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The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed...
"How will you pay for it?"
The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...
"How much do you need?"
It doesn't have to be this way.
A U.S. Army staff sergeant and his wife arrived at his base in Louisiana last week, ready to start their new life together. Instead, ICE detained her.
She was brought to the U.S. as a toddler. People like her should be citizens, not treated like criminals.
Screenshot of a 14 Dec 2023 tweet from @SenMarcoRubio reading "No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval. Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure."
Marco Rubio in 2023
Me and Lorna with Tshirts saying Someone I love is Transgender
transgender lives matter
Jesus was nonviolent. A Palm Sunday sermon in a time of war and oppression.
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The Daily Wire’s Nashville-based Matt Walsh says he’s hearing from Republicans feeling so furious and betrayed over Trump’s Iran War they’re panning to sit out the midterms
Via @michelleboorstein.bsky.social: Invoking faith in wartime, Pete Hegseth breaks norms and worries critics —> www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Don't agonize — organize! Here are five steps you can take between now and the midterms to resist Trump's tyranny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W-lVRQQGtI
So what’s next after yesterday’s historic No Kings Day protests? We’re glad you asked! Let’s get to work: nokings.org/whats-next #NoKings
No Kings
The Postal Service’s financial struggles are not simply a result of declining mail volumes in the digital age. This article explains the myths behind the Postal Service's financial woes and the need for financial reform.
Tomorrow, the APWU is taking to the streets for No Kings Day. We encourage members to attend local actions to show support for the public Postal Service, defend vote-by-mail, and declare that the U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale! Find an event near you: www.mobilize.us/nokings #NoKings ❌👑
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NEW from Nexus Project President Jonathan Jacoby:
"Opposing antisemitism does not require defending every action of the Israeli government. And opposing war does not require resurrecting ancient hatred or embracing conspiracist figures like Kent."
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Recently, the BJC Board of Directors approved a revised mission statement for BJC: “Rooted in a Baptist commitment to soul liberty, we are building a movement toward a just society that cultivates and expands religious freedom for all.”
What’s the significance? Read more: https://loom.ly/Rkj4lRE
Christian nationalism is about power and control.
Christianity is about love, humility, and following Jesus.
They are not the same. Confusing them harms our faith, threatens religious liberty, and diminishes our democracy.
Palm Sunday
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One of the documents Trump kept was so sensitive that only six people were authorized to view it. Why? Was Trump coordinating with Russian intelligence? Hiding proof of aliens?
As it turns out, the answer was more self-serving. trib.al/fBpqBLK
Hegseth’s effort to resegregate the military continues.
For info on some of the antisemitic conspiracies surrounding the Epstein files, see our explainer here:
This video is a perfect example of how several different horrible things — Epstein’s crimes, the missile striking the Iranian school, and Palestinian children being arrested, among others — can be tenuously tied together to construct a convenient but dangerous conspiracy theory.
They called it the SAVE Act. But here's what it actually does:
❌ Bans online voter registration
❌ Requires a $165 passport or birth certificate to register
❌ Would block 21.3 million Americans from registering
Don't let them rebrand voter suppression as election security.
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."