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I am a public school teacher, I teach great people civics and AP African American Studies and I’m trying not to lose my mind.
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The U.S. economy contracted 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, the first negative reading since the Covid pandemic, according to an initial measurement by the Commerce Department.

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Just tell us who you are?

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A 403b Story

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Just ask the Cherokee www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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Economist Brent Neiman explains the idiocy of Trump's tariffs formula. First, the idea that a trade imbalance deserves tariffs: "The Nobel laureate Robert Solow explained why when he quipped, “I have a chronic deficit with my barber, who doesn’t buy a darned thing from me.” "

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Day 2 after tariffgeddon….27 year veteran teacher’s 403 b loses 30 k from tariffs and another 10 K since Trump was elected. FTG #bringbackbrandon

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POTUS is rubbing elbows today with Laura Loomer…Christian nationalist-white supremacist-foil hat-wearing-school shooting denying conspiracist asshole AND golfing while my retirement account loses 10k in one day ….not feeling “great”

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Barely more than one-tenth of 1 per cent of fentanyl seizures at the northern border have been positively attributed to Canada by the United States border agency, according to new data released to The Globe and Mail. tgam.ca/4jefk86

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🧵 To dodge Senate rules and slash taxes for the ultra-wealthy, the GOP is trying to rewrite math itself. Don’t be fooled. Here’s how Republicans are trying to rip you off with a bogus math trick:

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Amateurs, dangerous amateurs.

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Corey Booker, my Senator, legend. Unbelievable gratitude.

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If this POTUS’ tariffs cause my 403 b to plunge further….⬇️ and prices to rise 📈 I’m going to

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Are any GOPers concerned about Elon trying to buy a state judge in Wisconsin?

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DT “didn’t know anything about it” 2.5 hours after first reported…that his pick for National Security breeched national security…, but, her emails. FTS

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Y’all still good with Pete at the helm? If a dem had done this, Republicans would have……

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Cherry Hill NJ 3/22/25

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Shameful

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March 17, 2025

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#econsky. Add it to your feed

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If it’s good for the geese…

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UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:

submitted 58 days ago • 458 comments

Not just closing agencies, deleting them.

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Will voters remember this chaos for the November 2026 Midterms? Be relentless.

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I have spent 20 years building a 403b retirement fund. Since Trump took office I have lost $ 15k. I don’t see how his presidency is good for middle class America. Biden’s presidency regained $35k lost during Covid and made another $15k.

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“Transitioning” from 50 straight months of job growth, a 400% rise in manufacturing construction and the best back-to-back years for the stock market in a quarter century. 🤡

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My takeaways

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cutting childhood cancer research… www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

submitted 65 days ago • 131 comments

He’s coming for our Social Security, making the case with the same false BS he tried to make with a “rigged” election.

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It’s like his abusive boyfriend Putin said, “you know what would really get me going, let’s break everything.” and then he did for him.

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Trump made 40% of our imports more expensive today. And understandably pissed Canada and Mexico off. How much of our GDP includes sales of exports to Canada and Mexico?

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

The A$$Hat is open for business. Buy your influence, or else.

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