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Republicans’ new slogan is “We are all going to die”. Their new MAGA Murder Budget will make sure it happens quickly.

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Oligarchs are addicted to greed. In 1982, there were just 13 US billionaires worth $14 billion. Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, there are 903 US billionaires worth $6.8 trillion. Enough is enough. We need an economy that works for all, not just the top 1%.

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How law librarians can help your research journey.

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"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE USA. AND TO THE DEMOCRACY FOR WHICH WE ALL STAND: 1 PERSON, 1 VOTE, 1 NATION, PART OF 1 WORLD, EVERYONE! A SEAT AT THE TABLE! EVERYONE! A SLICE OF THE PIE! WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND KINDNESS,& THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS FOR ALL." Michael Moore

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In the 1000+ page text of Trump's new budget bill, there's one paragraph that hasn't gotten nearly enough scrutiny. 🧵⤵️ www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing... "At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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"The agreements were supposed to buy peace and allow the firms to move on, but in the weeks since they have caused rifts between partners, alienated younger associates and created problems with longtime clients..." www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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"Musk is a greedy kleptocrat whose life’s work boils down to stealing from the poor to pad his own bottom line. That’s his legacy. He could’ve changed the world for the better; he had every resource available to him to do so. Instead, he made it markedly worse."

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In April, we took to the streets for the biggest day of civic protest in years. No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism. Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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These legislators should be forced to vote on each Commandment separately—not an omnibus package—& no one should be allowed to vote for a Commandment they've violated lest they violate the Third Commandment. Or: they should respect the Establishment Clause & get back to work.

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As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!

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What Should We Do Now? Live with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. An important lesson for this moral moment. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Help fight against book bans by signing the petition at www.bookbanpetition.us

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"Part of being a physician is being kind to people who are in their weakest place," Michael said. "And I feel like our country is devolving to really step on people who are weak and vulnerable." www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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Trump doing a trade war:

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Trump's HHS is pulling more than $700 million it had committed to Moderna to help develop a bird flu vaccine. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Schools with fictitious curriculum and banned books. Universities without diversity of students and ideas. A land where science is banned and folk remedies prevail. Scientists can no longer publish or share their knowledge. What kind of country is this?

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Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣 Good to know. (you know what to do!) 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮

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The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...

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RFK Jr wants to ban government scientists from publishing in top journals and instead create a MAGA-backed "science" publication

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This is your regular reminder that it is not un-Jewish or anti-Israeli to oppose to war in Gaza and call out its crimes against civilians. You are taking a position shared by [checks notes] the former Prime Minister of Israel.

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Suggestions for how we should protect ourselves in a post truth world...https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ecoli-bacteria-lettuce-outbreak-rcna200236

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Trump can only destroy America if we let him.

submitted 15 days ago • 131 comments

The government can now restrict the books that you and your family are allowed to read in public libraries just because it dislikes or disagrees with the content.

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Why isn't anyone talking about this? 5th cir. says the gov can remove books it doesn't like from libraries! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Glad Scott Pelley spoke up, while he still can. "60 minutes" is at risk. starts about 27 minutes. www.youtube.com/live/FcWa-wX...

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Trump seems to have entered into a new and wilder stage of authoritarian neofascism. No holds barred. Nothing out of bounds. But tyrants cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to them. And we will not submit. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/donald-trump-and-fascism

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A huge step from HHS that is at odds with science showing significant risks for young children and pregnant women — and that directly contradicts the FDA's own publication from last week listing pregnancy as a high-risk condition that would qualify people for this fall's Covid vaccine

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Who are these people picking up aliens? They mask their faces, they don't show badges. Wearing a vest marked ICE means nothing. This should be illegal. If we can't determine who they are they could be the KKK for all we know.

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When Americans raised concerns about RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine views, he said he was "not gonna take away vaccines from anybody." But now he's taking them away from millions of mommas and babies. Vaccine recommendations should be based on science, not RFK Jr.'s political agenda.

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Silencers and machine guns all in the "big ugly bill." Just what we don't need. Perhaps dividing the country is not such a bad idea after all.

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Ok. Then let it die. Because theft is theft. And even worse if you’re profiting from the crime.

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Let's hope this is just the start.

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May 4th, 1970. Kent State University. The war in Vietnam was a massacre. The students set up an encampment to protest this war crime against humanity. A genocide. And the National Guard went in and mowed them down. 13 were shot. 4 were killed.

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Resistance is alive and well in the United States. A good read about the type of resistance that proves most effective. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/03/resi...

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Is anyone/org keeping track of what T'Dumpty has actually done? Anyone checking to see if any people have been rehired or money returned after court order? I hope someone is tracking this.

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CBO late Tuesday said the legislation will increase the debt by $2.3 trillion over 10 years. That will trigger as much as $500 billion in Medicare cuts starting as soon as 2026. Reps lie about everything.

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The Zelens’kyi ambush was antisemitic, and this one was racist. Good presentation here by NYT. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...

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Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" in a nutshell: 14 MILLION people losing their health insurance just so Jeff Bezos can buy another $500 MILLION yacht.

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This is obscene. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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This isn’t smart or tough policy. It’s chaos that doesn’t bring any more security. It discourages people from showing up to court, making our immigration system less efficient — not more.

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Help fight against book bans by signing the petition at www.bookbanpetition.us

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Don't look away, don't normalize: this is the virtually unconstrained leader of the world's most powerful country ambushing the president of South Africa with conspiracy-fueled racist propaganda promoted by his unelected billionaire maybe-appointee who has caused the deaths of children through DOGE.

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