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Court invalidates NSF 15% indirect cost cap. Strong ruling. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Elon Musk and DOGE broke numerous aspects of Social Security delivery Rather than fix the damage, the Trump administration has simply stopped reporting the data www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Susan Collins pretending to be upset that the Project 2025 architect and Christian Nationalist she helped confirm as OMB head after he promised to break law...is now doing the sort of stuff he promised to do. Arsonist complaining about the heat, falling debris etc. tinyurl.com/3ekpemy7 #MEpolitics

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The United States really isn't going to be able to host the Olympics or World Cup.

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So, I’m really angry about this. This is utter and complete nonsense that can serve only to delegitimate an order that is constitutionally binding on the executive branch. Even if they do comply, it’s the kind of thing that builds support for noncompliance. It cannot be normalized.

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Beloved Ohio high school soccer star kidnapped by ICE and deported www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

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Corruption watch:

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This week, the #BureauOfLaborStatistics, which is responsible for America’s most important economic numbers (CPI, PPI and Non-Farm-Payrolls etc.) said it was “reducing sample in areas across the country,” noting that its “current resources can no longer support the collection effort.” #ThisIsBad

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Such restrictions would devastate Maine health care delivery. #mepolitics

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This is terrific: two dozen generally right-of-center public interest & law groups join in a letter saying Congress must not adopt Senate budget language "that would require courts to impose financial bonds before issuing temp restraining orders or prelim injunctions against the federal gov't." /1

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A newly unsealed court filing states that Vance Boelter and his wife were “preppers” with a contingency plan in the chance of impending catastrophe.

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#mepolitics

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This Friday, June 20 the bishop of San Diego - Pope Leo's first ecclesiastical appointment - is going to be doing what Brad Lander did today at the federal courthouse in San Diego. Will masked ICE goons arrest the bishop too?

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Trump's tax bill would kill rural hospitals by (in part) kicking lots of patients off of Medicaid. Susan Collins thinking the solution to this is to throw some extra $$$ at hospitals rather than just letting Medicaid patients keep getting care is maybe the most Susan Collins thing ever. #MEpolitics

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Democrats can do both! Visit hospitals that will be hurt and ICE detention facilities.

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Any corporate executive who signs off on a bribe to Trump should be prepared to explain their crimes in front of Congress and to the public when Democrats retake power

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Three dead, dozens sick from Listeria in premade chicken meals sold at Walmart & Kroger. In normal times, CDC would issue a HAN. Instead, we’re wasting energy revisiting thimerosal myths while real threats go unchecked.

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“Reader said that agents would not tell her what immigration laws her employee violated, threatened her with assault of an officer for asking questions and told her she was not allowed to follow their cars or know where her employee was being taken.”

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Marco Rubio made being denied entry into China part of his Twitter bio for ages. Now he is doing it to the rest of the world.

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Why Trump is whining about the new Fox News poll: ▶️ 7 points net negative on Immigration (disapproval up 5 points since April) ▶️ 15 points net negative on foreign policy ▶️ 18 points net negative on the economy ▶️ 30 points net negative on inflation ▶️ Voters oppose his budget bill by 59%-38% 😱

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This is the smartest damn thing I’ve heard all year. If nothing else, it might serve to erode employers‘ trust in ChatGPT.

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U.S. denies visas to athletes and the PM of Senegal thanks China for their help. The administration is destroying our international profile, relations, and soft power. Tell me how we’re going to host a World Cup next year and Olympics in 2028?

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Darnella Frazier was 17 when she had the presence of mind to document what was happening to George Floyd. These ICE abduction videos differ but also convey an out-of-control state abusing its power. Sometimes bearing witness is among the most important forms of civil resistance.

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Should I let my accountant know about this novel “But my new policy specifies that I am not subject to these requirements” idea

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If you have a Secretary of Defense the principals aren't talking to about military options, you don't have a Secretary of Defense.

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I broke my ankle on vacation in Rockland, ME, and had truly the best ER experience of my life at a small regional hospital. I was alone, far from home, trying not to panic, and I was treated with kindness and compassion. Even if you don’t live in a rural area, you need these hospitals open.

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Trump's EPA intends to reverse a ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that causes disease and death from exposure.

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NEWS: In one of the first major federal prosecutions of an LA protester, the DOJ has moved to dismiss the case. Jose Manuel Mojica was accused of assaulting officers, but came forward to Guardian to recount how he was brutally attacked by agents. “I feel a huge relief. The truth always comes out."

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What were they actually gonna do here? Ask every brown-enough person for their papers to go to the fucking baseball game? This is the most slam-dunk, anti-American thing I can think of. You need a passport to go to a Major League Baseball game now? Malpractice not to make a huge deal out of this.

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@stevecollinsyji.bsky.social Because the 2020 ME Sen race used ranked RCV, the correct way to look at Collins' vote is that she got a bit over 50% of the vote, just avoiding a ranked choice tally she could have lost. Also not counting King as a Dem when he caucuses w/Dems is quite the odd choice.

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