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Chris Cuomo asked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez how we pay for Medicare for All, tuition free college, and the green new deal. It gives people sticker shock. Her answer: “People talk about the sticker shock of Medicare for All, but they do not talk about the sticker shock of our existing system. In a Koch brothers funded study, it shows that Medicare for All is actually much cheaper than the current system. Let's not forget that the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act because they ruled that each of these monthly payments that everyday Americans make is a tax. We pay it every single month. (Or we pay at tax season if we don't buy plans off of the exchange.) Americans have the sticker shock of healthcare as it is. Why aren't we incorporating the cost of funeral expenses of those who die because they can't afford access to healthcare? That is part of the cost of our system. Or the cost of reduced productivity because of people who need to go on disability or are not able to participate in our economy because they don't have access to the healthcare that they need? At the end of the day, we see that this is not a pipe dream. Every other developed nation in the world has this. Why can't America? And that is the question we need to ask. We write blank checks for war. We just wrote a $2 trillion check for the GOP tax cut. And nobody asks how are we going to pay for it. So my question is why are our pockets only empty when it comes to education and healthcare for our kids? Why are our pockets only empty when we talk about 100% renewable energy that is going to save this planet and allow our children to thrive? We only have empty pockets when it comes to the morally right things to do. But when it comes to tax cuts for billionaires or unlimited war, we seem to be able to invent that money very easily. To me it belies a lack of moral priorities that people have right now, especially the Republican Party.”

🚨URGENT: A video is going viral showing vlogger Guanguan who risked his life in 2021 to secretly film Uyghur concentration camps in China. We’ve confirmed he’s now in ICE custody and is under threat of deportation back to China. He must be protected.

Retweet NOW: Texas just got a whole lot louder. Jasmine Crockett is running for the United States Senate and Republicans should be terrified. She’s smart, fearless, relentless, and she doesn’t back down from anybody. This is the matchup Texas deserves. Let’s go.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor, the sick, the tired. It's not an option, it's central to advancing God's will."

It’s time for an economic boycott, and we need to be serious about it

How fucking dare they. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

In a speech yesterday, Pete Hegseth told service-members that “diversity is not your strength.” This is Thomas Begay, one of the two living Navajo Code Talkers from World War II, who Hegseth previously removed from DOD websites. RETWEET if you stand with Begay against Hegseth!

If "states' rights" mean anything, they must include the right to not get invaded by another state in peacetime. Americans everywhere: Speak up and stand against Trump's outrageous assaults on Illinois and Oregon.

There are ICE agents telling people they do not need a warrant - know your rights! THEY NEED A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. If they are arresting someone on private property without a warrant they are breaking the 4th Amendment, and it is ILLEGAL.

This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States. America is on the brink of martial law. Do not be silent.

🚨 RED ALERT: Trump is ILLEGALLY sending 300 California Guard members to Portland — flouting the law, and treating judges as enemies. This comes AFTER a Trump-appointed judge rejected the White House’s justification for deploying federal troops. SPEAK OUT!

@jimstewartson I didn't know it's used by QAnon. I do know that they love using comic book characters in very ironic fashion.

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Trump’s election rigging comes to an end now. California won’t stand by and watch Trump burn it all down — we are calling a special election to redraw our Congressional maps and defend fair representation. This is a five alarm fire for Democracy. Vote YES November 4.

🚨 HOLY HELL; Sen. Cory Booker just detonated on the Senate floor. Screaming match. Finger-pointing. Full-on political exorcism. He torched his own party for being “WEAK,” said they “MIGHT DESERVE TO LOSE,” and warned Democrats: “If you’re looking the other way from Trump’s actions, that’s complicity with an authoritarian leader.” Then came the haymaker: “COME AT ME? You’ll have to take it up with me AND GOD.” Booker says Dems are sleepwalking into fascism while pretending bipartisanship is still real. This eruption was triggered by a debate over policing, but it blew the lid off the whole damn party. 🧨 “The Democratic Party needs a wake-up call.” Sir, consider it delivered.

If you're a Marine or other service member being mobilized to Los Angeles and you'd like to apply for conscientious objector status, call the GI Rights Hotline to get some guidance on your options: 1-877-447-4487

When Huerta says “We are a power” He means the farmworker, the janitor, the nurse, the home care provider. The workers. And he’s right. You can’t detain a movement. You can’t deport solidarity. #FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll