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THIS. There is absolutely no justification for Medicaid and SNAP cuts. NONE.

STOLEN VALOR

HASSAN: What is habeas corpus? NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country HASSAN: That's incorrect

“Trump is the head of a criminal syndicate, and he should be treated accordingly.”

What kind of communist bullshit is this on our USDA building in DC.. 😡 "Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people"-Abraham Lincoln The Time To Rise Is Now 🔥🔥🔥🔥 #SheShed

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

“.. Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a UK vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts.” @thehill.com @scottlincicome.bsky.social thehill.com/business/529...

Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus. As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold. I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.

The self-destructive tendencies of white supremacy are in full display. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

To think the other possibility was prison.

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

OMG, I effin' love this. (Linda McMahon: United States Secretary of Education .... Ha!)

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.)

👀🇺🇦 Zelensky: I told the Foreign Minister that we should tell people (foreign leaders) who come to us: "We do not recommend that you visit Russia on May 9 from a security point of view. And if you do, do not ask us. This is your personal decision."

Big cities will get the majority of this. The 1% won't care about price hikes. But the rest of us -- especially in the sparsely populated swaths of land that voted for Trump -- are FUUUUUUCKED.

"Lecturing Germany not to be so hard on nazis," which I would once have dismissed as a ham-handed attempt at satire, is now an entire genre of US gov't communications.

(AP) — Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. apnews.com/article/army...

WATCH: Rolling Stone reports that even members of the Trump administration are hoarding food, household supplies, and cash over fears about the impact of the president’s trade war. One Trump aide explained to Rolling Stone: “Because it would be stupid not to!”

The Art of the Subdeal

Please do it less quietly, Europe. US political leadership needs to be more rattled by this! www.politico.com/newsletters/...

President Trump is reportedly hosting a dinner for the top holders of the $TRUMP memecoin he profits from, including a private reception and White House tour. This is one of the most blatant and appalling instances of selling access to the presidency we've ever seen.

he heard the term “concealer” and took that shit literally

Something has happened in the last three months that has led basically every economic forecaster to predict that inflation will be substantially higher than they previously thought.

The Supreme Court granted Trump de facto impunity for his personal crimes ... and then expected him to obey their judicial orders? Impunity is impunity.

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus. -Turkish proverb

"Courage is contagious." @raskin.house.gov on today’s “shadow hearing” with fired pardon attorney Liz Oyer who testified despite intimidation tactics from Trump’s DOJ.

Raskin’s opening statement was spectacular.

OMFG

THIS was just 5 months ago...

I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible. I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible. I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.

NEW: "Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia's highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military." This means Putin is not doing any ceasefire that Trump claimed he wanted. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I asked my waitress in Savannah about Trump’s suggestion that he’d run for a third term. She said she disapproves of violating the Constitution but added that the election is years away, and ultimately she’d vote for whatever candidate ran the most alarming anti-trans ad.

He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

Bank overdraft fees were capped at $5 the last few years -- saving American families over $6 BILLION. Until now. Because Republicans are lifting the Biden-era cap, letting banks charge whatever they want again. Taking $6 BILLION of your money and giving it to the big banks.

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

Ossoff: This is what happens when you have Fox News personalities cosplaying as government officials.

Former CIA officer: “This is more than ‘loose lips sink ships’ — this is a criminally negligent breach of classified information and war planning involving VP, SecDef, DCIA, National Security Advisor - all putting troops at risk. America is not safe under Trump.