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Pretending people are MS13/TDA, shipping them to a gulag without any process, and it’s all part of a cover up of actual MS13 gang members. My god.
Per Jose Olivares on X, here is a likely quid for the CECOT pro quo. Trump is dropping criminal charges against multiple serious MS-13 leaders we are currently trying to prosecute.
Many of them are “inconvenient” to Bukele, as they previously admitted to working with him before the truce broke.
Many of them are “inconvenient” to Bukele, as they previously admitted to working with him before the truce broke.
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Pretending people are MS13/TDA, shipping them to a gulag without any process, and it’s all part of a cover up of actual MS13 gang members. My god.
A different guy in the radiation wait room told me that when we worship thats for us, for our mental health or sense of self or whatever. But it’s not for God. Only what we do for others is for God.
May 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A different guy in the radiation wait room told me that when we worship thats for us, for our mental health or sense of self or whatever. But it’s not for God. Only what we do for others is for God.
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republicans are doing the most backroom deal, dead of night, reckless rush job imaginable on this bill. The absolute maniacal desire they have to rip away health care and take food away from kids in order to give their ultra wealthy buddies a fat pay day.
May 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
republicans are doing the most backroom deal, dead of night, reckless rush job imaginable on this bill. The absolute maniacal desire they have to rip away health care and take food away from kids in order to give their ultra wealthy buddies a fat pay day.
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Let me put this another way.
Poilievre spent 8.8M$ of our money in his “role as opposition leader”.
We paid him $8.8M to oppose Ukraine, dental care, childcare, pharmacare…
We paid him $8.8M to oppose ourselves.
WTF are we doing?!
#cdnpoli
Poilievre spent 8.8M$ of our money in his “role as opposition leader”.
We paid him $8.8M to oppose Ukraine, dental care, childcare, pharmacare…
We paid him $8.8M to oppose ourselves.
WTF are we doing?!
#cdnpoli
May 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Let me put this another way.
Poilievre spent 8.8M$ of our money in his “role as opposition leader”.
We paid him $8.8M to oppose Ukraine, dental care, childcare, pharmacare…
We paid him $8.8M to oppose ourselves.
WTF are we doing?!
#cdnpoli
Poilievre spent 8.8M$ of our money in his “role as opposition leader”.
We paid him $8.8M to oppose Ukraine, dental care, childcare, pharmacare…
We paid him $8.8M to oppose ourselves.
WTF are we doing?!
#cdnpoli
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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"Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy the best of our American experience, to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring." - Bruce Springsteen 👏
May 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Tonight we ask all who believe in democracy the best of our American experience, to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring." - Bruce Springsteen 👏
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The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration, for now, to strip protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were shielded from deportation under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program.
May 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration, for now, to strip protections from nearly 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were shielded from deportation under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program.
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NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
DOGE Loses Battle to Take Over USIP—and Its $500 Million Headquarters
A federal judge called DOGE’s actions at the United States Institute of Peace ‘unlawful.’
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
NEWS: The courts have decided against DOGE and the US government in their legal battle to take full control of the United States Institute of Peace, including a headquarters building with an estimated value of $500 million. www.wired.com/story/usip-d...
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Trump says he wants to investigate Springsteen, Oprah, & Beyoncé for endorsing Kamala Harris and the straightforward interpretation is the correct one: he's using fear of investigation and legal entanglement to deter celebrities from speaking out against him. That's autocratic thuggery.
May 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump says he wants to investigate Springsteen, Oprah, & Beyoncé for endorsing Kamala Harris and the straightforward interpretation is the correct one: he's using fear of investigation and legal entanglement to deter celebrities from speaking out against him. That's autocratic thuggery.
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Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows DHS to reinstate Sec. Kristi Noem's order ending Temporary Protected Status for many Venezuelans, but notes the decision does not address challenges to actions "purport[ing] to invalidate" related legal status, work authorization documents, etc., previously granted under TPS.
May 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today's action is the single largest mass-illegalization event in US history.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
350,000 people woke up this morning with legal status, living and working here with official permission. They'll go to bed as undocumented immigrants facing deportation.
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An interactive map showing known locations of "forever chemicals" that could be threatening safe drinking water across Canada
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
Mapping Canada’s PFAS hotspots | CBC News
Invisible, toxic and slow to break down — forever chemicals are contaminating our water and food. Here’s what we know about forever chemical hotspots in Canada.
newsinteractives.cbc.ca
May 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
An interactive map showing known locations of "forever chemicals" that could be threatening safe drinking water across Canada
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
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The plane being a White Elephant gift is the funniest turn this saga could have taken
Forbes: The Qataris have been trying to get rid of that ostentatious luxury jet for five years, but no one would buy it. It costs too much to fly, costs more to maintain, and needs too big a landing strip. They had another one they unloaded on Turkey.
Delicious.
www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...
Delicious.
www.forbes.com/sites/jeremy...
Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump
The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky.
www.forbes.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The plane being a White Elephant gift is the funniest turn this saga could have taken
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After being called out this week, DOGE quietly deleted 31 contracts from its website wiping out $122 million in supposed “savings” Musk’s team had claimed from cutting federal spending. But the site is still riddled with errors.
May 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
After being called out this week, DOGE quietly deleted 31 contracts from its website wiping out $122 million in supposed “savings” Musk’s team had claimed from cutting federal spending. But the site is still riddled with errors.
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yesterday i published this piece about Trump floating a bullshit plan to "raise taxes on the rich" in order to bait the media into talking about it. shortly after, the GOP released their tax plan, which naturally includes no tax such increase on the rich.
The Media Will Never Stop Falling For It
Trump's fake plan to tax the rich shows how little the mainstream media has learned
stringinamaze.net
May 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
yesterday i published this piece about Trump floating a bullshit plan to "raise taxes on the rich" in order to bait the media into talking about it. shortly after, the GOP released their tax plan, which naturally includes no tax such increase on the rich.
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Relieved to hear that all the advocacy from my sector ensured that Carney re-introduced a Minister for Women and Equality.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Relieved to hear that all the advocacy from my sector ensured that Carney re-introduced a Minister for Women and Equality.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
Reminder that holding politicians accountable is literally our job as voters.
Calling out Carney did not mean we wanted the CPCs to win. It was for this exact outcome.
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Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
May 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Wow - I knew cutting Medicaid is unpopular. I didn't know it is *this* unpopular.
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We need to get every Republican on the record and hold them accountable. If you have a GOP representative, ask them if they’re going to screw over their constituents by voting to defund Medicaid and SNAP in order to make billionaires richer.
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
indivisible.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We need to get every Republican on the record and hold them accountable. If you have a GOP representative, ask them if they’re going to screw over their constituents by voting to defund Medicaid and SNAP in order to make billionaires richer.
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Join us today @ 2 PM to stand up to Trump and ICE’s attacks on our communities ⬇️
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
Rally Against Illegal Detainment of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka · New York Working Families Party
The New York Working Families Party, Make the Road Action, NYIC Action, Popular Democracy, elected and community leaders will rally to denounce the illegal arrest and detainment of Newark Mayor Ras Ba...
www.mobilize.us
May 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Join us today @ 2 PM to stand up to Trump and ICE’s attacks on our communities ⬇️
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
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They're firing black people from the federal government. That's it. There's no nuance to this. It's just racism straight up.
This makes me want to vomit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
Trump Fired Librarian of Congress Over D.E.I.
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
They're firing black people from the federal government. That's it. There's no nuance to this. It's just racism straight up.
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TODAY: We need every Senate Democrat to vote no on a crypto bill that would enable Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign governments. We can block S.394 if Democrats unite in opposition, but they’re not there yet, so make sure your senators hear from you ASAP. 👇
CALL NOW: Stop Trump’s Crypto Corruption
indivisible.org
May 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
TODAY: We need every Senate Democrat to vote no on a crypto bill that would enable Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign governments. We can block S.394 if Democrats unite in opposition, but they’re not there yet, so make sure your senators hear from you ASAP. 👇
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Today in "I can't believe we have to call our reps about this:"
The Senate votes tomorrow on a crypto bill that would ENABLE Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign govts.
We can block it if every Dem holds firm. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
The Senate votes tomorrow on a crypto bill that would ENABLE Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign govts.
We can block it if every Dem holds firm. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Stop Trump’s Crypto Corruption
indivisible.org
May 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today in "I can't believe we have to call our reps about this:"
The Senate votes tomorrow on a crypto bill that would ENABLE Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign govts.
We can block it if every Dem holds firm. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
The Senate votes tomorrow on a crypto bill that would ENABLE Trump to keep accepting bribes from billionaires, corporations, and foreign govts.
We can block it if every Dem holds firm. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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It’s official: Republicans want to kick millions of Americans off their health insurance to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
The nonpartisan scorekeepers at CBO just confirmed that the GOP’s plans would boot millions of people from Medicaid.
The nonpartisan scorekeepers at CBO just confirmed that the GOP’s plans would boot millions of people from Medicaid.
GOP Plans To Cut Medicaid Would Kick Millions Off Health Insurance, New Analysis Says
An authoritative analysis by Congressional Budget Office is House Speaker Mike Johnson's latest headache.
www.huffpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It’s official: Republicans want to kick millions of Americans off their health insurance to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.
The nonpartisan scorekeepers at CBO just confirmed that the GOP’s plans would boot millions of people from Medicaid.
The nonpartisan scorekeepers at CBO just confirmed that the GOP’s plans would boot millions of people from Medicaid.