second round of job cuts this year at Jefferson Health, which includes Lehigh Valley Health Network.
www.inquirer.com
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Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
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Lil Mikey Johnson loves calling people who love 🇺🇸 all these ridiculous names. He claims he supports the Constitution. Show us simpletons where in the Constitution there is authority supporting one man rule, with a rubber stamp Congress. We LOVE 🇺🇸 and he loves kissing 🍊butt.
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Report from the colonies. Yesterday we lost the best boy Zeus to kidney failure. I keep thinking how the love of such a wonderful dog sustains so many of us who live in a country that has become so hate filled from the top on down. We will never join in the hate,you 🍊MAGA monsters. NEVER.
Lil Mikey Johnson who refuses to figure out how to swear in the new MoC Adelita Grijalva calls this failure to swear her in “a distraction.” Listen cheese ball, you are demeaning women, our Constitution, and our country. Patriotic 🇺🇸 WANTS all the House sworn in, not just your Florida friends.
Lil Mikey Johnson who refuses to figure out how to swear in the new MoC Adelita Grijalva calls this failure to swear her in “a distraction.” Listen cheese ball, you are demeaning women, our Constitution, and our country. Patriotic 🇺🇸 WANTS all the House sworn in, not just your Florida friends.
Lil Mikey Johnson who refuses to figure out how to swear in the new MoC Adelita Grijalva calls this failure to swear her in “a distraction.” Listen cheese ball, you are demeaning women, our Constitution, and our country. Patriotic 🇺🇸 WANTS all the House sworn in, not just your Florida friends.
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Kaine: "We should not be allowing the president to create a secret enemies list and make the unilateral decision about whether to kill people without sharing that information at least with the Armed Service and Intel committees. So this is very troubling."
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If you’ve recently awoken from a coma, the Speaker of the House is stalling the swearing in of a newly elected member from Arizona because she would be the deciding vote in the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, which would be trouble for his boss.

You’re caught up.

Ps: Welcome back.
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"In an authoritarian context, all journalism will tend toward propaganda unless it is explicitly formulated as anti-authoritarian. Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians."
The Washington Post and CBS News are dying. The Bulwark is the future.
We drink their milkshake.
www.thebulwark.com
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15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.
Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper
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ICYMI — PELOSI: “Shut up. I did not refuse the National Guard. The President didn’t send it. Why are you coming here with Republican talking points as if you’re a serious journalist?”

(The unserious questioner is Alison Steinberg, who works for Mike Lindell — the my pillow guy)
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