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If funds for legal aid in WA are cut, victims pay the price

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That’s because it’s never been about compassion. It’s about control.

And shouldn’t it be expected that a government official giving a press conference in California should know and recognize the sitting senators and representatives from that state. Shouldn’t she expect them (or at least some of them) to attend her press conference and have questions.

ALWAYS 🌈 🌈 🌈

This arrest is a descent into fascism. I stand by Judge Hannah Dugan.

Yes. This.

So proud of Wisconsin. The state of my law school alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Alabama
Senator Tommy Tuberville 202-224-4124
Senator Katie Boyd Britt 202-224-5744

Alaska
Senator Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665
Senator Dan Sullivan 202-224-3004

Arizona
Senator Mark Kelly 202-224-2235
Senator Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521

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OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

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Might save a life.

Respect to President Zelens’kyi for going on Fox and saying sensible things at a time when that is rare.

In response to today's meeting at the White House in which President Trump and Vice President Vance publicly attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Democratic governors released the following statement in support of President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people: "Donald Trump and JD Vance used the sacred Oval Office to berate President Zelensky for not trusting Vladimir Putin's word. Americans must protect our strong democratic values on the world stage instead of undermining President Zelensky's work to fight for his nation and the freedom of his people after being invaded by Russia. We, along with millions of Americans, stand united with the Ukrainian people."

Good on the Democratic Governors for releasing the following statement:

“Democratic governors, along with millions of Americans, stand united with the Ukrainian people.”

LFG people and show we stand with Ukraine & President Zelensky 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

#SlavaUkraini #NAFO
@demgovs.org

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

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I stopped watching #msnbc for the most part after the election. Now, with the cancellation of #joy.msnbc.com I’m done completely. #weneedjoy

Same here.