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almost perfect. They missed the BFG, tho. 

For some reason, Roald Dahl tarot cards aren’t a thing. We fixed that. 

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pushing boundaries since 1982. 

Jorge Ramos

#rebel feminist questionauthority peoplespower

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These are everything!

Get well soon, Hillary!

#election 2016 #presidential election #politics

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We all deserve the ability to make decisions that impact our own bodies. 

#pro choice #transgender #legalizetrans #transhealth #lgbtaq

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I wish we all had as much courage to do what we want to do — to take it on our passions and change the world. 

“Worry less about what you want to be, and think more about what you want to do.” —President Obama giving advice to the White House interns

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Like a boss

Watch: Hillary Clinton stood for women and called out Republican hypocrisy in one fell swoop.

#DemDebate 2016 PresidentialElection progressive

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He’s right on the money. We must do more!

We have to protect the one planet we’ve got while we still can. That’s why President Obama is talking to Alaskans this week about how we can work together to make America the global leader on climate change.

#climatechange #whitehouse #president obama #leading #election2016

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Secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz spent 40 years on the nuclear physics faculty at MIT. Watch him explain the science behind the Iran deal.

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We already reward people for being arrogant, aggressive and vitriolic with book deals and contracts for their own clothing lines and incessant news coverage.

Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama

#WaPo MassShootings Guns GunControl DonaldTrump Trump AmericanDream WashingtonPost

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Here’s hoping. At Tabletop Strategies, we believe in making the world a better place one client at a time. It starts with us. 

A garage. A basement. A dorm room. A kitchen. Good ideas can come from anywhere. That’s why we’re taking steps to make it easier to start a business in America.

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If you agree it’s time to get $$ out of politics help us by donating what you can to this important film: http://bit.ly/1fTEeui. 

#election2016 feelthebern friday cartoons politics progressive endcorruption LAX LA

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#bigdeal #massincarceration #unjust #senate #congress

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Neil Young, Mark Ruffalo, Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky & many others agree on this one topic-do you? #EndCorruption http://thndr.it/1edUZ2F

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the fact that we’re having a conversation about the confederate flag and not about gun control continues to prove the NRA’s dominance and the fact that the South continues to control the narrative. Progressives can do better. Let’s remove the flag’s symbolism and push for comprehensive gun control laws across the country. Abolishing the flag and gun rights across the country won’t be easy, but killing innocent victims silently praying shouldn’t be either. 

#confederate flag #talking points memo #politics #progress #progressive #democrats #gun control #NRA #opposition

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But really it only makes one thing clear: the only solution to the pointless and profoundly damaging marijuana prohibition in this country is a federal solution. As long as the federal government continues not only to outlaw marijuana, but to classify it as one of the most dangerous narcotics, anti-prohibition efforts in states are subject to the sort of capricious ruling issued in Colorado.

Andrew Rosenthal of the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1GvBkV2

#end prohibition #cannabis #high times #drug policy #colorado

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Great news! The net neutrality rules you all fought so hard for (and won!) have gone into effect. The FCC’s Open Internet is Order is officially official.

Pop open a bottle of whatever you celebrate with, but don’t get toooo comfortable yet. In a bogus and sneaky move, some members of Congress are using a funding maneuver to prohibit the FCC from implementing its own net neutrality rules.

If you care about internet freedom and you have a spare minute, you can help make sure Congress doesn’t screw up this victory. Call up one of these key members of the House Appropriations Committee and and ask them to take out the anti–net neutrality language from the House Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016, specifically sections 628, 629, and 630: 

Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL, who introduced the bill)

Rep. Henry Cuellar (R-TX, who’s advocating for the interests of the carriers)

Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY, who’s currently the best champion of changes to the bill that will preserve net neutrality)

More details: This is a general appropriations bill that funds independent agencies, including the FCC, through the coming year. Legislators on the Appropriations subcommittee are trying to thwart net neutrality by attaching specifically targeted riders to the bill. Considering that the FCC’s monumental ruling was the culmination of a remarkably open and participatory debate, these background moves are a particularly cynical circumvention of the democratic process and the will of the people.

It’s nasty business, and President Obama won’t be able to do anything about it except by vetoing the entire bill. Let’s not put him in this pickle. Call up and demand the fair and open internet you fought for (and, again, won!).

#net neutrality #internet freedom #fcc

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Are you still paying attention to the drone war?

From the New York Times: Air Force officials said that this year they would lose more drone pilots, who are worn down by the unique stresses of their work, than they can train.

http://nyti.ms/1Ts1DCf

#nytimes #drones #foreign policy #foreign affairs #military #unjustwar