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This is going to be a long four years. I am already exhausted.
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For 33 years, McConnell has voted against family and medical leave for working Americans. Then he disappears from the Senate for 92 days and keeps collecting his full paycheck. Apparently, paid leave is only a problem when someone else gets it.
September 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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It’s insane that people in Congress are paid over $174K a year in taxpayer dollars whilst making millions of dollars from insider trading whilst getting 18 vacations a year as Americans all over the country struggle to pay for rent, gas and groceries.
September 17, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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New in PN: Retire in peace

"McConnell would never be allowed to drive a car, babysit young children, or file his own taxes. Why, then, should a cognitively incapacitated 82-year-old retain one of the most important positions of power within the national government?"
Retire in peace
McConnell is the latest example of an incapacitated politician refusing to let go.
www.publicnotice.co
September 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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ICE agent, Christian Castro, shot a MN resident, fled the state, & was caught in TX. @ag.state.mn.us sued Gov. Abbott for ignoring his extradition demand.

He joins me on the case & updates us on the investigations into the murders of Alex Pretti & Renée Nicole Good.

youtu.be/Asvit5TMFhU?...
Yikes! Texas FACES LEGAL NIGHTMARE as Minnesota SUES Over ICE Agent!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
August 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.

Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.

Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.

Noticing a pattern?
August 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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ICE is a manifestation of Trump’s disdain for the rule of law.

They are an ugly stain on our national consciousness.

Every American should demand they be held accountable for their murder spree.
July 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country.

Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!
July 4, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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Another U.S. citizen was reportedly investigated by federal authorities for criticizing ICE after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/01/nx-s1-5874124/dhs-tracks-ice-critic
He sent a harsh email to ICE's top official. 5 months later, federal agents tracked him down
Federal agents went to a Rochester man's home to warn him that an email he sent five months ago could be an illegal thre
www.npr.org
July 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.

When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.

Know the truth.
July 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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PRIORITIES. 🙄
June 26, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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Fewer than half of Americans can afford healthcare, the lowest rate since 2021.

We’re saddled with the highest healthcare costs with the worst health outcomes among other rich countries.

Is it any wonder that 63% of Americans now support Medicare for All?

We do not have to keep living like this.
June 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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How we beat back the corporate takeover of America:

1. Break up corporate monopolies
2. Continue building union power
3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics

Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
June 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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For the next 135 days, our first and most important goal is to end Republican control of Congress, thereby limiting Trump’s reign of criminality, corruption, cruelty, and treachery.

This is a moral imperative for every one of us who believes in a decent society.
Sunday thought: 135 Days
Until we throw the bums out and limit Trump's reign of criminality, corruption, cruelty, and treachery
robertreich.substack.com
June 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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June 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million.

Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak.

Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.
June 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Until the majority of white Americans decide that their ability to live a good life is more valuable to them than terrorizing and killing Black & Brown people at home and abroad we will never move forward as a nation
June 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936
June 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:

Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down

Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace

Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs

Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
June 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Can somebody explain to me why the rule is "if you can't make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts" but it's never "if you can't afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets, and spaceships."
June 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble

But I'm going to tell you anyway. 👇

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/they-dont-want-you-to-know-the-real
They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble
But I'm going to tell you anyway
robertreich.substack.com
June 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
June 12, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Hawaii just passed the first state law in the country banning corporations from making political donations in state elections.

Now a Koch-backed legal group is suing to overturn it.

Big Money won't get out of our politics without a fight — one that we the people must win.

(via @levernews.com)
June 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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In January, Zohran Mamdani took action against bankrupt landlord Pinnacle, which was responsible for over 5,000 housing violations.

Thanks to his intervention, Pinnacle's new owners have forgiven millions in tenants' back rent.

This is what governing for the people looks like.
June 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Congressional people should only be paid the minimum wage of their state !! Then we'll see how fast that will get raised !!!
June 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Headlines calling Simone Biles an "NFL wife" is like saying that Beyonce is a record producer's wife.
June 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM