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"Well, we are all going to die."
Damn, y'all, I've heard some cruel and bizarre statements from politicians in my lifetime, but Sen. Joni Ernst saying this directly to her constituents during a town hall regarding concerns over cuts to Medicaid is an all-timer. Jesus.
Damn, y'all, I've heard some cruel and bizarre statements from politicians in my lifetime, but Sen. Joni Ernst saying this directly to her constituents during a town hall regarding concerns over cuts to Medicaid is an all-timer. Jesus.
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Well, we are all going to die."
Damn, y'all, I've heard some cruel and bizarre statements from politicians in my lifetime, but Sen. Joni Ernst saying this directly to her constituents during a town hall regarding concerns over cuts to Medicaid is an all-timer. Jesus.
Damn, y'all, I've heard some cruel and bizarre statements from politicians in my lifetime, but Sen. Joni Ernst saying this directly to her constituents during a town hall regarding concerns over cuts to Medicaid is an all-timer. Jesus.
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Even before latest thing I've been telling people for months Joni Ernst is way more vulnerable next year than people think. Dems should be investing a lot right now laying the ground work in the state.
May 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Even before latest thing I've been telling people for months Joni Ernst is way more vulnerable next year than people think. Dems should be investing a lot right now laying the ground work in the state.
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Now *this* is frightening. I've long said the greatest threat to privacy is not web cookies but government--more than ever this government and this evil empire, Palantir.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Now *this* is frightening. I've long said the greatest threat to privacy is not web cookies but government--more than ever this government and this evil empire, Palantir.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Reporter: An investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear not to exist.
Leavitt: I understand there were some formatting issues…It does not negate the substance of the report
Reporter: Is AI used to put together these reports?
Leavitt: I can’t speak to that
Leavitt: I understand there were some formatting issues…It does not negate the substance of the report
Reporter: Is AI used to put together these reports?
Leavitt: I can’t speak to that
May 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Reporter: An investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear not to exist.
Leavitt: I understand there were some formatting issues…It does not negate the substance of the report
Reporter: Is AI used to put together these reports?
Leavitt: I can’t speak to that
Leavitt: I understand there were some formatting issues…It does not negate the substance of the report
Reporter: Is AI used to put together these reports?
Leavitt: I can’t speak to that
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Historians Martha Jones and Kate Masur have filed a critical new brief in the birthright citizenship cases, showing how the story of free Black Americans' advocacy for birthright citizenship unravels the admin's lead justification for its EO.
Read it ⬇️ www.brennancenter.org/media/13981/...
Read it ⬇️ www.brennancenter.org/media/13981/...
shared.outlook.inky.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Historians Martha Jones and Kate Masur have filed a critical new brief in the birthright citizenship cases, showing how the story of free Black Americans' advocacy for birthright citizenship unravels the admin's lead justification for its EO.
Read it ⬇️ www.brennancenter.org/media/13981/...
Read it ⬇️ www.brennancenter.org/media/13981/...
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The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.
They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them
The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.
n.pr
May 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
May 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
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George Floyd should be alive today.
He should be raising his daughter, living his life.
5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags.
His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.”
Let’s stop failing her, and him.
Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
He should be raising his daughter, living his life.
5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags.
His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.”
Let’s stop failing her, and him.
Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
May 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
George Floyd should be alive today.
He should be raising his daughter, living his life.
5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags.
His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.”
Let’s stop failing her, and him.
Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
He should be raising his daughter, living his life.
5 years later, we owe him more than thoughts and hashtags.
His daughter said, “My daddy changed the world.”
Let’s stop failing her, and him.
Congress must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
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We're joining up with @crooked.com this WorldPride for a live show to raise money for the IDLC, which represents Andry Hernandez Romero and others being held in El Salvador.
Let's all come together this on June 6 to tell these evil creeps to fuck all the way off. Get tickets: crooked.com/events/
Let's all come together this on June 6 to tell these evil creeps to fuck all the way off. Get tickets: crooked.com/events/
May 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We're joining up with @crooked.com this WorldPride for a live show to raise money for the IDLC, which represents Andry Hernandez Romero and others being held in El Salvador.
Let's all come together this on June 6 to tell these evil creeps to fuck all the way off. Get tickets: crooked.com/events/
Let's all come together this on June 6 to tell these evil creeps to fuck all the way off. Get tickets: crooked.com/events/
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My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My take on the consequences of the media's "original sin."
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
member.democracydocket.com/the-medias-o...
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A deep dive into the awful provision that House Republicans smuggled into their reconciliation bill to prevent federal courts from enforcing their orders against the Trump administration, with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
May 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A deep dive into the awful provision that House Republicans smuggled into their reconciliation bill to prevent federal courts from enforcing their orders against the Trump administration, with @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
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We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.
www.cbsnews.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
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my column/essay this week is on the administration's war on the future, what that means, and the obligation anti-trump americans have to articulate a robust vision of an egalitarian future in response. read/share/etc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Waging War on the Future
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
my column/essay this week is on the administration's war on the future, what that means, and the obligation anti-trump americans have to articulate a robust vision of an egalitarian future in response. read/share/etc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
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Check out this in-depth story by @anna-writes.bsky.social on the overlap between homelessness and access to health care in rural Kansas, and how one community is making a difference #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/05/19/i...
In southeast Kansas, housing is treated as health care, and people are getting off the streets • Kansas Reflector
Stevie and Brandon Perez could not stay awake any longer. They found two chairs in Mercy Hospital’s intensive care unit waiting room, a place they knew would be open, and they drifted off.
kansasreflector.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Check out this in-depth story by @anna-writes.bsky.social on the overlap between homelessness and access to health care in rural Kansas, and how one community is making a difference #ksleg kansasreflector.com/2025/05/19/i...
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The president’s order turning a stretch of the southern border into a military zone shows why we need stronger checks on executive power. Learn more: bit.ly/433NRzA
May 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The president’s order turning a stretch of the southern border into a military zone shows why we need stronger checks on executive power. Learn more: bit.ly/433NRzA
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Let’s be clear. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s regime enforcement. Charging a sitting Congresswoman for doing her oversight job at an ICE facility is a calculated intimidation tactic. This is how police states are built. Criminalize scrutiny. Punish dissent. Dare others to speak up.
DOJ says it has charged N.J. congresswoman with assaulting law enforcement at ICE facility
The interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey said Rep. LaMonica McIver is accused of “assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement.”
www.nbcnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Let’s be clear. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s regime enforcement. Charging a sitting Congresswoman for doing her oversight job at an ICE facility is a calculated intimidation tactic. This is how police states are built. Criminalize scrutiny. Punish dissent. Dare others to speak up.
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Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
wrd.cm
May 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.
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This was inevitable. Grotesque.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This was inevitable. Grotesque.
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So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.
May 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.
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Rep. Menendez: "They had over 20 armed ICE HSI officers, they were heavily armed, their faces were covered, and they wearing no identification. So this is who they chose to have come engage with the mayor of Newark and 3 elected members of the House of Representatives."
May 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Rep. Menendez: "They had over 20 armed ICE HSI officers, they were heavily armed, their faces were covered, and they wearing no identification. So this is who they chose to have come engage with the mayor of Newark and 3 elected members of the House of Representatives."
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BREAKING: Google Earth updated their images of Gaza. Compare.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
May 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BREAKING: Google Earth updated their images of Gaza. Compare.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.
Being against this is not “antisemitic” or “pro-terrorist”. It’s pro-human.
Sincerely,
A Jewish American.