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This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is why they didn’t want him back: He is a witness.
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I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.
USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say
An analysis published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet projects that cuts to the agency will lead to more deaths from diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
www.nbcnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I really don’t understand how anyone in this administration, or anyone who supports them, sleep at night.
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This was supposed to be a breakthrough year in the 44-year-long struggle against H.I.V.
It's turned into something very different.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
It's turned into something very different.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This was supposed to be a breakthrough year in the 44-year-long struggle against H.I.V.
It's turned into something very different.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
It's turned into something very different.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/h...
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Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Harvard president receives standing ovation during commencement.
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It’s been very good for the U.S. to be able to attract some of the best young people from abroad. How would American science, tech, or medicine fare without foreign students who become American residents or citizens?
Nativism will lead to a dumber and poorer America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Nativism will lead to a dumber and poorer America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It’s been very good for the U.S. to be able to attract some of the best young people from abroad. How would American science, tech, or medicine fare without foreign students who become American residents or citizens?
Nativism will lead to a dumber and poorer America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Nativism will lead to a dumber and poorer America.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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And also, it’s nonsense
Let's be clear that this thing Trump just said about having no trade deficits with any country would be far more radical, more disruptive, and more expensive, than every single leftist dream you have ever heard put together, including Medicare for All, Guaranteed Housing, and Universal Basic Income.
April 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
And also, it’s nonsense
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I don’t know who this guy is but I liked his sign! (NYC)
HandsOff
HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don’t know who this guy is but I liked his sign! (NYC)
HandsOff
HandsOff
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
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The agency chiefly responsible for helping America fight diseases just lost a massive chunk of its most knowledgeable personnel. More than 600 CDC employees - all of them with 20-plus years of experience, as required by the DOGE-initiated program - have taken voluntary retirement.
Trump Moves to Settle the Fascism Debate
Plus: A supposedly fun thing Chuck Schumer will never do again.
www.thebulwark.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The agency chiefly responsible for helping America fight diseases just lost a massive chunk of its most knowledgeable personnel. More than 600 CDC employees - all of them with 20-plus years of experience, as required by the DOGE-initiated program - have taken voluntary retirement.
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A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
How DOGE Cuts to the IRS Could Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns.
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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The United States is like that trope of the bully grabbing the weakling’s arms, hitting him with his own hands, and going “Stop punching yourself! Why are you punching yourself?”
Except there is no bully. Just us, the weakling. Punching ourselves.
Except there is no bully. Just us, the weakling. Punching ourselves.
March 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The United States is like that trope of the bully grabbing the weakling’s arms, hitting him with his own hands, and going “Stop punching yourself! Why are you punching yourself?”
Except there is no bully. Just us, the weakling. Punching ourselves.
Except there is no bully. Just us, the weakling. Punching ourselves.
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We are in trouble.
February 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We are in trouble.
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NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots (Gift Article)
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
bit.ly
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
NEWS
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
The FDA, which operates under the authority of Robert Kennedy Jr., canceled the meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines.
This could interfere with or delay production of flu vaccines.
86 children and 19,000 adults have died from flu this season.
About 430,000 people were hospitalized.
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Re-writing history is a tool of political fraudsters everywhere. Trump is its keenest proponent.
The birth of the European Community, later the EU, was actually actively supported by the US. The joint, transatlantic goal was to secure peace on the Continent.
It was a specific vision of FDR.
The birth of the European Community, later the EU, was actually actively supported by the US. The joint, transatlantic goal was to secure peace on the Continent.
It was a specific vision of FDR.
Trump: "The European Union was formed in order to screw the United States, that's the purpose of it. And they've done a good job of it. But now I'm president."
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Re-writing history is a tool of political fraudsters everywhere. Trump is its keenest proponent.
The birth of the European Community, later the EU, was actually actively supported by the US. The joint, transatlantic goal was to secure peace on the Continent.
It was a specific vision of FDR.
The birth of the European Community, later the EU, was actually actively supported by the US. The joint, transatlantic goal was to secure peace on the Continent.
It was a specific vision of FDR.
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the current head of the FBI has 8 separate appearances on this show
White nationalist Lana Lokteff says we have to "repeal the Civil Rights Act" to stop black people from invading "all our white spaces": "All of this because they couldn't drink [from] the same water fountain or use the same toilet. Was it really that big of a deal?"
February 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
the current head of the FBI has 8 separate appearances on this show
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When OMB head Russ Vought talks about deliberate efforts to put federal employees "in trauma" and make them quit their jobs, he's talking about people like Michelle, recently fired by Musk/Trump.
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
February 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When OMB head Russ Vought talks about deliberate efforts to put federal employees "in trauma" and make them quit their jobs, he's talking about people like Michelle, recently fired by Musk/Trump.
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
Trickle up economics.
February 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is the House Republican budget plan that Donald Trump endorsed.
Trickle up economics.
Trickle up economics.
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it’s so cool that we are at the whims of this reactionary force of groypers that don’t understand anything, lead by the dumbest guy ever seen in history
February 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
it’s so cool that we are at the whims of this reactionary force of groypers that don’t understand anything, lead by the dumbest guy ever seen in history
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Forget the myths the media has created about tech bros. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
The biggest line item on the site of Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.
The biggest single line item on the website of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team appears to include an error.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Forget the myths the media has created about tech bros. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.
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No one in Republican world seems to have a lot of curiosity about why Musk needs people’s personal data to engage in government cost cutting
“[SSA] has our bank information, our earnings records, the names and ages of our children, and much more.”
“Warning about the risks of Mr. Musk's team accessing the data, Ms. Altman added, ‘There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is.’” (🎁 link)
“Warning about the risks of Mr. Musk's team accessing the data, Ms. Altman added, ‘There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is.’” (🎁 link)
Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access (Gift Article)
The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to access sensitive data.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
No one in Republican world seems to have a lot of curiosity about why Musk needs people’s personal data to engage in government cost cutting
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We’re in for weeks of this on end. One of Musk’s tween haxx0rz stumbles into a complicated system they don’t understand, thinks they’ve discovered something earthshattering the veteran dunces never noticed, relays to Musk who also doesn’t understand, and broadcasts it to millions of followers.
February 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We’re in for weeks of this on end. One of Musk’s tween haxx0rz stumbles into a complicated system they don’t understand, thinks they’ve discovered something earthshattering the veteran dunces never noticed, relays to Musk who also doesn’t understand, and broadcasts it to millions of followers.