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always willing to fight for someone i do not know, never wanting to back down. 🇺🇸🇲🇽

L. Louise Lucas @SenLouiseLucas • I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need "coaching" on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
Leaked recording reveals Campbell's exec's shocking remarks about soup's ingredients: "We have sh*t for f*cking poor people. Who buys our sh*t? I don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore. It's not healthy now that I know what the f*ks in it...bioengineered meat, I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer."
Gunther Eagleman “Food stamps should not be used to buy soda.” Chris Gloninger “Wild how a poor person buying a $1 soda with food stamps sends you into a moral panic, but billionaires writing off private jets and yachts on their taxes? Not a peep. Your outrage is as cheap as that soda.”
From David Sirota on Twitter: Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered. LeverNews.com/book Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) This Court now concludes that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption. That speakers may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that those officials are corrupt. And the appearance of influence or access will not cause the electorate to lose faith in this democracy.
"Patient deaths increased in the emergency rooms of hospitals that were bought by private equity firms," per Harvard University. @unusual_whales on X
KEY FACTS • In a 40-minute-long interview on MSNBC, Harris told host Rachel Maddow she had always believed that "titans of industry" would serve as a guardrail for democracy in the country.
In a recent interview in his downtown Manhattan office, Mr. Nadler, 78, said he hesitated to step aside when he believes that President Trump is threatening the foundations of democracy. But he said he had been persuaded it was time for a changing of the guard. "Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that," Mr. Nadler said, adding that a younger successor "can maybe do better, can maybe help us more."
BREAKING: Dallas Cowboys Stun the NFL World by Rejecting Elon Musk's $500 Million Tesla Sponsorship Offer - "We Will NEVER Be Bought by Billionaires Like You; The Cowboys Are Not for Sale - We Stand With the People of Dallas City Against Greed, Racism, and Corporate Exploitation".
@unusual_whales By the end of the century, Social Security could face required benefit cuts of over 30%, per the CRFB.
Texas Speaker Dustin Burrows: The Texas House will be convening at 3:00pm tomorrow. If a quorum is not present then, to borrow the recent talking points from some of my Democrat colleagues, all options will be on the table...
Booker did not ultimately object on the floor, and the bills passed by unanimous consent.
Democracy Docket MENU NEWS I REDISTRICTING | TEXAS Texas Plans Mid-Decade Redistricting After Pressure from White House By Jen Rice July 9, 2025
Rep. Mary Miller ~ @RepMaryMiller In America, we speak ENGLISH — and that goes for truck drivers, construction workers, factory employees, store clerks, delivery drivers, warehouse crews, and everyone in between. If you live and work here, you should speak the language of our country.
@Acyn Abbott: You ask, I'm going to use your words: Who's to blame? Know this. That's the word choice of losers. Let me explain one thing about Texas. Every square inch of our state cares about football. Every football team makes mistakes. The losing teams are the ones who try to point out who is to blame. The championship teams are the ones who say don't worry about it, we got this
From meteorologist Chris Nunley: NEARLY 2 TRILLION GALLONS OF WATER FELL ACROSS THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, IT COULD SUPPLY 11 MILLION HOMES WITH WATER FOR 1 YEAR OR FILL 1.5 MILLION OLYMPIC POOLS
hasanabi @hasanthehun the gop is the most succesful force of terrorism on the planet. nothing comes close to the metric ton of violence it dishes out overseas and at the domestic level. it directly kills its own voter base with glee as long as it can get better returns for their capital masters 4:13 PM • 7/3/25