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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD
He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
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Literally, not true.
Employer-provided (tax-subsidized) insurance means you do paperwork once to get health insurance, and then never again. Medicaid recipients have to do much more intense paperwork every year.
And these guys voted to make that a) every six months, and b) much more complicated.
Employer-provided (tax-subsidized) insurance means you do paperwork once to get health insurance, and then never again. Medicaid recipients have to do much more intense paperwork every year.
And these guys voted to make that a) every six months, and b) much more complicated.
CNN: Once you review the bill, can you guarantee your constituents that they will not lose their health coverage?
REP. GREG MURPHY: That's the intent. Somebody came up the other day about paperwork. Well that's part of being an adult. You have to do paperwork.
REP. GREG MURPHY: That's the intent. Somebody came up the other day about paperwork. Well that's part of being an adult. You have to do paperwork.
July 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Literally, not true.
Employer-provided (tax-subsidized) insurance means you do paperwork once to get health insurance, and then never again. Medicaid recipients have to do much more intense paperwork every year.
And these guys voted to make that a) every six months, and b) much more complicated.
Employer-provided (tax-subsidized) insurance means you do paperwork once to get health insurance, and then never again. Medicaid recipients have to do much more intense paperwork every year.
And these guys voted to make that a) every six months, and b) much more complicated.
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Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.
This is madness.
This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.
This is madness.
This is madness.
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Remember, we *had* a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue, thanks to the JCPOA that Obama put in place after years of hard work, but then President Spiteful Shithead withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and everything fell apart.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
June 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember, we *had* a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue, thanks to the JCPOA that Obama put in place after years of hard work, but then President Spiteful Shithead withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and everything fell apart.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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This is the most dangerous thing Trump has done since taking office and the silence from Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker and House Chair Mike Rogers is deafening, and a betrayal of their duty to the military and the Republic.
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This is the most dangerous thing Trump has done since taking office and the silence from Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker and House Chair Mike Rogers is deafening, and a betrayal of their duty to the military and the Republic.
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The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index just hit such a historic high under Trump that it’s literally exploding off the chart.
April 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index just hit such a historic high under Trump that it’s literally exploding off the chart.
Canada, please extradite Elon Musk and hold him without bail if he is criminally implicated.
Elon Musk stealing canadian taxpayers money
“Over a three-day period, Tesla reported selling 8,600 vehicles at four locations across the country, resulting in $43 million in government rebates.”
motorillustrated.com/suspicious-t...
“Over a three-day period, Tesla reported selling 8,600 vehicles at four locations across the country, resulting in $43 million in government rebates.”
motorillustrated.com/suspicious-t...
Suspicious Tesla Sales Surge Triggers Canadian Government Investigation - Motor Illustrated
Tesla reported 8,600 sales in three days, triggering $43 million in government EV rebates. A single Toronto Tesla location claimed over 1,200 sales, raising concerns about possible rebate misuse. Tran...
motorillustrated.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Canada, please extradite Elon Musk and hold him without bail if he is criminally implicated.
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The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
March 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
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Fund managers have said that Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda has instead unleashed a Make Europe Great Again trade that is reordering global financial markets. www.ft.com/content/2e81...
March 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Fund managers have said that Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda has instead unleashed a Make Europe Great Again trade that is reordering global financial markets. www.ft.com/content/2e81...
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Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One.
Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home in 2022.
Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home in 2022.
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One.
Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home in 2022.
Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized from Trump's Florida home in 2022.
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BREAKING
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions
In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a new venture backed by President Donal...
popular.info
February 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
BREAKING
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
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Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Here are the fallacies Gemini 2.0 Flash identified in Mark's statements:
1. Oversimplification/Reductionism
2. Straw Man
3. False Dichotomy/Black-and-White Fallacy
4. Hasty Generalization
5. Appeal to Novelty/Bandwagon Fallacy (Implicit)
6. Correlation does not equal Causation (Potential)
1. Oversimplification/Reductionism
2. Straw Man
3. False Dichotomy/Black-and-White Fallacy
4. Hasty Generalization
5. Appeal to Novelty/Bandwagon Fallacy (Implicit)
6. Correlation does not equal Causation (Potential)
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Here are the fallacies Gemini 2.0 Flash identified in Mark's statements:
1. Oversimplification/Reductionism
2. Straw Man
3. False Dichotomy/Black-and-White Fallacy
4. Hasty Generalization
5. Appeal to Novelty/Bandwagon Fallacy (Implicit)
6. Correlation does not equal Causation (Potential)
1. Oversimplification/Reductionism
2. Straw Man
3. False Dichotomy/Black-and-White Fallacy
4. Hasty Generalization
5. Appeal to Novelty/Bandwagon Fallacy (Implicit)
6. Correlation does not equal Causation (Potential)
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This morning, Republicans finally released their scheme to gut Medicaid and give tax cuts to billionaires.
Within minutes, House Democrats convened to make clear this will not stand.
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Within minutes, House Democrats convened to make clear this will not stand.
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February 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This morning, Republicans finally released their scheme to gut Medicaid and give tax cuts to billionaires.
Within minutes, House Democrats convened to make clear this will not stand.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
Within minutes, House Democrats convened to make clear this will not stand.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
February 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trump already empowering the worst bosses to just.. ignore labor law.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
Whole Foods workers won their union vote, and now Whole Foods (owned by Jeff Bezos) is saying they simply won't recognize the vote because nobody is going to make them.
People not being able to get their stuff from Temu, AliExpress, SheIn, and Alibaba will be straw that broke the Trump administration.
BREAKING: Chinese e-commerce stocks drop after the US Postal Service suspends inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong.
Follow our live blog for the latest news and analysis. ⤵️
Follow our live blog for the latest news and analysis. ⤵️
Chinese E-Commerce Stocks Drop as US Post Blocks Parcels from China, HK
China Stock Markets Live: Traders Watch for Reactions to Tariffs, DeepSeek
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
People not being able to get their stuff from Temu, AliExpress, SheIn, and Alibaba will be straw that broke the Trump administration.
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🚨BREAKING: After @democracyforward.bsky.social successfully sues, OMB rescinds memo claiming to freeze all federal funding. Follow @democracydocket.com for details.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🚨BREAKING: After @democracyforward.bsky.social successfully sues, OMB rescinds memo claiming to freeze all federal funding. Follow @democracydocket.com for details.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
Don't ever let anyone tell you that litigation can't help protect democracy. www.democracydocket.com
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
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Multiple states locked out of Medicaid portal. This is a Trump shutdown, except this time it’s unlawful.
January 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Multiple states locked out of Medicaid portal. This is a Trump shutdown, except this time it’s unlawful.
Jamie Dimon is a billionaire today because U.S. taxpayers bailed out Wall Street during the Great Recession.
Here's that instance on CNBC where JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon tells people to "get over it" if Trump's tariffs cause more inflation.
January 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Jamie Dimon is a billionaire today because U.S. taxpayers bailed out Wall Street during the Great Recession.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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