Amy

Former Teacher, political junkie & book lover. There are two kinds of readers in the world-those who read to remember, and those who read to forget.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

NEWS: Texas has quietly shoved more than 1.2 million voters — over 6% of its rolls — onto the "suspense list" heading into a midterm the GOP is terrified of losing, and most of those people won't find out until they're standing at a polling place in November. Check your registration before October 5, because they're purging the rolls to save Ken Paxton.

[Capitalism With Rules @bradgies]

Everyone needs to be aware of this.

Republican bills always try to hide the worst effects until AFTER you vote. You need to read the bill to find out how much it affects you.

[Karol Molinares @KarolMolinares]

STOLE. They STOLE $10M from low income, medically needy children.

Stop with the “misappropriated” BS.

[theleahfiles @leahfiles]

Last week, Scott Bessent implemented the same playbook on the USD that the yen did before it's collapse. He knows this, because he made $3.5B off the Yen collapse. The dollar is down 8.8%.
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Scott Bessent, a Soros protege, made $3.5 billion betting against Japan when their government bought its own bonds to suppress long-term interest rates.

The yen lost 50% of its value and the Wall Street Journal called him "The Man Who Broke the Bank of Japan."

Last week, his Treasury Department doubled its bond buyback program. Same mechanism as Japan. Buy your own long-term bonds --> push yields down.

The dollar index is at 99 and gold just hit an all-time high of $5,595.

The Brookings Institution warns that he is "playing with fire" and risks "a devaluation spiral like the yen." But, he knows exactly what this does. He made $3.5 billion because he knew what this does.

So, the man who spent 40 years profiting from currency collapses is now running the same playbook on the dollar. Nothing to see here....

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Why would Trump end a program that saves you money by letting you file your taxes for free with the IRS?

Maybe because TurboTax's parent company donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration.

Call it out for what it is: corruption.

[Dittie @DittiePE]

An ICE agent scanned the wrong license plate, chased the wrong man, and ended up shooting Julio Sosa-Celis through his own front door. DHS’s first story: Sosa-Celis attacked agents with a broom and snow shovel. City surveillance video proved that was false — the whole struggle lasted about 12 seconds. DHS admitted its agents gave “untruthful” sworn testimony. Charges against Sosa-Celis were dropped with prejudice.

The agent, Christian Castro, is now charged with 4 counts of assault + falsely reporting a crime. He fled to Texas.

Greg Abbott is refusing to extradite him. Minnesota’s AG just sued Abbott to force it.

A Republican governor is actively shielding a federal agent from facing trial for shooting an innocent man and lying about it under oath.

Texas, you have a job to do in November. And then justice can finally be delivered.

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

Remember the Dad who was being interviewed by MSNOW and CNN about his son…who was struggling with his mental health on the USS Lincoln?
This man…Luis Manuel Aviles…revealed ship conditions that Pete Hegseth is denying…and lying about. He was likely instrumental in helping get these sailors headed on their way home
He’s been arrested by immigration officials.
Trump is rolling back immigration protection for military families.
This is what retribution looks like.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Maj. Jason Watson has just been charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for three violations of Article 88 for “contemptuous” remarks about Trump.

Yes, you heard that right. He was just charged for calling for Trump’s impeachment.

A president who has service members arrested for speaking out against the president, isn’t a president. They are a dictator.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

Trump's pick to lead the FDA, Heidi Overton, says the FDA, CDC, and NIH need to be "reformed" to fund more "conservative-based" research instead of peer-reviewed and evidence-backed medical science

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🚨NEW YALE STUDY: “A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace…”

Ok, now what’s y’all’s excuse? 🤔 #MedicareForAllNOW

https://t.co/dSKRcIDhCY

[Im back babyy 🌈 ❤ happy pride, folks!! @Look_N2MyEyez]

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[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Trump announced they are importing a bunch of foreign beef (with your tax dollars) and then selling it at a 25% loss to appease the consumers before the midterms. Not only is that communism, it undercuts American beef producers. Why they still support Trump I'll never understand

[Malcolm Nance @MalcolmNance]

OMG I AM SO FUCKING ANGRY RIGHT NOW!!!

[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes – not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

ICE just arrested a 5-year-old on his way to a soccer game in Austin.

His name is Liam, just like the little boy from Minnesota.

He should be in kindergarten this week. Instead he's in a trailer prison in the desert.

Release Liam. Release these kids. Close the Dilley children’s prison.

[Mrs. Butters 🥧 @MrsButters]

HE MADE HIS GRANDSON PERFORM ORAL SEX ON HIM DURING A CRUISE TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to make as many posts as I have to go make sure this information goes viral.

Ron DeSantis appointee and former Republican state Rep. Michael Caruso has been arrested on FIVE felony charges involving the alleged sexual abuse of a child under 12.

Kidnapping.
Lewd molestation.
Lewd exhibition.
Luring a child.
Child abuse.

And here’s the kicker:

Caruso previously supported Florida’s brutal new penalties for people who sexually abuse children.

The call keeps coming from inside the damn house.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Angie Nixon Just Gave Democrats a Lesson in Fighting Back

“If wanting your neighbor to afford their insulin is radical, then call me a radical.

“If believing a mother shouldn’t have to work three jobs to keep a roof over her family’s head is extreme, then call me extreme.”

Nixon was outspent roughly 16 to 1 and still won Florida’s Democratic Senate primary by 12 points.

Then she looked directly toward November:

“Ashley Moody can call us whatever she wants. But in November, she will call me Senator.”

This is what fighting for working people sounds like.

[Niz @NizMhani]

Leaked footage of Israeli ministers & military chiefs ordering soldiers/pilots to bomb & kill everything, including their own captured soldiers on October 7th.

The majority of the burned wreckage and destruction you saw was Israeli caused.

This is the Hanibal Directive.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Excessive force is not policing. A Perth Amboy detective was reportedly caught on body camera allegedly telling officers to “crack” people in the face and “smash” car windows during traffic stops. When excessive force is encouraged instead of prevented, it points to a much deeper problem. We need ACCOUNTABILITY, proper training, and a culture that protects people, not harms them.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

The IDF decision is wrong and is painful for all of us. There was no excuse for their attacks on our team. There is no excuse for any attacks on any humanitarians. We will never ever forget our friends, our heroes, who were killed in Gaza. They lost their lives trying to feed hungry people. We will never stop fighting for truth and justice for them, for their families, for all humanitarians.