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How did this work out for the law firms?
The Trump administration is trying to negotiate with elite universities to strike a "deal." They're feeling the need for a political win after public opinion is in Harvard's corner (much to their surprise).
www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...
May 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
How did this work out for the law firms?
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A warning told through time
May 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A warning told through time
As the Ford government does, trying to introduce radical right policies from Trump's playbook, this time, in Ontario education. Other than misspending by that one board which needs to be dealt with this legislation is one long dogwhistle.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
Ontario legislation to give Education Minister more power over school boards
The legislation would give Paul Calandra the authority to put a school board under supervision for reasons beyond just financial ones
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
As the Ford government does, trying to introduce radical right policies from Trump's playbook, this time, in Ontario education. Other than misspending by that one board which needs to be dealt with this legislation is one long dogwhistle.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
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The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
May 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣
Good to know. (you know what to do!)
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Good to know. (you know what to do!)
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May 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣
Good to know. (you know what to do!)
🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮
Good to know. (you know what to do!)
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Thou shalt call Donald a TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) from now on because HOLY SHIT HE HATES IT.
May 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Stay cool this summer! The City of Toronto is providing FREE portable AC units to low-income seniors (age 65+) in multi-unit buildings.
Apply online at toronto.ca/ACProgram, by phone, or in person from May 26 to June 6. Selected applicants will be notified and units distributed starting July.
Apply online at toronto.ca/ACProgram, by phone, or in person from May 26 to June 6. Selected applicants will be notified and units distributed starting July.
May 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Stay cool this summer! The City of Toronto is providing FREE portable AC units to low-income seniors (age 65+) in multi-unit buildings.
Apply online at toronto.ca/ACProgram, by phone, or in person from May 26 to June 6. Selected applicants will be notified and units distributed starting July.
Apply online at toronto.ca/ACProgram, by phone, or in person from May 26 to June 6. Selected applicants will be notified and units distributed starting July.
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And they accuse liberals of indoctrination!
May 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
And they accuse liberals of indoctrination!
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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As a reminder, she didn’t even run a red light, something DHS harped on as her disobeying US laws. The cops eventually admitted they pulled over the wrong car.
NEW: 19 year old Ximena Arias-Cristobal who came to America at age 4 has finally been reunited with her family in Dalton, Georgia after ICE detained her for three weeks over a now-dismissed red light traffic ticket and was in the process of trying to deport her (Video: News Channel Nine)
May 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As a reminder, she didn’t even run a red light, something DHS harped on as her disobeying US laws. The cops eventually admitted they pulled over the wrong car.
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hell of a time to be promoting a book about being trans, the damage done to the body/spirit in the decades spent fighting it, and how you can’t fight city hall (Big Transgender) but here we are. utpress.utexas.edu/978147733148...
May 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
hell of a time to be promoting a book about being trans, the damage done to the body/spirit in the decades spent fighting it, and how you can’t fight city hall (Big Transgender) but here we are. utpress.utexas.edu/978147733148...
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they are trying to outlaw being transgender in this country and this is just the first step. they were never going to stop at sports. they weren’t going to stop at bathrooms. they want a trans genocide. it is so important to spread awareness of this
🚨 The US House of Reps have now PASSED their budget bill that includes a BAN on Gender Affirming Care for Medicaid for ALL AGES.
This bill now goes to the Senate where it’s likely to pass.
Call your Senators!
This bill now goes to the Senate where it’s likely to pass.
Call your Senators!
May 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
they are trying to outlaw being transgender in this country and this is just the first step. they were never going to stop at sports. they weren’t going to stop at bathrooms. they want a trans genocide. it is so important to spread awareness of this
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🚨BREAKING: Republicans are scheming to cut Medicaid for nearly 14 million Americans.
They’re also planning over $500 BILLION in cuts to Medicare.
This is a billionaire tax handout, and America’s working families are footing the bill by sacrificing our health care.
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social
They’re also planning over $500 BILLION in cuts to Medicare.
This is a billionaire tax handout, and America’s working families are footing the bill by sacrificing our health care.
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🚨BREAKING: Republicans are scheming to cut Medicaid for nearly 14 million Americans.
They’re also planning over $500 BILLION in cuts to Medicare.
This is a billionaire tax handout, and America’s working families are footing the bill by sacrificing our health care.
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social
They’re also planning over $500 BILLION in cuts to Medicare.
This is a billionaire tax handout, and America’s working families are footing the bill by sacrificing our health care.
@maxwellfrost.bsky.social
We should also be following the money when it comes to the health care privatization in Ontario.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister
Businessman’s dealings with the provincial health authority are subject to multiple investigations
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We should also be following the money when it comes to the health care privatization in Ontario.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/ebb7426...
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The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
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1/ In a 2021 speech titled “The Universities Are the Enemy,” then Senate candidate J. D. Vance declared that universities, as left-wing gatekeepers of truth & knowledge, “make it impossible for conservative ideas to ultimately carry the day.”
Gift link.
Gift link.
Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext
The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.
www.theatlantic.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1/ In a 2021 speech titled “The Universities Are the Enemy,” then Senate candidate J. D. Vance declared that universities, as left-wing gatekeepers of truth & knowledge, “make it impossible for conservative ideas to ultimately carry the day.”
Gift link.
Gift link.
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As Democrats ponder caving to crypto, reflect as I did on their bailout of SVB and Silicon Valley in 2023.
The ungrateful tech bro recipients are crashing our democracy; will Democrats ever learn? newrepublic.com/article/1950...
The ungrateful tech bro recipients are crashing our democracy; will Democrats ever learn? newrepublic.com/article/1950...
Are Some Dems About to Cave to Crypto? It Wouldn’t Be the First Time
As the Senate considers a GOP-backed stablecoin bill, it’s a good time to look back on when the Biden administration bailed out a bunch of high-rolling, right-wing crypto crybabies.
newrepublic.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As Democrats ponder caving to crypto, reflect as I did on their bailout of SVB and Silicon Valley in 2023.
The ungrateful tech bro recipients are crashing our democracy; will Democrats ever learn? newrepublic.com/article/1950...
The ungrateful tech bro recipients are crashing our democracy; will Democrats ever learn? newrepublic.com/article/1950...
Imagining my son in this situation. How traumatizing. How callous.
May 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Imagining my son in this situation. How traumatizing. How callous.
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41 days since Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a lawful US resident from El Salvador, was mistakenly deported to a foreign prison in El Salvador. Despite no due process and SCOTUS order to return him to US. @msnbc.com needs a DAYS INCARCERATED counter so people don't forget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deporta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deporta...
Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
41 days since Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a lawful US resident from El Salvador, was mistakenly deported to a foreign prison in El Salvador. Despite no due process and SCOTUS order to return him to US. @msnbc.com needs a DAYS INCARCERATED counter so people don't forget.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deporta...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deporta...