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PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages.

* Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ..

* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ..

* EPA administrator Lee Zeldin

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September 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Sharon Lerner reports the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.

It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.

By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked…
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May 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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NEW: When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.

Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
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April 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Democratic Governor Tony Evers has successfully increased school funding for the next 400 YEARS in Wisconsin by crossing out a few numbers in a bill to change it from “2024–25” to “2425.”

The state Supreme Court just upheld his right to do so.
Wisconsin's adventures with line-item vetoes
Laws are like sausages...
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April 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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NEW from PP:

The Trump admin is blowing off Congress's Qs about ICE wrongly detaining Americans.

More than a dozen lawmakers demanded answers.

The admin has offered silence.

“That’s not usual." said @normornstein.bsky.social. "Nothing about this is usual."

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
Amid increasing reports that U.S. citizens have been caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet, a dozen members of Congress have written to the government with pointed questions. Non...
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April 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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March 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Comrade Tulsi has her work cut out for her.
March 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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“When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”

Great story by @andykroll.bsky.social
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...
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March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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As DOGE and Trump claim to be rooting out govt waste, remember that the first Trump administration granted "church" status to the Family Research Council, allowing the nonprofit to shield its finances from public scrutiny.

It also can't be audited without ok from a high-level Treasury official.
Right-Wing Think Tank Family Research Council Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS
The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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“I’ll run the country like a business.” - DJT

Trump Taj Mahal
bankruptcy 1991

Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino: bankruptcy 1992

Trump Castle Hotel and Casino: bankruptcy 1992

Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts: bankruptcy 2004

Trump Entertainment Resorts: bankruptcy 2009
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Oh no, the Chinese version of the shitty plagiarism machine is better than the domestic one we also never wanted!
January 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Always found David Lynch kinda overrated, actually.
January 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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NEW: Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons.

Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.
A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza
Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State…
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January 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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January 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Went to NE Minneapolis' Vinai, one of The New York Times' 50 favorite restaurants in America.
Soooooo good!!
January 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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“I managed to get my shit together and accept them,” the operator of a local towing company said about the city’s immigrants. “We got lucky here in Whitewater...These people came here to work and raise their families.”

By @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social, @maryamjameel.bsky.social
(Pub. Oct. 2024)
What Happened in Whitewater
How immigration is affecting one small Wisconsin city.
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January 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
13 year old juggernauts #bourbon #vinyl
January 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Does anyone have a contact for Ann ? Would love to discuss with her the possibility of partnering with her to publish her cartoons exclusively on @bluesky
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Happy new year.
January 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The Universe doesn't care.
December 27, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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WHOA! THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FRAUD.

GOP Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12) has been missing for six months. She was just found by a reporter in a dementia care facility.

Her staff and others have been keeping this a secret from her constituents. So who’s been making these posts?
December 22, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Don't call yourself a music fan if you don't own a record, tape, or compact disc.
December 21, 2024 at 4:40 PM