Sunday thought: How the Hell Did We Get to This Point? And how do we change course?

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ICE Out for Good NYC: March on ICE Profiteers · Indivisible Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...

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More Americans are Saying the Quiet Part Loud: They Want a Revolution YouTube video by The Humanist Report

This👇

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US military carried out second strike killing survivors on a suspected drug boat that had already been attacked, sources say | CNN Politics The US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board, sources familiar with the ma...

There’s something seriously wrong about this!

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Joy Reid on the upcoming Economic Blackout. #WeAintBuyingIt

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#ArtOfResistance
#WeAintBuyingIt

Some compare Democratic socialism to communism. Here's how the movements differ While critics have deemed Zohran Mamdani's Democratic socialist beliefs as "communist," historians contend the group has actually built off democratic principles.

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Video What democratic socialism is and how it's different from communism Zohran Mamdani's victory as NYC mayor has put the spotlight on the difference.

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empire state of mind | zohran mamdani YouTube video by luke attempted

YAS, NEW YORK!!!!!

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NYC business leaders drop $3 million over two days into mayoral race in bid to stop Mamdani A group of wealthy NYC businessmen have pumped more than $3 million into newly-formed super PACs that aim to stop Democratic mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani as the prospect of a democratic socia…

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Unlike campaigns of candidates, super PACs have no fundraising or spending caps, allowing them to funnel unlimited amounts of money into elections to try to affect the outcome.
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There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings

ANCHOR EVENT: NYC SAYS NO KINGS! · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** 📍 Where: Father Duffy Square, 47th st. and Broadway 📅 When: 11:00 AM ET, October 18, 2025 NOTE: this will be a march, not a rally! Enter from the...

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SEE IT: Mamdani's message to President Trump YouTube video by Fox News

Great interview with Mamdani

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Vance says young Republicans accused of racism shouldn't have their lives 'ruined' The vice president contrasted offensive remarks in a private group chat with texts from a Democratic candidate in Virginia who had suggested a top Republican be killed.

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Vance says young Republicans accused of racism shouldn't have their lives 'ruined'
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Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

So the people causing the shutdown are getting paid. The people keeping the country running don’t.

And Speaker Mike Johnson won’t let the House come back to work. So basically they’re on a paid vacation while Americans miss paychecks.

Did I get that right?

Proud to announce Leaders We Deserve is endorsing @justinjpearson.bsky.social in his race for #TN09. From his work stopping the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline to his fearless stand for stronger gun safety laws, he's shown the kind of backbone needed to take on powerful special interests.

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

SLATE on SCOTUS

“If there is any principle at play here, it is the rule that we may govern ourselves only when we do in obedience to this court’s reactionary convictions”

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Contributor: As Trump's reign implodes, tell MAGA 'I told you so' Treat Trumpists like adults and confront them with how wrong they have been. Americans who are still connected to reality owe it to their right-wing neighbors to be honest.

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History teaches us that authoritarians use any excuse to seize power | Judith Levine Nazis used the 1933 Reichstag blaze to justify snuffing out civil liberties. In the US, the calls for a crackdown have already begun

Excellent depiction and historical comparison.

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Not a hard choice on which side to support: protect healthcare and working people or side with mass permanent layoffs.

What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed

a magnificent piece and thorough take down of Ezra Klein view of civil conversation with people who don't recognize you as fully human. @nhannahjones.bsky.social is a national treasure www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a white blazer and looking to the side. The text reads: "Marjorie Taylor Greene, Straying from Trump, Show Emerging MAGA Split." Photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican, has grown disillusioned with her party and President Trump, and is increasingly willing to say so. Her stalwart positions, including on the release of the Epstein files, have revealed a fraying at the edges of the MAGA movement. nyti.ms/4njndf0

I bought the Trump phone 3 months ago, and I've got nothing Three months ago, I pre-ordered the "Trump phone" from the definitely-not-a-scam-company Trump Mobile. Where's my phone?

🎼 Seventy-six trombones led the big parade!
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MAGA (trumpeting in unison):
🎶 Oh Sir!
How do you do it?
Original WONDER
Extraordinary genius!!
🎶 We worship your LUSTER
Hand over every dollar
Dear, LORD
Here’s my card.
🤑💸💸💸💸💸💸

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Republican Grills Kash Patel On Epstein’s Alleged Accomplices, Lists 20 People “So how can you sit here and in front of the Senate and say there are no names?” Massie insisted, adding, “I named one today.”

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GOP Senators are calling out MAGA’s
#LiesLiesLies &
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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#ThomasMassieLeads
#thisisCOURAGE
#morePleaseThomasMassie
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Thank you,
#ThomasMassie

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Top Republican Calls Out GOP Colleague For Wild Claim: Show Us Docs Or ‘Retract’ Questions "How does it happen, if it is true, that one senator has access to an alleged tape recording of a meeting? Nobody else has it, including the chairman."

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GOP Senators are calling out MAGA’s
#LiesLiesLies &
#fakeOutrage 🙄_pleaz!_
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#BillCassidyLeads
#thisisCOURAGE
#morePleaseBillCassidy
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Thank you,
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Newsom Trolls Trump Over His ‘Warm Epstein Welcome’ in U.K. Images of the president with Jeffrey Epstein were projected on to Windsor Castle where he is staying.

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Dyin’ here 🤣🤣🤣
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IHIP News: Did Trump's FBI FAKE These TEXTS From Kirk's Killer?! MAGA Calls HIM OUT! YouTube video by I've Had It

It’s a script!

#LiesLiesLies
#anotherEpsteinDistraction

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Governor Pritzker Challenges Trump’s Threat to Send Troops to Chicago

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