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And they're also hurting the economy and small businesses there..
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Occupation of D.C. Is Hurting Local Businesses Too
As fewer customers visit restaurants and bars, the president considers escalation by arming members of the National Guard in the capital city.
www.rollingstone.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
And they're also hurting the economy and small businesses there..
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Would it kill national democrats to do some solidarity on issues and moments like this? Think outside the box, for once.
“‘I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representative just so Republicans can control my movements and monitor me with police escorts,’ Collier said in a statement that called her a ‘political prisoner’ for refusing Republican ‘surveillance protocol.’” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in state capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth on Monday said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcnews.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Would it kill national democrats to do some solidarity on issues and moments like this? Think outside the box, for once.
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TONIGHT: Rick Woldenberg, CEO of Learning Resources, talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
I scrapped a 600,000 square foot building project for my business due to tariffs. I want the Supreme Court to hear my case.
The Illinois educational toy company owner wants the Supreme Court to hear his company's lawsuit against Trump's tariffs.
www.businessinsider.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
TONIGHT: Rick Woldenberg, CEO of Learning Resources, talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.
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American servicemen are alive because people like this risked their lives.
Trump treats them like shit.
Trump treats them like shit.
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
American servicemen are alive because people like this risked their lives.
Trump treats them like shit.
Trump treats them like shit.
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Sen. Tina Smith says she confronted Sen. Mike Lee about his 'cruel' social media posts on the Minnesota shootings www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Sen. Tina Smith says she confronted Sen. Mike Lee about his 'cruel' social media posts on the Minnesota shootings
The posts by Lee, R-Utah, were condemned by other Democrats as well, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.
www.nbcnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Sen. Tina Smith says she confronted Sen. Mike Lee about his 'cruel' social media posts on the Minnesota shootings www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Shame on those cops! They should be shunned!
June 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Shame on those cops! They should be shunned!
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To those who have not studied history, or forgot, or don’t believe history repeats, take a look.
If you still don’t get the connection, then you will live the consequences of your actions, or inaction.
If you still don’t get the connection, then you will live the consequences of your actions, or inaction.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
To those who have not studied history, or forgot, or don’t believe history repeats, take a look.
If you still don’t get the connection, then you will live the consequences of your actions, or inaction.
If you still don’t get the connection, then you will live the consequences of your actions, or inaction.
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One of the coolest features of the Agami Heron is its gorgeous, flowing crest that flutters as it poses and preens. But I've never seen it up close before with the details and textures.
#CostaRica #herons #nature #birds
#CostaRica #herons #nature #birds
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
One of the coolest features of the Agami Heron is its gorgeous, flowing crest that flutters as it poses and preens. But I've never seen it up close before with the details and textures.
#CostaRica #herons #nature #birds
#CostaRica #herons #nature #birds
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57 years ago today (June 5, 1968) Bobbie Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary.
What a different world we would have lived in if he, instead of Nixon, had become the 37th President of the United States.
What a different world we would have lived in if he, instead of Nixon, had become the 37th President of the United States.
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
57 years ago today (June 5, 1968) Bobbie Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary.
What a different world we would have lived in if he, instead of Nixon, had become the 37th President of the United States.
What a different world we would have lived in if he, instead of Nixon, had become the 37th President of the United States.
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Are we great yet?
June 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Are we great yet?
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So freaking appalling! 🤬
June 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So freaking appalling! 🤬
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Trump weighs naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor.
Trump weighs naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor
The president announced earlier Thursday that he would be replacing Ed Martin, a "stop the steal" organizer closely aligned with Jan. 6 defendants, as his nominee for the post.
www.nbcnews.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump weighs naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C.'s top federal prosecutor.
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JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
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The article is from March 31: "As of May 2024, more than half of all civilian employees were already working in federal offices, according to data from the Office of Management and Budget."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
No Toilet Paper and No Privacy: Returning to the Office, Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos (Gift Article)
President Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The article is from March 31: "As of May 2024, more than half of all civilian employees were already working in federal offices, according to data from the Office of Management and Budget."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
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boston globe editorial board: harvard is making the right decision, and universities should band together to fight.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...
April 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
boston globe editorial board: harvard is making the right decision, and universities should band together to fight.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...
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Holy shit!
"The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
"The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
April 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Holy shit!
"The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
"The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
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Wilmer Hale partners now have a choice. Disgrace yourself or fight. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Background.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Wilmer Hale partners now have a choice. Disgrace yourself or fight. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is 'infuriating and absurd.'
www.pressherald.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...
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This is some seriously sick shit. So not only is RFK allowing children to die he is putting their mentally ill parents on full display for donations to his charity that preaches anti vax bullshit! This poor little girl, where is child services, children's have rights, one is the right to live!
If you ask me, these anti-vax parents are guilty of child abuse and neglect.
March 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is some seriously sick shit. So not only is RFK allowing children to die he is putting their mentally ill parents on full display for donations to his charity that preaches anti vax bullshit! This poor little girl, where is child services, children's have rights, one is the right to live!
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“In some of these documents, the only thing that was being redacted for the last 20-plus years was someone’s Social Security number...”
"It’s like a first-grade, elementary-level rule of security to redact things like that...”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
"It’s like a first-grade, elementary-level rule of security to redact things like that...”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Social Security numbers and other private information unmasked in JFK files
The data belongs to more than 200 former congressional staffers and others with connections to decades-old investigations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“In some of these documents, the only thing that was being redacted for the last 20-plus years was someone’s Social Security number...”
"It’s like a first-grade, elementary-level rule of security to redact things like that...”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
"It’s like a first-grade, elementary-level rule of security to redact things like that...”
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Just a non-gentle reminder of this guy's past. People knew who he was and what he stood for. His resume was blatantly clear. Now, he is doing the same on a massive scale and with help.
March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just a non-gentle reminder of this guy's past. People knew who he was and what he stood for. His resume was blatantly clear. Now, he is doing the same on a massive scale and with help.