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Chuck Darwin

Americans aren’t waiting for the Democratic Party to take on Trump

In February, anti-Trump demonstrations took place in all 50 states, part of the of 50501 movement (which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day).

On March 15, thousands of people marched in New York City under the banner of public employee unions against the Trump/Musk cuts to public services.

The arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card-holding Columbia University graduate who played a prominent role in anti-Israel protests last year, has sparked an uproar over whether the Trump administration is violating the 1st Amendment by targeting immigrants for their political beliefs.

And God bless New York Rep. #Alexandria #Ocasio-#Cortez, 35,
and Vermont Sen. #Bernie #Sanders, 83, who are on the road in Western states with their
“Fighting Oligarchy” tour, which has drawn thousands of people to arenas this week in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.

There’s more.
“Missing member” events, for example, where voters are holding their own town halls because their Republican members of Congress are too afraid to face them.

In some cases, constituents step up to a microphone and pose questions to an empty chair.

In Wisconsin, Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden did not show up at a town hall,
so a Democrat from a nearby district,
Rep. #Mark #Pocan,
came instead and spoke to 300 people next to an empty chair with Van Orden’s name on it.

Hundreds of healthcare workers demonstrated outside the Anaheim Hills office of Republican Rep. #Young #Kim the other day to protest expected cuts to Medicaid, the health safety net for more than 72 million low-income and disabled Americans.

And millions of Americans all over the country may answer the call on Saturday, April 5, for a
“Hands Off” protest organized by Indivisible,
the progressive grassroots group that got its start in 2017 when a handful of congressional staffers put together a handbook about peaceful, effective resistance to right-wing power grabs.

The “Hands Off” motto:
“They’re dismantling our country. They’re looting our government. And they think we’ll just watch.”
latimes.com/opinion/story/2025

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Radio_Jem

We have to be honest and pragmatic

With the USA reneging on support treaties. Calling #Ukraine the aggressor threating #Canada #Panama and #Greenland with annexation (invasion). Forcing all the allies to act counter to #trump and form an opposing alliance. And calling #Putin and chairman #Kim mates while criticising #Trudeau #zelensky and other #Democratically elected leaders. One thing is obvious

#USA is now a member of the #axis of evil states and not part of the time free world

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Chuck Darwin

California Republicans face weighty vote over House budget resolution

Republicans representing swing congressional districts in California
— including Reps. #David #Valadao (R-Hanford) and #Young #Kim (R-Anaheim Hills)
— must decide whether to support their party’s agenda at whatever cost,
or face potentially disastrous blowback in their home communities for agreeing to cut Medicaid.

In Valadao’s 22nd congressional district in particular, 67% of the population is on Medi-Cal, as Medicaid is known in California
— the highest percentage in the state, according to the UC Berkeley Labor Center.

latimes.com/politics/story/202

Los Angeles Times · House budget resolution could rely on these vulnerable Californian RepublicansBy Faith E. Pinho
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Chuck Darwin

At least one Democrat is saying explicitly that the party should fight back against Trump and Musk by refusing to help Republicans reach a government funding deal.

“Look, if we have to take steps to be able to hold them accountable,
use the leverage that we have to force it,
I cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness that we’re seeing when it comes to this administration’s actions,”
Sen. #Andy #Kim
(D-New Jersey) said on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”

“And for us to be able to support government funding in that way
only for them to turn it around to dismantle the government,
that is not something that should be allowed."
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Some Democrats vow to use leverage in government funding fightBy Mariana Alfaro
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Putin's IBS

#North_Korean missiles account for nearly one-third of #Russian ballistic missile launches at #Ukraine this year, other #Ukrainian officials say.

The artillery shells initially supplied by #North_Korea were a decade old. This raised suspicions that #Kim's regime was sending old stockpiles. But now #Pyongyang is supplying newer ammunition. For example, the 240-millimeter multiple launch missile systems sent to #Russia have recently been equipped with new guidance and control systems.

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Nonilex

The #US should respond to every North Korean provocation by actively informing North Korean people of their dire #HumanRights situations, David Maxwell, VP of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, argued.

"If #NorthKorea conducts a missile test, the response should not just stop at condemning the act. #Kim's deliberate decision to prioritize #nuclear weapons & missiles is what is causing the suffering of the Korean people in the North."

#geopolitics#democracy#information
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Luca da Firenze

#Harris will be a GREAT #POTUS
(iYES I know... a dead infected rat regurgitated by a possum would be a better POTUS than Trump)
really...
Harris will make a good nice worldwide respected POTUS
The reason the #world cares about Your elections is that
if you re- elect a shithead.... (like Trump) the world destabilizes
and assholes like #Orban #Putin #XI #Kim #terrorist
think they can do whatever they want
>war<
So
VOTE Harris…
for #peace #democracy and #stability
with stability came #prosperity.

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Chuck Darwin

Harris argues that, at long last, the ⭐️end of the Trump era⭐️ is in sight

Instead of treating Trump as an equal force in the system, the
❇️ Democrats are now treating him more like a virus.

It is hard to overstate the extent to which this is facilitated by the other way in which Trump’s enduring presence has reshaped American politics:
-- the big, sturdy #echo #chamber in which he and his supporters exist.

The right has been in a #bubble for some time, but Trump strengthened and refocused it.

Allies like Elon Musk helped; Musk turned his social media platform X into a literal economic engine for the fringe right rather than just an engine for attention.

The bubble grew more insular and isolated, making it easier to treat as exceptional instead of as integrated.

Harris was direct in articulating the threat many Americans see in Trump, including his #authoritarian tendencies.

“I will not cozy up to tyrants and dictators like #Kim #Jong #Un, who are rooting for Trump,” she said at one point, “who are rooting for Trump because they know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favors.

They know Trump won’t hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an #autocrat himself.”

washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington Post · Harris argues that, at long last, the end of the Trump era is in sightBy Philip Bump
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