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45yrs of owning a small business working in this industry. It died on “liberation day”

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The Education Department was deep into an investigation of a school district where students allegedly played whipping sounds from their phones during a lesson about slavery. Then in March, Trump fired all of the employees working on the case. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social & @jodiscohen.bsky.social

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The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments Wednesday in a blockbuster case that will determine whether the nation’s first religious public charter school can open in Oklahoma. Follow along for live updates here:

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US economy slows dramatically in first quarter amid Trump’s sweeping tariffs

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"This is a warning to every American ... no one is safe." Celine Atallah, his attorney and sister, told Newsweek.

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Harvard has become a symbol of defiance for refusing to cave to the administration’s demands. But on campus, many say the mood is one of frustration and fear.

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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda. Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them. I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.

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It’s true though.

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I like this man.

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Our taxes will be higher. No jobs are being created. No factories are being built. This is a bonanza for billionaires, not for America.

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☀️Happy Sunday ☀️ 🦋 Meet and Greet 🦋 Remember to take some time to recharge your batteries 🪫 Stop and smell the roses Spend time with family or friends Do something creative that brings you joy Take care of you! You can’t be any good to anyone if you are running on empty We will be okay Foxy

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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Amen to this.

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I genuinely want to know what the heck is wrong with all republican politicians. They have lost their minds

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🟠’s “Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies” EO is 𝐛𝐚𝐝.⁣ ⁣ Anti-DEI will affect your black, brown and disabled children in the spanking order⁣ ⁣ Title IX discipline-related cases 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 2009 under review ⁣ 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 📃: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Just another sell out

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#ConservationNow🌍 #YouNeedToKnow ... www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Why do Trump voters have no regrets? Because the people they hate are getting hurt more | Arwa Mahdawi

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The NDP’s ethics critic is calling the #Conservatives “hypocrites” after the party regularly criticized Brookfield while several MPs had invested in it. The company was formerly chaired by Liberal leader #MarkCarney. Read the story. buff.ly/uexSaGy #cdnpoli #Election2025

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The Trump administration has frozen billions in federal funds for Harvard after the school rejected a list of demands to end diversity efforts, suppress pro-Palestinian activism and more. "These cuts are unquestionably unconstitutional," says Harvard law professor Andrew Manuel Crespo.

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19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez was deported to El Salvador's notorious super prison, despite his family's insistence that he has no gang ties or criminal history. Full details: www.newsweek.com/merwil-gutie...

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Grrrrr

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The FDA is asking laid-off employees to temporarily return after mass cuts decimated the agency’s ability to penalize stores that sell cigarettes and vapes to minors.

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From AI research to historical preservation, programs funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities reach every corner of the U.S. Now, the government has terminated those grants.

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Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said.

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Leave it to West Virginia state government to do something so forward thinking.

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As more information is revealed, it is clear that the cover-up is even worse than the crime. Every single person involved has no business being involved in our government. At minimum, there should be resignations. And prosecutions.

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After the Atlantic published the texts this morning, Tulsi Gabbard is confronted today on why she lied in her testimony to the Senate yesterday. She says she misremembered.

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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

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They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

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Elect a clown. Expect a circus. Every single one of these people should be fired, and most likely in jail. Imagine a regular soldier or regular government worker did this and act accordingly.

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US Democrats sought to hold Trump administration officials accountable for discussing sensitive attack plans on a commercial messaging app, arguing that lives could have been lost if the information had fallen into the wrong hands reut.rs/4hOamho

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Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money, an EARNED benefit!

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Oh wow, @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social did it

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"If [Griffin] prevails, it would deal a major blow to democracy in the Tar Heel State — and would signal to Republicans nationwide that using partisan justices to reverse election results is a viable strategy."

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Truer words were never spoken.

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🇨🇦🇺🇦 Ukraine has received ~$1.7 billion under G7 ERA initiative, — PM Smyhal 👏 These funds, secured by revenues from frozen Russian assets, will be directed to priority needs of the state budget.

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@governorwalz.mn.gov Thank you for getting back in the game! Hope you come to NH for a rally. Dems could easily lose Shaheen’s Senate seat to Sununu or Scott Brown in 2026 if we don’t get voters motivated. Go Coach! 🇺🇸✊ www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...

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The dismantling of a once great newspaper and the reputation of Jeff Bezos continues. Just a pathetic small man with money. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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Only in America could a Ketamine-infused South African oligarch call a navy captain, astronaut and sitting US senator "a traitor" for supporting our allies and standing up to Russia...

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Four days until the government shuts down.

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