whyitmatters
Grew up in DC suburbs.
Flew forTWA in another lifetime BEFORE Carl Ichon chewed it up and spit it out! #FDRdem
I am a serious woman
I believe in TRUTH, EQUALITY,INCLUSION and DIVERSITY!
Deal with it!
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- www.commondreams.org/news/nonprof... This is a First Amendment issue- no president should have the right to destroy nonprofits for no reason!
- www.propublica.org/article/trum... ProPublica 👏💙
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- www.rawstory.com/robert-f-ken... Great piece on Oligarchy
- DOGE Aide Chris Young May Get Up to $1M a Year From Elon Musk While Helping to Gut CFPB www.propublica.org/article/doge...
- Reposted by whyitmattersMindless destruction From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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- Reposted by whyitmattersRepublicans aren't just ignoring Trump's graft, they're enabling it. So House Democrats should start treating them as accomplices. A good place to start? Pressuring James Comer. Gift link: wapo.st/431rQCY
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- Reposted by whyitmattersThey’re eating the cats! They’re eating the dogs!
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- Reposted by whyitmattersI just watched an orangutan tie a knot. You should see it too.
- Reposted by whyitmattersTruth right here
- Reposted by whyitmattersBREAKING: Dems have FLIPPED the Omaha mayoral race. John Ewing Jr has beaten the GOP incumbent!!
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- Reposted by whyitmattersFunniest thing so far this week. Brava to Ms. Bryant!
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- www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... Our “Justice Department” has overreached here and stands on very shaky ground.Time will tell if there will be a fair trial.🤷♀️
- slate.com/news-and-pol... Can’t wait to read this! 👏💙
- Reposted by whyitmattersPete Buttigieg suggested he would “assess” a 2028 presidential run. While visiting Iowa, he said in a live interview that he'd consider “what I bring to the table.”
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- Reposted by whyitmattersLet’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country! It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
- Reposted by whyitmattersMake it make sense.....🤔
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- Reposted by whyitmattersWOW. Watch this medical oncologist talk about her patient… a 46-year-old math teacher, the kind who you’d want teaching your kids. Time was critical to treat his cancer… but a pharmacy benefit manager delayed his care. “This is what we’re up against.”
- Reposted by whyitmattersSigh. Another day of agreeing with Josh Hawley. I hate it here.
- Reposted by whyitmattersBREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts. Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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- Reposted by whyitmattersHi, I’m God. I think good people should unite for a month long general strike. Love, God
- Reposted by whyitmattersMurphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"
- Reposted by whyitmattersJUST IN: The Menendez brothers have been resentenced to life with parole. This could lead to their release, more than three decades after they were imprisoned for killing their parents. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
- wmtw.com/article/air-... If they hadn’t fired so many Air Traffic Controllers? I seriously doubt these problems would exit!
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- Reposted by whyitmattersAOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?
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- Reposted by whyitmattersSean Duffy changed his wife's flight on Monday to avoid Newark Airport and then made a TV appearance on Tuesday insisting it's safe to fly from there.
- Reposted by whyitmattersThey're cutting food assistance that disproportionately helps their own constituents... who are working but don't make enough money to feed their families... at a time when food shelf visits are at an all-time high. I'm running out of synonyms for cruel.
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- wmtw.com/article/wisc... Stunned!!! WTF?!
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- Reposted by whyitmattersI bet she has to get REPLACEMENT crosses every day due to MELTING..🤔
- Reposted by whyitmatters🔴 Russia is secretly shipping oil to Yemen’s Houthis using its “shadow fleet,” helping destabilize the Red Sea and hit US allies.
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