Wendy in Rome

Remember Alex Pretti is only the most recent person killed at the hands of ICE/CBP. The number of deaths is unacceptable and only a fraction of the misery being imposed on our communities.

#FundHealthcareStopIce

How do teachers feel about new plans to dismantle the Education Department? YouTube video by ABC News

The Labor Department does not know how to help kids read. Nobody in HHS knows how to work with kids with disabilities. This isn't saving money—it's eviscerating the services students depend on.
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Slotkin: I’m not going to be dissuaded from standing up for the Constitution just because he threatens us. I’m not going to let him intimidate us out of speaking our minds.

"Just following orders" is "a defense we know in the WWII context...absolutely did not work....our expectations of our service members are much higher. They’re expected not to follow illegal orders & that they can be held liable if they do." - @repvindman.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/11/virg...

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

If you believe Trump is sane, then Congress has the power to impeach.
If you believe he's not sane, then we have the 25th Amendment.
Either way - people in Congress and the Cabinet swore an oath. It's time to uphold it.

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Trump and his voters have put us through so much pain and not one of his supporters has a higher paying job or cheaper healthcare or a better education for their children or new roads or sidewalks or hospitals...

Nothing is better. Everything is demonstrably worse.

Believe the survivors. Release the files. All of the files.

Hey @GovBillLee do you have any concerns about your buddy Elon covering up firefighters and workers getting burned by chemicals in his tunnel?

“Workers go to peel off a sock and a chunk of skin comes off” 😳

fortune.com/2025/11/12/e...

Epstein survivors just dropped a powerful message for Congress, and it hits like a warning: no more waiting, the truth is coming, ready or not.

Watch till the end
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@houserepublicans.bsky.social

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Readers added context to post by Geiger Capital referencing a new study on the impact of 150 years of US tariff policies (tariffs led to lower inflation because they caused a spike in unemployment and recession/depression, basically)

Today's Macroeconomics 101 lesson: "...tariffs lead to lower economic growth and job losses. These effects then in turn drive less demand and lower price levels due to the weakened overall economy. " bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...

Our thanks to Dr. Joanna Dee Das for joining us on the show to discuss her new book:

Faith, Family, and Flag: Branson Entertainment and the Idea of America

Listen to the interview and the rest of the show at: open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/ca73m4tz

Don’t cave for a promise (in the Zohran Font, with props to forge.coop for their original design)

Don’t Cave for a Promise.

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

His priority isn’t you, it’s chaos and cruelty.
He’d rather shut it all down than stop your healthcare costs from going through the roof.

Speaker Mike Johnson is delaying the swearing in of the new House Member because she’ll be the 218th vote to force the release of the Epstein Files.

He pretends to be a good Christian man while protecting violent child rapists.

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.

May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov on fascism in 🇺🇸 : “There is not safety in keeping your head down… People who oppose public policy decisions but are too afraid of retribution from their government to speak their mind should send a chill down all of our spines.”

Here’s what was NOT released today:

- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ

- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed

- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison

- the Epstein files

Be angry at the system, not homeless people, advocate urges ahead of CK encampment meeting | CBC News The executive director of an organization that works with encampment residents in Chatham-Kent says she understands people’s anger about homelessness but urges them to direct that anger where she says...

The system really is the problem but it's easier to blame those who are homeless: Be angry at the system, not homeless people, advocate urges ahead of CK encampment meeting
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Mothers are leaving the workforce, erasing pandemic gains Working mothers are leaving the workforce in large numbers due to return-to-office policies and caregiving responsibilities.

“Some 212,000 women over 20 have stopped working or applying for jobs since January, with particularly pronounced drops for Black women and those ages 25 to 34, Labor Department data shows.”

You know what would reverse this? #PaidLeaveForAll.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

First it was troops in L.A., sent to provoke and assault peaceful protesters under the banner of “immigration enforcement.” Now it’s troops in our capital to disappear the homeless. See the pattern? Sooner or later, the monster comes for us all.

Trump considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard to D.C. The number of Guard who would be assigned is still in flux, the officials say, and most of the troops would likely be pulled from the D.C. National Guard.

Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard against Americans in DC is another telltale sign of his authoritarian ambitions. But at some point signs of authoritarianism stop being signs and become symptoms of an autocratic regime. We’re far past that point now. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/t...

Texas forbids law that keeps guns away from unhinged people Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.

Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...