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My direct ancestors include Mayflower passengers, patriots, and Loyalists, Quakers, suffragettes, abolitionists. I despise bigotry, fascism, racism. I believe our nation is being torn asunder by felons, cowards, and spineless politicians.

  1. “Prices keep rising and American families are struggling. So what are President Trump’s Republicans doing to help? They passed a law that will make things worse by stealing from working families to give billionaires a tax break.”

    CBO says the Trump tax law will cost 10 million health insurance, cut benefits for poorest while boosting wealthy

    While the rich see a windfall, Trump's 'big beautiful' cuts will hurt America's working poor | Arizona Mirror

    CBO says the Trump tax law will cost 10 million health insurance, cut benefits for poorest while boosting wealthy

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  2. A CNN host confronted Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his efforts to help the GOP fix the 2026 midterm election.

    A CNN host confronted Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his efforts to help the GOP fix the 2026 midterm election. Jake Tapper, host of "The Lead," spoke with Abbott about the state's redistricting efforts and Abbott's threats to remove Democrats who broke quorum from their elected seats. Abbot...

    'What gives you the right?' CNN's Jake Tapper calls out Texas gov on GOP’s election scheme

    A CNN host confronted Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his efforts to help the GOP fix the 2026 midterm election. Jake Tapper, host of "The Lead," spoke with Abbott about the state's redistricting efforts and Abbott's threats to remove Democrats who broke quorum from their elected seats. Abbot...

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  3. Trump's takeover of the U.S. capital’s police force is a distraction from his own rampant wrongdoing.

    Take his crypto scams, which prompted Harvard political scientist Steven Levitsky to tell The Guardian, “I have never seen such open corruption in any modern government anywhere.” trib.al/QfcnzZq

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  4. “The reason he’s doing it cannot be ignored," Sen. Dick Durbin said. "The ‘Big Beautiful budget,’ which passed in Congress with all Republican votes, was planned by President Trump to change America in a way it doesn’t want to be changed.” trib.al/LaXwrYP

    Durbin was originally supposed to speak alongside the lawmakers last week, before a bomb threat was reported at the hotel some of the Texas representatives were staying at.

    Sen. Dick Durbin joins Texas Democrats in denouncing GOP remap try: ‘This is an American issue’

    Durbin was originally supposed to speak alongside the lawmakers last week, before a bomb threat was reported at the hotel some of the Texas representatives were staying at.

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  5. 𝘉𝘦𝘯 & 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺’𝘴 co-founder Ben Cohen launches ‘Up in Arms’ campaign to call out U.S. military spending and nuclear proliferation. “That’s not deterrence—it’s delusion,” he argues, "let's use the money for things we want and need,” and “take America back” #VELSHI

    The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reignited the debate around nuclear weaponization and the cost of war. Ben and Jerry’s Co-founder, Ben Cohen has launched the “Up in Arms” campaign to bring attention to military spending and the dangers of nuclear proliferation. He argues that cutting social safety net programs in lieu of military funding “is economic violence.” The U.S. outspends most countries in military defense, “the U.S. leads and drives the arms race and those other countries are trying to catch up to us,” says Cohen. "That's not deterrence - that's delusion.”

    ‘Time to take America back’: Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s launches campaign for lower military spending

    The 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has reignited the debate around nuclear weaponization and the cost of war. Ben and Jerry’s Co-founder, Ben Cohen has launched the “Up in Arms” campaign to bring attention to military spending and the dangers of nuclear proliferation. He argues that cutting social safety net programs in lieu of military funding “is economic violence.” The U.S. outspends most countries in military defense, “the U.S. leads and drives the arms race and those other countries are trying to catch up to us,” says Cohen. "That's not deterrence - that's delusion.”

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