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Exactly the right response and shows significantly more courage than those who capitulated to Trump’s false claims of unrestrained authority

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NEW: A right-wing think tank known for drafting model legislation for state GOP lawmakers, is expanding its state-level anti-voting efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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CHICAGOIANS STANDING UP TO ICE!! Don’t let them erase this. Share this everywhere!

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For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that?

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The bus is pulling up now. Will send footage ASAP. Organizers on site have low battery so we just used Instacart to send them a battery, cord, and some waters. Once they are charged they will go live. Please keep boosting. ❤️‍🩹

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Trump is screwing around with consumer price data collection just as his tariffs start to push up prices. Which is exactly what a dictator would do.

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⚠️ Jeffrey Epstein invested with Peter Thiel And the profits are going to Epstein’s estate and NOT to any of the women he victimized. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/b...

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Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."

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Trump is trying to convince us that it’s all in the name of cost-cutting but in reality there is a larger plan to control news coverage and culture to undermine democracy anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-look...

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This is evil. Never forget that Russia worked to elect Trump. What did they get? A President of the United States refusal to stand with a European democracy under attack by a genocidal dictatorship.

submitted 5 hours ago • 10 comments

I can’t think of a better place. Congrats!

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I’m your Shadow Press Secretary and here is the TRUTH:

submitted 5 hours ago • 27 comments

We really need to start caring about lying, as a society

submitted 6 hours ago • 41 comments

worth remembering that when Trump announced a travel ban in 2017, people literally went to airports to protest. Eight years later, Trump announces a new one and it's not even front page news. We're the frogs and the water is getting awfully hot.

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There’s a special election tonight for a South Carolina House seat that Harris carried by single-digits last fall. The early vote just came in, 80% to 20% for the Democrat.

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ALL Democratic leaders should be calling out the surge in antisemitic violence in the U.S. This increase in antisemitic violent action is occurring on Trump’s watch - which is a stark reminder to American Jews that you cannot vote out the hate of your fellow Americans. abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-...

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I was turned away at my pharmacy today from getting a Covid vaccine. Even though I was willing to risk a sore shoulder Makary and Prasad felt I shouldn’t have that right. They made the decision for me. My medical freedom and bodily autonomy meant nothing to them.

submitted 13 hours ago • 41 comments

Omg

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As you ponder the likely consequences of the new steel tariffs, it's worth asking: A. How long does it take to build a steel mill? B. How long do you expect Trump's new 50% steel tariff to last? If A>B, then how can you expect any lasting gains from these tariffs?

submitted 8 hours ago • 27 comments

President Trump has granted clemency to 16 corrupt politicians—so far. It’s all part of a sweeping effort to decriminalize political corruption. Here's what you should know... 🧵

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"We’re not the country we thought we were. We’re not the country we touted ourselves as being. Many many nations offer better quality of life. Many offer a better social contract. Many are better governed. Many are freer. Many are more innovative." - @djrothkopf.bsky.social‬

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These are the nearly 2,500 N.I.H. grants that have been ended or delayed.

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The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.

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New Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson's personal X page is a treasure trove of ultraright-wing content. She has posted about the great replacement theory—which alleges there's a coordinated plot to decrease America’s white population—incessantly for the past 3 years. https://trib.al/vrtqs6L

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The CBO analysis says Trump's tariffs over the next decade would reduce deficits by $2.8 trillion while also curbing economic growth by 0.6 percent.

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🚨 Trump’s Bedminster golf club flagged for 18 health violations in latest inspection—earned lowest grade in county (32/100) Among the violations: 🤢 Expired milk 🤢 Raw meat stored above cheese 🤢 A hand-washing station without soap me, for @forbes.com

submitted 17 hours ago • 183 comments

DC Bar members today is the last day to vote for Diane Seltzer and to prevent Brad - brother of Pam Bondi - from leading the DC Bar! Go vote!

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This is your health on MAGA.

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The woman who shouted "people will die" at Joni Ernst, India May, is a nurse and a librarian who first got involved in politics by going to a town hall about bills aiming to defund libraries. Now she's running for state house. eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

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Anne Lamott’s book Bird by Bird was formative in my writing. June 6th is Veterans March in DC and June 14th is National non violent protest No Kings Day! www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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“I've been thinking more and more about how much time I am almost certainly spending grading and writing feedback for papers that were not even written by the student,” one teacher said. “That sure feels like bullshit.”

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NEW: The Republican National Committee filed a motion Tuesday to intervene in ongoing federal litigation against President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, which aimed to restrict voter access nationally under the guise of election integrity. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Dear America: stop saying you want the country to be run like a business. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

submitted 23 hours ago • 58 comments

great, provocative column from larry tye on what it took to defeat the american nightmare of joe mccarthy and the ism that bears his name. along these lines, may i also point you to the 2nd season of my podcast, “ultra”: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r... www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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From Hopium: - Kicking off the week by reviewing all the ways Trump has been thwarted, challenged and defied of late - Congress is back and we have keep fighting Trump's ruinous economic agenda - Trump's agenda remains remarkably unpopular, even w/Rs 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/congress-i...

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The FBI is seeking to criminally investigate gender affirming care providers, even in blue states with shield law protections. www.thedissident.news/fbi-posts-om...

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Ordinary citizens in San Diego and Minneapolis have now tried to block heavy-handed ICE enforcement efforts. Where else? I'm compiling a list.

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. @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com with some shade for CNN during his monologue tonight

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Elected Republicans are coalescing around the talking point that CBO's tax cut estimates are complete fiction and that tax cuts pay for themselves. Well, CBO's 2018 and 2019 revenue estimates - which included the previous year's TCJA - were ... 99.5% accurate. 🧵

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Time to wake up and smell the tea, folks. The US is not only losing our competitive edge, this admin is hurting us more on that front every day. And other countries are beating us daily--notably and above all, China. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

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cool cool cool

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30 seconds of searching reveals that the only donation made by the current CBO Director — a George W. Bush political appointee appointed to run the CBO by bipartisan congressional leadership — was to a Republican.

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NEW: Trump Administration Proposes Cutting Tribal College Funds by Nearly 90% @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

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Harvard researcher Dr Sarah Fortune was only 2 years away from creating a vaccine that could have saved the 1.25 million people killed each year by tuberculosis. But last month, she received a letter telling her that the $60 million grant funding her research was being halted by President Trump.

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