A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment
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"Power, Progress, and Patient-Led Change"
An overiew of Advocacy Week 2025 from Solve ME:
https://solvecfs.org/advocacy-week-2025-power-progress-and-patient-led-change/
"In a single week, the Solve M.E. community took part in 187 congressional meetings—sharing powerful personal stories, urgent data, and clear policy goals with Senate and House offices."
@mecfs @longcovid
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#USPol #MEcfs #LongCovid #POTS #Congress #Senate #Advocacy #SolveME
In the time before widespread #vaccination, #death often came early.
Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of #children & leaving others w/lifelong #health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly 1 in 5 children in 1900 never made it to their 5th birthday.
#Trump #RFKJr #PublicHealth #USpol #policy #science #medicine #vaccines #ConspiracyTheories #AntiVax #eugenics
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-measles-polio-whooping-cough-rubella-af4cd1aef8f408a960601df6372f9c32?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-06-28-Lessons+unlearned
IMM raids continue across S CA, #ICE & LE agents are becoming more violent. A video of a man bleeding during what appeared to be a raid in La Puente.
🚨"One of those agents was seen on video slamming the man's head on the ground."
"Yo, what the f--- are you doing breaking his window, dog?" Torres yelled at an agent. "You can't break his window."
"Yo, hey,💔he's bleeding! He's f------ bleeding from his head, look! They didn't care at all."
#Immigrants #PoliceState #USPol https://abc7.com/post/video-shows-la-puente-man-bleeding-being-detained-during-apparent-raid-federal-agents/16864382/?linkId=835313251
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/117147691098515828
Here’s the best well-sourced deep-dive on the Canadian walkout that I’ve seen: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-us-canada-trade-tariffs-trump-mark-carney-august-23/
Robber barons.
'A rotting fish': Critics say new version of Trump's big bill will 'make America 1850 again'
https://www.alternet.org/trump-big-bill-senate/
#BigFuglyBill #BBB #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
They always would rather punch left than punch Nazis
Trump is releasing a felon who plead guilty to human trafficking in exchange for testinony against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the innocent Maryland man that the Trump Administration admitted had been accidentally deported to a prison in El Salvador #uspol
This repugnant tax bill that the GOP is trying to push through will hopefully be the end of the GOP.
Hey everyone,
In regards to ICE agents masking:
The upper partials of someone’s speaking voice are like a fingerprint. If you want to save evidence for future prosecution, record their voices.
(I am a professional who works in music and sound.)
#politics #uspol #uspolitics #ICE #corruption #trump #rights #MaskedThugs #CivilRights #justice
I am surprised my beloved #mastodon isn't at the head of sharing Southpark's "Pro-Trump" message - so,
Here:
https://southpark.cc.com/sites/hetrumpedus/index.html
#uspol #us #freespeech #democracy #southpark #paramount #entertainment
“The whole system is premised on commodifying human beings.”
From Sandy West in our magazine: In the aftermath of Roe v. Wade, adoptions are on the rise in #Texas. But some private foster care and adoption agencies may have crossed serious ethical lines. https://www.texasobserver.org/private-adoption-agencies-legal-custody-battles/
#RoeVWade #children #HumanRights #politics #USpol #Texas #adoption #news
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Call your Republican Senators RIGHT NOW.
Not later; not tonight; RIGHT NOW. Pick up the phone and dial the switchboard if you don’t know their office’s direct number:
(202) 224-3121
Tell your Republican Senator or Senators that you demand they vote AGAINST the Big Ugly Bill that transfers wealth to the billionaire class at a scale not seen in decades if ever, while ballooning the debt to unimaginable levels.
(They'll pretend to care more about that second part, so include it.)
They’re still going through amendments. There is still time, if you call RIGHT. NOW.
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Pics from No Kings rallies around the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/us/no-kings-protest-photos-videos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WlA.G1xl.OB_onFiL4Gzb
#NoKings #UsPol
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Ron Wyden said that his investigators had discovered that four big banks had flagged to the Treasury Department $1.5 billion in potentially suspicious money transfers involving Epstein, much of which appeared to be related to his massive sex-trafficking network.
Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Takes Darker Turn as Dem Senator Drops New Bomb
https://newrepublic.com/article/198247/trump-epstein-fiasco-ron-wyden
#JeffreyEpstein #EpsteinCoverUp #EpsteinClientList #EpsteinFiles #MAGA #DonaldTrump #PamBondi #USPol
We can stop worrying about those random 30 Nazis showing up and walking around with flags.
Now that ICE is funded and staffing up.
Newsletter: Crypto bills have passed the House with “2, 3, 4 o’clock” phone calls from Trump to give “a little love” to Republican holdouts, $6.9 million in crypto lobbying, and a $141 million midterm threat. The bills feature few consumer protections and destabilizing loopholes.
from @rubenbolling
Know your ICE agent:
Being able to discern between a federally authorized ICE agent and a criminal kidnapper within seconds of first interaction is absolutely essential.
If your abductor is an ICE agent, you must obey, comply and submit. If your abductor is a criminal kidnapper, you are free to fight for your life.
#Cartoon #Comics #Humor #Politics #ICE #Trump #GOP #USPol #Immigration #US #USA
Newsletter: Trump’s crypto empire attracts more foreign millions, the FHFA pushes crypto on mortgage lenders, and Mamdani’s mayoral primary win makes billionaires sweat.
Great headline.
Senate Passes Megabill as Murkowski Stays Bought
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-01-big-beautiful-bill-trump-murkowski/
#LisaMurkowardski #LisaMurkowski #Alaska #VoteHerOut #USPol #BigFuglyBill #BBB #RepublicansOwnItAll
This is well beyond Trump.
This is a kitchen sink wet dream of U.S. oligarchs who have been scheming for its passage for decades. It's a transformation of American society, democracy, economy, etc., and not for the better.
Then they're planning on letting the #ChristoFascist #Dominionists play the role of Kapo in the new #TechnoFeudalism
So...fun times. What are you doing to prepare?
#Resilience is an act of #Resistance
@redstateinsurgents
#trump #USPol #Billionaires #Oligarchs #Antifa #Antifascist #AntifaAF #TVAC
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Forced Out of DNC for Criticizing Party Leaders, David Hogg Speaks Out: “I Wasn’t Wrong”
As progressives notch win after win in Democratic primaries, the 26-year-old activist said it shows that the party “didn’t lose Gen Z; they just needed candidates to vote for.”
All politics are local, so here are some things that might primarily be of interest to locals in #SomervilleMA but also others.
First, there was a mayoral candidate forum on Monday night. The video is now online. I think it's pretty representative of each candidate's style and positions, personally. You can watch that here (and you can adjust the speed, if that's your thing, fyi).
https://vimeo.com/1103544916?share=copy
#SomerPoli #MApoli #USpol (1/?)
Introducing the July/August 2025 issue of our magazine, with reporting from Sandy West on predatory adoption agencies, Chilton Tippin on international #politics and natural resources, and much more.
Become a member of the Texas Observer and get the best of our journalism, starting at just $3/month: texasobserver.fundjournalism.org/join
#journalism #Texas #nonprofit #culture #news #USpol #environment #water #children
