OldHippieChick
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Comrades, it is still OK to leave me behind. I'm still not as fierce as you but after following you all this long it's mostly because I'm tired.
One of the many things on the to do list after power is wrested from the current regime's grasp is take Congressional action to roll back the sweeping powers the Executive gave itself since 2001.
From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)
By Brett Max Kaufman
www.justsecurity.org/124776/secre...
By Brett Max Kaufman
www.justsecurity.org/124776/secre...
From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)
The Trump administration's lethal strikes are the apotheosis of the last quarter century's often always secret and often unreviewable executive branch legal reasoning.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One of the many things on the to do list after power is wrested from the current regime's grasp is take Congressional action to roll back the sweeping powers the Executive gave itself since 2001.
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Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
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it's got everything - corruption, family ties, 9-digit mystery sums, and a shockingly young person way above what should be their responsibility.
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
it's got everything - corruption, family ties, 9-digit mystery sums, and a shockingly young person way above what should be their responsibility.
I think it was interesting that KKKaroline wasn't wearing her cross today when she took questions about the wonderful secret between Mango Mussolini and Jeffrey Epstein. Was she afraid she might get burned when it burst into flames?
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I think it was interesting that KKKaroline wasn't wearing her cross today when she took questions about the wonderful secret between Mango Mussolini and Jeffrey Epstein. Was she afraid she might get burned when it burst into flames?
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Since a lot of people seem to be justifiably disgusted with Democrats today, may I present an alternative?
I live in a deep blue closed primary state so I change affiliation back to Democratic during primaries - check the deadline! - to have a say in who holds statewide office.
workingfamilies.org
I live in a deep blue closed primary state so I change affiliation back to Democratic during primaries - check the deadline! - to have a say in who holds statewide office.
workingfamilies.org
Working Families Party - Fighting for an America that works for the many, not the few.
WFP is building a political home for all of us who see bigotry, bailouts, and business as usual in our political system and ask, "Is that the best we can do?"
workingfamilies.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Since a lot of people seem to be justifiably disgusted with Democrats today, may I present an alternative?
I live in a deep blue closed primary state so I change affiliation back to Democratic during primaries - check the deadline! - to have a say in who holds statewide office.
workingfamilies.org
I live in a deep blue closed primary state so I change affiliation back to Democratic during primaries - check the deadline! - to have a say in who holds statewide office.
workingfamilies.org
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Really. You're going to tell us what to do?
We're the ones paying the bill.
Whose lives are on the line.
Who are being abducted and deported.
Who keep showing up to fight ICE
We are the 7+ million who showed up and then voted
Get rid of Schumer.
Clean your house, get it in order, then listen.
We're the ones paying the bill.
Whose lives are on the line.
Who are being abducted and deported.
Who keep showing up to fight ICE
We are the 7+ million who showed up and then voted
Get rid of Schumer.
Clean your house, get it in order, then listen.
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Really. You're going to tell us what to do?
We're the ones paying the bill.
Whose lives are on the line.
Who are being abducted and deported.
Who keep showing up to fight ICE
We are the 7+ million who showed up and then voted
Get rid of Schumer.
Clean your house, get it in order, then listen.
We're the ones paying the bill.
Whose lives are on the line.
Who are being abducted and deported.
Who keep showing up to fight ICE
We are the 7+ million who showed up and then voted
Get rid of Schumer.
Clean your house, get it in order, then listen.
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Momentum is a real thing.
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Momentum is a real thing.
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
Democrats finally had some, after massive turnouts for #NoKings and resounding wins in both red and blue states last week.
The majority of the country, rightfully so, held Trump and the GOP accountable for the government shutdown.
1/6
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Seriously, what the fuck Kaine. What the fuck is wrong with all of you. This is the reality for many of us and our family's.
Hey @kaine.senate.gov:
What the actual fuck have you done?
My wife has brain cancer and I'm her care giver. She's on medicare & my only option was the ACA.
I write this on day 5 of her latest hosp stay.
You're our representative and my only question is...
Should we just go ahead and die now?
What the actual fuck have you done?
My wife has brain cancer and I'm her care giver. She's on medicare & my only option was the ACA.
I write this on day 5 of her latest hosp stay.
You're our representative and my only question is...
Should we just go ahead and die now?
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Seriously, what the fuck Kaine. What the fuck is wrong with all of you. This is the reality for many of us and our family's.
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Live in these states? Call these Dem Senators.Tell them to protect healthcare and not cave to Republicans on the shutdown.
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Live in these states? Call these Dem Senators.Tell them to protect healthcare and not cave to Republicans on the shutdown.
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
NV: Jackie Rosen, Catherine Cortez Masto
NH: Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen
VA: Tim Kaine
PA: John Fetterman
ME: Angus King
IL: Dick Durbin
Senate Switchboard is 202-224-3121
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If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you think the people throwing Great Gatsby-esque parties for themselves, while millions were denied their food assistance, are all of a sudden going to grow a conscience and save affordable healthcare, you clearly have not been paying attention.
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A charming essay by the former chair of Africana studies at Bowdoin College about the New York Times crafting elitist propaganda.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A charming essay by the former chair of Africana studies at Bowdoin College about the New York Times crafting elitist propaganda.
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Re-upping this one as a reminder
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Re-upping this one as a reminder
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November 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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He probably doesn't have to Google it anymore. His characteristic lazy and sloppy jurisprudence made his name synonymous with fascist assaults on people in the United States, citizen and not. It's his legacy in the history books, he earned it, but as ever he thinks it's everyone else's fault.
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
He probably doesn't have to Google it anymore. His characteristic lazy and sloppy jurisprudence made his name synonymous with fascist assaults on people in the United States, citizen and not. It's his legacy in the history books, he earned it, but as ever he thinks it's everyone else's fault.
Today in lying liars who lie news.
During a press conference, Kristi Noem claimed that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. This isn't true.
The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.
The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Today in lying liars who lie news.
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Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers"
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers"
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The Jan 6 insurrection was successful, & now it gets to be preserved as a success by this administration it brought to power.
October 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Jan 6 insurrection was successful, & now it gets to be preserved as a success by this administration it brought to power.
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
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All these political leaders and capitalists who are tossing aside their obligations to slow climate change are directly implicated in the record hurricane that is right now hitting Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
All these political leaders and capitalists who are tossing aside their obligations to slow climate change are directly implicated in the record hurricane that is right now hitting Jamaica.
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Of trees, tenderness, and the Moon – Japanese artist Hasui Kawase's stunning century-old woodblock prints www.themarginalian.org/2021/03/22/h...
Of Trees, Tenderness, and the Moon: Hasui Kawase’s Stunning Japanese Woodblock Prints from the 1920s-1950s
Sylvan sublimity between the heavens and the deep blue sea.
www.themarginalian.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Of trees, tenderness, and the Moon – Japanese artist Hasui Kawase's stunning century-old woodblock prints www.themarginalian.org/2021/03/22/h...