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From the ambush of South Africa’s president, to his ugly assault on a WH reporter, to a kowtowing GOP making the rich richer and the poor poorer and sicker, to the escalating war against Harvard & higher ed: We must not be numbed by the flood of outrages. www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...

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Moskowitz: They have no brakes. They’re drunk with power. And the only way we’re going to send a message to them—the only way we’re going to be able to put brakes on this and stop it—is to make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker.

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Yesterday, Republicans in Washington voted to screw New Jerseyans out of Medicaid. We need to fight back, and I have a plan.

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Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner ran for reelection as a local prosecutor who promised to oppose Trump administration abuses of power, threats to rights and authoritarianism. He said: “They can come for Philly, but I’m not backing down. They can F around and find out.” Krasner won by a 2-1 margin.

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Without our federal judges, the dismantling of our country would face no significant hurdle.

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Every sane and sensible person in the country / world stands with and supports Greenland and Europe right now. America is isolated and ridiculed because folks voted for an evil and divisive orange monster rather than the sane and qualified black lady. 🤷

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The smaller the man, the bigger the damage.

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Pete Hegseth, constantly paranoid about someone in the Pentagon talking to the press about the crazy shit he’s doing on a daily basis, issues a new set of rules for the media restricting access to the building. Why are they constantly trying to hide everything from the public?

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Trump used metal detectors to ensure his crypto guests were disarmed before entering his gun free zone

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This week, Rick's Elephant in the Room is Trump's mental decline. On a strict diet of Big Macs and Adderall, Trump's last "cognition test" -- 'Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.' -- seems to be a high point for our drooling Dear Leader. Watch now: youtu.be/mAQMDPa_tK0?...

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A video circulating on Reddit shows ICE officers wrestling a Hispanic construction worker to the ground while he repeatedly says that he is a US citizen. He was reportedly detained for hours until he was eventually released.

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Good for them! No capitulating! “Four top partners at Paul Weiss announced late Friday that they were leaving the law firm, a major blow to the firm in the wake of its decision to cut a deal with Trump to head off an executive order against the firm.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b...

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To all my NC neighbors who voted for Trump: Way to go—you sure owned the Libs! www.wyff4.com/article/fema...

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The ignorant, fragile man-child who couldn't admit he lost an election also can't admit he doesn't know how tariffs work. This is why we're screwed.

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A musician’s sign nearby the White House

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Ukraine secured the release of 390 people from Russian captivity. 270 Military Personnel and 120 Civilians were successfully returned home.

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5 things Trump did this week 1. Called Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen “unpatriotic performers” 2. Shared a racist, flat Earth Facebook account with a world leader 3. Held a sketchy crypto event 4. Threatened to increase iPhone prices 5. Left work early for his golf club

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Exodus of four super prominent partners at Paul Weiss to start their own litigation boutique, including Karen Dunn (co-chair of litigation department and total go-to litigator in DC) and Jeannie Rhee (of Mueller team at DOJ)

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Some beauty and hope. Breathe. 🧘

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Phang: When he was campaigning for president, Trump called Ivy League universities “Marxist maniacs.” Well, here’s a news flash: I went to one of those Ivy League universities. I went to Yale… I am not a Marxist maniac. But you know what I am? I’m a maniac for justice—for doing what’s right.

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Trump at his closed door crypto event: “The country is doing really well. We have no inflation. Costs are way down. Oil was just at $1.99, $1.98 a gallon which we haven’t seen in years.”

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As Republican senators go home for the Memorial Day weekend, it’s an excellent time for those of you who live in their states to be heard — especially on the Big Ugly Bill that’s coming to the Senate from the House next week. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/as-these-senators-go-home-for-the

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I'm a white person who doesn't want to live in a nation made up of nothing but white people. I have no interest in seeing us become a gated community of inbred, entitled supremacy that cuts itself off from a world it believes itself superior to. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/im-a-white...

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“This thin-skinned tyrant is determined to strip the White House of actual reporters & threaten media companies if they dare to question him. It’s an appalling sign every reporter in the Oval Office didn’t speak up or get up and leave in support of NBC’s Alexander.” open.substack.com/pub/america/...

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BREAKING NEWS: Paul Weiss, one of the law firms that chose to capitulate to Trump, sees an exodus of four of their top partners. Meanwhile, the firm Jenner & Block wins big today as a Judge rules that the Trump’s executive order was clearly unconstitutional. @meidastouch.com

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The Pete Hegseth “Warfighter” Era.

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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.

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Walmart is laying off workers — while raising prices, hitting record profits, and making the Walton family even richer. Classic corporate greed.

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Flush Tapper down the crapper

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Yes, I’m sure all those top buyers of his meme coin are there because he’s just a great person, not the President.

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Jake Tapper has seriously lost it

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They have numbers to make. They still get credit for the arrest I bet.

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There 👏 are 👏 no 👏 deals

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That didn’t take long.

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Republicans keep telling us how much he “sacrificed” and “gave up” to run for president. His net worth was leveraged smoke and mirrors in 2016. Not anymore.

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“Trump is engorging himself like a locust. He is selling out America to a bevy of Arab and Chinese billionaires, while chaining America’s billionaires to his throne with leashes that let them partake in the taking — so long as they stay quiet and in line.” steveschmidt.substack.com/p/there-wont...

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Well, yeah.

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Trump is escalating his war against American higher education and against the rest of the world. We will be the worse for this. Why? Because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-i-told-the-ed-school-graduates

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Trump Ditches Work Early for Another Golf Weekend As states reel from devastating storms and wait for FEMA relief, Trump will check out early for his New Jersey golf club meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...

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Class Trump Friday: Destabilize the markets. Run away to golf.

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Found this posted on IG

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We should be able to declare that a young Jewish couple being slaughtered in an American street is as vile and inhumane disregard of life as a Palestinian child starved to death in the rubble that was their home. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/israel-and...

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