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condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
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NEW: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of NIH grants was “void and illegal.”
He ordered funding for some of the grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be reinstated.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
He ordered funding for some of the grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be reinstated.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal
In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent month...
www.propublica.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s termination of hundreds of NIH grants was “void and illegal.”
He ordered funding for some of the grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be reinstated.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
He ordered funding for some of the grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be reinstated.
By @anniewaldman.bsky.social
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I suspect younger people who don’t remember pre-ACA can’t fathom how bad it was because the thought of it being even worse than it is now is hard to imagine.
What they don’t understand is how hard of a fight it was just to get what we ended up with.
What they don’t understand is how hard of a fight it was just to get what we ended up with.
Health care is still bad but before the ACA it was so bad that people who don’t remember it don’t really comprehend it
I cannot listen to people who were born after the millennium talk shit about the Affordable Care Act I really cannot
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I suspect younger people who don’t remember pre-ACA can’t fathom how bad it was because the thought of it being even worse than it is now is hard to imagine.
What they don’t understand is how hard of a fight it was just to get what we ended up with.
What they don’t understand is how hard of a fight it was just to get what we ended up with.
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One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
Americans checking their retirement accounts like:
March 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Americans checking their retirement accounts like:
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Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"
Because that's what it is. The American home life has simply naturally been represented in our politics.
It all feels like a family with a genuinely abusive family member choosing to just carry on with the holiday traditions, hoping to create normalcy through sheer will and denial.
January 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Because that's what it is. The American home life has simply naturally been represented in our politics.
I will never not hear these types with Ferengi vocal fry thanks to Star Trek.
a 45 year old man referring to women as “females?” that’s a chud right there
🤔
January 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I will never not hear these types with Ferengi vocal fry thanks to Star Trek.
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Political scientist here. I sincerely regret to inform you that the President plays no authoritative role in the constitutional amendment process.
January 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Political scientist here. I sincerely regret to inform you that the President plays no authoritative role in the constitutional amendment process.
It's barely enough for an average undergraduate discussion question response lol
I’m sorry but 262 words is not a manifesto. It’s a statement. Maybe a communique. Not a manifesto.
December 12, 2024 at 7:41 PM
It's barely enough for an average undergraduate discussion question response lol
Turns out deflation as an economic "policy" is stupid and impractical.
Who could have possibly predicted this? Economists and policymakers, but not American voters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Who could have possibly predicted this? Economists and policymakers, but not American voters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Trump Backtracks On Campaign Pledge To Bring Down Grocery Prices
The president-elect walked back what was always a wildly unrealistic campaign promise.
www.huffpost.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Turns out deflation as an economic "policy" is stupid and impractical.
Who could have possibly predicted this? Economists and policymakers, but not American voters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Who could have possibly predicted this? Economists and policymakers, but not American voters.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...