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I wouldn't be out there if I didn't believe that America can come through this moment, if each of us is prepared to play our role in demanding and delivering a better future.

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IOWA: “It is a complete pleasure to hear somebody speak in complete sentences.” Pete Buttigieg gets a rousing Ovation at the #VoteVetsTownHall 👏🏽

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Watch Donald Trump and Stephen Miller try to suspend THIS!

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Amazing!

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Putin suggested holding direct negotiations in Turkey on May 15. President Zelenskyy with his team arrived in Turkey. Putin is absent. Instead, he sent a non-representative delegation with no decision-making mandate. Does Putin want to achieve peace and stop the war? The answer is obvious - no

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“We are heartbroken to announce we have to cancel our upcoming European tour,” wrote Texas psych-rockers Lord Buffalo. “Our drummer, Yamal Said, who is a Mexican citizen & lawful permanent resident of the US, was forcibly removed from our flight to Europe by CBP at Dallas/Fort Worth Int’l Airport.”

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@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "Trump’s open corruption and lawlessness is fundamentally different from run-of-the-mill corruption and furtive law-breaking. The difference is that it is far more dangerous." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-want...

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Dozens of American CEOs and VIPs, invited by the Saudis, flew thousands of miles to attend President Trump's visit. That's emblematic of how business interests have largely bent the knee to Trump.

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BREAKING: Pam Bondi Had $1-$5M In Suspicious Trades During Trump Tariff Announcement. krassencast.com/p/pam-bondi-...

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Here they go.

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Trump to American troops stationed at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar: “As you know, we won 3 elections—and some people want us to do a fourth. I don’t know, we’ll have to think about that. You saw the new hat: Trump 2028. We’re driving the left crazy.” (Trump didn't win 3 elections)

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The real reason Trump is utterly, shamelessly, blatantly uninhibited...(And how to stop him) https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-trump-is-utterly

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New: The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk's satellite internet company Starlink in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign.

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Don’t forget, Chauvin’s state crimes can’t be pardoned - and that’s the longer of the two sentences. Also don’t forget the people who support that murderer.

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NASHVILLE: “Panic at Trump supporter Steve Smith’s restaurants indicates his own Broadway empire relies on employing immigrants not authorized to work in 🇺🇸” Kitchens closed to avoid ICE in at least 3 bars— including @KidRock’s… Imagine that! www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

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The carried interest loophole lets rich private equity execs pay lower tax rates by treating their income as capital gains. The GOP's "big, beautiful bill" makes devastating cuts to social programs but leaves this loophole intact — despite Trump promising to end it. Priorities.

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A few weeks ago, Trump’s meme coin looked moribund, its price tumbling toward zero. Then it was suddenly imbued with something of real value: access to the president.

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BREAKING: A sweeping ProPublica report reveals the U.S. State Department is interfering with foreign countries on behalf of Elon Musk. Officials in both Washington and Gambia have aggressively pushed for the West African country to approve a license for Starlink, of which Musk owns a $150B stake.

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While Trump's cabinet is made up of conspiracists and sycophants, Democratic leadership in the Senate is finally taking a stand against their actions. I look at RFK Jr and Kristi Noem's hearings and commend those holding them accountable. Watch here: youtu.be/MJyW9-D0Mew

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Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one. All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.

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Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth. Not much “intelligence” going on here… www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social. #TrumpTariffs

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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi sold $1 million to $5 million worth of shares in President Trump’s media company last month on the same day that he announced expansive tariffs that led to a stock market rout, according to disclosure filings.

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So let me get this straight: Donald Trump gets to fly around in a $400 million luxury jet while the rest of us have to worry about whether our plane will make it off the ground?

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This was published in 2019 btw, I wonder how validated Seth Abramson feels now.

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What's in the Trump/GOP big, beautiful bill? -Tax cuts skewed to the rich -Medicaid & SNAP cuts -Ends IRS Direct File -New powers for Trump to target nonprofits -Blocks state/local regulation against AI, including rent-gouging software like RealPage The oligarchy's wishlist.

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🤣🤣 #DonaldOfArabia

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Trump’s attempted takeover of the LOC may also be a test case to see how susceptible congressional Republicans are to his power grab. If they let him install ideologues throughout the LOC, maybe they’d let him do the same to other indispensable legislative entities.

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For it all to make sense of why Qatar would give Trump a $400 + million jet, please read another well written, well sourced article from Seth Abramson. The frigging media should just follow behind him, reporting what Seth just wrote and give him the long overdue credit he deserves.

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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com Our little group in Kennebunk, ME, every Thursday for the last 15 weeks.

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Just playing some pool.

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Nothing Donald Trump could do at this point will reveal anything further about his weakness of character. But the character of the Republicans who go along with him? Who refuse to speak up amidst the unrelenting corruption. More is being revealed about them every minute.

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Warehouse workers at Bergen Logistics, a luxury fashion fulfillment center, are fighting to unionize. While workers package $1,200 pieces of clothing, the company has cut back on benefits, ignored injuries, and refused measures that would reduce dangerous workloads. Solidarity.

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Once you correctly recognize Trump's tariffs as a way to fund his intended upper-class tax cut with an immediate tax increase on poor and working Americans ... you can't see the tariffs any other way. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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"The Texas Dream Act didn’t give me a scholarship. It didn’t magically erase the barriers I faced. I still had to work multiple jobs. I still had no access to federal financial aid... But I got to attend and graduate from college." @immcouncil.org immigrationimpact.com/2025/05/09/i...

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American Bitcoin (20% owned by Don Jr & Eric Trump) and majority owned by Hut 8, will go public via merger w/Gryphon Digital Mining - will trade as ABTC on Nasdaq Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is a Gryphon director (former Board Chair until Sept '24) www.coindesk.com/markets/2025...

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TOMORROW: Pete Buttigieg joins Veterans and Military Families in Cedar Rapids for a #VoteVetsTownHall. He’ll break down how Trump and Musk are putting Veterans at risk—and what’s next in the fight for a safer, stronger America. Watch on VoteVets’ socials and YouTube.

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As part of House Republicans’ must-pass budget reconciliation bill, lawmakers just snuck in a ten-year federal preemption of state-level artificial intelligence laws — effectively nullifying all local efforts to regulate the explosive spread of AI technology.

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NEW: Trump’s takeover of the Library of Congress is about taking control of the legislative branch. One expert says it’s “dangerous,” given agencies within the Library provide legal advice to lawmakers and police their misconduct.

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