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Kamala Harris thinks that every USian with a full time job should not live in poverty.
“Wait,” I thought to myself. “Even unskilled workers? Fast-food workers? Kids straight out of high school taking minimum wage jobs? That doesn’t sound right, does it?”
And then I realized that FUCK YES, that’s OBVIOUSLY the way it should be. That’s the USA I want to live in.
We can do this. It requires neither communism nor socialism. Just decency.
JOBS REPORT: The Great American Comeback Continues
• 15.9 million jobs added since Trump left
• Much lower unemployment than Morning in America in 1984
• Employment for prime-working-age Americans at a 23-year high
Gold Star widow calls out 'felon' Trump for 'desecrating' her husband's Arlington grave
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-arlington-gold-star-felon/
#GOPWeirdos #TrumpWillLose2024 #TrumpIsUnwell #Project2025 #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #NoRepublicansEverAgain #FuckFascists #VoteBlue #USPol #DonaldTrump
BREAKING: Following Donald Trump’s debacle at Arlington National Cemetery, Vote Vets released this devastating ad calling out Donald Trump for his BS. Retweet to make sure all Americans see this.
#Arlington #GOPWeirdos #TrumpWillLose2024 #TrumpIsUnwell #Project2025 #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #NoRepublicansEverAgain #FuckFascists #VoteBlue #USPol #DonaldTrump
“He says, ‘Oh, I lost by a whisker. So what was the point? What’s the point of any of it? You lost in 2020? Seriously? What are we even doing anymore? Then you’re a loser. You just lost. Then you lost to Joe Biden.”
‘A Big Ripoff’: White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Blasts Trump for Admitting He Lost the 2020 Election
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/a-big-ripoff-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-blasts-trump-for-admitting-he-lost-the-2020-election/
#NickFuentes #DonaldArlingtonTrump #GOPWeirdos #TrumpWillLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol #DonaldTrump
Good news for Dems:
Harris’ campaign & the DNC said Tues they're sending nearly $25M to support down-ballot Ds -an earlier investment & far more$ than the top of the ticket has sent in past election years.
The funding in part reflects her op’s ability to spread$ around after record fundraising +recognition of the importance of this year’s down-ballot races -could decide the pres. election +outcomes affect how Harris, or #TFG, will be able to govern-.
#USPol #HarrisWalz https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/03/harris-campaign-down-ballot-spending-00177075
A friend just gave me this wonderful analogy about elections:
“Elections aren’t an uber taking you to exactly where you want to go, they’re a train carrying a mass of people to the station nearest your destination.
You have to board the train that’s going in the same direction you want to go, even if it doesn’t take you to the street, or even the town you’re wanting to reach.”
Edit: please don't @ me on this
Republicans don’t want to eliminate guns in schools, they want to eliminate schools. School shootings serve their agenda of pushing white suburban families to send their kids to parochial and private charter schools to weaken support for public schools. #schools #uspol #SchoolShooting
Forward.
#DNC #DNC2024 #KamalaHarris #USPol @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
Photo credit: Todd Heisler NY Times.
I love that Kamala's pick for vice-president is a data and maps nerd. This makes me very, very happy. 👇
Former geography teacher Tim Walz is really into maps • Minnesota Reformer
https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/08/06/former-geography-teacher-tim-walz-is-really-into-maps/
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Please help me spread this everywhere on Mastodon and the #Fediverse
This is a 2020 message by Lady Gaga on the dangers of Donald Trump!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #HarrisWalz #USA #Politics #uspolitics #uspol
“We were all struggling, and they were pushing us so hard to not stop.”
From the archives, by @josephinelee in 2023: The United States Postal Service is breaking its own rules to coverup worker deaths in the summer heat. https://www.texasobserver.org/usps-worker-heat-death-safety/
#summer #politics #USpol #HeatWave #USPS #LaborDay #ClimateChange #environment #news
Frankly, I don't care to argue about when or with whom it started or whether this is genuine. I will not reply to those who overanalyze it. I shared it for laughs because it made me laugh. The question is inflammatory, so the response very much the correct one. #Racists ARE the ones who think like MTG. #Humor #meme #USPol #satire
SCOOP from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: Texas Department of Public Safety is committing to a five year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI #surveillance tool that can track cell phones without a court order. (🧵 1/2) https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #police #tech #privacy #HumanRights #activism #AI
I’d just like to say to every obnoxious Reply Guy Leftist who gave me shit on Twitter for what I said about Tulsi Gabbard 4-5 years ago:
1. I told you so.
2. I’m telling you so about Jill Stein too.
“This is very confusing. We’re going to take responsibility, but we’re not responsible. We’re going to punish a couple people, but we’re not going to punish them.”
Director Steve McCraw reinstated a #Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency. https://www.texasobserver.org/dps-mccraw-transparency-uvalde/
#news #police #Uvalde #GunViolence #politics #USpol #transparency
Latest comic: Prairie Progressives
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Please make phone calls for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down ballot right now:
For #Trump, #Tariffs Are the Solution to Almost Any Problem
Trump has proposed using tariffs to fund #ChildCare, boost #manufacturing, quell #immigration & encourage use of the dollar. Economists are skeptical.
#economy #TariffsTaxEverydayAmericans
#debate #election #policy #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/politics/trump-enthusiasm-tariffs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=85AEE595-3E79-4BFD-B22C-2080B07216C0
It's your Kamala v. Trump Debate Thread!
LET'S GET IT ON!!
🇺🇸 Keep smiling and grab a drink: We'll get through this together, kid 🇺🇸
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Here's the thing about the pet eating story. Yes, it's bonkers. It's ridiculous. But it's also classic racist propaganda. It's painting the people you want to scapegoat as something so evil, so alien, that nothing you do to them is too cruel or extreme. "They took our jobs" is meant to drive votes. "They steal and eat dogs" is meant to drive violence.