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The United States is on track to be Trump’s SEVENTH bankrupt business.

"This is a shift in global politics. And this is something that I am praying and hoping that we can overcome but unfortunately we're seeing a Republican Party right now that would rather bow to political pressure than stand tall for policies and principle." -Sen. Booker @corybooker.com

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.

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The happiest person on the planet right now is Vladimir Putin.

@meidastouch.com is fighting the good fight.

. @mcfaulmike.bsky.social : "All of our enemies throughout all of our history have been dictatorships. Our most enduring allies, our strongest allies, have always been democracies. And today our president wants to switch sides."

GLENN: Why don't you wear a suit? You're at the highest level in this country's office & you refuse to wear a suit. A lot of Americans have problems with you not respecting the office.

ZELENSKYY: I will wear a costume after this war will finish. Maybe something like yours. Maybe something better.

“The Office of Personnel Management does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute in the history of the universe, to hire and fire employees within another agency,” Alsup said Thursday night.

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"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."

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