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The republican big ugly bill must not pass

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Texas passed a school voucher program that the GOP and Governor Abbott have been pushing for years. Voucher programs in other states have largely benefited wealthier families who already had their kids enrolled in private schools www.texastribune.org/2025/05/03/t...

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Trump bragged about spending $1B bombing Houthis while getting Reaper drones shot down and losing two fighter jets to the bottom of the Red Sea while accomplishing nothing and leaking it in Signal, while “you don’t have the cards” Zelensky wipes out 40 bombers deep inside Russia.

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I wonder what the odds are that hundreds of additional Ukrainian “Trojan Horse” drones remain hidden in trucks across Russia, just waiting to be launched at additional targets over the coming days. Best of all — there’s very little Putin can do to prevent it!

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House of Representatives voted April 9, 2025 to allow big banks to collect excessive junk fees from struggling consumers, approving a resolution to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) big bank overdraft fee rule, which reduces most overdraft fees from $35 to $5

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Children zip-tied at San Antonio immigration court in new crackdown The children — two boys and a girl who appeared to be between the ages of 9 and 12 years old — were detained and zip-tied, along with adults who appeared to be relatives, after an immigration judge had dismissed their case

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Trump’s top economic advisers stressed they would not be deterred by a recent court decision that declared many of the administration’s tariffs to be illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton’s crusade against alleged voter fraud has led to the criminal prosecution of six Democratic officials, all Latino, in Frio County, Texas. Civil rights groups say the charges are politically motivated and aim to suppress Latino civic participation.

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Texas Pushes LGBTQ+ School Club Ban as Pride Month Kicks Off The bill bans instruction, programming, or activities related to sexual orientation or gender identity in all grades, pre-K through 12. Schools are barred from allowing third-party groups to deliver such content as well.

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The United States is no longer suitable to share information with

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Early rumors are that up to 40 Russian strategic bombers were destroyed in one of the most audacious operations I’ve ever seen. Get fucked, Vlad.

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Ukraine could’ve launched the attack on civilian population centers, like Russia does to them daily. Instead, they chose a strictly military target - the very bombers being used to kill Ukrainian civilians. A brilliant operation solely designed to defend their own people.

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No matter who you are or who you love, you are welcome here. Happy Pride Month, Minnesota!

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A celebration honoring Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field in Chicago on June 14 will hear directly from the new pontiff. The celebration will also include a Mass, music, a film, and in-person testimonials about Pope Leo XIV, a South Side native and lifelong White Sox fan.

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Trump has granted clemency to at least eight individuals convicted on federal drug charges. Some, including Larry Hoover, have extensive criminal records involving violence and gun charges. Hoover was serving a life sentence for crimes linked to his role leading the Chicago-based Gangster Disciples.

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This is how it’s done! FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets. (Sound up)

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ISPs Lose in Court, Ask Trump DOJ to Fight ‘Illegal’ State ‘Affordable Internet’ Laws Federal agency cannot prevent states from regulating broadband if the agency itself does not have power in that area. This means states are free to enact their own laws to make internet access more affordable

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NEW: The Trump administration has conceded that it improperly deported another Salvadoran man in violation of a court order — blaming a "confluence of administrative errors." The man's lawyer plans to demand his return. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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Democrats demand OMB Director Russell Vought come to Congress to testify about the admin’s plans. “Republicans will claim these cuts are about fiscal responsibility, yet they’re happy to add trillions to the deficit to shower billionaires with tax breaks” - Rep. Brendan Boyle

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Donald Trump refused to dismiss the possibility of a pardon for Sean "Diddy“ Combs, even though the rap tycoon is currently on trial on sex trafficking and other serious charges. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-h...

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Trump admin is collecting data on all Americans, and they are enlisting the data analysis company Palantir, founded by far-right billionaire Peter Thiel, to do it. The order has increased fears that the government is putting together a database to wield surveillance powers over the American public

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U.S. Debt Is on Pace to Set a Record High, Going All the Way Back to 1790 If Republicans pass their tax and spending megabill, the record will arrive even sooner — putting America’s debt at more than 113 percent of the size of its entire economy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

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The Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration can begin taking steps to deport more than 500,000 immigrants who were granted emergency humanitarian protections to legally live and work in the United States. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor dissented

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Acting US Alternate Representative John Kelley has stated during a Security Council meeting that Washington is considering ending its participation in peace initiatives if Putin does not end his aggression against Ukraine. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”

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Texas House of Representative James Talarico on Texas Republicans passing bill mandating Ten Commandments in every classroom, breaking 4th Commandment

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These men were building us homes. The violence is being committed by ICE — masked men, no ID, no warrants. Don’t believe the rhetoric being pushed by violent criminals about ‘violent criminals’ cause it’s all BS. Call your Reps and demand they hold hearings, sanctioned or not. This needs to stop.

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Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2 Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1 Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

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"'If they attempt to deport the Afghans, you’re going to see actual physical conflict between U.S. veterans and ICE,' he predicted..." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Who is controlling the autopen for him? He is obviously not calling the shots

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Texas Republicans are tightening their grip on the state’s university systems amid a nationwide conservative drive to remake higher education. The GOP-dominated legislature passed bills limiting protests and expanding state control over academic content, degree programs and administrative decisions

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A 2-year-old American girl has been left stateless after the Trump administration deported her alongside her family. She has an American passport and a Social Security card. Nevertheless, she was shipped to Brazil with her parents, who are both undocumented, in February

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ICE accuses Harvard of - Not sufficiently reporting on their students to ICE - "pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment" - Cooperation with the Chinese Communist Party and other foreign entities storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Paramount Has Offered $15 Million to Settle CBS Lawsuit. Trump Wants More. Trump’s team threatened another lawsuit amid settlement talks www.wsj.com/business/med...

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