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Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists around the world and for the "precious gift" of free speech to be protected in an address to the media www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Police and federal agencies have found a controversial new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that can track people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.

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BREAKING: House Republicans propose cuts and other eligibility requirements to Medicaid in their agenda bill, kicking off a contentious fight over health care.

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President Donald Trump is attempting to implement a plan to slash drug prices for Americans by more closely aligning their costs to lower prices paid abroad

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"When it comes to discrimination in Alabama, going backwards a dozen years would actually be the most progress we’ve made in years."

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A jury has been selected in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York. Follow AP for live coverage as opening statements are set to begin soon.

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The Russia hoax was not a hoax at all. Why the fuck would I read a journalist who doesn’t know that?

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A new refugee crisis is exploding on the border between Chad and Sudan. Partly thanks to US cuts, few resources are available to help. Photographs from @lynseyaddario.bsky.social (with my introduction) www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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It can’t be overstated: Stephen Miller is deeply, deeply disturbed.

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this cult shit is so fucking exhausting

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NEW: Europe and the UK want to lure US climate scientists. @zhirji.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social and I looked into it and found it won't be so easy. Either way, the Trump administration's cuts are a huge loss to climate science FREE read via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Trump does NOT have a trade deal with the UK. He has the "concept" of a plan that even the UK Prime Minister said today will need to be hammered out over the next few weeks or months. Who knows what this deal will really like? But I can guarantee it will help Trump's wealthy donors.

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"I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty. I cannot tolerate these changes, which prevent me from doing my job responsibly. I am ashamed to be associated with the academy in its current form." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

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Senate has budget hearing for FBI. And top Democrat is frustrated FBI Dirctor Kash Patel didn't bring a budget proposal ====>

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If the Trump crisis is separating politicians who are trying to fight versus those laying in the weeds, freshman Rep. Dave Min has somewhat surprisingly put himself in the former category, despite his swing seat. James Baratta talked to him: prospect.org/politics/202...

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Americans fear of losing their jobs is a "great thing?" Seriously?

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Under Trump it's one air incident after another. Under Trump there are huge problems at a major American airport. We've never had this type of thing happen before. This is the guy Trump's put in charge of your ability to fly safely in this country.

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Appeasement, as Churchill warned, is like feeding a crocodile and hoping to be the last one eaten. Levitsky, Way, and me today in New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

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Who will be the next pope? Leading candidates for the conclave to consider

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www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/p... #MomSky Thankful crew ejected 2nd F18 lost in a week, $60 million apiece. Where's Hegseth? Well geez He's at work firing Senior Generals 20% Let's see Those Generals are QUALIFIED but let's keep the drunk incompetent buffoon Hegseth in charge It's the American way

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🚨 Most of Traitor Felon 45's "Executive Orders" align with the ReTHUGlicans' AUTOCRATIC Project 2025 agenda. ‼️Trump touts his Executive Powers as SUPERIOR to legislative and judicial authorities, bypassing U.S. Constitutional "checks & balances"‼️ www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

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Two nuclear powers at war. Damn. Thank goodness, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard are in charge.

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New U.S. tourism slogan: We stand ready to jail you.

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India strikes nine sites in Pakistan weeks after Kashmir militant attack – live

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JUST IN: Trump-appointed judge won't lift order requiring return of 2nd man deported to El Salvador by Trump administration. 'The issue is, and has always been, one of process,' Judge Stephanie Gallagher says. Gives DOJ 48-hour stay to appeal www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard, now the US director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts including a personal Gmail account and Dropbox over a period of years, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.

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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) does not plan to appeal a judge’s order blocking President Donald Trump from adding a proof of citizenship requirement on a federal registration form, according to a court filing made Monday by plaintiffs in the case.🥳

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Newark ATC to pilot: "We have no radar, we don't know where you are! Switch VFR we're experiencing radio issues too" Seems like a problem from the cheap seats.🤔 Newark is just a symptom of the disease.

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Democrats have been so successful in building a working government people take it for granted, which pretty much explains how they could vote for Trump but not believe he would do what he said he would do

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Blow: I want to read you something: At the core of trump's candidacy is a call to for greater executive authority with willful disregard for the constitutional limits.. You recognize that? Jennings: Yeah, I wrote it. Blow: Exactly..

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This ought to be good.

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Wow, wow, wow Declassified National Intelligence Council, Sense of the Community Memorandum: "The Maduro regime probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement to and operations in the United States." Now consider: DOJ lawyers saying opposite to courts!

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BREAKING: The UK and India have signed an "ambitious and mutually beneficial free trade agreement", according to Narendra Modi

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Do not fly in and out of Newark without watching @maddow.msnbc.com's segment tonight. Air traffic controllers say it's not safe and even THEY are traumatized.

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NEW: The law firms that capitulated to Trump are privately telling congressional Dems they're under no obligation to take on pro-bono clients the president demands, per letters we obtained. It's unclear if Trump reads the deal the same way. The WH didn't comment. www.thebulwark.com/p/brian-kemp...

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This is a great plan. Go check it out and get everything set up for us.

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Social Security was created as a promise to all workers that they wouldn’t spend their retirements struggling and destitute. The Trump administration, through cuts in the name of “efficiency,” are working to break that promise. We can’t let them.

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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb.)

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Did you miss today's major voting news? -Federal judge rejected GOP ploy to overturn North Carolina Supreme Court election -Indiana sued over new voter suppression law -Kansas sued over new voter suppression law Never miss another update. Subscribe to Democracy Docket: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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I grew up believing that we had learned the lessons of the German poem and Martin Luther King Jr's speeches. We would all speak out if we saw democracy threatened and the rule of law under attack. I will always speak out against wrong. I will always stand up for democracy. I will not back down.

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A man who holds the title of President of the United States, who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, who then says he doesn’t know if he’d uphold the Constitution, is unfit to be president and should be removed.

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We should understand this for what it is: an effort to build public consent for the president to ignore the Supreme Court. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jus...

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Jasmine Crockett isn't being quiet about it—when it's time to elect the next House Oversight Committee ranking member, she wants the job. And she’s earned it. Let's back up @repjasmine.bsky.social . We need her voice in leadership—ASAP!

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All of us…

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Some expected. Some surprises. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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Trump: We will have a big, beautiful parade. Welker: A military parade? Trump: Yes. Welker: What’s the price tag? Trump: Peanuts compared to the value of doing it

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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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