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Congress has the sole power to declare war, and our elected officials must take that power back.

Urge your senators to use their constitutional authority with the war powers resolution: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran-war-senate?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

Then do the same with your representative: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran-war-house?source=mastodon&medium=directpost

Trump: “I will be giving an Address to the Nation at 10:00 P.M., at the White House, regarding our very successful military operation in Iran. This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR. THANK YOU!”

@jongranrose various government agencies have been doing this for quite some time. There is no privacy online.

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Carney’s brain vs. Trump’s lies.

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Nobody is taking your children in schools to get transgender operations without parental consent. Kids are getting shot in schools with assault weapons.

No one is killing babies after birth. They are killing women in need of healthcare.

Inflation isn't out of control. It's controlled, and the US economy is the envy of the world.

#VoteBlue and let's put the lies behind us, please.

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From Rick Wilson, going to pin this one to our account for future:

“Don’t drink the poison.

In the next 20+ days, you’ll be offered poison many, many times. It will come from the Trump campaign, the mainstream media, fellow Democrats, and friends. The poison, in this case, will be that of electoral despair. The purpose of negative campaigning is never to change of mind or to alter a vote. The purpose of negative campaigning is to suppress votes and force you into a cognitive frame where staying home seems like a valuable and viable alternative to political engagement.

Don’t drink the poison. They’ll try to convince you that the campaign is over and that Trump is already victorious. They’ll spin 100 scenarios of why Harris can’t win even as her numbers improve.

Don’t drink the poison.

This race will be a hard fight until the very last. It will be ugly and loud. You will want to switch it off. That’s by design.
There will be revelations and surprises in the next three weeks. Some polls will show Trump up, some will show him down. Media prognosticators who’ve never been in a campaign will declare this poll is the decisive end to the campaign or this model shows Trump will inevitably win.

Don’t drink the poison.

The reality is simple: there are two campaigns being run right now. One Campaign is to motivate a new coalition of voters from the left to the center-right, from Bernie Sanders to Liz Cheney. That Campaign is pragmatic, professional, has fuel in the tank to win, and calls out to your better angels.

Please keep your eyes clear, stay focused on the fight, and never, ever, ever let them convince you that all is lost. The lies are all Trump has left, and he only wins if we believe them.

Don’t drink the poison."

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Just saw that there was yet another school shooting… and one comment on Reddit was „just curious if Walmart would sell bulletproof vests would they be in the gun aisle or the school supplies aisle?“😩

@TonyStark

If only more people got the message. You don’t have to be a jackass to say what you want to say. 👍

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October Colours at North Lake in the Eastern Sierra.
A photo from last October. Remember the pre-coronavirus days? Those were good days. Being on COVID-19 lockdown, I really appreciate being able to go out whenever I wanted and take photos with the worry of catching COVID-19.
Credit : RS2Photography (https://flickr.com/people/99241048@N04)
#landscapephotography #nature

A photo from last October. Remember the pre-coronavirus days? Those were good days. Being on COVID-19 lockdown, I really appreciate being able to go out whenever I wanted and take photos with the worry of catching COVID-19.

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Red Canyon & Wingate Mesa
San Juan County, UT

The last light of an orange and purple #sunset barely illuminate the white sandstone edge of Red Cayon; that line of white boulders in the middle are each the size of buildings.

#SunsetSaturday #landscape #photo #PublicLands #Utah

A dark scene: the last light of an orange and purple sunset behind sandstone mesas; in the foreground is the edge of a white sandstone canyon rim; in the middle ground is a line of large white sandstone boulders.
©BosqueBill.com

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When I was an editor at the Chicago Tribune, I would’ve been in trouble if I’d let my wife put a political bumper sticker on our car. But a Supreme Court justice’s home can fly a flag of insurrection and he’s still allowed to rule on whether the head insurrectionist has immunity.” https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-17-2024?r=13f3k3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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