The #House GOP's HR 1, the "big beautiful bill", is actually a big #billionaire scam. They're cutting #Medicare, #foodstamps, & #cleanenergy jobs, all so they can give even more #tax breaks to billionaires. The #Senate must reject it.
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The House GOP's #HR1, the "big beautiful bill", is actually a big billionaire scam. $4 TRILLION more to the #billionaires, while our #healthcare & #safetynet are destroyed. The #Senate must reject this bill.
The #CDC is no longer warning us about #disease spread. Please take precautions; #Covid is not over, #measles & other old illnesses are spreading, & we're on the verge of a new #birdflu #pandemic. A good #N95 mask can protect yourself & others!
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5387723/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health
My whole life. Republicans have gotten what they wanted while Democrats fundraised off of our suffering.
#Clinton decimated #welfare. #Bush expanded #corporate welfare. #Obama made corporate welfare permanent in exchange for one Republican vote to overturn #DADT.
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Bluesky Social · Dreamweasel (@dreamweasel.bsky.social)It always seems as if the Republicans are more powerful in defeat than the Democrats are in victory
Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team says Biden paved the way for Trump’s targeting of students
Democracy Now! / May 23, 2025 at 12:03PM
/ source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CObRKOIYySQ
#knoxfeed #Democracy Now!
Mixed member proportional representation is used in Germany, the Scottish Parliament, London, New Zealand, and apparently The Animal Kingdom.
And maybe California one day soon!
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How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Backstabs MAGA America
This will only make the worst #oil producers in the world #saudiarabia #russia even more wealthy as their #US / #EU competitors get wiped out. The corruption of US/EU politicians and the gullibility of their citizens to propaganda paid by the likes of Russia will further undermine #democracy. Time to get rid of #oil / #cars.
“King of the North”: New Book Examines MLK’s Fight Against Police Brutality & Racism Outside Dixie
Democracy Now! / May 23, 2025 at 09:10AM
/ source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7q8pWZg_5w
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Mahmoud Khalil Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time
Democracy Now! / May 23, 2025 at 09:06AM
/ source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFr12kXR36A
#knoxfeed #Democracy Now!
“I Can’t Breathe”: Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Trump Admin Rolls Back Police Oversight
Democracy Now! / May 23, 2025 at 09:10AM
/ source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnBWPWCS-1Q
#knoxfeed #Democracy Now!
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Perhaps I agree with you that 20 votes per person (actually, 20 votes per SIM card, credit card, virtual device, etc.) is a poor voting system.
What voting system should be used?
This is not particularly encouraging:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%27s_impossibility_theorem
The endless debate will continue. We'll soon see what EBU chooses to implement.
en.wikipedia.orgArrow's impossibility theorem - Wikipedia
#ICE took a father and left his kids in the car in #Oxnard, #California says Dr. #ButchWare, a #Green Party candidate for #CA #Governor on May 22, 2025
#axe #window #asylum #PoliceBrutality #Democracy #fascism #immigration #police #ImmigrantRights #uspol #USPolitics
https://butchware4gov.news/p/ice-took-a-father-and-left-his-kids-in-the-car
“Theft from On High”: Trump’s Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts
Democracy Now! / May 23, 2025 at 09:01AM
/ source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHaNPGaYefs
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Top U.S. & World Headlines — May 22, 2025
Democracy Now! / May 23, 2025 at 08:54AM
/ source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWntDqho4Gc
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Time to call your reps today! Find more ideas at https://www.5calls.org/
OK the mess of a budget bill passed the house, barely. But between Senate and any future modifications, we can scuttle it.
* Oppose all budget cuts to Medicade, Planned Parenthood, the Library of Congress, etc.
* Oppose increases like the Pentagon handout to Musk and ICE.
* Demand Access to new COVID vaccines for all.
* Reject the provisions of H.R. 9495 that would let Trump censor non-profits.
* Trump MUST return Abrego Garcia to America as per the Supreme Court Ruling and stop his human trafficking operation.
For your rep here: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
For your Senators:
Senator Schiff: 202-224-3841
Senator Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787 )
Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841
5 Calls5 CallsSpend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
"On May 26, mark Georgia’s Independence Day abroad!" 
Wannabe tyrants like Trump have always used a wildly exaggerated fear of the "other" to fool populations into trading their freedom for totalitarianism. The suspicion that some "other" is taking something from you or threatening you or your family motivates people to action faster than any other stimulus. Triggering a fight or flight response isn't particularly difficult, especially in a population bombarded with propaganda about supposed threats and conspiracy theories.
Together, we create strength. Find a way you can stand up today!
https://www.theframelab.org/harnessing-collective-power-to-overcome-trumps-fear-tactics/
FrameLab · Harnessing Collective Power to Overcome Trump’s Fear TacticsPower in numbers to defeat Trump's strategy of fear