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Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u... oh the irony!
Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u... oh the irony!
Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b.... How depressing that to think that this is probably the only thing that may keep Trump from making good on his threats to invade Greenland.
Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Stocks Post Biggest Drop in Months as Tensions Over Greenland Mount www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b.... How depressing that to think that this is probably the only thing that may keep Trump from making good on his threats to invade Greenland.
“Two people close to the White House previously told The Post that Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the Peace Prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today”
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
“Two people close to the White House previously told The Post that Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the Peace Prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today”
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😱YIKES
New guidance from the Trump Administration's CMS cites Secretarial discretion to DROP mandatory state reporting of immunization rates for children + pregnant adults covered by Medicaid/CHIP
This is close to 1/2 the children in the US and more than 40% of births
medicaid.gov/federal-policy…
New guidance from the Trump Administration's CMS cites Secretarial discretion to DROP mandatory state reporting of immunization rates for children + pregnant adults covered by Medicaid/CHIP
This is close to 1/2 the children in the US and more than 40% of births
medicaid.gov/federal-policy…
https://medicaid.gov/federal-policy…
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
😱YIKES
New guidance from the Trump Administration's CMS cites Secretarial discretion to DROP mandatory state reporting of immunization rates for children + pregnant adults covered by Medicaid/CHIP
This is close to 1/2 the children in the US and more than 40% of births
medicaid.gov/federal-policy…
New guidance from the Trump Administration's CMS cites Secretarial discretion to DROP mandatory state reporting of immunization rates for children + pregnant adults covered by Medicaid/CHIP
This is close to 1/2 the children in the US and more than 40% of births
medicaid.gov/federal-policy…
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I wrote a lot about Ed Martin last year, but this was my favorite piece. Martin went to Florida (on a work day!) to attend a fundraiser with J6ers who were still appealing their cases *with his office.*
Top prosecutor spoke at event attended by January 6 seditionists who are appealing their convictions
US Attorney Ed Martin compared January 6 rioters to Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
www.motherjones.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I wrote a lot about Ed Martin last year, but this was my favorite piece. Martin went to Florida (on a work day!) to attend a fundraiser with J6ers who were still appealing their cases *with his office.*
“Officials say their actions will make the country safer and preserve the country’s values.” The Statue of Liberty begs to differ
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
One horror after another. Will their cruelty and racism know any bounds?
One horror after another. Will their cruelty and racism know any bounds?
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“Officials say their actions will make the country safer and preserve the country’s values.” The Statue of Liberty begs to differ
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
One horror after another. Will their cruelty and racism know any bounds?
One horror after another. Will their cruelty and racism know any bounds?
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
One horror after another. Will their cruelty and racism know any bounds?
One horror after another. Will their cruelty and racism know any bounds?
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
More shameful destruction from the administration. This is the time for the .001% to put their billions to good use for something that is actually needed (as opposed to AI)
More shameful destruction from the administration. This is the time for the .001% to put their billions to good use for something that is actually needed (as opposed to AI)
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
More shameful destruction from the administration. This is the time for the .001% to put their billions to good use for something that is actually needed (as opposed to AI)
More shameful destruction from the administration. This is the time for the .001% to put their billions to good use for something that is actually needed (as opposed to AI)
U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u.... These murders have to stop. #notinmyname
U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u.... These murders have to stop. #notinmyname
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u.... Just shameful.
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The War on ‘Wokeness’ Comes to the U.S. Mint www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u.... Just shameful.
Great piece from Dr. Ali Groves about the health benefits of reducing financial stress during pregnancy through #cashassistance. #basicincome #maternalhealth #sdoh www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...
When Washington fails expecting mothers, Philadelphia shows a better way | Opinion
The Philly Joy program provides pregnant individuals with cash payments of $1,000 a month during pregnancy and the first 12 months postpartum.
www.pennlive.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Great piece from Dr. Ali Groves about the health benefits of reducing financial stress during pregnancy through #cashassistance. #basicincome #maternalhealth #sdoh www.pennlive.com/opinion/2025...
I think this is a complete misreading of the situation. This was the best possible outcome: they stood firm for the longest shutdown in history but ended it when the harm to the most vulnerable people in our society became too much, showing that contrary to Rs and Trump they actually care.
“I THINK THEY ARE SPINELESS, MEALY MOUTHED, BLOOD SUCKING, TWO FACED BOTTOM FEEDERS.”
We asked readers to weigh in on Senate Democrats’ deal—and almost nobody is happy.
We asked readers to weigh in on Senate Democrats’ deal—and almost nobody is happy.
Distraught, betrayed, and mad as hell: Your takes on the shutdown
We asked readers to weigh in on Senate Democrats' deal—and almost nobody is happy.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I think this is a complete misreading of the situation. This was the best possible outcome: they stood firm for the longest shutdown in history but ended it when the harm to the most vulnerable people in our society became too much, showing that contrary to Rs and Trump they actually care.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w... Really helpful explanation of why Justice Jackson issued a stay of a lower court ruling requiring the federal administration to pay out full SNAP benefits immediately
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w... Really helpful explanation of why Justice Jackson issued a stay of a lower court ruling requiring the federal administration to pay out full SNAP benefits immediately
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Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters.
No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.
Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.
Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel
www.independent.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters.
No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.
Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.
Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“If a movement seeks only to please its own radicals, it fails. If it uses action to change the narrative and persuade the mainstream, it has a good chance of success.” Time for mass movement everyone.
“If a movement seeks only to please its own radicals, it fails. If it uses action to change the narrative and persuade the mainstream, it has a good chance of success.” Time for mass movement everyone.
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“If a movement seeks only to please its own radicals, it fails. If it uses action to change the narrative and persuade the mainstream, it has a good chance of success.” Time for mass movement everyone.
“If a movement seeks only to please its own radicals, it fails. If it uses action to change the narrative and persuade the mainstream, it has a good chance of success.” Time for mass movement everyone.
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Elon Musk shared one of the worst charts I've ever seen, so I decided to write about it. www.pbump.net/o/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk should buy a introductory data course
I am not revealing any trade secrets by telling you that Elon Musk's public persona is unserious. He obviously has some business acumen; he remains in control of a number of corporations that are not ...
www.pbump.net
September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk shared one of the worst charts I've ever seen, so I decided to write about it. www.pbump.net/o/elon-musk-...
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It's probably not ideal for the nation that the way the government works is the attorney general goes on shows and podcasts and then the real lawyers have to figure out if there's any law there before writing up a walk-back statement that she can post the next day.
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It's probably not ideal for the nation that the way the government works is the attorney general goes on shows and podcasts and then the real lawyers have to figure out if there's any law there before writing up a walk-back statement that she can post the next day.
Nice to see younger people coming to their senses.
Trump's approval rating and favorability by age. www.pbump.net/o/tracking-h...
September 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Nice to see younger people coming to their senses.
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Trump's approval rating and favorability by age. www.pbump.net/o/tracking-h...
September 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump's approval rating and favorability by age. www.pbump.net/o/tracking-h...
The hypocrisy of this administration is hard to take.
September 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The hypocrisy of this administration is hard to take.
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The raid was last week.
“…as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free..”
-Justice Kavanaugh
“…as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free..”
-Justice Kavanaugh
South Korea’s president said in a speech marking 100 days in office Thursday that Korean companies would likely hesitate to further invest in the U.S. unless Washington improves its visa system for their workers. https://to.pbs.org/4pfFV8R
South Korean workers who were detained in a Hyundai factory raid are now headed home. Here's what else to know
The workers went by bus from southeast Georgia to Atlanta earlier in the day and are expected to land in South Korea on Friday afternoon.
to.pbs.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The raid was last week.
“…as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free..”
-Justice Kavanaugh
“…as for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free..”
-Justice Kavanaugh
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Has the State Department ever warned a group of people not to mock something? I don’t mean telling State Department employees to be diplomatic, I mean threatening nonemployees with state punishment if they make jokes, bad taste or otherwise.
That’s Putin, Xi, Erdogan stuff.
That’s Putin, Xi, Erdogan stuff.
pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...
State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau posted the warning on Thursday.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Has the State Department ever warned a group of people not to mock something? I don’t mean telling State Department employees to be diplomatic, I mean threatening nonemployees with state punishment if they make jokes, bad taste or otherwise.
That’s Putin, Xi, Erdogan stuff.
That’s Putin, Xi, Erdogan stuff.
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BREAKING: Federal court blocks and limits most of Florida law targeting school library books.
The only constitutional application is its "harmful to minors" provision, which limits obscene material that had already been banned from school libraries.
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
The only constitutional application is its "harmful to minors" provision, which limits obscene material that had already been banned from school libraries.
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: Federal court blocks and limits most of Florida law targeting school library books.
The only constitutional application is its "harmful to minors" provision, which limits obscene material that had already been banned from school libraries.
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
The only constitutional application is its "harmful to minors" provision, which limits obscene material that had already been banned from school libraries.
More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com