Libby
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Im a person in Texas. So, that's unfortunate.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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ICE has released an Oregon firefighter who was detained for nearly a month after he was taken into custody while battling an actual fire.
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Oregon Firefighter Detained By ICE While Battling Fire
ICE has released an Oregon firefighter after being detained for almost a month and being taken into custody while battling an actual fire.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICE has released an Oregon firefighter who was detained for nearly a month after he was taken into custody while battling an actual fire.
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New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”
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Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics
Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”
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Hiding the truth.
September 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hiding the truth.
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Direct File was an easy way for Americans to file their taxes for FREE each year.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
IRS Chief Says Direct File Is ‘Gone,’ Other Audit Tech Is Coming
The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said.
news.bloombergtax.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Direct File was an easy way for Americans to file their taxes for FREE each year.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
It's a no-brainer — and it's popular. So why in the world did the Trump administration kill it?
To give a huge handout to giant tax prep companies like TurboTax that rip Americans off.
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This is a role for someone who believes career culture *can* change—
and wants to help lead the change.
If that excites you (and maybe scares you a little too) …
We’d love to hear from you.
and wants to help lead the change.
If that excites you (and maybe scares you a little too) …
We’d love to hear from you.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a role for someone who believes career culture *can* change—
and wants to help lead the change.
If that excites you (and maybe scares you a little too) …
We’d love to hear from you.
and wants to help lead the change.
If that excites you (and maybe scares you a little too) …
We’d love to hear from you.
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In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.
Video footage of the incident show a group of officers detaining three men. Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the use of a stun gun “funny”.
Video footage of the incident show a group of officers detaining three men. Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the use of a stun gun “funny”.
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.
Video footage of the incident show a group of officers detaining three men. Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the use of a stun gun “funny”.
Video footage of the incident show a group of officers detaining three men. Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests, calling the use of a stun gun “funny”.
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The U.S. global education budget: $1.2 billion.
Elon Musk’s federal subsidies in one year: over $6 billion.
Rubio slashed 396 programs across 53 countries—cutting off girls, refugees, and entire school systems overnight.
If this isn’t worth sharing, I don’t know what is.
Elon Musk’s federal subsidies in one year: over $6 billion.
Rubio slashed 396 programs across 53 countries—cutting off girls, refugees, and entire school systems overnight.
If this isn’t worth sharing, I don’t know what is.
July 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The U.S. global education budget: $1.2 billion.
Elon Musk’s federal subsidies in one year: over $6 billion.
Rubio slashed 396 programs across 53 countries—cutting off girls, refugees, and entire school systems overnight.
If this isn’t worth sharing, I don’t know what is.
Elon Musk’s federal subsidies in one year: over $6 billion.
Rubio slashed 396 programs across 53 countries—cutting off girls, refugees, and entire school systems overnight.
If this isn’t worth sharing, I don’t know what is.
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For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government.
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
June 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government.
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes.
Where is the outrage over that?
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For our story on a cancer drug that costs nearly $1,000 for each daily pill, art director Lisa Larson-Walker handmade several pill-shaped ceramic piggy banks, stuffed them with cash — then smashed them with a sledgehammer in the middle of the office.
Go behind the scenes with this short video:
Go behind the scenes with this short video:
Behind the Art: Why Is Cancer Drug Revlimid So Expensive?
When ProPublica reporter David Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer, he set out to understand why a single pill of his medication, Revlimid, cost the same as ...
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May 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
For our story on a cancer drug that costs nearly $1,000 for each daily pill, art director Lisa Larson-Walker handmade several pill-shaped ceramic piggy banks, stuffed them with cash — then smashed them with a sledgehammer in the middle of the office.
Go behind the scenes with this short video:
Go behind the scenes with this short video:
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Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
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It shouldn't have to be said but if you're law enforcement and you have to cover up your face while doing your job, you are not the good guys in this situation.
May 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It shouldn't have to be said but if you're law enforcement and you have to cover up your face while doing your job, you are not the good guys in this situation.
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Who needs historians to advise the state department when PragerU videos and Elon Musk's historical hot takes are available for free on the web?
Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/
April 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Who needs historians to advise the state department when PragerU videos and Elon Musk's historical hot takes are available for free on the web?
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Trump promised lower costs. Instead? Higher prices, layoffs, and a shrinking economy.
In 100 days, the President broke the strong economy he inherited.
I lay it all out here: senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/how-donald...
In 100 days, the President broke the strong economy he inherited.
I lay it all out here: senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/how-donald...
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Trump promised lower costs. Instead? Higher prices, layoffs, and a shrinking economy.
In 100 days, the President broke the strong economy he inherited.
I lay it all out here: senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/how-donald...
In 100 days, the President broke the strong economy he inherited.
I lay it all out here: senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/how-donald...
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DOGE has already cost American taxpayers $135 billion. And that's before we even get to the cost of all the food aid rotting in ports, partners stiffed from broken contracts, etc. If America can't afford foreign aid it definitely can't afford DOGE. #resist
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What Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, Too (Gift Article)
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
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April 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
DOGE has already cost American taxpayers $135 billion. And that's before we even get to the cost of all the food aid rotting in ports, partners stiffed from broken contracts, etc. If America can't afford foreign aid it definitely can't afford DOGE. #resist
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No arrest warrant
April 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
No arrest warrant
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
April 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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This has always been an obvious problem with their slapdash approach. You can temporarily “save money” on paper by deciding to randomly stop paying bills. But if it turns out you needed some of that stuff, it’s ultimately going to be more expensive.
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
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@nytimes.com 🤡
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April 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This has always been an obvious problem with their slapdash approach. You can temporarily “save money” on paper by deciding to randomly stop paying bills. But if it turns out you needed some of that stuff, it’s ultimately going to be more expensive.