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Mayor Brandon Scott appears to be doing something right, but somehow this remarkable, record setting decline in violence doesn't quite make national headlines the way the opposite does
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
Baltimore’s homicide rate dropped to a historic low last month, defied racial trends
Baltimore ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Mayor Brandon Scott appears to be doing something right, but somehow this remarkable, record setting decline in violence doesn't quite make national headlines the way the opposite does
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
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"This is precisely the danger that RFK Jr. has presented all along. The man is an unreconstructed crank. He plans to use the authority of the federal government and its health agencies to launder his own crackpot beliefs into official policy."
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-mah...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-mah...
RFK Jr.’s MAHA Hallucinations
The real scientific evidence is the BS they made up along the way.
www.thebulwark.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"This is precisely the danger that RFK Jr. has presented all along. The man is an unreconstructed crank. He plans to use the authority of the federal government and its health agencies to launder his own crackpot beliefs into official policy."
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-mah...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-mah...
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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
US military spends eight times more on Viagra than gender-affirming care
In a hearing over the Defense Department's removal of transgender service members, a judge uncovered that the military spends $42 million a year on Viagra.
www.newsweek.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...
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In most other wealthy countries, governments set a single price for a drug that is usually based on analysis of the therapeutic benefit of the medicine and what other countries pay.
But in the U.S., companies are largely free to set their own prices.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
But in the U.S., companies are largely free to set their own prices.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?
Drug companies in the U.S. face few restraints on what to charge for their products. A bipartisan bill would penalize those companies that sell their drugs at higher prices than the average of the…
www.propublica.org
May 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
In most other wealthy countries, governments set a single price for a drug that is usually based on analysis of the therapeutic benefit of the medicine and what other countries pay.
But in the U.S., companies are largely free to set their own prices.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
But in the U.S., companies are largely free to set their own prices.
By @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
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Trump’s DOJ is gutting its voting section by reassigning experts, dropping cases, and rewriting its mission to focus on “voter fraud.” Lawyers say it’s a direct attack on your right to vote.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Former DOJ Lawyers Fear Department ‘Doesn’t Plan to Enforce Voting Rights Laws at All’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump’s DOJ is gutting its voting section by reassigning experts, dropping cases, and rewriting its mission to focus on “voter fraud.” Lawyers say it’s a direct attack on your right to vote.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Donald Trump has proposed launching a “gold card” program offering US residency for $5 million. Elon Musk’s DOGE has begun rolling out the technology to enable it, even though Congress hasn't passed legislation to authorize it yet.
A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms
Donald Trump has proposed launching a “gold card” program offering US residency for $5 million. Elon Musk’s DOGE has begun rolling out the technology to enable it.
wrd.cm
May 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Donald Trump has proposed launching a “gold card” program offering US residency for $5 million. Elon Musk’s DOGE has begun rolling out the technology to enable it, even though Congress hasn't passed legislation to authorize it yet.
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Every time a new scandal is reported from the Trump admin, which is every few hours, their first reaction is to call the story fake news, their second reaction is to vow to hunt down and jail the leakers, and their third reaction is to threaten the media company who published it.
May 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Every time a new scandal is reported from the Trump admin, which is every few hours, their first reaction is to call the story fake news, their second reaction is to vow to hunt down and jail the leakers, and their third reaction is to threaten the media company who published it.
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If this isn't a bribe, we don't know what is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiGD...
This $400M Plane Is a BRIBE—And Everyone Knows It!
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If this isn't a bribe, we don't know what is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiGD...
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NOT OKAY
It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
May 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
NOT OKAY
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I do hope the business community takes note of the fact that while Trump is wrecking their supply chain with tariffs, he thinks he’s free import a foreign jet for free.
Buy American? Lolz
He’s grounding Air Force One for his Qatari air palace.
It’s all revolting autocratic corruption.
Buy American? Lolz
He’s grounding Air Force One for his Qatari air palace.
It’s all revolting autocratic corruption.
May 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I do hope the business community takes note of the fact that while Trump is wrecking their supply chain with tariffs, he thinks he’s free import a foreign jet for free.
Buy American? Lolz
He’s grounding Air Force One for his Qatari air palace.
It’s all revolting autocratic corruption.
Buy American? Lolz
He’s grounding Air Force One for his Qatari air palace.
It’s all revolting autocratic corruption.
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Thou shalt not photoshop gang tattoos onto people’s knuckles in a vain attempt to justify thy evil.
April 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thou shalt not photoshop gang tattoos onto people’s knuckles in a vain attempt to justify thy evil.
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
🤣🤣🤣
April 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
🤣🤣🤣
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The administration’s memo targeting Act Blue falls into its pattern of singling out political opponents for federal investigation. That's wrong. The federal government isn't a weapon for party politics. It's designed to serve the American people and democracy.
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The administration’s memo targeting Act Blue falls into its pattern of singling out political opponents for federal investigation. That's wrong. The federal government isn't a weapon for party politics. It's designed to serve the American people and democracy.
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This — the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s arrest today of a sitting judge — against the backdrop that the President of the United States is, at this same moment, defying an April 10 Order of the Supreme Court of the United States
April 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This — the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s arrest today of a sitting judge — against the backdrop that the President of the United States is, at this same moment, defying an April 10 Order of the Supreme Court of the United States
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ICE can enter anyone’s home, and abduct and deport them to a foreign prison indefinitely because the DOJ says they can ignore the 4th, 5th and 15th amendments.
If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
April 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE can enter anyone’s home, and abduct and deport them to a foreign prison indefinitely because the DOJ says they can ignore the 4th, 5th and 15th amendments.
If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
If there’s no due process or protections against illegal search and seizures, none of us are safe.
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National security clearances? Overrated.
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
Pete Hegseth's National Security 'Friends & Family Plan'
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtube.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
National security clearances? Overrated.
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
Now you too can stay in the loop—thanks to Pete Hegseth’s Friends & Family Plan!
youtube.com/shorts/-CKXq...
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This guy is crashing out hard
At the WH Easter egg hunt, Hegseth this morning pathetically blames the media for what his own appointees disclosed about his latest scandals.
April 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This guy is crashing out hard
So let me get this straight…Pete Hegseth is so insecure that he has to take his wife into meetings at the Pentagon and when meeting with foreign counterparts. What is she? His comfort animal? 🤷🏻♀️
April 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So let me get this straight…Pete Hegseth is so insecure that he has to take his wife into meetings at the Pentagon and when meeting with foreign counterparts. What is she? His comfort animal? 🤷🏻♀️
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This is the most asinine decade I’ve lived through. It’s like a worldwide “Groundhog Day” scenario revolving around one obnoxious, mediocre man. Man or someone adjacent to him says/does something so egregious it enrages one segment of the population and inspires another.
This is the most asinine decade I’ve lived through. It’s like a worldwide “Groundhog Day” scenario revolving around one obnoxious, mediocre man. Man or someone adjacent to him says/does something so egregious it enrages one segment of the population and inspires another.
April 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This is the most asinine decade I’ve lived through. It’s like a worldwide “Groundhog Day” scenario revolving around one obnoxious, mediocre man. Man or someone adjacent to him says/does something so egregious it enrages one segment of the population and inspires another.
This is the most asinine decade I’ve lived through. It’s like a worldwide “Groundhog Day” scenario revolving around one obnoxious, mediocre man. Man or someone adjacent to him says/does something so egregious it enrages one segment of the population and inspires another.
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Vice President Vance argues that Trump “believes in economic self-sufficiency.”
Well. To see the benefits of economic self-sufficiency, look to North Korea.
My @financialtimes.com column.
www.ft.com/content/077d... #econsky
Well. To see the benefits of economic self-sufficiency, look to North Korea.
My @financialtimes.com column.
www.ft.com/content/077d... #econsky
Trump’s tariffs are an economic emergency for Americans
Misplaced nostalgia is not a good enough reason for something that will only hurt voters
www.ft.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Vice President Vance argues that Trump “believes in economic self-sufficiency.”
Well. To see the benefits of economic self-sufficiency, look to North Korea.
My @financialtimes.com column.
www.ft.com/content/077d... #econsky
Well. To see the benefits of economic self-sufficiency, look to North Korea.
My @financialtimes.com column.
www.ft.com/content/077d... #econsky
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@booker.senate.gov: "Are we a nation that is going to tolerate this, or a nation that's going to stand up? As the great Frederick Douglass said, 'the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the people that they seek to oppress.' How much will we endure before we say enough is enough?"
April 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@booker.senate.gov: "Are we a nation that is going to tolerate this, or a nation that's going to stand up? As the great Frederick Douglass said, 'the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the people that they seek to oppress.' How much will we endure before we say enough is enough?"
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Andrew Sullivan: “Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view.
He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”
He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”
April 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Andrew Sullivan: “Once you grasp Trump as an elected monarch, his full rebuke to the very idea of America comes into clearer view.
He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”
He is precisely — almost uncannily — what this country was founded to oppose: an arbitrary, corrupt, mendacious, and utterly incompetent king”