<p>Americans are learning</p><p>Slowly</p><p><a href="/tags/jonossoff/" rel="tag">#JonOssoff</a> is correct: they can't do anything</p><p>Too many Americans go "this is wrong, but <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> aren't doing anything, so I'm not voting"</p><p>Missing that:</p><p>1. they can't do anything without the majority</p><p>2. you're blaming the wrong people</p><p>3. if you <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#vote</a> you get the ability to do something</p><p>Duh!</p><p><a href="/tags/primaries2026/" rel="tag">#Primaries2026</a>:</p><p>Show the fuck up to get the candidates you want</p><p>"I won't vote until perfect candidate magically appears" is utterly moronic</p><p>It never works that way!</p>
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<p>Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation<br>—</p><p>The lawmakers also accused Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins of stonewalling their efforts to learn more about agency cuts and their effects. “There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans,” Rep. Chris Deluzio said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-doug-collins-democrats-transparency-job-cuts-healthcare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-doug-collins-democrats-transparency-job-cuts-healthcare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/vet</span><span class="invisible">erans-affairs-doug-collins-democrats-transparency-job-cuts-healthcare?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>"We won 3 Supreme Court seats Tuesday. We won the Bucks County, PA, DA's race. No biggie, Dems have won it before. In 1891.</p><p>So went PA, which Fetterman betrayed days later. Fetterman's the guy you thought was when you first looked at him<br><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-e</span><span class="invisible">ight-senate-democratic</span></a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politiics/" rel="tag">#politiics</a> <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#snap</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a></p>
<p>My sentiments exactly. Graham Platner's past comments reek of misogyny and entitlement. Someone responded to one of my earlier comments with, "Don't you believe in redemption?" In general, yes. In this case? He's got more work to do. <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/progressive/" rel="tag">#Progressive</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/11/19/why-is-graham-platner-getting-a-free-pass-opinion/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.pressherald.com/2025/11/19/why-is-graham-platner-getting-a-free-pass-opinion/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.pressherald.com/2025/11/19</span><span class="invisible">/why-is-graham-platner-getting-a-free-pass-opinion/</span></a></p>
<p>Tired of their political theater? Dem & Rep hand-in-hand uphold a system that grinds you down for profit. They serve capital, not people. Break from their game! Build real power together. Explore communism – for us, by us. <a href="/tags/beyondtheirsystem/" rel="tag">#BeyondTheirSystem</a> <a href="/tags/workersunite/" rel="tag">#WorkersUnite</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#republicans</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a></p>
<p>Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.<br>—</p><p>Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded after a monthslong legal battle. But Democrats suffered a defeat that may be more consequential: losing control of the state board that sets voting rules and adjudicates election disputes. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>this is exactly why the <a href="/tags/wfp/" rel="tag">#WFP</a> was created. if you have a state chapter, make sure they primary all useless <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a>.</p><p>❝ …the Pennsylvania Working Families Party said it intends to mount a primary challenge against Fetterman in 2028…</p><p>"We're primarying John Fetterman. Last week, Fetterman once again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians…" ❞ </p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-to-be-primaried-11079953" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newsweek.com/john-fetterman-to-be-primaried-11079953"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newsweek.com/john-fetterma</span><span class="invisible">n-to-be-primaried-11079953</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>
<p>Leaked Files from Putin’s Troll Factory: How Russia Manipulated European Elections<br><a href="https://vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vsquare.org/leaked-files-putin</span><span class="invisible">-troll-factory-russia-european-elections-factory-of-fakes/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#Russia</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/vladimirputin/" rel="tag">#VladimirPutin</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#Election2024</a> <a href="/tags/2024election/" rel="tag">#2024Election</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="/tags/jdvance/" rel="tag">#JDVance</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#uspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/kamala2024/" rel="tag">#Kamala2024</a> <a href="/tags/kamalaharris/" rel="tag">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/magats/" rel="tag">#MAGAts</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/rvat/" rel="tag">#RVAT</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/harriswalz2024/" rel="tag">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="/tags/voteblue/" rel="tag">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="/tags/harrisforpresident/" rel="tag">#HarrisForPresident</a> <a href="/tags/tenetmedia/" rel="tag">#TenetMedia</a> <a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#Germany</a> <a href="/tags/afd/" rel="tag">#AfD</a> <a href="/tags/deutschland/" rel="tag">#Deutschland</a> <a href="/tags/italy/" rel="tag">#Italy</a> <a href="/tags/france/" rel="tag">#France</a> <a href="/tags/viktororbán/" rel="tag">#ViktorOrbán</a> <a href="/tags/orban/" rel="tag">#Orban</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/ukrainewar/" rel="tag">#UkraineWar</a></p>
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<p>There is a room with three doors. Each bears a label: “Latino Vote,” “Purpling Suburbs,” and “Big City Turnout.” This November, Texas <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> opened these three doors, and behind all they discovered a Cerberus from Greek mythology with the heads of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Greg Abbott. Then the monster ate them. </p><p>From Interim Editor-in-Chief <span class="h-card"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@gusbova" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gusbova</span></a></span>: <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-democrats-lost-decade-2024/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-de</span><span class="invisible">mocrats-lost-decade-2024/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tedcruz/" rel="tag">#TedCruz</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/txlege/" rel="tag">#TXlege</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/election2024/" rel="tag">#election2024</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>
<p>This deserves a pin <br><a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#Resistance</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYoYr7NAZA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYoYr7NAZA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYoYr</span><span class="invisible">7NAZA</span></a></p>
The US Democratic party needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. It has failed, continues to fail, and its core ideology has been a failed one for approximately half a century. The leadership needs to go, the constellation of consultants needs to go, the court jesters need to go.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a><br>
<p>bear with me for a second:</p><p>a million reasons, but a big reason the <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> lost is because the center of gravity for <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> has moved to <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a></p><p>where the <a href="/tags/trolls/" rel="tag">#trolls</a> and <a href="/tags/disinfo/" rel="tag">#disinfo</a> play. enough dum dums bought the lies</p><p>the democrats didn't play that game. because what game can they play in that shit?</p><p>it's literally owned by <a href="/tags/plutocrats/" rel="tag">#plutocrats</a> and <a href="/tags/fascists/" rel="tag">#fascists</a></p><p>so... how do we fight?</p><p>we need our own</p><p>and what do we have</p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> and the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p><p>we need to grow like a fucking weed</p><p>am i wrong?</p>
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<p>It hurts me to say this, as an <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a>, but people need to avoid the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> for 2 years, at least, 2027, when the <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> can get a majority in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> and stonewall <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p>If that doesn't happen (which would be a serious tragedy), then 4 years. And if we get a <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a>/ Trump president in 2029, write off this country for a generation at least</p><p>"A <a href="/tags/german/" rel="tag">#German</a> Thru-Hiker Has Been Detained, Deported, and Banned From the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> Without a Hearing: Here’s What You Need To Know" </p><p><a href="https://thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker</span><span class="invisible">-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</span></a></p>
<p>Here's our issues for today! Call your reps and do more at: <a href="https://www.5calls.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.5calls.org/</a></p><p>* Oppose Trump Attorney Emil Bove for Federal Court Judge.<br>* We still need to reign in Trump's war powers [if calling Senate: S.J.Res. 59 / if calling House: H.Con.Res. 38]<br>* Condemn Trump and Miller's attack on immigrants, California - and block every action they can.<br>* RFK and Kristi Noem must resign for their incompetence and cruelty.<br>* (House) Oppose the GENIUS crypto scam act.<br>* (Senate) Oppose HR the "One Big Beautiful Bill" Act.</p><p>For your rep here: <a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.house.gov/representatives/</span><span class="invisible">find-your-representative</span></a></p><p>For your Senators:<br>Senator Schiff: 202-224-3841<br>Senator Padilla: 202-224-3553 (Fresno 559-497-5109 and Sacramento 916-448-2787)<br>Governor Newsom: 916-445-2841</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#california</a> <a href="/tags/santaclara/" rel="tag">#santaclara</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/capol/" rel="tag">#CAPol</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/hakeemjeffries/" rel="tag">#HakeemJeffries</a> has been holding the <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a> floor since 5AM to stall final vote on <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s <a href="/tags/onebigbeautifulbill/" rel="tag">#OneBigBeautifulBill</a>. He’s been talking for four hours so far. CSPAN is airing.</p><p><a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/trump</span><span class="invisible">-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/gazagenocide/" rel="tag">#GazaGenocide</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/enablers/" rel="tag">#Enablers</a> <a href="/tags/genocidesupporters/" rel="tag">#GenocideSupporters</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>
<p>Speaking of weak Democrats, you have no idea how much trouble I've had getting Democrats in <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> to introduce or otherwise advocate for gun reform legislation. I've written multiple times to the chair of the Democratic Senate Committee, the Executive Director of the Maine Democratic Party, Senate President Mattie Daughtry (my state senator), the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, and more. All of them refuse to answer me. What cowardice. <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/gunreform/" rel="tag">#GunReform</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>
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<p>Regardless, yes, jobs do need to come back to America, but not in the chaotic, unpredictable, idiotic and expensive way Trump plans on doing it. If you’re a disenfranchised Democrat (or Republican) who now believes the two-party system just doesn’t work, or that capitalism doesn’t work, join us at the Party for Socialism and Liberation, together, we can bring about a TRUE Liberation Day, the liberation against our capitalist oppressors. <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/liberationday/" rel="tag">#LiberationDay</a> <a href="/tags/socialism/" rel="tag">#Socialism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tarrifs/" rel="tag">#tarrifs</a></p>
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<p>Representatives Demand Housing Agency Halt Any Cryptocurrency Experiments<br>—</p><p>Following reporting by ProPublica, three Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have warned HUD against using crypto, which they said could be “dangerous, speculative, and harmful to working families.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hud-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hud</span><span class="invisible">-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#Cryptocurrency</a></p>
<p>Political systems should be judged not by their intentions or rhetoric, but by their outcomes.</p><p>The Democratic Party and the Logic of Controlled Opposition: A Systems Analysis</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kWqjbRm7rRwkVMnQmGzzJ_u2BqbGbfCa/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="drive.google.com/file/d/1kWqjbRm7rRwkVMnQmGzzJ_u2BqbGbfCa/view?usp=sharing"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/1kWqjb</span><span class="invisible">Rm7rRwkVMnQmGzzJ_u2BqbGbfCa/view?usp=sharing</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dems/" rel="tag">#Dems</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/voteblue/" rel="tag">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="/tags/dnc/" rel="tag">#DNC</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/indivisible/" rel="tag">#Indivisible</a></p>
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<p>Newest <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#Substack</a>: READ THE REST & DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! <a href="https://blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-search-for-identity-psst-sherrod"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blueamp.substack.com/p/dems-se</span><span class="invisible">arch-for-identity-psst-sherrod</span></a> - "As <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> search for identity, <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> & policies to reinforce the values the first 2 communicate to voters, they must lean into the roadmap Sherrod provided for yrs to win handily in OH. </p><p>Even ignoring the dingos of the rw echoes-phere & corporate <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> click bait ladies of the night, doesn't mean there’s not a problem. B/c there is, it’s a major & it’s one some of us have been screaming about for yrs"</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#senate</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a></p>
The US Democratic party has been abjectly failing in so many ways. This is such a sad and frustrating read on the failures with respect to cryptocurrency regulation: <a href="https://lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lpeproject.org/blog/inside-the</span><span class="invisible">-failure-to-regulate-stablecoins/</span></a><br><br>What was and still is at stake is the balance between technology and humanity struck by the US federal government. The same incoherence that led us to where we are with crypto is almost surely also at play with the apparent lack of movement around generative AI.<br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/democraticparty/" rel="tag">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptocurrency/" rel="tag">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="/tags/stablecoins/" rel="tag">#StableCoins</a> <a href="/tags/shadowbanking/" rel="tag">#ShadowBanking</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#regulation</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a><br>
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<p>Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-ice-americans-detained-joint-congressional-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Today, Congressional Democrats are spotlighting a particularly troubling part of Trump's immigration dragnet: the American kids — including some featured in ProPublica's reporting — who have been collateral damage in the deportation campaign.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ame</span><span class="invisible">rican-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a></p>
<p>Wag the Dog, <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a>: <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> Must Relentlessly Expose <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p>Rep Seth Moulton & Sen Ruben Gallego are leading the way responding to Trump’s unconstitutional, int <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#war</a> crimes</p><p>But Venezuela, <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>, <a href="/tags/epstein/" rel="tag">#Epstein</a>, tariffs, Trump’s billionaire-fluffing, are all of a piece. So the broader narrative goes like this <br><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/wag-the-dog-in-venezuela-democrats" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/wag-the-dog-in-venezuela-democrats"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/wag-the-dog-i</span><span class="invisible">n-venezuela-democrats</span></a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/minneapolis/" rel="tag">#minneapolis</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#israel</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/greenland/" rel="tag">#greenland</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a></p>
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