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🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”
May 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🔥 DAMN! — @benniegthompson to @kristinoem: “I’m glad you found time among your many photo ops and costume changes to testify.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said he supports a ban on stock trading by members of Congress amid controversy about well-timed trades during recent market volatility.
Mike Johnson declares support for congressional stock trading ban
The speaker had previously avoided taking sides on the matter.
www.politico.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he supports a ban on stock trading by members of Congress amid controversy about well-timed trades during recent market volatility.
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Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow:
George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
May 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow:
George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.
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The most important statement from today’s hearings.
May 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The most important statement from today’s hearings.
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A Georgetown University researcher who was been held in a Texas immigration detention center since March, must be released from custody and returned to Virginia as he challenges the legal basis for his deportation, a federal judge ruled.
Judge orders Georgetown researcher released from ICE custody
Badar Kahn Suri, who has been held in Texas since March, is expected to return to Virginia after a federal judge found he raised substantial First Amendment claims
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A Georgetown University researcher who was been held in a Texas immigration detention center since March, must be released from custody and returned to Virginia as he challenges the legal basis for his deportation, a federal judge ruled.
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Good morning, a row of tulips to brighten up your timeline ☺️
Have a good Thursday 🙏
Have a good Thursday 🙏
May 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good morning, a row of tulips to brighten up your timeline ☺️
Have a good Thursday 🙏
Have a good Thursday 🙏
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Better yet....Healthcare for All!!
May 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Better yet....Healthcare for All!!
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I hate the Republican Party and I’m going to spend the rest of my days slowly and methodically dismantling the party.
Bet.
Bet.
May 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I hate the Republican Party and I’m going to spend the rest of my days slowly and methodically dismantling the party.
Bet.
Bet.
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And there’s your quid pro quo.
May 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
And there’s your quid pro quo.
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•••••INSUFFERABLE•••••
Defiance on display. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem robotically refuses to answer Sen. Eric Swalwell’s simple question regarding the now-infamous photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hand tattoo.
“IS THIS DOCTORED OR NOT DOCTORED?”
Swalwell’s “bullsh*t detector” has been…
Defiance on display. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem robotically refuses to answer Sen. Eric Swalwell’s simple question regarding the now-infamous photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hand tattoo.
“IS THIS DOCTORED OR NOT DOCTORED?”
Swalwell’s “bullsh*t detector” has been…
May 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
•••••INSUFFERABLE•••••
Defiance on display. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem robotically refuses to answer Sen. Eric Swalwell’s simple question regarding the now-infamous photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hand tattoo.
“IS THIS DOCTORED OR NOT DOCTORED?”
Swalwell’s “bullsh*t detector” has been…
Defiance on display. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem robotically refuses to answer Sen. Eric Swalwell’s simple question regarding the now-infamous photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hand tattoo.
“IS THIS DOCTORED OR NOT DOCTORED?”
Swalwell’s “bullsh*t detector” has been…
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DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
May 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
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“It shows that this administration doesn’t really care about protecting people’s drinking water from toxic forever chemicals that endanger the health of over 100 million Americans.” - Erik Olsen
EPA plans to weaken rule curbing forever chemicals in drinking water — The Washington Post
The Environmental Protection Agency will rescind and reconsider drinking water standards for four chemicals that have been linked to a range of illnesses.
apple.news
May 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“It shows that this administration doesn’t really care about protecting people’s drinking water from toxic forever chemicals that endanger the health of over 100 million Americans.” - Erik Olsen
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GOLDMAN: Will you give Abrego Garcia the due process the Supreme Court has required you to give him?
NOEM: If he were to come back to this country, he would be immediately removed again
G: How do you know? The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he hasn't been treated appropriately
NOEM: If he were to come back to this country, he would be immediately removed again
G: How do you know? The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he hasn't been treated appropriately
May 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
GOLDMAN: Will you give Abrego Garcia the due process the Supreme Court has required you to give him?
NOEM: If he were to come back to this country, he would be immediately removed again
G: How do you know? The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he hasn't been treated appropriately
NOEM: If he were to come back to this country, he would be immediately removed again
G: How do you know? The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he hasn't been treated appropriately
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Dereliction of duty.
May 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Dereliction of duty.
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Calling representatives has long been a straightforward way to push for political change, but for some people, it isn't available.
How to call Congress—when the phone isn't an option
Proxy calling gives some disabled people a better way to flood Capitol Hill phone lines.
www.motherjones.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Calling representatives has long been a straightforward way to push for political change, but for some people, it isn't available.
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NEW: Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public
Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.
www.propublica.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
By @savmargaret.bsky.social
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Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: "You are the wrong person for this job. And you had in this hearing today the unmitigated gall to say at the beginning of your testimony that China is ahead of the United States in healthcare because China does not have DEI."
May 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Alsobrooks to RFK Jr: "You are the wrong person for this job. And you had in this hearing today the unmitigated gall to say at the beginning of your testimony that China is ahead of the United States in healthcare because China does not have DEI."
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May 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen and others were tackled by security, then dragged out of today’s HHS budget hearing. RFK Jr’s response was to snicker.
May 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen and others were tackled by security, then dragged out of today’s HHS budget hearing. RFK Jr’s response was to snicker.
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Drug fatalities in the U.S. fell by about 30,000 last year, the CDC reported, a drop of nearly 27%.
Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports
www.nytimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Drug fatalities in the U.S. fell by about 30,000 last year, the CDC reported, a drop of nearly 27%.