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The official White House account is posting cringe on main

Sure am glad the secret police are keeping this country safe from little kids with cancer. www.tpr.org/border-immig...

Just as Trump was flummoxed upon discovering that all media wasn't like Page Six, Hegseth is baffled that everyone isn't Fox News.

It’s not a cult, it’s just a group of people who agree completely with whatever their leader says and will do anything their leader wants just because he wants it, but it’s not a cult

why am i not surprised he doesn’t understand that no means no

A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.

This is on Trump’s head. Should be headline in every paper

A giant.

On Andy Ogles' grotesque stunt. Ogles is basically captive to Trump bc he was/is being investigated for the same kind of scheme that got George Santos sentenced to 87 months. He has nothing to lose.

A man that's been president for a total of more than 4.5 years still believes those claiming asylum are people being released from mental health facilities.

NEW: The Trump admin finalized an emergency regulation, which goes into effect tomorrow, authorizing DHS to impose civil monetary penalties for immigration law violations with far less due process. The rule could lead to DHS imposing exorbitant fines on millions of people — fines they can't afford.

This is a shockingly racist call by a House Republican for Zohran Mamdani to be denaturalized and deported. But instead of being viewed as unserious, it's now being promoted and circulated by LibsOfTikTok, Benny Johnson and MAGA regulars. Democrats need to understand that Republicans are serious.

GREAT NEWS EVERYBODY; BIG BALLS IS STILL A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, THIS TIME WITH ... THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION!!

NEWS: Kenneth Chesebro, "architect" of the 2020 fake electors plot who pleaded to criminal charges in Georgia, has been disbarred from the practice of law in New York, per order issued today by New York appellate court.

The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump's import taxes at least temporarily disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in a a downgrade from its previous estimate.

Sometimes in politics it's better to have someone to blame for you not doing things than actually doing those things.

It's easy to forget with everything going on, but the guy in charge of all of this (Witkoff) is Trump's golf buddy and has zero diplomatic experience.

Wait, now ICE is suddenly planning to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to yet another country? Again? @notusreports.bsky.social www.notus.org/immigration/...

Federal vaccine advisers picked by RFK Jr. voted to effectively remove an ingredient from flu shots, achieving a controversial goal of anti-vaccine activists and illustrating how their priorities are becoming official government guidance.

Not sure why thimerosal is getting attention again but please feel free to use/share this info (& follow @sabivm.bsky.social) 1) thimerosal is in <5% of all available flu (& only flu) vaccines 2) eating 3 oz tuna fish is objectively greater mercury exposure risk than a thimerosal-containing vaccine

*and there's no thimersol in childhood vaccines for like… 2 decades? its only in some (multidose vial) flu vaccines **and, not linked to any bad outcomes anyway

This administration wants to eliminate gender studies departments while simultaneously constantly reminding us of the need for them

Re Zohran’s grocery store plans- the government already runs discount grocery stores ALL OVER THE WORLD. They are called commissaries and they are on every US military base. No one has ever had a problem with their existence

10 years ago today. Such a great day.

In a decision that could derail Trump's tax bill, the Senate parliamentarian ruled that proposed Medicaid cuts violate the chamber's rules

NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR should confirm Emil Bove for the 3d Circuit Court of Appeals.

As RFK jr's anti-science quacks come for life saving vaccines like Hep B, it's critical that news orgs everywhere need get up to speed & fast on the FACTS. Here's a good place to start with the @ameracadpeds.bsky.social. And follow AAP if you don't already...

🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS states to defund Planned Parenthood, holding that Medicaid does not give patients a right to obtain care from its providers. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The Supreme Court will release its remaining opinions of the term TOMORROW. It will hand down six decisions—including the birthright citizenship case, the challenge to LGBTQ books in public schools, and a key Voting Rights Act dispute.

Congress may soon pass a moratorium on state regulation of Artificial Intelligence. The Brennan Center has found that the proposed moratorium could nullify at least 149 state laws passed in 41 states. 86 of these laws (58 percent) were enacted by states with Republican controlled legislatures. /1

Looks like climate.gov is officially dead, for now. 💔

A whole lotta Latino voters in states like Texas that flipped to Trump must be realizing rn that, yes, he meant you and your family too

This is the slippery slope New reporting on use of federalized National Guard in what appears like DEA-led drug bust, no protesters in sight, far outside of LA @lizagoitein.bsky.social has very sharp analysis on why this appears illegal on all counts (including Trump’s own presidential memorandum)

The world got a good look at Kari Lake at a congressional hearing on the Voice of America. All I can say is, sorry world. www.azcentral.com/story/opinio... via @azcentral

Outdoor Afro tells me they received 300 applications overnight following this post! People are learning how to swim

Our current policy environment is a plot point drawn from literal dystopian Sci fi flicks.

TAPPER: Republicans are debating a $15m fund for rural hospitals to offset some of the concerns about what the bill does do Medicaid DUCKWORTH: It's like the person setting the fire saying, 'Hey, you know what, we need a fire department!'...Americans did not vote for the 'we're all gonna die' party

Between Musk and RFK there are going to be millions dead around the world by 2029 than there would have been had Trump not been elected, many of them children.

In the morning, we are expecting SCOTUS decisions in one or (likely) more of the 10 remaining cases. There's a lot of big importance left, and I'll be there. Check it out — and subscribe to Law Dork if you've not yet done so! www.lawdork.com/i/166479240/...

hey guys i know a good way to avoid all of this

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hiring Lyn Redwood, a nurse and the former head of a group critics have denounced as anti-vaccine, to work in its vaccine safety office."

This headline is wildly misleading. Childhood vaccines ARE closely scrutinized. The real story- as outlined in the piece- is that this group of Kennedy quacks is attacking safe & effective vaccines that keep children safe from life threatening diseases.

Everyone is focusing on Bove’s “f*** you” comment but not enough attention being given to the other bombshell in the WB, which is the premeditated violation of the Mass. district court injunction and subsequent cover up, the same injunction which SCOTUS stayed on Monday 1/

Unprecedented constitutional crimes happening right in front of us

This is the most Eric Adams anecdote ever so it definitely 100% happened

That sentence is so insane

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪