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Political commentator Jack Cocchiarella reacts to Donald Trump's humiliatingly empty birthday parade.
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$6 MILLION & MILITARY ASSETS? HUH?
WHERE'S THE AGREEMENT?
NO OVERSIGHT!
INVADING DENMARK?
BETRAYING UKRAINE!
At the House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) questioned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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FASCISTS DESANTIS & GREG ABBOTT DEFINES THEMSELVES!
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They sure didn't care much when the police officers were hurt on January 6th. What a bunch of jerks.
How ridiculous is Ron DeSantis? He’s such a pathetic coward.
All of a sudden police officers are being protected... but those who attacked police on January 6 were pardoned. I'm so confused
I’m a 71 year old born and raised Texan and I say with full conviction, My Governor is an Idiot!
I know my comment may go unnoticed, 
but as a 60-year-old German who grew up learning how fascism rises to power, I feel compelled to speak. We were taught to blame Hitler—and yes, he was evil—but the Holocaust didn’t start by his hand alone. The 'Final Solution' was proposed by others. The cruelty of the SA, SS, and Gestapo wasn’t solely Hitler’s direct orders but was carried out by sadistic individuals who chose to participate.**
**Today, we must recognize that Donald Trump isn’t acting alone—it’s the cruel people around him enabling his worst impulses. Just as Ukrainians identify those responsible for war crimes, the free world must name Trump’s enablers: the guards imprisoning innocent migrants, the officers destroying lives, the officials signing cruel policies. History warns us—evil thrives when individuals choose to follow orders without conscience.
Ron DeSantis is a joke. he started off as a joke. He'll always be a joke. Why doesn't Florida elect competent people?
I am protesting today in Texas. The fact that Greg Abbott is deploying military, is the main reason I’m going. I’ve had enough of the BS. WOW! Thank you to all who commented! Thank you for speaking out, for speaking the truth & commenting! For those living in RED STATES, President Biden attempting to address the deparities of RED STATES that lag so far behind due to REPUBLICAN POLICIES. We are ONE NATION! Instead Republicans have continuously opposed those efforts & focused instead on racism, oppression & denying access to education, information & economic opportunities! It's time for ALL AMERICANS to enjoy the same opportunities!
This needs greater attention & explanation. How come it's REPUBLICANS & TRUMP who are panicked about PEACEFUL PROTESTS? They're afraid of the FIRST AMENDMENT? They're afraid that people are figuring out how REPUBLICAN POLICIES have oppressed RED STATES & denied them their rights to the same benefits as those BLIE STATES like HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ?
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Letting him off the hook after j6 was stupid af Reelecting him was insanity
Just back from a 3-hour protest in downtown Chicago. I would guess that it was 100,000 people. We peacefully rallied and then marched more than 4 miles together, including stopping for a period of time in front of our Trump Tower where people yelled "shame" over and over again, in unison 
People on the balcony high in the sky at the restaurant watching us 
It was unbelievable energy and joy, with no incident at all that I could see. Truly a HUGE crowd, could not see the end of it in any direction. I was so proud to be among these people of all ages and skin colors. If only I could post my photos of the brilliant signs and other paraphernalia. People really put time and energy into these things. I had my American and Ukrainian flags with me, standing up for Europe along with the good people here 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Scottish dude here saying America, get rid of Trump, the modern day Hitler
Thank you peaceful protesters! Make America Proud again!
Europe stands with you good people of America against the stupidity of Trump and his MAGA idiots..!!!! Go fight! Protect the Greatest Democracy in the World!! WE in Europe, and indeed the WORLD, are begging to God, that your guys restore sanity in your country!!!!
JAMIE RASKIN ON FIRE!!! We have so many awesome potential candidates for 2028!!
Minnesota marched unafraid today, even though the killer in a police uniform is still at large. He did not stop democracy today. That should be the top story.
Rev. Barber is an amazing speaker. Reminds me of Dr. MLK.
He said he could make Canadians bow to him and we stand stronger than ever. He cannot pit Canadians and Americans against one another. Stay safe strong and peaceful. Elbows up Americans. Canadians stand with you. The whole world is watching 
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Watching from Canada 🇨🇦 I'm so proud of all Americans who are fighting back against the orange TACO.
God bless REVEREND BARBER!!!!!!! He is always there when we need him...
Just came from a small town protest in Southern Oregon where everyone was peaceful, supportive and joyous. The only negativity came from MAGA supporters who drove by and yelled obscenities and gave us the finger. The No Kings response was to wave, laugh and go back to chanting or chatting. Congratulations to all of the peaceful and determined No Kings protests today in the USA for coming together to defend democracy en masse.
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FROM DEMOCRACY DOCKET....THIS CORRUPTION NEEDS TO STAND
ALONE!
CLETA MITCHELL HAS A LONG HISTORY! FOLLOW THE MONEY!
A senior official in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held a briefing for a far-right anti-voting group on Thursday, according to an email sent by the group. The virtual meeting was to discuss how a database run by the department can be used to verify the citizenship status of registered voters.
The email, sent Thursday to members of the Election Integrity Network (EIN) — a voter-suppression advocacy group founded by the prominent anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell — advertised David Jennings, DHS’s associate chief of U.S. citizenship and immigration services, as the special guest for a Zoom meeting later that morning.
“When Trump issued Executive Order 14248 earlier this year, he included much needed directives to the Department of Homeland Security to ensure (finally!) that state and local election officials have full and free access to the system used by DHS to verify citizenship status of individuals already on voter rolls,” the invite to EIN members read. “But what does that look like? How does it work in real time? And who has access?”
The email said that Jennings would review the abilities of DHS’ Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program — a federal database to help state and local governments confirm the citizenship status of individuals — to “aid in assuring that noncitizens are removed from our voter rolls.”
A spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency within DHS where Jennings works, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mitchell played a pivotal role in President Donald Trump’s thwarted efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 election. Since then, Mitchel and EIN have been one of the leading groups in the anti-voting movement, working behind the scenes to push voter suppression laws in states across the country and to mobilize conservative activists to monitor voting and guard the polls.
Among the numerous provisions outlined in Trump’s sweeping anti-voting order is a charge for DHS and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to use federal databases to review state voter registration lists.
For years, USCIS has maintained the SAVE database for states to use to check citizenship for voting verification purposes. But GOP state lawmakers complained it was too hard for them to access sensitive citizenship information.
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) sent a letter in February, along with 20 other Republican secretaries of state, to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem urging her to make it easier for states to access sensitive citizenship data in the department’s SAVE program.
Voting-rights advocates have said loosening rules on accessing the database could lead to unlawful voter purges.
DHS updated its SAVE program last month to make it easier for states to access citizenship data. And the U.S. Department of Justice recently confirmed to Democracy Docket that it’s working with both DOGE and DHS to investigate state voter rolls to hunt for noncitizen voter fraud.
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