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Ukraine's wildly successful drone attack on Russia was an intricate plan that probably took a year to arrange. That means when Trump berated Zelensky four months ago for not having the cards, Zelensky knew he had the cards. But, unlike Trump, he's smart enough to know when to keep quiet.

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Lindsey Graham is out of control

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"Is that not one of the most narcissistic, self-absorbed things you’ve ever seen?" one social media user questioned.

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Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by people they follow switching platforms than by their own followers switching platforms. Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801

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THANK YOU BOSTON!

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Read it, and read it again. This is happening all through the FOTUS regime. Depts lead by unqualified folks who want to tear then down.

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Nothing to see here! A 26-year old fever swamp right-winger, anti-Leo Frank, pro-Great Replacement theory, and pro-Putin, is now the Pentagon press secretary. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

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The accelerating rate of conflict between immigration officers and the public is in part by design. Gift link: wapo.st/3FBTxJp

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For @forward.com, I wrote about the cycle of the exploitation and dismissal of antisemitism and Jewish safety forward.com/opinion/7248...

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Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler is demanding a congressional investigation after an aide at his Manhattan office was handcuffed and detained by Department of Homeland Security officers in an outrageous incident last week.

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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

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The Trump administration is once again asking the Supreme Court to block a federal judge’s order that temporarily halted its plans for mass layoffs and agency program closures.

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In this story ICE cannot get their story straight—do they or do they not “as a matter of routine” ask media to blur the faces of the people working for ICE rounding up immigrants?

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In 2023, the head of a Tennessee juvenile detention center told us, “What we do is treat everybody like they’re in here for murder. You don’t have a problem if you do that.” Now, Richard L. Bean is out of a job after the mayor "lost confidence" in him. @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social

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DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week. That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports. Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt

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Math is hard... but Google is free.

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"Seriously, if Palantir isn't the deep state, then what is?" wrote Trump supporter Nick Fuentes.

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Phang: These “radical left” judges? These are judges that you had a hand in appointing—or they were appointed under Republican administrations. So how very convenient that when you don’t get your way, suddenly these are all radical left judges. He is just an intellectually lazy asshole.

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Today's news: The fourth judge in the long-running 9/11 case at Guantánamo Bay has retired and the chief judge for the military commissions has assigned himself to oversee it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

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The Department of Justice no longer represents the best interests of the American people. Under Bondi, it has been transformed into little more than a cog in the authoritarian machine doing Donald Trump’s bidding. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

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Good on these kids for walking out, staging a demonstration, sticking up for their classmate. As these cases keep bubbling up the resistance to these immoral actions will grow. abcnews.go.com/US/massachus...

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"Does a mafia don tell his daughter that he’s a criminal, or does he explain that the world is composed of killers and losers and that you must choose one or the other?"

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Economists warn that by increasing the U.S. national debt during a period of relative economic strength, the government is running the risk that the tipping point will come at the worst possible moment.

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Our hunger for the collapse of Trump’s movement isn’t just about justice—it’s about the thrill of witnessing a story we know how to consume. Cults don’t disappear; they go viral. https://trib.al/NzAYgOF

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This Pride Month, we celebrate a simple truth: hate has no home here. From Texas to D.C., our movement for equality is growing. Let’s build a future where every queer and trans person is safe, where workers have power, and where love and dignity beat hate and greed. 🌈✊🏽

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"Will Trump also get the message that his favorite strongman isn’t that strong and that Volodymyr Zelensky actually does have some cards?"

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Slava Ukraini!

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"To hear the president tell it, the process of making laws and policy the proper way is overly burdensome..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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NEW: A 2023 investigation by @wpln.bsky.social and ProPublica found that Richard L. Bean was illegally locking kids up alone in cells. A new scandal has forced his resignation. By @paigepfleger.bsky.social

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Rs say this bcuz the truth - "i don't think saving those people is worth the cost" - doesn't sound good. But if you spend $800 bn less on providing insurance, some people will lose insurance. Of them, some will get sick. Of them, some will be too poor get sufficient care. Of them, some will die.

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The Boulder terror suspect’s visa expired in March under Trump. Why did Trump let him stay?

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"while [Elmo] was the most-unstable, wacked-out member of [Donny's cabal], we should consider the full array of misfits, cranks, Nazi sympathizers, demagogues, anti-constitutionalists and habitual liars who populate his team" @jenrubin.bsky.social's piece is really great 💯

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This is what happens when fascists spend over $200 million dollars on campaign ads attacking the transgender community:

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By one estimate, one in 10 public radio stations could go dark under Trump’s plan to eliminate federal funding of public broadcasting.

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In the 42 years since the start of the Reagan revolution, bought-off politicians have so altered our tax code that fully $51 trillion has moved from the homes and savings of working-class Americans into the money bins of the morbidly rich money hoarders.

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Joni Ernst knows a gaffe can destroy a campaign. That's how she won in 2014. www.thefarce.org/lets-add-iow...

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Beware ...

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“People will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so," House Speaker Mike Johnson said. Several experts and organizations expose this for the lie that it is.

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Important study, some of which confirms what we already know: Work requirements reduce access to benefits Even among people who are working People in poor health are disproportionally affected What we did not know: The effects are hard to undo. Once you kick people off, they are gone.

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Law firms that struck deals with the Trump administration are facing corporate consequences according to reports.

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Robert Jenrick’s call to arm prison officers is ‘nonsense’, governors say

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"Nostalgia is a normal human phenomenon. But it has its downside. It leads one to forget the dark sides of the past in ways that can mislead in the present. Then there is the really dangerous kind of nostalgia: a nostalgia that’s been purposefully weaponized." www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-buy-t...

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TOMORROW: NYT reporter @jonesieman.bsky.social shares what really happened in Trump's 2016 campaign and the dark tricks his people use to get their way. Subscribe to us here ready for the episode tomorrow: youtube.com/@thelincolnp...

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“Trump has pardoned or granted clemency to most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.” John Oliver on Trump’s corrupt pardons, including the Chrisleys here in Nashville

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WHY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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