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"Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst gets her first Democratic challenger for 2026
"Nathan Sage touts his background as a veteran, mechanic and sports radio host, pushing for a party that 'people like me will actually want to be a part of'..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
youtu.be/wOYyZYSn_vg?...
"Nathan Sage touts his background as a veteran, mechanic and sports radio host, pushing for a party that 'people like me will actually want to be a part of'..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
youtu.be/wOYyZYSn_vg?...
Sage for Senate Launch Video
YouTube video by Sage for Iowa
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst gets her first Democratic challenger for 2026
"Nathan Sage touts his background as a veteran, mechanic and sports radio host, pushing for a party that 'people like me will actually want to be a part of'..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
youtu.be/wOYyZYSn_vg?...
"Nathan Sage touts his background as a veteran, mechanic and sports radio host, pushing for a party that 'people like me will actually want to be a part of'..."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
youtu.be/wOYyZYSn_vg?...
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"Even w/ the latest step-back from the draconian Liberation Day measures, the 145% tariff on China actually lifts the U.S. average tariff rate to around 30%...making it the largest tax increase on U.S. households and businesses since WWII."
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/glo...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/glo...
What Is the Probability of a Recession? | J.P. Morgan Research
Aggressive tariff policy could push the U.S. — and possibly the global economy — into recession this year.
www.jpmorgan.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"Even w/ the latest step-back from the draconian Liberation Day measures, the 145% tariff on China actually lifts the U.S. average tariff rate to around 30%...making it the largest tax increase on U.S. households and businesses since WWII."
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/glo...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/glo...
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The numbers are in after yesterday’s tax deadline.
Minnesota’s new Child Tax Credit delivered an average $2,400 back to working class families, benefiting nearly 400,000 kids.
Regardless of Washington chaos, we’re still making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.
Minnesota’s new Child Tax Credit delivered an average $2,400 back to working class families, benefiting nearly 400,000 kids.
Regardless of Washington chaos, we’re still making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.
April 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The numbers are in after yesterday’s tax deadline.
Minnesota’s new Child Tax Credit delivered an average $2,400 back to working class families, benefiting nearly 400,000 kids.
Regardless of Washington chaos, we’re still making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.
Minnesota’s new Child Tax Credit delivered an average $2,400 back to working class families, benefiting nearly 400,000 kids.
Regardless of Washington chaos, we’re still making Minnesota the best state for kids to grow up.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
WTF
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Unlike Elon Musk, Social Security is there for children who need it.
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
April 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Unlike Elon Musk, Social Security is there for children who need it.
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According to a public disclosure, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought between $21,000 and $315,000 in stocks last week just hours before President Trump announced the partial pause.
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
AOC Asks MTG One Damning Question on Tariffs
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has one question for Marjorie Taylor Greene on what she did during the tariffs whiplash.
newrepublic.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
According to a public disclosure, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought between $21,000 and $315,000 in stocks last week just hours before President Trump announced the partial pause.
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
AOC: “I got one question for [Greene]: How much did you make? How much did you make off that panic?”
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We are witnessing in real time what the descent into fascism looks like.
If spineless Democrats won’t take “extraordinary action” in these extraordinary times, we need to replace them with Democrats who will.
If spineless Democrats won’t take “extraordinary action” in these extraordinary times, we need to replace them with Democrats who will.
OK, Chuck Schumer. Trump Just Crossed Your Red Line. Now What?
The Democratic leader said he’d take “extraordinary action” if the president disobeyed the Supreme Court. Well, Trump is doing exactly that by refusing to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El…
newrepublic.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We are witnessing in real time what the descent into fascism looks like.
If spineless Democrats won’t take “extraordinary action” in these extraordinary times, we need to replace them with Democrats who will.
If spineless Democrats won’t take “extraordinary action” in these extraordinary times, we need to replace them with Democrats who will.
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"More than 1,000 lawyers in 42 states have completed training in order to offer their services, organizers said."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...
Unions Form Pro Bono Legal Network for Federal Workers Targeted by Trump
Organized labor has taken a leading role in challenging the Trump administration’s downsizing agenda in court. A new service will offer more individualized representation.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"More than 1,000 lawyers in 42 states have completed training in order to offer their services, organizers said."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...
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The Rachel Maddow Show - The Musical!!
April 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Rachel Maddow Show - The Musical!!
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Surprise, surprise.
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Surprise, surprise.
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
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“Stop right there. You have seven species of penguins on Heard Island? That’s way too much diversity. We can’t support that. It’s woke”
April 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“Stop right there. You have seven species of penguins on Heard Island? That’s way too much diversity. We can’t support that. It’s woke”
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Legislative leaders just aren’t going to be great opposition leaders.
But Schumer and Jeffries can do something bold and original—this is not the time to be playing it safe.
But Schumer and Jeffries can do something bold and original—this is not the time to be playing it safe.
Democrats: Send in the Shadow Cabinet!
To fight Trump, the party needs unconventional thinking and a more aggressive footing in the information wars. Our friends across the pond have a good idea that they can steal.
newrepublic.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Legislative leaders just aren’t going to be great opposition leaders.
But Schumer and Jeffries can do something bold and original—this is not the time to be playing it safe.
But Schumer and Jeffries can do something bold and original—this is not the time to be playing it safe.
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In recent years, Judge Boasberg has:
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
Leavitt: This judge is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama
Reporter: He was originally appointed by George W. Bush and elevated by Obama. Feel I should clear that up.
Reporter: He was originally appointed by George W. Bush and elevated by Obama. Feel I should clear that up.
March 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In recent years, Judge Boasberg has:
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
- ordered the release of Hillary’s emails
- ensured Trump’s tax returns never became public
- restricted disclosure from the Mueller investigation
- limited disclosure of grand jury material in the Trump classified docs case.
The resistance, he ain’t.
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March 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The fact that the Trump administration, openly defying a court order, was able to deport a Brown University professor and kidney transplant specialist, has us wondering, "Who's next?"
Trump Kicks Off Constitutional Crisis With Doctor’s Deportation
Ivy League doctor and legal visa holder Rasha Alawieh was deported—despite a court order.
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The fact that the Trump administration, openly defying a court order, was able to deport a Brown University professor and kidney transplant specialist, has us wondering, "Who's next?"
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Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.
newrepublic.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
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CEO Tim Ellis and His Company Relativity Space Use Advanced Tech to Rocket Forward – Los Angeles Times | #Tech | MORE at EcoSearch
July 28, 2024 at 7:54 AM
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Congratulations to all of our friends in Philadelphia.
February 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Congratulations to all of our friends in Philadelphia.
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“I’m not in this game to just yell at Dems and say be better. I want to be cheering them on as a unified opposition.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social tells @maddow.msnbc.com what it will take to get more Democrats to stand up to Trump.
@ezralevin.bsky.social tells @maddow.msnbc.com what it will take to get more Democrats to stand up to Trump.
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“I’m not in this game to just yell at Dems and say be better. I want to be cheering them on as a unified opposition.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social tells @maddow.msnbc.com what it will take to get more Democrats to stand up to Trump.
@ezralevin.bsky.social tells @maddow.msnbc.com what it will take to get more Democrats to stand up to Trump.
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“Shutting down CFPB enforcement actions that are on the verge of delivering money into the pockets of working people is at odds with President Trump’s claim that he wants to lower costs for families—which he has done next to nothing on so far,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren.
CFPB Comes to a Halt as Trump Continues War on Federal Government
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come to a screeching halt under its new acting head, Scott Bessent.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
“Shutting down CFPB enforcement actions that are on the verge of delivering money into the pockets of working people is at odds with President Trump’s claim that he wants to lower costs for families—which he has done next to nothing on so far,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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I think we can safely say that folks are paying attention. If you're looking for ways to take action to fight back against the Trump-Musk Coup, we've got you covered with call scripts, email tools, explainers, and toolkits over at @indivisible.org: indivisible.org/coup
Lots more coming this week.
Lots more coming this week.
Fight Back Against the Trump-Musk Coup
indivisible.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I think we can safely say that folks are paying attention. If you're looking for ways to take action to fight back against the Trump-Musk Coup, we've got you covered with call scripts, email tools, explainers, and toolkits over at @indivisible.org: indivisible.org/coup
Lots more coming this week.
Lots more coming this week.
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Hey yall, I'm back stage in the green room at MSNBC in DC getting ready to talk to @maddow.msnbc.com. Came right from our rockin rally at the Treasury building so I think I gotta just wear this jacket on air, right? Please tune in!!
February 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Hey yall, I'm back stage in the green room at MSNBC in DC getting ready to talk to @maddow.msnbc.com. Came right from our rockin rally at the Treasury building so I think I gotta just wear this jacket on air, right? Please tune in!!
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(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
(h/t: @the.language.nerds)