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Congrats to Lisa Murkowski on voting for a bill that she herself admitted was not ready in hopes that the House would change it. Now it’ll become law. She had the power to stop it, and instead chose to become complicit. That’s her legacy.
July 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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US Bishops: “The final version of the bill includes unconscionable cuts to healthcare and food assistance, tax cuts that increase inequality, immigration provisions that harm families and children, and cuts to programs that protect God’s creation….
July 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Nobody said it would be easy, but Republicans found a way to cut taxes for the rich while taking away your healthcare. A story of true heroism.
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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The fiscal conservatives in the GOP just added $4 trillion to the deficit to give the wealthiest people on earth a tax cut. The pro-family party just took healthcare away from 17 million Americans to give ICE a bigger budget than Brazil’s military. The single most inhumane bill ever passed.
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Jeffries: "You got some people in the town who go to church and pray on Sunday, and then they come to Congress and prey on the American people. I'm not down with that kind of faith. That's not the faith that comes out of the Gospel."
July 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Raskin: "I suppose I don't mind being called a loser several times by Trump, given that he's our only president who has lost the popular vote in two different elections and the last time, when he lost by more than 7 million votes to Biden, it upset him so much that he incited an insurrection"
July 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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“Pro-life”
June 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Chief UN nuclear inspector says damage wrought by US strike on Iran's nuclear facilities was "severe" but, contrary to Trump, not "total" and declared that Tehran could be enriching uranium again in "a matter of months." @sangernyt.bsky.social @tylerpager.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
U.N. Inspector Says Iran Could Be Enriching Fuel Again in a ‘Matter of Months’
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Being from football’s first family of quarterbacks carries pressure.

The last name Manning carries weight and... social media bans?

How Cooper and Ellen Manning prepared Arch to meet the moment: http://dlvr.it/TLdDd1
June 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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“A very large number of Catholic bishops, and religious leaders in general, are outraged by the steps which the administration is taking to expel mostly hardworking, good people from the United States,” Cardinal McElroy said. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
Catholic Bishops Try to Rally Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Agenda
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Hope Border Institute: “With major concerns over immigration, border militarization and the poor, 20+ Catholic bishops and archbishops, including Cardinals Tobin and McElroy, and other interfaith leaders ask Senate to ditch the Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill altogether.”
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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“slow in pursuing” 🤣🤣

If we needed any more proof that Jay Bhattacharya does not understand how science and medical research, here it is.

Real science is not fast! It takes careful planning to do cutting-edge work. #NIH is not Twitter, Jay.
June 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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You’re telling me that endorsements from Bill Clinton, Lara Loomer, and George Santos didn’t move the needle on Andrew Cuomo?
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Mic drop.
June 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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A federal jury on Monday ordered a man who was charged in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to pay $500,000 to the family of a D.C. police officer who was assaulted during the riot and later killed himself.
Man in Jan. 6 Riot Ordered to Pay $500,000 to Family of Officer Who Later Killed Himself
A federal jury found that the man, David Walls-Kaufman, had assaulted Officer Jeffrey Smith, who later died by suicide.
trib.al
June 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
@repjohnnyo.bsky.social Did you seriously table the articles of impeachment? I expected better of you.
June 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A Maryland policy change adds another layer of protection for school library books
A Maryland policy change adds more protection for school library books
Maryland’s school board changed state regulations to align with a law that prevents removing books from school libraries without due process.
buff.ly
June 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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When they say “depoliticize science” they really mean “politicize science then retaliate against scientists who speak out.”

Fundamental things about the Trump regime: Orwellian lying, grift, and politicizing expertise, no matter how many people will die.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter signed and delivered in protest of HHS cuts and layoffs.
www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-26724...
'Excuse me, sir': RFK Jr. refuses to vow not to target staff with retaliation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter...
www.rawstory.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Maria Salazar: I didn't think the leopard would eat the faces of MY constituents
June 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Tonight could be DC's first low of 80-plus this year. Used to be rare ... 31 from 1872 to 2009. Since 2010? 42!

Oppressive overnight readings make heat waves considerably more dangerous. Seek AC, check on vulnerable.

Forecast updates at cwg.live.
June 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Grow a Garden has released its Summer update 1.11.0, propelling the Roblox game to comfortably the highest recorded concurrent player count in video game history. https://bit.ly/3HTKoNh
June 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.

My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Pope: “Alarming news continues to emerge from the Middle East, especially from Iran. Every member of the international community has a moral responsibility to stop the tragedy before it becomes an irreparable chasm. War does not solve problems, it amplifies them. May diplomacy silence the weapons!”
June 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Cardinal David: “PEOPLE CANNOT SAY THEY HAD NOT BEEN WARNED that this man was hazardous to world peace.
Now he gets involved in Israel’s preemptive war with Iran and invokes God and calls for peace. Since when has war ever been a path to peace? Lord spare us of the madness of another world war.”
June 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM