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The numbers were flying. Trillions. Billions. 600% off drug prices. Everything like nobody's ever seen. He was loud. Desperately ramming home his nonsense. He was fear mongering. Sounded desperate. Even for him, this was cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The numbers were flying. Trillions. Billions. 600% off drug prices. Everything like nobody's ever seen. He was loud. Desperately ramming home his nonsense. He was fear mongering. Sounded desperate. Even for him, this was cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
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Trump says OBBB includes “no tax on Social Security.” Incorrect. The provision is a tax deduction for seniors; it has nothing to do with Social Security income, which will continue to be taxed as it has been. As the IRS website describes it:
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Trump says OBBB includes “no tax on Social Security.” Incorrect. The provision is a tax deduction for seniors; it has nothing to do with Social Security income, which will continue to be taxed as it has been. As the IRS website describes it:
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Fully recognize that I am in a position of privilege to have health care myself & have choices in this system of ours, but: not gonna lie, graduating from residency in the midst of COVID and having things get back to near-normal, just in time for this to happen, leaves a bitter taste in my mouth
December 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Fully recognize that I am in a position of privilege to have health care myself & have choices in this system of ours, but: not gonna lie, graduating from residency in the midst of COVID and having things get back to near-normal, just in time for this to happen, leaves a bitter taste in my mouth
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Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts. End of subsidies after failed legislation will have serious and damaging impact on entire sector, policy experts say | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts
End of subsidies after failed legislation will have serious and damaging impact on entire sector, policy experts say
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Obamacare expiration will have ‘death spiral’ effect on US healthcare – experts. End of subsidies after failed legislation will have serious and damaging impact on entire sector, policy experts say | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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👀 White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Trump, Vance, Musk, Vought and Bondi: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
👀 White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Trump, Vance, Musk, Vought and Bondi: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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🧵: ACA subsidies are set to expire. Medicaid is on the chopping block. Medicare privatization schemes are advancing all while Congress enjoys taxpayer-funded healthcare.
If you're not rich or getting coverage through a private employer or the government, things may get grim.
If you're not rich or getting coverage through a private employer or the government, things may get grim.
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🧵: ACA subsidies are set to expire. Medicaid is on the chopping block. Medicare privatization schemes are advancing all while Congress enjoys taxpayer-funded healthcare.
If you're not rich or getting coverage through a private employer or the government, things may get grim.
If you're not rich or getting coverage through a private employer or the government, things may get grim.
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Editorial courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com
The disconnect is in congress. THEY have health care subsidies (from taxpayers).
Their premiums are up, but WE offset them, right?
#utpol
$27,000 a year for health insurance. How can we afford that?
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
The disconnect is in congress. THEY have health care subsidies (from taxpayers).
Their premiums are up, but WE offset them, right?
#utpol
$27,000 a year for health insurance. How can we afford that?
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
$27,000 a year for health insurance. How can we afford that? - The Salt Lake Tribune
edition.pagesuite.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Editorial courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com
The disconnect is in congress. THEY have health care subsidies (from taxpayers).
Their premiums are up, but WE offset them, right?
#utpol
$27,000 a year for health insurance. How can we afford that?
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
The disconnect is in congress. THEY have health care subsidies (from taxpayers).
Their premiums are up, but WE offset them, right?
#utpol
$27,000 a year for health insurance. How can we afford that?
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up?
Trump: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously, you're a sycophant for Democrats.
Trump: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously, you're a sycophant for Democrats.
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up?
Trump: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously, you're a sycophant for Democrats.
Trump: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously, you're a sycophant for Democrats.
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Officers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse
Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Officers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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people.com/immigrants-a...
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
people.com/immigrants-a...
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
America
Try to walk in their shoes
Unbelievable CRUELTY
They completed the long process of becoming a U.S. citizen.
They were taken out of line at their Naturalization Ceremony and told their oath-taking would canceled
All due to their country of origin
Outrage
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ICE is specifically going after people DEEP INTO a process of “immigrating the right way.”
It’s clear they just want to clear out Black/brown people, & immigrants from countries Trump doesn’t happen to like that week.
America is saying to immigrants “tough luck, we’re moving all the goal posts.”
It’s clear they just want to clear out Black/brown people, & immigrants from countries Trump doesn’t happen to like that week.
America is saying to immigrants “tough luck, we’re moving all the goal posts.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
ICE is specifically going after people DEEP INTO a process of “immigrating the right way.”
It’s clear they just want to clear out Black/brown people, & immigrants from countries Trump doesn’t happen to like that week.
America is saying to immigrants “tough luck, we’re moving all the goal posts.”
It’s clear they just want to clear out Black/brown people, & immigrants from countries Trump doesn’t happen to like that week.
America is saying to immigrants “tough luck, we’re moving all the goal posts.”
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BREAKING on MS NOW:
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
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So will the alleged pipe bomber get the same treatment as all other J6 criminals? Dietary needs met, Presidential song, visits from members of the House and last but not least, a Pardon.
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So will the alleged pipe bomber get the same treatment as all other J6 criminals? Dietary needs met, Presidential song, visits from members of the House and last but not least, a Pardon.
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💥 Imagine being 18, a US citizen, asleep in a broken truck, and 8 masked ICE agents point rifles at you. Handcuffed, injured, no rights read. This is Manny Castillo’s reality.
SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!
SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
💥 Imagine being 18, a US citizen, asleep in a broken truck, and 8 masked ICE agents point rifles at you. Handcuffed, injured, no rights read. This is Manny Castillo’s reality.
SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!
SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE!
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Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and military leader had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
on.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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I’m 56 years old, and for my whole life we’ve been asking some version of the question “what would WE, our generation, have done to stop the Nazis, either in Germany as they were rising, or around the world to fight for freedom.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m 56 years old, and for my whole life we’ve been asking some version of the question “what would WE, our generation, have done to stop the Nazis, either in Germany as they were rising, or around the world to fight for freedom.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
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Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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Read "Tennessee 7th District special election results 2025" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6HjW6O1a/1...
COME TENNESSEE THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING WE KNOW YOU CAN DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA AND TENNESSEE GO VOTE!!!!!
COME TENNESSEE THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING WE KNOW YOU CAN DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA AND TENNESSEE GO VOTE!!!!!
Tennessee 7th District special election results 2025 (NewsNation)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NewsNation) — Tennessee voters headed to the polls Tuesday in a closely watched special congressional electionthat represents another elect...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Read "Tennessee 7th District special election results 2025" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6HjW6O1a/1...
COME TENNESSEE THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING WE KNOW YOU CAN DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA AND TENNESSEE GO VOTE!!!!!
COME TENNESSEE THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING WE KNOW YOU CAN DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR AMERICA AND TENNESSEE GO VOTE!!!!!
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Juan Hernández, a former president of Honduras, was found guilty by a US jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine, via one of "most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world"
Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Juan Hernández, a former president of Honduras, was found guilty by a US jury last year of conspiring to import cocaine, via one of "most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world"
Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump intends to pardon him.
By Shawn McCreesh, Annie Correal, Jeff Ernst
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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How are we budgeting to deal with this?
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
How are we budgeting to deal with this?