ginger erso
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I'm a rebel just for kicks.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
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Dems have swept all five row offices in the crucial swing county of Bucks County, PA, by about a 56-44 margin, including my longtime friends Joe Khan and Danny Ceisler being elected District Attorney and Sheriff, respectively. We swept all four open common pleas judgeships. This is a great night.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Dems have swept all five row offices in the crucial swing county of Bucks County, PA, by about a 56-44 margin, including my longtime friends Joe Khan and Danny Ceisler being elected District Attorney and Sheriff, respectively. We swept all four open common pleas judgeships. This is a great night.
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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You have no obligation to defend or explain the behavior of random street protesters. We have a lawless government that is flagrantly violating its legal, moral, even philosophical obligations to us. Everything else is secondary
June 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
You have no obligation to defend or explain the behavior of random street protesters. We have a lawless government that is flagrantly violating its legal, moral, even philosophical obligations to us. Everything else is secondary
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Ominous juxtaposition
June 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ominous juxtaposition
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It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Texas bill could punish bookstores for 'obscene' books
A new bill in the Texas Legislature, authored by Rep. Nate Schatzline, would allow businesses to be held liable if a minor reports damages from "obscene" books.
www.chron.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
It was never just about schools, it was never just about libraries, and it isn't actually about the books.
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
It's about finding a way to banish entire people, entire ideas, out of society, back into the closet or worse.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
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EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants
DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.
A film that takes place where you're from.
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A film that takes place where you're from.
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Art of the deal!
TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.
So the White House says the 10% baseline tariff also applies to Canada & Mexico. It has not said whether that's the effective new rate itself; whether it adds to the 25% fentanyl tariff, making the new rate 35%; or whether it kicks in only if the fentanyl tariff falls away
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Art of the deal!
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Meanwhile, we’ve spent ONE BILLION DOLLARS in just THREE WEEKS bombing Yemen.
Why? Ostensibly the justification is to protect global shipping lanes, but the underlying reason is we are conducting a proxy war with Iran on behalf of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
MAGA, amirite?
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
Why? Ostensibly the justification is to protect global shipping lanes, but the underlying reason is we are conducting a proxy war with Iran on behalf of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
MAGA, amirite?
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
Cost of US military offensive against Houthis nears $1 billion with limited impact | CNN Politics
The total cost of the US military’s operation against the Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen is nearing $1 billion in just over three weeks, even as the attacks have had limited impact on destroyin...
www.cnn.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Meanwhile, we’ve spent ONE BILLION DOLLARS in just THREE WEEKS bombing Yemen.
Why? Ostensibly the justification is to protect global shipping lanes, but the underlying reason is we are conducting a proxy war with Iran on behalf of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
MAGA, amirite?
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
Why? Ostensibly the justification is to protect global shipping lanes, but the underlying reason is we are conducting a proxy war with Iran on behalf of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
MAGA, amirite?
www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/p...
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Kasie: The Dow losing nearly 4% of its total value, down more than 1600 points. The NASDAQ down nearly 6%, the S&P plunging nearly 5%. Wall Street, responding to the unexpected scope and severity of Trump’s sweeping tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Kasie: The Dow losing nearly 4% of its total value, down more than 1600 points. The NASDAQ down nearly 6%, the S&P plunging nearly 5%. Wall Street, responding to the unexpected scope and severity of Trump’s sweeping tariffs
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
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The Trump tariffs hit Antarctic islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Trump tariffs hit Antarctic islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Today Donald Trump is liberating:
-Americans from lower prices
-Retirees from healthy 401k savings
-America from respect around the world
-Americans from lower prices
-Retirees from healthy 401k savings
-America from respect around the world
April 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today Donald Trump is liberating:
-Americans from lower prices
-Retirees from healthy 401k savings
-America from respect around the world
-Americans from lower prices
-Retirees from healthy 401k savings
-America from respect around the world
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NEW: Full list of tariffs published by White House.
10% baseline tariff on all good from all countries.
But much HIGHER TARIFFS for many, including:
20% ON EU GOODS
34% ON CHINA GOODS
24% ON JAPAN GOODS.
25% on all CARS.
The biggest tax hike in history & suicidal economics.
10% baseline tariff on all good from all countries.
But much HIGHER TARIFFS for many, including:
20% ON EU GOODS
34% ON CHINA GOODS
24% ON JAPAN GOODS.
25% on all CARS.
The biggest tax hike in history & suicidal economics.
April 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
NEW: Full list of tariffs published by White House.
10% baseline tariff on all good from all countries.
But much HIGHER TARIFFS for many, including:
20% ON EU GOODS
34% ON CHINA GOODS
24% ON JAPAN GOODS.
25% on all CARS.
The biggest tax hike in history & suicidal economics.
10% baseline tariff on all good from all countries.
But much HIGHER TARIFFS for many, including:
20% ON EU GOODS
34% ON CHINA GOODS
24% ON JAPAN GOODS.
25% on all CARS.
The biggest tax hike in history & suicidal economics.
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Crawford: Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.. Wisconsin stood up and said that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale
April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Crawford: Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.. Wisconsin stood up and said that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale
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Clock it. 25 hours and 5 minutes of GOOD TROUBLE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
April 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Clock it. 25 hours and 5 minutes of GOOD TROUBLE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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BREAKING: SENATOR CORY BOOKER BREAKS RECORD FOR LONGEST SPEECH ON FLOOR OF U.S. SENATE
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
BREAKING: SENATOR CORY BOOKER BREAKS RECORD FOR LONGEST SPEECH ON FLOOR OF U.S. SENATE
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Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
If Sen. Cory Booker makes it to 7:19 p.m. EST, he will break segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's record for his 24 hour 18 minute Senate floor speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
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More than 73,000 people are watching Cory Booker on his channel, and many channels have picked it up. It's all over my YouTube homepage—probably yours, too.
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
More than 73,000 people are watching Cory Booker on his channel, and many channels have picked it up. It's all over my YouTube homepage—probably yours, too.
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In a world of Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman, be a Cory Booker.
April 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In a world of Chuck Schumer and John Fetterman, be a Cory Booker.