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Imagine if Joe Biden had said ‘where do these three judges come from?’ and one of them had been appointed by… him.

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Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.

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BREAKING: In Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case, Judge Xinis denies DOJ’s request for an extension of the discovery deadline after plaintiffs say the Trump administration has only turned over one document during this period. The May 30 deadline will stand. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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If you were wondering how DOJ civil rights investigations get started these days: www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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it's funny that the free press touts itself as a clean break from the mainstream press, rooted in honesty and integrity, and then one of the first things bari weiss did was give a prominent role to her dipshit sister

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The way for Democrats to win back younger men is the same way to win back working class people of all races and genders: aggressively taking on the power of corporate elites who are screwing all of us over. Enough with the weak shit. Stand up for people, or stand aside.

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KNOX NEWS: “Knox County juvenile detention center chief fires only nurse after she fought for kids' safety…”

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MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.

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NEWS: A federal court just invalidated Trump’s ”Liberation Day" tariffs, ruling he exceeded his authority under IEEPA. The court said Trump can’t bypass Congress to set trade policy and that these tariffs are unconstitutional and void.

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I take the subway by myself multiple times literally every day and the most memorable things that have happened recently are that a very cute dog in a purple sweater was on my train car a few days ago and today a guy with a cane got on and literally four people immediately sprang up so he could sit

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@briantylercohen.bsky.social are you finally going to be critical of this PoS. He has no business being a future leader of the Democratic coalition. He's the worst kind of politician, no conviction only consultants.

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i’ve seen enough: it’s time for NY progressives to line up behind zohran mamdani so we don’t end up with andrew fucking cuomo as our mayor

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📣 JOURNALISM JOB ALERT: ProPublica is seeking an investigative editor to help oversee and elevate the accountability journalism produced by reporters on our national staff. ➡️ Apply here: propub.li/4mrtDbU

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Considering what then happened to the Democrats (with Rahm at the helm) in the years after this 2007 book was published, this is now one of the funniest titles/subtitles in American political history.

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Former @latimes.com reporter Maya Lau is SUING ex-sheriff Alex Villanueva, ex-detective Mark Lillienfeld and the county, saying they violated her 1A rights when they criminally investigating her for reporting on a list of problem deputies: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

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“Why did burning girls matter in Vietnam but not in Gaza?” The 'Napalm Girl' photo shocked the world and helped end the Vietnam War, writes @jehadabusalim.bsky.social for Zeteo, but a child surrounded by flames and other similar images in Gaza can't even provoke a ceasefire. Read/share/subscribe:

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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

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Unbelievably cruel. #AbolishIce www.latimes.com/california/s...

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This is a crime against humanity that I can’t believe anyone who has learned the lessons of the Holocaust would ever commit.

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Jon Chait managed to find my 2023 critique of abundance and hammer it into his usual left-bashing. I find that most commentators grab a headline and leave out what I was attempting to say with that story, so maybe I should fill in the blanks. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Someday in the future the government of El Salvador is gonna have to answer for these kinds of actions, and it'll be good to have this on record. And the only way that happens is with more reps making the trip and being told no.

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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

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What are they getting for doing this? What are these ICE agents getting for openly defying a judge’s order? They took him knowing the judge was printing the order to stop them. I can’t take this anymore. This is insanely grotesque.

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Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen. The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said.

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"Mr. Fetterman does not enjoy participating in these hearings... In fact, at a critical moment for the country, he appears to have little interest in the day-to-day work of serving in the United States Senate."

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Stop selling Israel weapons. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

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Wrote this the day after the election. Unfortunately, it aged well.

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The argument “young white men turn to hate because they don’t get enough empathy for the barriers they face” needs to square itself with the reality that men and women of color — and many white women — faced generations of barriers without turning to hatred in the same numbers. 1/

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Area Man Hates His Job (But Still Loves Genocide) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

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Whatever hype you are reading now about powerful people will almost certainly turn out to be bullshit

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Republicans want to screw over their constituents in order to give more tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. Here’s what Trump’s Tax Scam would mean for your state: itep.org/analysis-of-...

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The Lever's audio series MASTER PLAN has just won the 2025 National Press Club Award. The series exposes the secret plot to legalize corruption: MasterPlanPodcast.com This is a huge honor for our newsroom & for independent accountability journalism.

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This is a huge award - past winners were The Boston Globe & ABC News. The fact that our reader-supported news outlet is this year's winner is a BIG milestone for independent media. I'm so grateful to The Lever's paying subscribers who've built us into a full newsroom. We couldnt do it without you.

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What Trump is doing to Harvard is unconscionable. But he is about the headlines and the administration was more than happy to throw him a bone last year. When the university itself singles out students and attacks their free speech, Trump is more than happy to take the baton.

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