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Oh, Elon Musk is mad mad at Trump. Hell hath no fury like a petty white man on boatloads of ketamine, I guess. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

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We live in hell.

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Joni Ernst doubling down on her "we all are going to die" response to concern about Medicaid cuts in the spending bill really encapsulates how little regard its Republicans backers have for their constituents beyond getting MAGA support. By the way, she's "pro-life." www.npr.org/2025/05/31/n...

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Caught up on the premiere and “And Just Like That” remains unmatched as the best-worst show. Rosie O’Donnell as a virgin lesbian nun named Mary unlocked new levels of absurd comedic brilliance. Every subplot was so cringe. I’m locked in for the season. #ajlt

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Is Elon Musk's inner circle trying to say the drugs made him a Nazi? I'm sure that taking ketamine, shrooms, and 20 pills a day, as the article describes, affected his behavior, but as the adage goes: sober thoughts are drunk actions. Or, in this case, drug actions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

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It's simple. If you don't like gay marriage, don't get gay married. And, if you don't like gender-affirming healthcare, don't get gender-affirming healthcare. LGBTQ+ living our lives with the same rights as everyone else has no impact on your personal existence. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

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Elon Musk wrecked the government and became so noxious that even MAGA can't stand him. But, the American people will be the ones who suffer thanks to the mess he's made of our institutions with his carte blanche from the Trump administration — all while securing his own bag. cnn.com/2025/05/28/p...

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More proof that the MAHA movement cares about "health choice for me but not for thee." RFK Jr.'s CDC removing the Covid vaccine from the immunization schedule for kids and pregnant women means it will be harder for people in these groups to get the shot if they want it. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Harvard providing free U.S. civics courses in response to the Trump administration's attacks shows how to be petty for the greater good.

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"American policing continues to embrace racial profiling, gives officers latitude to be aggressive and generally shields them from liability. The system was built this way — and President Donald Trump is standing in the way of justice and accountability." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Loving Colman Domingo (obvi) and Gigi Hadid with the Josephine Baker reference at the #MetGala. Is Zendaya referencing Gladys Bentley!? I am heart eyes emoji.

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Sitting in for @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social this May Day morning! Chatting with Mariel Padilla from @19thnews.org, @janeborden.bsky.social about her book on cults, and rounding out the show with @davidpakman.bsky.social. Channel 127! www.siriusxm.com/channels/sir...

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Some people will say that this is careless or a sign of ineptitude, but I disagree: Trump refusing to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a completely calculated move meant to demonstrate power and show he doesn't care about the law nor that he's being cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...

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Jalen Hurts couldn't make it to the White House because the visit conflicts with having a backbone.

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A federal judge believes that the Trump administration deported a two-year-old citizen “with no meaningful process.” A two-year-old. abcnews.go.com/US/federal-j...

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Turns out the information Hegseth relayed in unsecured groups chats came from details provided by Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla about the timing of when U.S. fighters would take off and hit their targets. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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Every time I see a photo spread of Walton Goggins, I reminded of something a wise social media poster said: "It was never about the hairline." (If anyone knows the originator of those very true words, I would love to properly credit them.) www.culturedmag.com/article/2025...

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A dose of schadenfreude: Tesla is reporting a "sizable" drop in Q1 profit and revenue. According to NBC's reporting, it lost 50% (!) of its value compared to the peak in mid-December. Like driving a Cybertruck right into the ground. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

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First HBO takes away the White Lotus theme music and now this #LastOfUs plot twist (well, for us non-gamers). We’re too fragile for this in 2025.

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Kristi Noem took glam shots in front of incarcerated men at CECOT but Sen. Chris Van Hollen was denied entry to check on a constituent who's unjustly imprisoned.

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The Trump administration keeps flouting the courts over and over. We're not on the verge of a constitutional crisis. Baby, we're there.

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If deporting Mahmoud Khalil was really about terrorism, the Trump administration would be deporting every white nationalist with a connection to a militia or Jan. 6 rioter who isn’t a birthright citizen. But of course, it’s not really about that.

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This decision lays it bare: not only will the Trump administration deport individuals on visas if they disagree with their speech but that America’s laws — many imbued with xenophobia and this country’s legacy of colonialism — easily become tools of fascism. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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This interview is an antidote to the awfulness of the week. “This is an opportunity for me to be able to say why I wanted to do this project and what it means to me...instead of letting the chatter speak for myself.” - Tracy Chapman www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/a...

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Trump has had a failed airline, a failed university, a failed game, a failed mortgage company, several failed hotels and casinos, and now he has a failed country.

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Not Walton Goggins Rick! At least Gaitok had a satisfying ending. Now we need a spinoff that follows the Ratliff family when they return to the U.S. #whitelotus

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Trump is actively sinking the U.S. economy. And it’s crickets from all the billionaire CEOs. Hard to imagine it would be that way if any other President had this deranged economic policy.

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Republicans thought that Elon Musk could buy them the Wisconsin judge election. Not only were they wrong, but they handed over their power to Musk and got nothing in return. All the money in the world spent on a candidate who still lost.

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Cory Booker has been filibustering for 24 hours. Constituents have an appetite to see Democrats do something, so other lawmakers should take note. With such disorganized and toothless resistance to Trump among lawmakers, symbolic and even performative gestures are important right now.

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The Washington Post reports that Mike Waltz used Gmail for his official government correspondence. I just knew that if he accidentally added a journalist to a Signal chat, it wasn’t the first message on Signal. And apparently it gets worse. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Voting by proxy would allow House members who’re new parents to participate remotely in the early weeks after their infant’s birth. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the issue has caused a schism among Republicans, who want more births but not policies that support parents. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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A reminder that if Elon Musk ever offers you a check for $1 million, once you sell your dignity you have nothing left.

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The government is snatching college students off the street over their speech and a lot of people don't seem to care.

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Kristi Noem standing in the El Salvador prison in front of individuals who're incarcerated is a new level of dehumanization and the kind of thing that will end up in a history book 50 years from now in a chapter on the U.S.'s shameful era of human rights violations in the 2020s.

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Hegseth denied texting war plans and The Atlantic said WE HAVE THE RECEIPTS. They've now published the messages that Hegseth claims he didn't send. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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To those who say "just wait for the midterms," I give you this: The EO "promises to fundamentally disrupt American voter registration processes, introducing measures so restrictive they could effectively disenfranchise millions of citizens if enacted." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This story is wild. You don't have to be a tech genius to understand why officials shouldn't have this conversation on a commercial messaging app. And, amazing that Jeffery Goldberg didn't just delete the messages — I would've assumed it was spam. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I know I'm days late on this but I finally watched the season finale of Severance and I want Tramell Tillman and Dichen Lachman to win all of the awards. Actually, I want the whole cast to win all of the awards. And, I want Jessica Lee Gagné to win all the awards.

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In anticipating this fascist moment after Trump was elected, I fully expected Republicans and some Dems to capitulate, but watching huge institutions with massive endowments and power bend the knee is just pathetic. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

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There it is. “Honest to god, I’ve never seen anything like it... We look at these comparative cases in the 21st century, like Hungary and Poland and Turkey. And in a lot of respects, this is worse." - Steven Levitsky, coauthor of “How Democracies Die" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...

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