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Amid allegations of inhumane and unsanitary conditions in ICE facilities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking further steps to continue skirting congressional oversight. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Party Dems are running out of time. The silence from Dem leadership, the lack of congrats and support for Mamdani is starting to make my skin itch. I don’t think the DCCC & DSCC have ANY IDEA how much they are putting the 2026 midterms at risk by alienating their left flank. If “suck it up and

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Trump regularly lies. He disregards intelligence. So how can anything he says about the Iran attack be trusted? My latest: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Police are investigating a reported burglary at “F1” actor Brad Pitt’s home, two law enforcement sources familiar with the incident tell NBC News.

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

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Sitting on the subway and holding a MetroCard as a microphone, Zohran Mamdani had a hot take for New York City: that he should be its next mayor. The scene was from a June “Subway Takes” TikTok — part of a broader push by Mamdani to meet voters where they lived online.

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Leavitt without a trace of irony: "When you have a totalitarian regime, you have to save face. I think any common sense, open-minded person knows the truth about the precision strikes on Saturday night. They were wildly successful."

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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid

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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.

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WATCH Live: Trump hosts "Everyday Americans" event to promote GOP bill

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Trump blames Democrats (working for his administration) for "leaking" information that he has claimed multiple times was "fake", and then calls for his own administration officials to be prosecuted for leaking the totally "fake" information, that the WH confirmed this morning was an actual report.

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"Our new story as individuals & country is about the pursuit of happiness, it is not the guarantee of struggle & sadness. Once we let go of our old story, & embrace the excitement of the possibility of something new, we will begin to see and act with new eyes." mdowd-97828.medium.com/a-new-americ...

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Big, beautiful bullshit. He added $5.7 trillion to the debt in his first term — and now he’s at it again.

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The GOP’s Big Bad Budget would rip healthcare away from millions. Tyler—who relies on Medicaid to survive—speaks for so many. “I don’t know what I’ll do if they take it away.” The Senate vote is here. Watch. Listen. Then raise hell with him. #MedicaidSavesOurLives

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Never thought of it this way. Ahahahaha!

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Over 11,000 people were either fired or took buyouts at the IRS. And roughly $500 billion in revenue will be lost just this year because of the cuts. Remind us again how that improves government efficiency?

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As usual, @asharangappa.bsky.social sees through the media fog to the actual rogue elephant in the room bsky.app/profile/asha...

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A US army veteran who lived in the country for nearly 50 years as a green card holder — and earned a Purple Heart for being wounded in combat — has left for South Korea after he says his past struggles with drug addiction left him targeted by the Trump administration’s harsh immigration crackdown.

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🚨🚨 US TRADE DEFICIT SURGES The Commerce Department's Census Bureau on Thursday reported that the international trade in goods increased by about 11 percent in May as exports decreased while imports remained relatively unchanged — a sign that Trump's tariff strategy has been a colossal failure.

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The nonpartisan Senate official whose office determines if legislation fits within the rules of the chamber dealt Senate Republicans a blow on proposed changes to Medicaid.

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NBC News' Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki explains the potential connection between ranked choice voting and Andrew Cuomo's decision to concede to Zohran Mamdani ahead of the official tally in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary.

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The look you get when you realize you sold your soul to advance the shameless lies of a petty fool.

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New, from Robert Gordon at Can We Still Govern: Trump's work requirements will force working people into a bureaucratic maze that prevents them from working, wastes their time, and hurts their health. Rather than fight waste, the law creates waste. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-medica...

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BREAKING: Supreme Court rules for South Carolina's effort to defund Planned Parenthood, saying Medicaid patients cannot sue over choice of medical providers.

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Trump’s utter lack of credibility, highlighted in his serial lies about Iran, will have long-term implications for America, far beyond this episode and even beyond the Middle East. “US risks becoming too brutal to love but too irrelevant to fear”—and too untrustworthy to bargain with.

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JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks a judge to order his return to Maryland and to bar ICE from deporting him while his criminal case proceeds. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.

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Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets? I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.

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There have been reports of roads buckling due to extreme heat in multiple states, including Wisconsin, Missouri, and Delaware. Why is this happening?

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If you need to state something patently false based on recognized history in order to argue about your position on current matters, your position is very likely shit and at the very least doesn't deserve the time of day.

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The US economy contracted in the beginning of the year at a much faster pace than previously reported, after new data factored in much weaker consumer spending — due in large part to Trump’s tariffs. #TrumpTariffs

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Trump thinks that railing against the media for not respecting the troops and his military operation in Iran is winning terrain for him. That's why he won't shut up about it. Maybe he's wrong on this one, but he's always been very savvy about picking fights.

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Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court sides with South Carolina in ruling allowing states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.

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“The president and his attorney general will continue their ruthless attack on the federal Judiciary and the Rule of Law until the Supreme Court of the United States at least attempts to stop them, because they are winning their war,” Luttig said. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...

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There’s a weird thing on this website and lots of left-wing subcultures, where people love to throw around “liberal” as an insult, but from what I can tell liberals voted overwhelmingly against Cuomo and are rallying behind Zohran now.

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That sentence is so insane

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For the (free to read) email that goes out with my columns, I made some additional graphs showing the extent of ICE’s shift in focus since Trump took office. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Trump's DOJ Sues ALL FEDERAL JUDGES IN MARYLAND For Two-Day Pause on Deportations! youtu.be/1-CAOGQK_sA?...

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Phang: You do not do the bidding of Donald Trump simply because that’s what he wants. You do not want somebody like Emil Bove as a Third Circuit Court of Appeals judge. You don’t even want him to be—I don’t know—a parking garage or strip mall lawyer, do you? That’s an Alina Habba job.

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He shall [not] be missed.

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Thanks for your vote of confidence…I guess?! Unlike you, I’d actually be focused on the American people—the issues they’re facing, making sure folks have healthcare, and consulting with Congress before dropping bombs on another country.

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Listen, I met with a tiny group from Joplin over zoom last December. They didn’t know what to do after the election, but they knew they had to do something. They invited me down to speak in Joplin a few weeks ago. That tiny group ended up organizing 350 people for the event. Never give up.

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The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions tomorrow in some or all of the 10 remaining cases it heard this term, including: ⚖️Birthright Citizenship/Nationwide Injunctions. ⚖️Louisiana Redistricting. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed. Sign-up now for free. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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Republicans suddenly realize voters hate their health care cuts https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/6/25/2330095/-Republicans-suddenly-realize-voters-hate-their-health-care-cuts?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

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