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  SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE FAILURES TO    CARE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AT HOME!  On Wednesday, I pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for real answers on the Pentagon’s use of your taxpayer dollars. Let me be clear about what this is really about:   it’s a choice between funding a reckless, endless war overseas or finally prioritizing our military families and veterans on home soil. Making our service members wait months for healthcare or forcing parents to quit their jobs because of childcare closures doesn’t strengthen our military —   it tells those who wear the uniform that their sacrifice is an afterthought once they come home. I heard from a physician’s assistant at Holloman Air Force Base who had to resign when her son lost his childcare spot with just nine days' notice. I also heard from an airman at Cannon who said getting a referral for specialized care takes six months. They’re the backbone of our national security, and they...

  Sunday Dose of Democracy: VIDEO OF THE DAY:  Devastating ruling strikes major blow to abortion rights Journalist Adam Klasfeld sits down with Brian Tyler Cohen to discuss the disturbing court ruling blocking the mailing of abortion medication and the next steps in the fight for reproductive rights. Trump has no clue what his Supreme Court has just unleashed Greg Sargent,  The New Republic :  "Now that the Supreme Court has gutted yet another piece of the Voting Rights Act, this one concerning redistricting, here’s one thing we know for sure: Democrats will have to enter into a new era of procedural total war. That might make many of them uncomfortable, but when it comes to the future of the liberal agenda, the stakes are enormous. With Donald Trump’s active encouragement, Republicans are already seizing on the ruling—which essentially dismantled protections against racial gerrymandering—to threaten to redraw maps in the South to eliminate numerous congressional sea...