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Claire Shrout
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Congrats to Canada on picking a Liberal government and rejecting the stink of Trumpism!

Elbows up!
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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March 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Dear world, please do not judge us harshly. Most of us are good-caring people, and we hate him too.
February 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"

#PRESIDEMENTIA
February 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Grimes, who has three children with Elon Musk, is trying to get his attention by posting on the app he owns.
February 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road.

NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B.

www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government.

It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it.

Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.
February 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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What a disgrace.

Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks it’s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.

*This* is how democracy dies.
Washington Post backs out of ‘Fire Elon Musk’ ad order
The Washington Post this week backed out of a “Fire Elon Musk” advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause.  The group …
thehill.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The resignations from New York City’s government are eviscerating the DOJ‘s rationale for dismissing the criminal case against Adams.
February 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA

7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Gulf of Distraction
February 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!
Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)
February 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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"I will bring down inflation on day one."

😂😂😂😂
February 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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February 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Federal judges have issued President Donald Trump stinging legal rebukes in the early clashes over his blitz of executive orders, and two of his top aides have responded by suggesting that his administration defy the courts and move forward with its agenda.
Trump allies suggest defying court orders after stinging legal rebukes
A Rhode Island judge ruled the Trump administration has violated a court order to disburse billions of dollars in grants and hinted at possible penalties.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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"What are we supposed to do, we don't control Congress"

"What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority"

"What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"
February 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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You piece of shit! See? This is why I'll never let up! You'll never be able to have this narrative as truth as long as I'm around. Those terrorist attacked us because of you Donald.
Reporter: You are going to meet with first responders today, but you pardoned hundreds of people who assaulted first responders.

Trump: No, I pardoned people who were assaulted themselves… by our government. What I did was a great thing for humanity.
February 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Board member of META asks a very good question.
February 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM