Ashley H
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🎮 Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles by $50 each in the U.S. starting tomorrow, a result of Trump's tariffs.
Sony will hike PS5 prices Thursday as a result of Trump's trade war
Sony raised the prices of PS5s in the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand earlier this year.
www.axios.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🎮 Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles by $50 each in the U.S. starting tomorrow, a result of Trump's tariffs.
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At least 600 US CDC employees are getting final termination notices, AP reports reut.rs/472gMb3
At least 600 US CDC employees are getting final termination notices, AP reports
At least 600 employees of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing the American Federation of Government Employees.
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August 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
At least 600 US CDC employees are getting final termination notices, AP reports reut.rs/472gMb3
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John Quackenbush, a Harvard science professor, says he’s lost millions of dollars in training grants that support students as a result of federal funding cuts by the Trump administration. NBC News’ Maya Eaglin reports.
August 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
John Quackenbush, a Harvard science professor, says he’s lost millions of dollars in training grants that support students as a result of federal funding cuts by the Trump administration. NBC News’ Maya Eaglin reports.
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Claire McCardell changed fashion forever, Julia Turner writes. The designer advocated for pockets, denim, and ballet flats—revolutionizing clothing for women.
Read more: https://theatln.tc/VwvpOXU4
Read more: https://theatln.tc/VwvpOXU4
July 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Claire McCardell changed fashion forever, Julia Turner writes. The designer advocated for pockets, denim, and ballet flats—revolutionizing clothing for women.
Read more: https://theatln.tc/VwvpOXU4
Read more: https://theatln.tc/VwvpOXU4
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From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - AI dooms the billable hour – and Big Law earnings reut.rs/3I7D7tg
Breakingviews - AI dooms the billable hour – and Big Law earnings
Artificial intelligence promises to save time for white-collar workers. If true, that could be bad news for companies that bill clients by the hour. Law firms, auditors and other professional-services outfits might find ways to mitigate the financial hit. But there’s no getting around the fact that automation risks devaluing part of the pricey service they’re offering.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - AI dooms the billable hour – and Big Law earnings reut.rs/3I7D7tg
Join me at San Luis Obispo Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/san-l...
San Luis Obispo Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth
I am restarting SLO Co Women's/People's March. As the leader I am producing the Indivisible circus themed booth, activities, snacks and games at SLO County NAACP's Juneteenth Event on 6/14 at Mission ...
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June 6, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Join me at San Luis Obispo Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/san-l...
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the banking watchdog created after the subprime mortgage meltdown and the 2008 global financial crisis, has been thrown into chaos as the Trump administration works to drastically limit its operations. cnn.it/4buxL65
March 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the banking watchdog created after the subprime mortgage meltdown and the 2008 global financial crisis, has been thrown into chaos as the Trump administration works to drastically limit its operations. cnn.it/4buxL65
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Advocates for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including lawmakers in both the U.S. and Europe, say this weekend's gutting of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, etcetera will undermine press freedoms and hurt America's standing in the world. www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/m...
‘Massive gift to America’s enemies’: Activists decry cuts to government-funded networks | CNN Business
Advocates for the government-funded networks, including lawmakers in both the United States and Europe, say the cutbacks will undermine press freedoms and hurt America’s standing in the world.
www.cnn.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Advocates for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including lawmakers in both the U.S. and Europe, say this weekend's gutting of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, etcetera will undermine press freedoms and hurt America's standing in the world. www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/m...
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The Trump administration sent hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling.
Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants despite judge's order
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an order Saturday blocking the deportations, but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in...
www.dallasnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Trump administration sent hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling.
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Residents take stock after storms and tornadoes kill 36 in US south over weekend
Residents take stock after storms and tornadoes kill 36 in US south over weekend
Portions of eastern US under watch for dangerous winds and tornadoes as storm moves out on Sunday
Portions of Pennsylvania, New York, and mid-Atlantic and south-east states were still under a National Weather Service watch for damaging wind and…
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Residents take stock after storms and tornadoes kill 36 in US south over weekend
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Asia's ability to supply sustainable aviation fuel will outpace regional demand this year and next as more production comes online, increasing exports and potentially lowering prices for the fuel, oil executives and analysts said reut.rs/3RcR4Hz
Asia's green jet fuel ambitions exceed demand, heralding exports
Asia's ability to supply sustainable aviation fuel will outpace regional demand this year and next as more production comes online, increasing exports and potentially lowering prices for the fuel, oil executives and analysts said.
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March 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Asia's ability to supply sustainable aviation fuel will outpace regional demand this year and next as more production comes online, increasing exports and potentially lowering prices for the fuel, oil executives and analysts said reut.rs/3RcR4Hz
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Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’
Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’
US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a ‘race-baiting politician who hates America’ and Donald Trump
The United States is in effect expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, with secretary of state Marco Rubio accusing the envoy…
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’
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"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."
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abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The White House has quietly told the FBI to halt background checks on dozens of the president's top staffers and has transferred the process to the Pentagon, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..."
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...
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A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
March 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A YES on cloture is a YES for the bill.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
Do not let anyone play games with you.
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Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
March 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is a referendum on Elon Musk
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is a referendum on Elon Musk
“We'll find out whether Musk's millions are more powerful than the fury that Musk provokes among voters.”
www.motherjones.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is a referendum on Elon Musk
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We are watching Project 2025 come to life. Thankfully, pro-democracy groups are fighting back in the courts. @democracydocket.com's 16-person team tracks these lawsuits so you don't have to.
Support their work. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Support their work. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
January 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We are watching Project 2025 come to life. Thankfully, pro-democracy groups are fighting back in the courts. @democracydocket.com's 16-person team tracks these lawsuits so you don't have to.
Support their work. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Support their work. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Our 47th President: Donald Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
January 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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It’s Starter Pack Sunday!! If you have a Starter Pack of Democrats, Resisters, Activists, Reporters…please post it here. Let’s make sure we are all following and amplifying each other 💙🦋 I’ll start with #Voices4Victory starter pack…
go.bsky.app/UqhwVgA
go.bsky.app/UqhwVgA
December 22, 2024 at 7:28 PM
It’s Starter Pack Sunday!! If you have a Starter Pack of Democrats, Resisters, Activists, Reporters…please post it here. Let’s make sure we are all following and amplifying each other 💙🦋 I’ll start with #Voices4Victory starter pack…
go.bsky.app/UqhwVgA
go.bsky.app/UqhwVgA
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 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.
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
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
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There’s no place like home… to watch the “Wicked” movie.
The film will make its streaming debut on New Year’s Eve, with deleted and extended scenes: cnn.it/4a28TSs
The film will make its streaming debut on New Year’s Eve, with deleted and extended scenes: cnn.it/4a28TSs
‘Wicked’ will make its streaming debut on New Year’s Eve, with deleted and extended scenes | CNN
There’s no place like home… to watch the “Wicked” movie.
cnn.it
December 27, 2024 at 11:28 AM
There’s no place like home… to watch the “Wicked” movie.
The film will make its streaming debut on New Year’s Eve, with deleted and extended scenes: cnn.it/4a28TSs
The film will make its streaming debut on New Year’s Eve, with deleted and extended scenes: cnn.it/4a28TSs
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The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky