Just a casual reminder that 60% of all wealth in America is inherited. “Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a sham.

Twenty-five yrs ago, when my kids were little, I was a single mom on welfare. One Christmas, their presents were Christmas Cap’n Crunch & candy, bought w food stamps, bc that’s all I had. The next time you judge the person in front of you at the grocer’s, be kind.

You should be removed from the House for spreading garbage like this @GOPLeader. It’s reckless, dangerous, and un-American.

“One day, from his sniper nest, Gallagher shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking w/ other girls on the riverbank. She dropped, clutching her stomach, & the other girls dragged her away.” This is who he pardoned & honored.

I wrote a lot of things in the past ten years but probably nothing that covers as much territory as this. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Sen. McConnell has taken $1.4 million from Big Pharma since he was elected, including from two opioid distributors who fueled the epidemic in Kentucky. How are Kentuckians better off with a senator in the pockets of those contributing to thousands of deaths in the commonwealth?

"The Wisconsin Democratic Party will use the state open records law to obtain the names of everyone who is purged and then target its efforts to “systematically” contact those most likely to be Democrats so they can re-register..." nbcnews.com/politics/polit…

Walmart has offered its employees a 15 percent store discount instead of holiday pay this year. Meanwhile, the company is saving an estimated $2,200,000,000 a year thanks to the Trump tax cuts. America has socialism for the rich, cold, harsh capitalism for everyone else.

Merry Christmas Mr. President. For you, I give a #Dimerick (A Donald Limerick) There once was an #IMPOTUS from Queens Who asked Ukraine to intervene A quid pro quo he sought Oh but he got caught Now he rage tweets from the latrine #MerryChristmasMrPresident

Happy holidays! Remember to take care of yourselves, each other and the beautiful planet we live on. #happyholidays #rescuedogs

They did. You blocked the witnesses and documents.

This is Orwellian. Trump blocks documents from House investigators and keeps witnesses from testifying. Now he complains about the absence of documents and witnesses. He's like the guy who kills his parents, then begs the judge to have mercy on a poor orphan.

Our house is on fire. #2019in5words

Trump named the presumed whistleblower in his manic Christmas tweeting- a new attack on law, but one long in the making theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

We love you John Lewis. You’re our North Star.

Here's hoping that a year from now, we are reporting on the distinguished Americans being appointed to new positions in an administration headed by a psychologically normal president who has disclosed his honest finances and owes nothing to any foreign thug or dictator

Welcome to legal cannabis, Illinois!

We are deeply saddened to learn that labor historian and Haymarket author Brandon Weber unexpectedly and tragically passed away this week.

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