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Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba: "Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."

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McGovern: "This is not a governing philosophy. It is a scam. I wasn't sent here to vote for trash. I can't understand why you'd choose a career of public service to do this -- to rip away the healthcare & food assistance of working & middle class Americans. Is that really what you came here to do?"

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 China to donate $500 million to World Health Organization. Beijing has said it is ready to replace the United States as the WHO's largest donor, expanding China's global influence after Washington's withdrawal from international cooperation.

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“Who are you with” and “You’re a terrible reporter” are the last remaining clues that a question with any merit was asked. @nbcnews.com

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"The United States has accepted a 747 jetliner as a gift from the government of Qatar, and the Air Force has now been asked to figure out a way to rapidly upgrade it so it can be put into use as a new Air Force One for President Trump, a Defense Department spokesman confirmed Wednesday."

submitted 14 hours ago • 112 comments

I hope U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy does hold every single person involved in the illegal deportation of people to South Sudan against his injunction in contempt. These judges need to grow spines and hold people accountable.

submitted 17 hours ago • 286 comments

so the Trump administration is admitting that they're deporting migrants to South Sudan

submitted 16 hours ago • 125 comments

Sell America trade back on. Dollar, Treasuries, stock futures all lower

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Rep. Andy Barr is highly triggered on CNN when Kate Bolduan asks him about the CBO's dire scoring of the reconciliation bill and starts talking over her

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GUARDIAN: UNH "has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents .. cost-cutting tactics that has saved the company millions, but at times risked residents’ health .." @theguardian.com $UNH www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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WYDEN: Did you promise any tax promoter you would help them if you got confirmed? LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help? L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning W: We have it on tape

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“.. Diller said he has less sympathy for law firms that have reached settlements with the president so they can continue to get government work. .. ‘I would never employ one of those law firms that did that, that essentially folded under these circumstances.’” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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NEW YORK (AP) - Target sales fall sharply in the first quarter and the retailer warns they will slip for all of 2025. $TGT

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“.. ‘We need to do some rewriting” and more analytic work “so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,’ Joe Kent, the chief of staff to Ms. Gabbard, wrote in an email to a group of intelligence officials on April 3 ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...

submitted 21 hours ago • 154 comments

Incredible chart work. 🙏🏼 #90dealsIn90days

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Trump urged Melania, who holds no constitutional authority, to sign legislation during a White House ceremony

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(Bloomberg) - Hong Kong’s pension fund managers have flagged the risk of potential forced selling on their Treasury holdings after a downgrade by Moody’s Ratings of US debt, according to people familiar with the matter. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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If your answer isn't "Rupert Murdoch," then don't bother me. Why Democracy Is in Retreat www.wsj.com/opinion/why-...

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Judge James Ho’s campaign for the Supreme Court enters a new phase—bashing the Supreme Court itself for reversing him, and aligning himself with Alito’s dissent. reason.com/wp-content/u...

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Kristi Noem, our homeland security secretary, does not know a literally 1000-year-old core legal principle. Arguably the first, foundational legal principle of a free society.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen tells Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he regrets voting to confirm his nomination.

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Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family ... I know you know this in your heart."

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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

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I love Pedro. Period.

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Thread: You can see why years ago that certain members of Congress did not want then Professor Warren to head up the consumer protection agency . . .

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NEW: someone got a photo of the list of lies republicans plan to tell about the billionaire bailout bill.

submitted 2 days ago • 166 comments

This is truly sickening

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“At $50-per-barrel oil, we will see U.S. oil production start to decline immediately and likely significantly,” one anonymous executive responded in a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas survey. “There cannot be ‘U.S. energy dominance’ and $50-per-barrel oil; those two statements are contradictory.”

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Joe Cares About The Average American! The current president Doesn’t!

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TAPPER: The one thing I hear from almost every small business owner is the uncertainty. They don't know how to plan for the future because they have no idea what's gonna come. BESSENT: Strategic uncertainty is a negotiating tactic

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It’s morning here in Dubai. Late night on the east coast. As I sit here, I’m ruminating on whether our political system has been corrupted on such a level as to prevent almost ANY legislation that makes real sense We know it’s been corrupted a long time— but are we over the barrel completely now?

submitted 4 days ago • 75 comments

I love it when the season-long plot lines finally converge

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"How can I possibly suggest that I would prefer trump to take the ruinous path on tariffs that he first started down? Sadly, because I think economic pain for the average American is the only thing that really matters."

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If The Boss ain’t careful Donny’s gonna revoke his passport and he’ll be forced to live in Paris or Barcelona or Capri and never see his beloved New Jersey again.

submitted 5 days ago • 603 comments

Hey, guys. You wanna jizz up a coup?

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What happens to science under autocracy? The rise of the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany provides an (admittedly extreme) example. Prior to the early 1930s, scientists at German institutions won a third of Nobels. 10 years later, that number was 5%, and has never recovered.

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The US is to start discussions on withdrawing troops from Europe later this year, the US NATO ambassador tells Reuters. That’s the start of the end of the Cold War alliance. Europe is on its own and needs to act accordingly.

submitted 5 days ago • 81 comments

Heinous and also zero surprise. Unfit owner for the post if he wants to equivocate like this.

submitted 5 days ago • 64 comments

Business strategy in the Trump era: Don’t invest, don’t expand, just wait. Because the only thing less predictable than a tariff… is the next one.

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“It’s” doing some heavy lifting

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The executive branch doesn’t get to tell Congress how to do its work. It’s in the Constitution. Katy bar the door.

submitted 5 days ago • 86 comments

us consumer sentiment: second-lowest level on record

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Trump Receives Lavish Gold Necklace Set from Middle East Leader Amid History of Retaining Foreign Gifts The Order of Zayed is encrusted with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds meidasnews.com/news/trump-r...

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Just interviewed the brilliant Ibram X. Kendi about his new book Malcolm Lives! — a powerful tribute to Malcolm X for The Take. After years of highs, lows, and public spotlight, Kendi found steady inspiration in Malcolm’s legacy. Can’t wait for you to watch this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nc...

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Moody’s downgraded the US credit rating for the first time in over 100 years. There's always a tweet.

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“.. the reality is that the Qatari jet can’t ever be upgraded to meet the mandated requirement for Air Force One that it should be able to repel a missile or drone attack. So forget it being anything other than a gift for the president’s retirement.” @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...

submitted 6 days ago • 318 comments

After attacking Taylor Swift, Trump attacks Bruce Springsteen and threatens that he “ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the country.”

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Jake Tapper's New Book on Biden Reveals How Corporate Media is Failing America While the Trump Administration is galloping towards fascism and arguing to end birthright citizenship, corporate media remain complicit cowards by focusing on Joe Biden's age. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

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Our allies for a century all hate us, but at least the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar appreciate how easy it is to get what they want from our govt, and appear to enjoy our president’s willingness to trade US govt policy for personal enrichment. So we have some friends.

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The very word “liberalization” now seems antique. In the era of Trump and Putin and Xi and bin Salman and many others, autocracy, plutocracy, and kleptocracy are the way of the world. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:

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