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Kristi Noem, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, wants to slash the Coast Guard’s shore infrastructure budget by 90%, a move that some lawmakers said would push the service’s housing, facilities and piers into further disrepair.

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if you've wondered why I'm acting like this is the first book release I've ever had: it's because I spent more than 4 months on this book!! also, I'll be frank, I was too busy being insane to appreciate it or even pay attention to my actual first one back in 2017 haha

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This is real. Musk’s entire fortune and empire has always been wildly dependent on the federal govt.

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Did something happen at noon?

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I hate stupid prop bets but in this case it’s a comment on modern White House messaging. 🤡

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If we survive please can we henceforth celebrate June 5th as Schaudenfreude Day?

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he's mad as hell i haven't gone to bed yet

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This your Secretary of Education?

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wow -- even GOP Rep. Womack isn't happy that OMB DIrector Vought hasn't provided a budget proposal (note that Vought basically says he's too busy to do it)

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Dr. Jim Alwine and I published a piece today in the Arizona Daily Star outlining Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s (R) betrayal of his constituents who use Medicaid. He promised he wouldn’t vote to cut it back in February and then voted to cut it in May. tucson.com/opinion/colu...

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One thing about SpaceX is that in the near and perhaps medium term the USG really can’t cut those contracts. It doesn’t have an alternative, which has always been a very dangerous situation. What’s more viable is some kind of expropriation or nationalization.

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The ignorance of this administration is jaw-dropping. On Wednesday, Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) asked Education Secretary Linda McMahon if teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre or Ruby Bridges counted as “illegal DEI.” McMahon wouldn’t give a straight yes or no. That says everything.

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They won this one no let's fight for the rest that have been kidnapped www.rawstory.com/it-s-not-ok-...

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My thoughts and prayers are with the ketamine community in this difficult moment.

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If you're an actual organizer, you assess current conditions and think about how to leverage your opponents' weaknesses and the cleavages.

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Very good question.

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1/4 RFK Jr. has directed FDA Commissioner Marty Makary to review mifepristone, a drug used to safely end early pregnancies. The request is based on a non-peer-reviewed report by a religious advocacy group with no medical credentials. No details yet on what this “review” actually means.

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Creeping DOGE-ism. to comical levels now. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/thomas-...

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A "significant share" of companies surveyed by the Federal Reserve said they raised the prices of goods and services unaffected by tariffs. One company said they did this to "enjoy the extra margin before tariffs increased their costs." See the problem here? www.axios.com/2025/06/04/t...

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Just gonna leave this here...

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The definition of partisanship is when you can "finally say" what everyone knows only after you've fallen out with the leader.

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We are probably only moments away from an actual wig snatching.

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The bottom line: we're watching deranged narcissistic psychopaths fight on the Internet, which happens every day on X The Everything App, except one has nukes and is President and the other is the world's richest man who stole huge chunks of government information. They should be posters only

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LOOK! IT'S A REAL BOOK!!! (this is my editor's hand, I don't actually have any yet haha) (☀️ preorders: www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy... ☀️)

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We chose the right day to launch the share button

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come softly like the first ray of dawn before the world learns how to wake #photograph by Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social

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😕 pretty much

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Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.

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I wrote about the "highly unusual" case of a midwife arrested for violating Texas' abortion ban. Maria Rojas was arrested 3 months ago & still hasn't been indicted for any crime — putting her in excruciating limbo & denying her any possibility of due process. www.huffpost.com/entry/the-hi...

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Masked ICE thugs terrorized Chicago yesterday. They lied to immigrants waiting for their court hearing by summoning them for “surprise check-ins” and then assaulted protesters and elected officials. THIS IS WHAT FASCISM LOOKS LIKE.

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Dean: When did we have a trade surplus? Lutnick: About 100 years ago Dean: It was the Great Depression.

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Trump knows his economic plans are bad for working families, so his Administration is trying to erase the data that proves it. The gutting of the federal workforce has far-reaching impacts that will extend beyond just the next four years.

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It is always a pleasure hanging out with Stephen Colbert especially when there are puppies. And it was a thrill meeting the great #CristinMilioti, who was absolutely sensational in the Penguin. Thanks #ColbertLateShow and Thanks Chuck! Styling: #MichaelFisher Grooming: #marycurranstylist

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Immigration judge rules Milford teen Marcelo Gomes da Silva should be released from ICE detention. "The crowd erupted into cheers, whistles, and yelled Marcelo’s name once they learned his release had been ordered.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/m...

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The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

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Thou shall not stop spending on the rich...

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very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

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remember when yevginy prighozin decided he was more important than putin and his plane exploded and putin was just like well, I hope we’ve all learned a valuable lesson today

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Today is awesome. Watching the worlds richest man and the leader of the most power country on earth have a full on social media drama fight is exactly what I needed. Election Fraud, Epstein Files, Contract Cuts, Kanye is there. Sickos eating good today.

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i truely love when people come at me with “this is data driven” and then just make shit up. 🤦‍♀️ it’s really fucking easy to grow on social media. yes even from zero followers and yes even on established platforms. the only ones saying you can’t are gatekeepers who keep peddling this crap.

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He did buy it! He's mad he didn't get 100% of what he wants. He got admin access to the entire federal government, contracts for his companies, the president did an infomercial for his cars on the WH lawn and it still wasn't enough. This is classic billionaire brain rot

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Men are too emotional to use social media

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