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Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/u...
Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil
A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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BREAKING: 34,000 people have showed up in Denver, Colorado this evening to see Bernie Sanders and AOC fight oligarchy and authoritarianism.
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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This is a mission everyone should be able to get behind. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been torn from their families. No effort must be spared to bring them home:https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-program-track-abducted-ukrainian-children-lawmakers-2025-03-18/
March 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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This headline should surprise nobody.

Except maybe VA Secretary #DeceitfulDoug Collins.

If you attack the system with the DOGE blowtorch, there will be disruption and failure. And vets will suffer.

I’ll have more at 330ET on MSNBC with Katy Tur. www.reuters.com/world/us/va-...
VA shake-up hits mental health services for US veterans
Joey Cortez, who served 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, had been waiting since August to see a mental health specialist from the Department of Veterans' Affairs, when he experienced a fresh jolt of anxiety.
www.reuters.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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I created this map to celebrate different types of plate boundaries.

#geology #platetectonics #map #illustration
February 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.

This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Great to meet with VFW members from Vermont.

These are the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country.

We are proud of them and what they've done.

No cuts to the VA. No privatization.
March 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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While Trump appoints 13 billionaires to his cabinet and Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg see their wealth increase by $217 billion since the election, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 25% of seniors live on $15g or less and millions cannot afford rent.

SAY NO TO OLIGARCHY.
February 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM