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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: "Since the beginning of March, the people of Gaza have had no outside food, medicine or fuel. They have no way of trading with the outside world...and this is what it looks like."
May 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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The Washington Post reports that Marco Rubio's State Department has launched a new project of sorts: Getting foreign nations — particularly, nations who may want to curry favor with the tariff war — to adopt Elon Musk's Starlink service. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in preparation for trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The U.S. has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, b...
www.washingtonpost.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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JPM/BofA/Citi/Goldman, WalMart, Ford/GM, ExxonMobil/Chevron, UPS/FedEx, etc. These companies aren't better off, even w/ lower taxes, if the US economy & polity, & the global economy, implode. They thrive precisely because of democracy, globalization, & international cooperation. And they know this.
February 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served 2 tours in Iraq, was taken into custody last month by ICE because his citizenship papers, which were supposed to be processed while he was in the Army, were lost.

Read his story:
Former Fort Carson Iraq war veteran gives up the fight to stay in the US
www.stripes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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True story: when my older boys were little, they both got whooping cough even though they were vaccinated. It was bad. We asked the pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. They would’ve died, he said.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How the Senate Voted to Confirm R.F.K. Jr. as Health Secretary
The Senate confirmed Mr. Kennedy by a vote of 52 to 48 to lead the department responsible for public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM