👋 Midwesterner. Speech/Language Pathologist. Former farm girl.🌾 Dog lover.🐶 UofM fan. #GoBlue💙💛 Union supporter. I just got an e-bike! 🚴♀️ Commit to doing something today, and everyday, to help someone else. We need a #GeneralStrike
Today, I'm introducing the first-ever Data Center Bill of Rights. Communities deserve the right to reject data centers, protect their water, keep electricity bills down, and prevent states from shoving data centers down their throats.
The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism. Too bad. It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.
MUST-WATCH: Fetterman can’t grasp what Jon Stewart is asking 😕 STEWART: “Do you think maybe economic populism/DSA momentum is rising because you establishment Dems haven’t delivered? And capitalism has left them behind?” FETTERMAN: “something something China A.I…”🤔 👀
The Senate is expected to vote today on whether to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. Dr Fauci devoted his life to protect and enhance the health of all of us. We owe him a debt of gratitude, not "trumped up" contempt! Call your Senators 202-224-3121! www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Senate committee set to vote on holding Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress – US politics liveHearing called after the former chief medical advisor invoked the fifth and refused to answer questions at a hearing on Covid-19www.theguardian.com
We demanded the full Treasury file. We demanded a real investigation. We demanded to know who was burying it and why. Today, Wyden answered. substack.com/home/post/p-...
THEY LOOKED THE OTHER WAYHow Four Banks and Multiple Government Officials Helped Bury a $2 Billion Money Trailsubstack.com
Join the nationwide movement to stop Flock's surveillance of our communities.
Get The Flock OutAutomatic license plate reader (ALPR) companies like Flock Safety are quietly trying to build a nationwide mass surveillance system. If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging...www.aclu.orgA new investigation reveals that at least 50 police officers from all over the U.S. have been caught abusing their access to Flock's automatic license plate reader database, including to stalk women. This is just one of the many reasons to get these creepy cameras off our streets.
ACLU of WisconsinWisconsin is making national news because so many police officers have been charged or convicted with using the Flock surveillance network to stalk people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/
Abdul El-Sayed is inviting everyone into the same fight: getting corporate money out of politics & deliver a healthcare system that actually covers everyone! That’s a movement worth showing up for. #BlueWaveIn90Days
NEW EPISODE: DOJ is now 0-20 in the voter roll cases -- and we are winning. I break down the Trump administration's yearlong effort to build a national voter database, and explain why today we shut the door on Trump's scheme for the midterms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kc3...
Trump's DOJ is 0-20YouTube video by Democracy Docketwww.youtube.com
It's official per NY TImes, NBC news and more: Abdul El-Sayed has won!! He was outspent 9 to 1. Democratic leaders in DC like Chuck Schumer and in Michigan opposed him despite his views lining with 75 to 90% of Democratic base on Medicare for All, Abolishing ICE, Palestine/Israel and more!
BREAKING: Donavan McKinney has defeated incumbent Shri Thanedar in the MI-13 Democratic Primary! McKinney is an unapologetic progressive while Thanedar is a pro AIPAC pro genocide corporate puppet. A huge win for working people in MI!
The election EO appeal is about whether the fedl gov’t can change the rules of voting shortly before the midterms & whether SCOTUS will apply its own precedent consistently. Understanding the arguments is essential to understanding the outcome, so I parse them here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh InSunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...open.substack.com
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
Hundreds rally in Fishers, Indiana to support immigrants and oppose a nearby ‘mass deportation’ event.
Hundreds rally in Fishers to support immigrants and oppose nearby 'mass deportation' event - Indianapolis RecorderTwo groups with opposing views on immigration hosted events Saturday in Central Indiana. One was a private rally in support of mass ...indianapolisrecorder.com
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for r...www.propublica.orgThe effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
🚨 NEW: $36 million payment from ICE to GEO Group, for-profit prison company, on July 24 for detention services at Mesa Verde and Golden State ICE detention facility in California. ICE is a for-profit scheme paid for by taxpayers, using immigrants as commodities. www.quiverquant.com/news/Governm...
Government Contract Update: $36M payment to THE GEO GROUP, INC | GEO Stock NewsWe just received data on a $36M payment to THE GEO GROUP, INC. from the Department of Homeland Securwww.quiverquant.com