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The House narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
House votes to kill funding for public media
The U.S. House voted Thursday on a rescission bill to claw back money for foreign aid programs, along with the next two years of funding for the public media system. The measure now goes to the Senate.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The House narrowly approved legislation Thursday to eliminate the next two years of federal funding for public media outlets.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
The measure passed 214 to 212, with two Republican lawmakers switching their votes from "no" to "yes" to push it over the finish line.
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“International students are being played as poker chips, as negotiating tools…being disrespected and dehumanized.”
Kristi Noem to ban Harvard international students if Trump's demands are not met by April 30.
Kristi Noem to ban Harvard international students if Trump's demands are not met by April 30.
Noem to ban Harvard international students if Trump's demands not met
The DHS secretary says she will revoke visas unless the university complies by April 30.
www.motherjones.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“International students are being played as poker chips, as negotiating tools…being disrespected and dehumanized.”
Kristi Noem to ban Harvard international students if Trump's demands are not met by April 30.
Kristi Noem to ban Harvard international students if Trump's demands are not met by April 30.
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1. There has been a lot of attention, rightly, on the Trump administration disappearing immigrants to El Salvador
But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants.
But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants.
Federal immigration authorities wrongfully detain U.S. citizens
Immigration law in the United States is based on the idea that all people, regardless of how they entered the country, have rights.
popular.info
April 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
1. There has been a lot of attention, rightly, on the Trump administration disappearing immigrants to El Salvador
But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants.
But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants.
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BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions:
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions:
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
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Some DOS games that are turning 35 this year:🎂
King's Quest 5
LOOM
Prince of Persia
Red Baron
Rise of the Dragon
SimEarth
Railroad Tycoon
Star Control
Monkey Island
Stunts
Ultima 6
Wing Commander
Commander Keen
Crime Wave
Dangerous Dave
Retaliator
Gunboat
Hugo's House of Horrors
King's Bounty
Links
King's Quest 5
LOOM
Prince of Persia
Red Baron
Rise of the Dragon
SimEarth
Railroad Tycoon
Star Control
Monkey Island
Stunts
Ultima 6
Wing Commander
Commander Keen
Crime Wave
Dangerous Dave
Retaliator
Gunboat
Hugo's House of Horrors
King's Bounty
Links
April 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Some DOS games that are turning 35 this year:🎂
King's Quest 5
LOOM
Prince of Persia
Red Baron
Rise of the Dragon
SimEarth
Railroad Tycoon
Star Control
Monkey Island
Stunts
Ultima 6
Wing Commander
Commander Keen
Crime Wave
Dangerous Dave
Retaliator
Gunboat
Hugo's House of Horrors
King's Bounty
Links
King's Quest 5
LOOM
Prince of Persia
Red Baron
Rise of the Dragon
SimEarth
Railroad Tycoon
Star Control
Monkey Island
Stunts
Ultima 6
Wing Commander
Commander Keen
Crime Wave
Dangerous Dave
Retaliator
Gunboat
Hugo's House of Horrors
King's Bounty
Links
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Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
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This will absolutely kill people. The decimation of USAID, the gutting of CDC, NIH and now he’s about to create drug shortages.
From WH pool: Trump is considering tariffs on pharmaceuticals
April 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This will absolutely kill people. The decimation of USAID, the gutting of CDC, NIH and now he’s about to create drug shortages.
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Inside you, there are two wolves:
April 8, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Inside you, there are two wolves:
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Court does a coup.
Breaking News: Thousands of voters must verify their eligibility or have their ballots in the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race thrown out, a court ruled, a win for the Republican candidate who narrowly lost the election in November and challenged the result.
Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election
The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Court does a coup.
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Lotta people who have spent their comfortable, unbothered lives smugly insisting they "Don't do politics" are about to find out politics have no issue doin' them.
April 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Lotta people who have spent their comfortable, unbothered lives smugly insisting they "Don't do politics" are about to find out politics have no issue doin' them.
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Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.
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the american belief in how free america is relative to other places is so ingrained and so incorrect
April 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
the american belief in how free america is relative to other places is so ingrained and so incorrect
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it is because they want to impoverish the country! they don’t want high end manufacturing. they want americans working subsistence wages making t shirts and clothes hangers
This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
April 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
it is because they want to impoverish the country! they don’t want high end manufacturing. they want americans working subsistence wages making t shirts and clothes hangers
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This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
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It is not and has never been about wealth or prosperity in an objective sense. It's about control of human beings and the wealthy have more control and power in a desperate, shrinking economy than they do in a prosperous and wealthy one.
April 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
It is not and has never been about wealth or prosperity in an objective sense. It's about control of human beings and the wealthy have more control and power in a desperate, shrinking economy than they do in a prosperous and wealthy one.
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Great piece from the Center for Politics arguing that realigmment on race and cultural issues, not economics led to the white-working class moving away from the Democratic Party.
centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid: The Ideological Foundations of White Working Class Republicanism - Sabato's Crystal Ball
While the state of the economy was likely an important factor in the 2024 presidential election and other recent contests, discontent over economic conditions doesn’t really explain the movement of white working class voters to the Republican Party in the longer-term. Rather, cultural issues were probably a larger driver of white working class voters, once the base of the Democratic Party decades ago, into the Republican column.
centerforpolitics.org
April 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Great piece from the Center for Politics arguing that realigmment on race and cultural issues, not economics led to the white-working class moving away from the Democratic Party.
centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/...
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France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
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God help us.
NEW: Attorneys general representing 27 states (every state with a Republican AG except for NH) tell SCOTUS to reverse Judge Boasberg's TRO protecting Venezuelans in the US from being deported to a nightmarish Salvadoran prison without due process www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
March 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
God help us.
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The "proof of citizenship" portion will likely follow the provisions of the SAVE act which requires birth certificates or passports. Since most women do not update birth certificates when changing surnames after marriage, it would effectively disenfranchise most women. 19thnews.org/2025/03/save...
An effort to block non-citizens from voting could impact married women, too
Voting rights groups say the SAVE Act would create a barrier for millions of Americans who have changed their legal name because of marriage or to better align with their gender identity.
19thnews.org
March 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The "proof of citizenship" portion will likely follow the provisions of the SAVE act which requires birth certificates or passports. Since most women do not update birth certificates when changing surnames after marriage, it would effectively disenfranchise most women. 19thnews.org/2025/03/save...