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Artist. Dreamer. Democrat.
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Trump promised lower costs, but prices are STILL too high. He and Republicans cut $1T from health care—driving costs up for all of us—and now want deeper cuts. Not OK. Learn what happened below + fight back: trumpflation.momsrising.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Another Sign Of How Little We Can Trust The Current Administration…
September 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Changes to a National Park Service website that removed any mention of Harriet Tubman from a text about the Underground Railroad were “made without approval from NPS leadership.”
Harriet Tubman Erased From US Parks Website Without Agency’s Permission
A text about the Underground Railroad has been restored after it was edited to remove Tubman and downplay the contributions of Black abolitionists.
hyperallergic.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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When hundreds of thousands of people coordinate across an entire nation to protest governmental policies, that’s not a page 18 story. That’s not a “see more in section B” situation. That’s front-page news. Period.
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”
Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.
newrepublic.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is ending most, if not all, remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen in what the U.N. World Food Program said could be "a death sentence" for millions.
Trump administration food aid cuts put millions at risk, aid sources say
The U.N. World Food Program warned that the termination of U.S. funding for emergency food assistance 'could amount to a death sentence' for millions.
www.japantimes.co.jp
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Two Democratic US senators demanded information from Microsoft and Google about their cloud computing partnerships with artificial intelligence companies, expressing concern the arrangements could stifle competition in the cutting-edge industry reut.rs/4j0HQuc
Democratic US senators question Google and Microsoft's AI deals
Two Democratic U.S. senators demanded information from Microsoft and Google about their cloud computing partnerships with artificial intelligence companies, expressing concern the arrangements could stifle competition in the cutting-edge industry.
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April 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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BREAKING: At least 58 Palestinians have been killed and 213 injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry aje.io/qz1ssk
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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JPMorgan said it now expects the US economy to fall into a recession this year after accounting for the likely impact of tariffs announced this week by the Trump administration.
JPMorgan Says Trump’s Tariffs to Send US Into Recession in 2025
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it expects the US economy to fall into a recession this year after accounting for the likely impact of tariffs announced this week by the Trump administration.
www.bloomberg.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Imagine your child’s teacher disappearing overnight. That’s what Trump’s education cuts will do—180,000 teachers gone. This will impact 2.8 million kids. Fight back!

Call Congress at 202-224-3121
Demand they reject these cuts.

#HandsOffOurSchools social.demcast.com/s/MiakfJX7
April 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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PLEASE REPOST. PLEASE REPOST. PLEASE REPOST.
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🚨🚨Calling all North Carolina voters!! Here is a list of every voter that Jefferson Griffin is trying to disenfranchise, please if you are a NC voter check to see if your name is on here, you have 15 days to cure your ballot to make sure your vote counts. thegriffinlist.com/assets/griff...
thegriffinlist.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Breaking News: The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, warned that President Trump’s tariffs risked even higher inflation and slower growth than initially expected.
Powell Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Stoking Even Higher Inflation and Slower Growth
Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, says the central bank’s “obligation” is to ensure that a “one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem.”
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Big news from @propublica.org: Activists exerted leverage on #PaulWeiss & won 200 hours of pro bono time to RE-START lawsuits against Big Tech / Big Banks. Originally started by CFPB. CANCELLED by Trump/Musk.

CFPB was a watchdog for your wallet. Now @elonjet.net Musk lines pockets of billionaires.
April 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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2000 members of National Academies warn that this administration is hurting the country.

“We are sending this SOS to sound a clear warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated.”

www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/t...
April 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Are we Great yet?
March 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Rep. Chuck Edwards is jeered at his North Carolina town hall as he struggles to read purported examples of weird funding items that DOGE has cut
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The E.P.A. Is NOW in the business of making it easier for the rich to get richer and the rest of us to fight for clean water, air, and land. There are no words to describe this fuckery.

Read this shit…
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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House Republican Chuck Edwards is getting demolished at his town hall in Asheville, North Carolina:

"Like him or not, Elon Musk has brought a lot of really smart people to DOGE."

Crowd: NO! Booooooooo! Boo! BOOOOOO! NOOOO!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
March 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Protest tomorrow in support of veterans who are losing their health care promised to them in return for their service to America. Major rally in DC at 12:30 and at every state capital. If you’re too far away, join in solidarity where you are. Info about the DC rally👇🏻 mobilize.us/s/I3P0S5.
Veteran locks self to sign post outside White House to protest VA cuts
YouTube video by News2Share
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March 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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'Resilient Appalachian mountain people': Small business in Swannanoa uses property to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
‘Resilient Appalachian mountain people’: Small business in Swannanoa uses property to help neighbors after Hurricane Helene
SWANNANOA, N.C. (WGHP) – A small business in Swannanoa is using its property to help neighbors six months after Hurricane Helene hit. “Swannanoa is doing OK. We are very resilient Appalachian mount…
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March 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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America’s largest federal employees’ union filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Homeland Security Department and its leadership to stop the Trump administration from canceling a collective bargaining agreement for TSA workers.
Labor Union Sues Trump Administration Over T.S.A. Contract
The largest federal employees union is suing the Homeland Security Department to stop the Trump administration from canceling its contract with T.S.A. workers.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cuts
Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cuts
The Associated Press has found that the Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million in funding intended largely for affordable housing developments nationwide.
www.live5news.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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A federal judge reinstated Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board, declaring that President Trump’s attempt to fire her was unlawful.
Judge Reinstates NLRB Member Fired by Trump
The ruling, which the Trump administration immediately moved to appeal, was a rebuke of Mr. Trump’s expansive view of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM