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Trump making deals and giving preferential treatment to sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell while she helps cover up his crimes.
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Trump making deals and giving preferential treatment to sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell while she helps cover up his crimes.
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BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
BREAKING: Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the health dept, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and harmful to the public.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/h...
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Regarding the flooding: GOP doesn’t want to fund the programs that predict these things, but they still want to blame the federal government for not predicting this. DOGE has consequences
July 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Regarding the flooding: GOP doesn’t want to fund the programs that predict these things, but they still want to blame the federal government for not predicting this. DOGE has consequences
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Possible bottom line: The MOP strikes were performative for Trump, and this “retaliation” is performative for Khamenei. Which may actually be the best result for the planet.
June 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Possible bottom line: The MOP strikes were performative for Trump, and this “retaliation” is performative for Khamenei. Which may actually be the best result for the planet.
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Trump announces attack on Iran. No congressional approval. At the hands of the self-proclaimed "anti-war" president.
June 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Trump announces attack on Iran. No congressional approval. At the hands of the self-proclaimed "anti-war" president.
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I’m surprised he decided go to war on a second country. You’d think destroying America would be enough.
June 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m surprised he decided go to war on a second country. You’d think destroying America would be enough.
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Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
June 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.
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Physically shoving, handcuffing, and forcibly removing a sitting United States Senator from a press conference is unacceptable.
Senator Padilla is right to demand answers from this Administration.
Senator Padilla is right to demand answers from this Administration.
June 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Physically shoving, handcuffing, and forcibly removing a sitting United States Senator from a press conference is unacceptable.
Senator Padilla is right to demand answers from this Administration.
Senator Padilla is right to demand answers from this Administration.
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Companies have the ability to analyze personal data to identify the lowest possible wages that individuals may be willing to accept for their work. Like surveillance pricing, this practice can be particularly harmful for people with disabilities, Ariana Aboulafia and Nina DiSalvo write:
Clocked In: How Surveillance Wage-Setting Can Affect People with Disabilities | TechPolicy.Press
Companies can use data to identify the lowest wages individuals may accept, posing a risk to those with disabilities, Ariana Aboulafia and Nina DiSalvo write.
www.techpolicy.press
June 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Companies have the ability to analyze personal data to identify the lowest possible wages that individuals may be willing to accept for their work. Like surveillance pricing, this practice can be particularly harmful for people with disabilities, Ariana Aboulafia and Nina DiSalvo write:
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Umm, this is why we read bills before we pass them.
Marjorie Taylor Greene admits she also didn’t read the GOP megabill she voted for
.@stevebenen: Marjorie Taylor Greene is the latest Republican to learn more about the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” she voted for — and she's unimpressed.
www.msnbc.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Umm, this is why we read bills before we pass them.
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I feel safer already.
June 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I feel safer already.
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The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
The White House is deporting people to countries they're not from. Why?
The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
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June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.
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Trump can sell all the "Trump 2028" hats he wants—but the Constitution isn’t for sale. The 22nd and 12th Amendments block any third term. It’s a grift, not a plan—and reality is still stronger than fantasy.
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The Constitution Still Holds
Why Trump’s Third-Term Fantasy Will Crash Into Reality—And Why That’s a Good Thing
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May 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Trump can sell all the "Trump 2028" hats he wants—but the Constitution isn’t for sale. The 22nd and 12th Amendments block any third term. It’s a grift, not a plan—and reality is still stronger than fantasy.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-consti...
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"Each time the populace shifts to accept a new norm, a new level of cruelty, a new outrage, the White House is further emboldened and the rules are reset. The deportations and renditions of innocent people without due process begins with migrants, but it will not end there."
May 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Each time the populace shifts to accept a new norm, a new level of cruelty, a new outrage, the White House is further emboldened and the rules are reset. The deportations and renditions of innocent people without due process begins with migrants, but it will not end there."
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Are we great yet?
May 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Are we great yet?
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The price tag speaks for itself.
Trump Ripped Over Plan To Build $175 Billion 'Golden Dome' Defense System Over The U.S.
So much for cutting all that federal spending.
www.comicsands.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The price tag speaks for itself.
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Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.
May 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.
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Huge news! Yesterday, a Federal judge halted the Trump Admin’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education and ordered the *immediate* rehiring of all staff that were unlawfully fired.
>>>> www.koat.com/article/judg...
>>>> www.koat.com/article/judg...
Judge orders Trump admin to reinstate former DOE staff
New Mexico education organizations are happy this happened, but are anxious about what will happen next.
www.koat.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Huge news! Yesterday, a Federal judge halted the Trump Admin’s attempts to dismantle the Department of Education and ordered the *immediate* rehiring of all staff that were unlawfully fired.
>>>> www.koat.com/article/judg...
>>>> www.koat.com/article/judg...
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DOGE attempted to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, an influential congressional watchdog agency. It refused. But experts say DOGE could have learned much from GAO.
DOGE tried to embed in GAO. Experts say it should have asked GAO for help instead
DOGE attempted to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, an influential congressional watchdog agency. It refused. But experts say DOGE could have learned much from GAO.
www.npr.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
DOGE attempted to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, an influential congressional watchdog agency. It refused. But experts say DOGE could have learned much from GAO.
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As Trump makes nice with Gulf states, Elon Musk isn't the only one to benefit. Musk's brother has deals for his drone co. His mom is headlining conferences there. And his dad has a memecoin to back a Dubai "Musk Institute" to study “space-time travel.”
Our latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
Our latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
Gulf Deal-Making Spree Also Benefited Elon Musk and His Family
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As Trump makes nice with Gulf states, Elon Musk isn't the only one to benefit. Musk's brother has deals for his drone co. His mom is headlining conferences there. And his dad has a memecoin to back a Dubai "Musk Institute" to study “space-time travel.”
Our latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
Our latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/w...
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BREAKING: The EPA says it will reverse most of the drinking water standards aimed at protecting people from toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
Even low levels of the chemicals known as PFAS are linked with cancer and other health problems.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Even low levels of the chemicals known as PFAS are linked with cancer and other health problems.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Trump EPA moves to weaken drinking water limits on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
The administration said it wants to rescind and reconsider whether limits are needed for four PFAS that chemical companies are still producing and using in the U.S. despite known health risks.
www.politico.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
BREAKING: The EPA says it will reverse most of the drinking water standards aimed at protecting people from toxic "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
Even low levels of the chemicals known as PFAS are linked with cancer and other health problems.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Even low levels of the chemicals known as PFAS are linked with cancer and other health problems.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
“.. the latest purge by Gabbard, who .. has removed or sidelined officials perceived to not support Trump’s political agenda.”
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May 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
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Veterans know about trust - how trust is given and how trust is earned.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.
May 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Veterans know about trust - how trust is given and how trust is earned.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.
Our nation continues to face a crisis of trust - and all of us can and must take action to change that.