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People will lose vital healthcare coverage if Trump's budget bill passes. One estimate found that this would lead to over 20,000 avoidable deaths per year. Oh, and a reminder that Joni Ernst is up for re-election in 2026.

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"I hardly use it" -- moments after calling Biden's autopen one of the greatest scandals of all time, Trump admits to using an autopen

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Trump and Republicans in Congress want to make the the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

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No words www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...

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The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” would be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in U.S. history. On average, someone in the top 0.1% would gain around $390,000 next year. But someone in the bottom 20% would lose $820, and nearly twice as much—$1,545—in 2033.

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Taco Trader🤣🌮🤣🌮💥🙄

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Trump on Iran: "I want it very strong where we can go in w/ inspectors, we can take whatever we want, we can blow up whatever we want, but nobody getting killed. We can blow up a lab but nobody is gonna be in a lab as opposed to everybody being in the lab & blowing it up. Right? 2 ways of doing it"

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The Fugees’ 2nd and final studio album “The Score” hits #1 today in 1996 — just six years after Lauryn Hill met Pras Michel (and his cousin, Wyclef Jean) as high-school kids in Maplewood, New Jersey. Two Grammys (for Best Rap Album and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group) “Killing Me Softly”

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