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#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' budget vetoes include money to finally install air-conditioning in 10 state prisons & give free phone call minutes for inmates who exhibit good behavior. www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/l...
DeSantis budget vetoes include money for air-conditioning, free phone calls in prisons
The $1.3 million that was axed would've brought air-conditioning to some state prisons and free phone calls to inmates showing good behavior.
www.nwfdailynews.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' budget vetoes include money to finally install air-conditioning in 10 state prisons & give free phone call minutes for inmates who exhibit good behavior. www.nwfdailynews.com/story/news/l...
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Simply extraordinary. Congressional Republicans are cheering on the fact that Trump will ignore parts of a bill they passed on partisan lines without a single Democratic vote. Article I is dead.
CNBC: It sounds to me like the president persuaded you by saying he's gonna override some of the provisions in the bill. Is that right?
RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.
RALPH NORMAN: He's going to on the permitting drive a hard bargain. He's gonna have accountability. You'll see some executive orders.
July 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Simply extraordinary. Congressional Republicans are cheering on the fact that Trump will ignore parts of a bill they passed on partisan lines without a single Democratic vote. Article I is dead.
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Percent chance the Big Beautiful Bill doesn’t pass has always been zero. The rest is Kabuki theater.
June 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Percent chance the Big Beautiful Bill doesn’t pass has always been zero. The rest is Kabuki theater.
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worth pointing out, again, that a 20% tariff on Vietnamese imports alone (our sixth-largest trading partner!) would have been considered the worst trade war in modern American history pre-Trump. Instead it is now treated as a "deal". How far we've fallen.
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
worth pointing out, again, that a 20% tariff on Vietnamese imports alone (our sixth-largest trading partner!) would have been considered the worst trade war in modern American history pre-Trump. Instead it is now treated as a "deal". How far we've fallen.
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Jake Sherman reporting Speaker Johnson planning on keeping the House in session through the night until they're done.
Sounds increasingly like they think the holdouts are going to fold. Like a bunch of little bitches.
Sounds increasingly like they think the holdouts are going to fold. Like a bunch of little bitches.
July 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Jake Sherman reporting Speaker Johnson planning on keeping the House in session through the night until they're done.
Sounds increasingly like they think the holdouts are going to fold. Like a bunch of little bitches.
Sounds increasingly like they think the holdouts are going to fold. Like a bunch of little bitches.
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FROST: "They say they're pro-life because they want the baby to be born, go to school and get shot in the school. Die in the school, die on the streets."
FOXX: "You are not going to come into this room and impugn our integrity!"
FOXX: "You are not going to come into this room and impugn our integrity!"
July 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
FROST: "They say they're pro-life because they want the baby to be born, go to school and get shot in the school. Die in the school, die on the streets."
FOXX: "You are not going to come into this room and impugn our integrity!"
FOXX: "You are not going to come into this room and impugn our integrity!"
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one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears.
They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.
July 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
one thing that is important to emphasize at that this is just republican governance at work! this is what happens when you give republicans power in washington!
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“With the proposed shuttering of AOML, HRD… forecasters could lose all tools currently available to estimate and forecast hurricane intensity. It’s a seismic blow to the arsenal of tools forecasters rely on…”
michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/noaa-propo...
michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/noaa-propo...
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“With the proposed shuttering of AOML, HRD… forecasters could lose all tools currently available to estimate and forecast hurricane intensity. It’s a seismic blow to the arsenal of tools forecasters rely on…”
michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/noaa-propo...
michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/noaa-propo...
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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We know who will be writing the next congressionally-mandated "National Climate Assessment" report (the co-authors will likely include all but one of the people in the photo below):
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump White House recruited climate science critics to work at NOAA
Several prominent researchers turned down the offer
www.science.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We know who will be writing the next congressionally-mandated "National Climate Assessment" report (the co-authors will likely include all but one of the people in the photo below):
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
www.ipm.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What a tragedy this is even being proposed on paper... 💔
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
NOAA FY2026 Congressional Justification: www.noaa.gov/sites/defaul...
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Solar + storage is now cheater than coal & nuclear. Combining solar with wind, water and/or geothermal reduces the amount of storage needed. We are closing in on 24/7/365 firmed renewable energy. #TheFutureWillBeElectric #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets 💪👏🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
Solar + storage is now $104 per MWh in Las Vegas or similar regions for nearly 100% clean firm power. There is no way new nuclear can compete with this. Even new gas plants will struggle and that is assuming access to cheap gas over the life-cycle of the plant, which is kind of a crazy gamble TBH.
Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep
Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.
electrek.co
June 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Solar + storage is now cheater than coal & nuclear. Combining solar with wind, water and/or geothermal reduces the amount of storage needed. We are closing in on 24/7/365 firmed renewable energy. #TheFutureWillBeElectric #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets 💪👏🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
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Hits different today youtu.be/JhkZMxgPxXU?...
There's a Horse In The Hospital | John Mulaney | Netflix Is A Joke
YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Hits different today youtu.be/JhkZMxgPxXU?...
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This JD Vance op-ed did not age well
June 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This JD Vance op-ed did not age well
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if you have any information about….whatever the fuck this is, i’m marisakabas.04 on signal
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
if you have any information about….whatever the fuck this is, i’m marisakabas.04 on signal
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The "Kamala will send me to die in a pointless war in the middle east" tweets are still technically correct because Iran isn't actually in the Middle East
June 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The "Kamala will send me to die in a pointless war in the middle east" tweets are still technically correct because Iran isn't actually in the Middle East
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We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
June 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
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Q: What's your message to Americans who are worried about Iran retaliating at home?
TRUMP: I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon
TRUMP: I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon
June 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Q: What's your message to Americans who are worried about Iran retaliating at home?
TRUMP: I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon
TRUMP: I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon
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Masked ICE agents just violently arrested a US citizen —and elected official — for simply asking to see a judicial warrant.
This is authoritarianism.
Comptroller Lander must be released immediately.
This is authoritarianism.
Comptroller Lander must be released immediately.
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Masked ICE agents just violently arrested a US citizen —and elected official — for simply asking to see a judicial warrant.
This is authoritarianism.
Comptroller Lander must be released immediately.
This is authoritarianism.
Comptroller Lander must be released immediately.
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Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
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Authoritarians want you to feel isolated and alone, to feel like their vision of the world is the only one.
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
June 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Authoritarians want you to feel isolated and alone, to feel like their vision of the world is the only one.
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
That’s why taking part in public protests matters. You connect with other people like you and you show those numbers off to the world. It’s a great feeling. Try it!
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<thread>
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
June 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
<thread>
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
On the left:
June 12, Judge Breyer writing that THE test for whether the US Marines/Guard violate Posse Comitatus will be whether they've engaged in "detaining" civilians.
On the right:
June 13: See for yourself.
Note: The DoD has confirmed the detention of civilian to Reuters.
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BREAKING: Reuters has published video images of Marines carrying out the first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles
June 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING: Reuters has published video images of Marines carrying out the first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles