Michaela P
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The battleground state's Democratic attorney general failed in his attempt to block the move.
Musk hands out $1m cheques ahead of Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The battleground state's Democratic attorney general failed in his attempt to block the move.
l.euronews.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The battleground state's Democratic attorney general failed in his attempt to block the move.
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
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If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
March 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.
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it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
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Trump’s feud with Colombia threatens to push the nation, and its neighbors, further into China’s orbit, writes Quico Toro. “Latin Americans hate being dictated to by gringos and won’t support leaders who meekly allow it”: theatln.tc/jZgETJdt
January 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Trump’s feud with Colombia threatens to push the nation, and its neighbors, further into China’s orbit, writes Quico Toro. “Latin Americans hate being dictated to by gringos and won’t support leaders who meekly allow it”: theatln.tc/jZgETJdt
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Trump’s week-long blitz of executive orders, press appearances, and social-media posts is “a deliberate strategy,” several of his aides and allies told @JonLemire. It is “designed to disorient already despairing Democratic foes,” Lemire reports: theatln.tc/Y1rfoJmQ
The Strategy Behind Trump’s Policy Blitz
The flood of executive orders and news was designed to disorient the Democratic resistance. It might be working.
theatln.tc
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trump’s week-long blitz of executive orders, press appearances, and social-media posts is “a deliberate strategy,” several of his aides and allies told @JonLemire. It is “designed to disorient already despairing Democratic foes,” Lemire reports: theatln.tc/Y1rfoJmQ
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we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
we have a president with a tenuous grip on small legislative majorities who is out of the gate with a flurry of dramatically unpopular orders and who has just demonstrated his weakness on the international stage. if i were an elected member of his domestic opposition, i might try to draw real blood.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
i will say that we have never experienced anything like an administration trying to essentially freeze the activities of the entire federal government while making a series of illegal power grabs. genuinely unclear to me what kind of response, if any, these guys are generating against them
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Breaking News: Workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia voted to become the first unionized store in the grocery chain, which is owned by Amazon.
Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union
The union win comes as Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, is also fighting labor organizing in its warehouse and delivery businesses.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Breaking News: Workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia voted to become the first unionized store in the grocery chain, which is owned by Amazon.
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
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At the moment trans people are losing their rights in the US. The new US administration are trying very hard to exclude them from public life. And it won’t stop there.
The rest of the LGBTQ+ community is going to be next.
And the signs that something similar could happen in Europe are obvious.
The rest of the LGBTQ+ community is going to be next.
And the signs that something similar could happen in Europe are obvious.
January 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
At the moment trans people are losing their rights in the US. The new US administration are trying very hard to exclude them from public life. And it won’t stop there.
The rest of the LGBTQ+ community is going to be next.
And the signs that something similar could happen in Europe are obvious.
The rest of the LGBTQ+ community is going to be next.
And the signs that something similar could happen in Europe are obvious.
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BREAKING: The Palestinian Detainees’ Commission says the Red Cross will begin inspecting prisoners at Ofer Prison at 5:00am (0300 GMT) on Saturday, with their release taking place between 10:00am and 11:00am (0800 - 0900 GMT).
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/32u3qa
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/32u3qa
January 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING: The Palestinian Detainees’ Commission says the Red Cross will begin inspecting prisoners at Ofer Prison at 5:00am (0300 GMT) on Saturday, with their release taking place between 10:00am and 11:00am (0800 - 0900 GMT).
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/32u3qa
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/32u3qa
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Makes perfect sense to discontinue medical research right after a global pandemic that killed millions. This is the kind of strategic thinking we need!
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Makes perfect sense to discontinue medical research right after a global pandemic that killed millions. This is the kind of strategic thinking we need!
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The egg industry has been impacted by a surge of bird flu cases, with more than 13 million egg-laying hens dying in December. That means a dozen large, Grade A eggs cost an average of $4.15 -- a nearly 37% increase from the year before. via @kcur.org
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The egg industry has been impacted by a surge of bird flu cases, with more than 13 million egg-laying hens dying in December. That means a dozen large, Grade A eggs cost an average of $4.15 -- a nearly 37% increase from the year before. via @kcur.org
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#QOTD: What is one book, in your opinion, is a MUST read for everyone? (All genres) 📚
Though non-fiction is only 10% of what I read for leisure, this is the book that has stuck with me the most over time. See the description below:
#booksky #blueskybookclub #booktok #bookrec
Though non-fiction is only 10% of what I read for leisure, this is the book that has stuck with me the most over time. See the description below:
#booksky #blueskybookclub #booktok #bookrec
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#QOTD: What is one book, in your opinion, is a MUST read for everyone? (All genres) 📚
Though non-fiction is only 10% of what I read for leisure, this is the book that has stuck with me the most over time. See the description below:
#booksky #blueskybookclub #booktok #bookrec
Though non-fiction is only 10% of what I read for leisure, this is the book that has stuck with me the most over time. See the description below:
#booksky #blueskybookclub #booktok #bookrec
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The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades. Franklin Foer on Donald Trump's new manifest destiny:
Donald Trump’s Manifest Destiny
The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades. Franklin Foer on Donald Trump's new manifest destiny:
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Gritty continues to be a real one
January 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Gritty continues to be a real one
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January 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law made a sworn statement to senators that the secretary of defense nominee was abusive toward his second wife. nyti.ms/4hol9z8
January 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law made a sworn statement to senators that the secretary of defense nominee was abusive toward his second wife. nyti.ms/4hol9z8
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The longstanding tradition of taking the oath with one hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Donald Trump in 2017. But doing so is not a requirement.
Trump Swears Oath Without His Hand on Bible, but He Wasn’t Required To
The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The longstanding tradition of taking the oath with one hand on a Bible stretches back to George Washington and was observed by Donald Trump in 2017. But doing so is not a requirement.