MADemocracy

MADemocracy

@macurry.bsky.social

Proud Liberal 😊 proud educator 📚 keeping educational issues at the forefront 👩‍🏫 keep fighting for progressive values 💙

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The Post obtained a list revealing all the major donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom, including contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member. See the full list: https://wapo.st/4jS0APW

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Expect more radical abortion restrictions right after the midterms. Todd Blanche is hot to go on this issue, but the White House asked him to hold back until November. Trump knows Americans don't want this, but doesn't care about anything other than the election. www.rawstory.com/department-o...

rawstory.comWhite House secretly told DOJ to hold off on one hot-button issue until after vote: reportThe White House has told the Justice Department to slow-walk abortion-related actions until after November's midterm elections, according to a new report.Senior White House officials, led by chief of ...

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Funny how that works, huh?

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social

BREAKING: Look at this. $DELL just won a five-year $9.7 billion Pentagon software agreement for the US military. But Trump also bought $DELL. He bought multiple times since February 10th, up to more than $5,000,000. On May 8th, he said: "Go out and buy a Dell." Unusual.

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This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model. ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.

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Every couple of weeks we get a different description of the apparently awful stench coming off our necrotic president and I think it's high time the media nail down exactly what kind of rotten meat covered in women's perfume he actually smells like.

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The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?" Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."

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Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need… Question: “How long is this sustainable.” Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Can we get more politicians like him please

Zohran Kwame Mamdani@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

When Tish James walks into a courthouse tomorrow — the target of a political prosecution demanded by a President obsessed with revenge — she does not walk in alone. New York has her back. Grateful to Governor Hochul for bringing us together tonight.

This and Argentina selling soybeans to China and getting American $$ to bail it out sounds like MAGA is really for Make Argentina Great Again

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

“The wrong approach… creates chaos for 🇺🇸 farmers and ranchers…” Ranchers and farmers are ripping Trump’s policies left and right. www.facebook.com/share/17UCVe...

Total corruption. No Kings and No grifters

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social

The Trump administration just ordered two Gulfstream luxury private jets for Kristi Noem at a cost of over $172 million. This comes as Americans can barely afford groceries.

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So who does this hurt? Trump's elimination of things that Dems care about is very telling

Sara Partridge, PhD@sarapartridge.bsky.social

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education. America’s children deserve better than this.

Love that a pro democracy candidate won the prize. Will Trump and the Republican party get the meaning, probably not.

Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.” The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded. “A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected. “Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed” 🎁 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

wsj.comTrump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime CasesFederal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

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“The invitees for President Trump’s private dinner for customers of his cryptocurrency business on Thursday included a Chinese billionaire fighting a lawsuit from U.S. regulators, a lawyer for Justice Clarence Thomas and a former basketball star” They also got a private tour of the White House

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Eric Trump: "You think I have anything to do with DC? My father has nothing to do with our company ... you're really trying to connect dots between some chips I know absolutely nothing about to a crypto company started well before you guys even gave my father a chance of winning? Give me a break."

This needs to be done

Greg Olear@gregolear.bsky.social

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement? The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy. At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

Stephen Miller is the Heinrich Himmler of the Trump administration. He is absolutely insane in his power.

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

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Federal agents hurled tear gas at people on a busy Logan Square street, outside a grocery store and near an elementary school. Reckless, undertrained ICE hires are a danger to everyone. This is terrorism against US citizens.

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The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it. Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.

Trump in front of generals is declaring war on major cities in the US

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

Hakeem Jefferies is in leadership because he's a moderate and backed by the billionaire funders of the Dem party, who want only moderates so they can hold onto their money. That's why he gives compliments to Eric Adams and won't endorse Zohran Mamdani & he gives no leadership roles to progressives.