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just a reminder that the dem who ran this campaign unseated a 3x gop incumbent who had never won by less than double digits
June 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
June 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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13-yr-old Camarria Williams made a remarkable discovery when she found a compound with potential cancer-fighting properties in goose poop from Garfield Park, Chicago.

This surprising find happened while participating in the Chicago Antibiotic Discovery Lab, a STEM program in collaboration with the
June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Phang: And listen, he’s got a beefy lawsuit here. You can imagine what discovery is going to be like once this case moves forward—because it will. It will not be dismissed…
June 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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1/ New in the Abrego Garcia case, the Judge has just granted his lawyers' request for permission to file sanctions against the government, which is very unusual.
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Proud dad moment. Congratulations, Gus!
June 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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My latest: Jasmine Crockett is clear choice to lead Oversight Dems
I told you I wouldn’t pick sides in this race because I don’t have a vote. Then I realized it’s up to all of us to make sure our party gets this one right.

3,421 words. Please consider reading and passing this along!
Jasmine Crockett is clear choice to lead Oversight Dems
I told you I wouldn’t pick sides in this race because I don’t have a vote. Then I realized it’s up to all of us to make sure our party gets this one right.
www.thealtmedia.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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June 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Not knowing about things doesn’t mean they’re not happening.
June 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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💥🥚! The tide is turning on stolen babies and adoption!
From 1973 to 1990, thousands of Chilean babies were stolen from their mothers and sold into adoption, mainly to families in the U.S. and Europe. Known as The Children of Silence, many are just now uncovering the truth. Chile is finally prosecuting those responsible. 🥚 www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/a...
Chile prosecutes individuals alleged to have stolen babies | CNN
For the first time in Chile’s history, a judge announced he was prosecuting individuals alleged to have stolen babies in the country.
www.cnn.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A beloved member of my organizing community was taken by ICE today during an immigration check-in. Please sign this petition demanding her release.
Free Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda – A Mother, Grandmother & Community Leader Detained by ICE
We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly detaine...
ocadchi.salsalabs.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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"Maybe Jamie Dimon is just an untrustworthy, mercenary businessman. Or maybe he’s an idiot who doesn’t understand America, or politics, or risk. Whatever the case, he sure is rich."
Lord Business: Jamie Dimon Is the Dumbest Smart Guy in America
A look at how the business class is managing the transition from free market to command economy.
www.thebulwark.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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“One Big Beautiful Bill”?
Try one big, bold-faced lie.

They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise.

$2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what?
Tax cuts for the rich.
https://abcnews.link/fpgSJAo
t.co
June 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Moskowitz: "Nothing has been made more efficient. Here are the wins for congressional Rs. You ready? They're gonna do a $9b recession bill. They're gonna get rid of Elmo, which the American people were clamoring for, but they're gonna add $2.4t for the debt. And then they want us to cheer for them."
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Credit where it’s due: Scott Galloway cooked here
June 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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David Hogg’s fight for the future of the Democratic Party
David Hogg’s fight for the future of the Democratic Party
The gun control activist and DNC vice chair is targeting “asleep at the wheel” incumbents. But could his primary strategy lead to his own ousting?
www.motherjones.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Here’s a rare member of the U.S. Senate who seems to understand how close we are to a dictatorship.
Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."
June 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I was just watching a YouTube video and suddenly thought “Is it just me, or does Fox Propaganda’s Trey Gowdy look like Jeff Dunham’s dummy Peanut?” Things that make you go hmmmmm.
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Yikes
June 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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LFG
May 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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seems like trump mainly uses “low IQ” to describe black people. of a piece with his birtherism and his insistence that there are specific, low-wage “black jobs” that must be protected from immigrants
I listened to President Trump call Rep. Jasmine Crockett a "low IQ individual" and I realized I had heard that before, so put the question to ChatGPT.
May 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Excellent work by Ellen Barry and Nicholas Nehamas at New York Times pursuing this story that VA denies completely but the pictures and true stories show how they are lying. Yes. Veterans are being forced to do tele-mental health without privacy for their therapists and providers.
Trump’s V.A. Squeezes Mental Health Care in Crowded Offices, Raising Privacy Concerns (Gift Article)
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work from makeshift spaces where sensitive conversations can be overheard.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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