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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

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Trump: “Ukraine has no cards!” Ukraine <destroys 1/3rd of Russias bomber force> Trump: “”

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#PublicLands being sold off to timber, mining and oil/gas interests, to the highest bidder. The Guardian: "This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness". www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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A bit of history: WaPost Gift article. "Pro-slavery politicians in the 1850s often resorted to extreme force to impose their will. The Maryland and Tennessee legislatures banned abolitionist newspapers. Virginia made it a crime to criticize slavery." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Putin shouts, "Dance, Little Taco Monkey, DANCE!"

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Important thread about what NumbersUSA is all about w/ Senator Ted Cruz @sentedcruz.bsky.social as their poster child promoter.

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Trump is so focused on his crypto scam and other Trump/Org business dealings, he has no time for reading his President Daily Briefing.

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New #Covid19 variant

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"At a time when the country faces no shortage of health threats, the value of evidence and expertise is itself under attack. The anti-establishment has become the establishment, and its decisions will affect us all." — @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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Trump Republicanism targets firefighters, first responders, miners, people who work in manufacturing: "We’re really losing 40 years worth of work. Even if they restart them, we’re going to have lost so many people to follow up...” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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This should be a 5-alarm fire that @democrats.org should be ringing the bell over.

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This is what JD Vance and all others in Trump's circle have been pushing for, under the idea of the "Unitary Executive theory", or Trump's notion that the President must have "unchecked" powers. The very definition of authoritarianism.

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Breaking news: Qatar has asked the U.S. to clarify that the pending transfer of a luxury jetliner President Trump wants for Air Force One was initiated by the administration and that Qatar was not responsible for any future transfers, officials said.

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This is what megalomania looks like. Donald Trump is pathological like no other President before. #NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder

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WSJ gift article: President Trump Isn't a Tariff King "Mr. Trump would be wiser to heed the trade court’s ruling as the political gift it is and liberate his Presidency and the economy from his destructive tariff obsessions." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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Trump must abide by the Constitution and Federal Judges rulings, but will any of these judges find him in contempt for refusing to comply? @steveinskeep.bsky.social gets it right. open.substack.com/pub/steveins...

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Here is the sort of dissection—a vivisection—many have been waiting for. I hope you will check it out and share it widely. This book deserves to be discredited.

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WSJ Gift article: Trump plays down their well planned scheme to kidnap Gov. Witmer, like they were good 'ol boys who had too much to drink. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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“Kennedy claimed implausibly after Trump’s reelection that “we’re not going to take vaccines away from anybody.” But since his confirmation, he has been busily laying the groundwork to do exactly that.” www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jrs-wa...

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Trump gets asked about the #TACO trade: 🌮 @followtheh.bsky.social

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It’s generational damage

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What was hidden in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is deeply troubling.

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WSJ Gift article: Putin Has Retooled Russia’s Economy to Focus Only on War Trump must have had early intel on this. Him talking about Putin as if he's "crazy" is just empty rhetoric. Trump, as if to say: "Gee, who could've know what Putin was up to"? Pure BS. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Trump Loses Another Battle in His War Against Elite Law Firms www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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U.S. agriculture is about to hit the skids. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Without the contempt power, judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored. There is no way to understand this except as a way to keep the Trump administration from being restrained when it violates the Constitution or otherwise breaks the law …" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket. These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery." Full story here:

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Shameful, and yet again, defunding safety grants just show how little Trump cares about the average American.

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Tapper will do anything to make his bag. I hope he sleeps at night. Those of us who don’t apologize to fascist thugs struggle with that, as we know 95% of the lies about Joe Biden were designed to thwart conversation about Donald Trump being U.S. history’s most mentally and emotionally unwell POTUS.

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Work requirements hurt poor people AND are a waste of money. Arkansas spent $26 million on administrative costs for work requirements — and saw no increase in employment. Georgia’s program cost $40 million in one year — 80% of that went to administrative and consulting costs.

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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.

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Your now-regular reminder that the global economy is being whipsawed by a guy who hasn’t got the vaguest idea how the global economy works

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It’s Nippon. Not Nissan. Nissan is cars. Nippon is steel. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

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Wonder what Senator Mike Lee of Utah thinks about this?

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“He tried to kill his own Vice President. Do you think he cares about you?” -Barack Obama

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I cannot stress enough how much of a Def Con 1 moment this is. Federal judges fear that the President of the United States will stand down security for judges in retaliation for adverse decisions. This is such a huge story.

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NYTimes gift article: Trump's money making presidency. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/w...

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WSJ gift article: "The Father Pursues Trump’s Diplomatic Deals. The Son Chases Crypto Deals." www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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“Experts have been closely watching the variant, which is now dominant in China and is on the rise in parts of Asia. Hong Kong authorities say that rates of COVID-19 in the city have climbed to the worst levels they have seen in at least a year…”

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Doctor here. I want my COVID booster.

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gotta say I did not anticipate ICE goons going after the whitest possible immigrants with American families, jobs, and in good standing legally. a freaking Danish-born welder in Mississippi with four blonde kids and a pregnant wife. just omnidirectional hate

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Question: Will the next mainstream media interviewer of Trump ask about this blatant lie in the Oval Office? Or will they say ‘let’s agree to disagree’ and try and move on, a la ABC’s Terry Moran?

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Greenland signing a minerals deal with the EU is hilarious. They flipped Donald the bird. 🤣

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