This is exactly what comes to mind with these states changing child labor laws. “It’s shocking how many different industries where we found children trafficked for their labor.” Read👇 #ChildTrafficking
04:50 PM - Apr 25, 2024
“ success now vexes many retirement experts, alarmed by how easily Congress acquiesces to tax breaks for retirement savings that disproportionately help the wealthy while treating the benefits relied upon by most retirees — Social Security and Medicare — as budget-busters ripe for reform.”
09:55 AM - Apr 14, 2024
Next resignations?
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Matt Freedom @MattFreedomWe have two Republican lawmakers complaining about their fellow Republicans spewing Russian propaganda
https://amp.theguardian.co...08:47 PM - Apr 08, 2024
Republican lawmaker says Russian propaganda has ‘infected a good chunk’ of GOP base | CNN Politics
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) made comments during an interview with Puck, warning that Russian propaganda has “infected” a portion of the GOP base. House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) joins CNN’s Jake Tapper to discuss.
09:26 PM - Apr 08, 2024
BAD BAD BAD news!
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Charles Gaba @charlesgaba🚨 MISSOURI may ban Medicaid for any woman who's had an abortion.
🚨 IDAHO has banned abortion even in medical emergencies.
🚨 The TENNESSEE GOP just voted to prevent them for RAPED CHILDREN.
Donate to Dems running for STATE LEGISLATIVE seats. #Blue24
https://Blue24.org/state-l...09:34 AM - Feb 24, 2024
05:08 PM - Feb 24, 2024
Ukraine’s top military-intelligence officer said Russian invasion forces in his country are using thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals, and that the network has been active in occupied parts of Ukraine for “quite a long time.”
02:26 PM - Feb 15, 2024
One seat at a time
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JonCooper @JonCooper‼️BREAKING: Democrat Tom Keen won tonight’s special election for Central Florida State House District 35. Keen’s upset victory represents a flip for the Democrats, since this seat was previously held by a Republican.07:47 PM - Jan 16, 2024![Picture]()
09:08 PM - Jan 16, 2024
🚨New #Beans with @MuellerSheWrote & #DanaGoldberg #MSWMedia
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09:19 AM - Jan 04, 2024
Great article! Worth a read!
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Carole Tyler @CaroleTyler"The rioters were 40 feet away from Mike Pence. If they had gotten a hold of him, he would have been murdered or rendered incapacitated. And if that had happened, we have no constitutional backup plan on how to count and certify those votes that day. We would not have known what to do. "08:10 AM - Jan 04, 2024
10:31 AM - Jan 04, 2024
Such an important message! As Obama said, yes we can!
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Steven Beschloss @StevenBeschlossDon’t forget it’s a minority—albeit a tyrannizing, anti-democratic one—that’s trying to shape our future. The democratic American majority still has the power to define the outcome of this year and the coming years.12:39 PM - Jan 03, 2024
01:16 PM - Jan 03, 2024
Judd Legum
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Paying workers like it's 2009
In 2009, Sony was still selling millions of floppy disks, Instagram did not exist, and Barack Obama was sworn in as president for the first time. A lot has changed in the last 15 years. But one thing is exactly the same: the federal minimum wage is still $7.25 per hour.
01:07 PM - Jan 03, 2024
Or telling us what crimes he’s already committed….
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Claudia Citro @Social_Introvert01:06 PM - Jan 03, 2024
01:10 PM - Jan 03, 2024
“It’s just gotten easier for people to fall into homelessness” among the reasons for the rise in homelessness are varied but include rising rents. The housing situation is a threat to all but the very well off.
09:50 AM - Dec 28, 2023
Reading the bills filed by republican sponsors tells you how unserious they are. They’re all just political talking points for right wing extremism. And they’re getting paid to do this crap! 🤷🏼♀️
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Congressional Bill Bot @FedBillBotH.R.6848
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of higher education from requi...
SPONSOR: Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R), TX-2
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
#HR6848
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07:27 AM - Dec 21, 2023
New 'Washington Post' CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up https://x.com/froomkin/sta...
09:49 PM - Dec 20, 2023
04:16 PM - Dec 16, 2023
I sent this my clown of a GOP rep:
To commemorate your impeachment vote today, I made a donation to President Biden's re-election campaign. Rest assured I will make further donations to him for every further ludicrous impeachment step you and your filthy, corrupt party make.
Feel free to borrow😃
To commemorate your impeachment vote today, I made a donation to President Biden's re-election campaign. Rest assured I will make further donations to him for every further ludicrous impeachment step you and your filthy, corrupt party make.
Feel free to borrow😃
09:37 PM - Dec 13, 2023
“The problem is that many members of Congress don’t want to see President Biden win on any front. People are incapable now of separating off ‘giving Biden a win’ from actually allowing Ukraine to win. They are thinking less about U.S. national security and more about how they can humiliate Biden".
06:32 PM - Dec 12, 2023
We really need to understand amd support people with PTSD. It’s not just related to war.
06:50 PM - Nov 22, 2023
“What will it take to activate the indifferent…before it’s too late?…Will we be able to drink our morning coffee on Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, the day after the national elections, and say that we did everything we could?”
11:28 PM - Nov 17, 2023
NPR reports that Speaker Johnson has ties to the New Apostolic Reformation, an extreme far-right Christian movement seeking to dissolve the US’s separation between church and state by “any means necessary.”
08:32 PM - Nov 19, 2023
1776-1933 - major bank crisis every 10 years
1930s - FDR bank rules enacted
1930s-1980s - no major crisis
1980s - rules rolled back
1980s-2010 - major crisis every 10 years
2010 - Dodd-Frank rules enacted
2010-2018 - no major crisis
2018 - rules rolled back
2023 - crisis?
1930s - FDR bank rules enacted
1930s-1980s - no major crisis
1980s - rules rolled back
1980s-2010 - major crisis every 10 years
2010 - Dodd-Frank rules enacted
2010-2018 - no major crisis
2018 - rules rolled back
2023 - crisis?
03:15 PM - May 01, 2023
Good advice! “ Let’s worry about what matters, like what each of us can do to strengthen democracy.”
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Parchment Barriers and Keeping Trump off the Ballot - Teri Kanefield
I: Keeping Trump off the Ballot This question came to me on Mastodon: Have you seen the Colorado decision on the 14th Amendment case to keep Trump off the ballot there? If so, can you explain why they would hold that the President is not an officer of the government? The 14th Amendment was drafted &..
07:28 PM - Nov 19, 2023
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07:22 AM - Nov 16, 2023
Must read- link below: Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term. Dubbed “Project 2025,” the group is developing a plan, to include draft executive orders, that would deploy the military domestically under the Insurrection Act.
06:56 AM - Nov 06, 2023
Okay, we've all been here for a while.
What's your favorite feature on Spoutible so far?
(Mind echoing this one to get some traction? Would love to hear as many voices as possible)
What's your favorite feature on Spoutible so far?
(Mind echoing this one to get some traction? Would love to hear as many voices as possible)
09:43 PM - Oct 31, 2023
(Edited)
Regarding new speaker of the house-“When it came to overthrowing the election, he was not a backbencher,” Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice, told us. “He was a strategist.”
1st test- compromise with senate and president on Ukraine aid.
1st test- compromise with senate and president on Ukraine aid.
06:53 AM - Oct 26, 2023
