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Musk approved of Trump’s past association with Epstein until he did not get the payoff for his $250 million. Doesn’t he also recall Trump stiffs everybody? (Pun intended)

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CBO says Trump’s BBB would screw the poor to help the rich. In 2027, the bottom 10 percent would lose the equivalent of 2 percent of their income largely because of the reduced benefits, while the tax cuts would provide the top 10 percent with a 4 percent increase to their income

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“The vital question Biden’s party faces is not about the former president. What must the Democrats know about themselves, and when will they know it?”

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Uncivil service open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...

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Anonymous hacked the airline GlobalX at the center of President Donald Trump's campaign of deportations to an offshore detention center in El Salvador, a Reuters viewing of the airlines website showed on Monday. Manifests and flight logs have begun leaking. Good work, what took you so long?

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One can only hope.

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The current US population is about 347,275,807. Last November, 77,302,580 voters created an authoritarian nightmare for immigrants and made our country look like a bunch of Nazis. Don’t believe the mandate lie.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o... Irving Kristol famously said that neoconservatives were liberals who’d been “mugged by reality.” Maybe soon we’ll need a similar word for the right wingers who can’t stand to live in the world they helped build.- Michelle Goldberg

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Maureen Dowd on Trump’s math skills.

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www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/c... Trump baby, “You’re not in a good position. You don’t have the cards right now.”

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New reporting from Reuters laid out how DOGE's teenaged senior adviser in the State Department "once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent. www.rawstory.com/teenaged-dog...

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David French is a former JAG officer (army lawyer). Here is what he wrote today in the NYT about the Hegseth debacle in the article “The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth’s Group Chat Debacle. And why the careless secretary of defense should resign.”

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There was absolutely NO reason for Columbia University to cave to the Trump administration. Zero, zip, nada. They have enough money to easily replace a cut of $400 million. This in today’s NYT from the article “$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President” by Charlie Eaton, an economic sociologist

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If chimpanzees could speak and write English, this is probably what they would say on social media. From r/LeopardsAteMyFace

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IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced tax receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This, to be clear, is not a final tally. It’s not April 15th yet.

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Ya think?

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The self employed have historically been among the worst about not paying taxes. And it’s not just general revenues, they will also be dodging FICA taxes, which are the source of Social Security payments.

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And the intervention needs to include handcuffs.

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In the comments is a good sample letter to send to local officials demanding divestment by state retirement funds. If Tesla stock got low enough, there is even a possibility that X could be repossessed. open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

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According to the Trump administration, Musk and DOGE must have access to everyone’s most personal data — or you, your parents, or your grandparents can’t have Social Security. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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CNN just reported that polls show that 84% of all adults (92% of Democrats, 82% of independents, 79% of Republicans) agree that Trump must follow court rulings.

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“Message to President Trump & Vice President JD Vance: If you sell out Ukraine to Putin, you will forever carry a mark of Cain on your foreheads as traitors to a core value that has animated U.S. foreign policy for 250 years — the defense of liberty against tyranny.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/o...

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I don’t even know what ketamine does but I’m guessing it looks a lot likes this.

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