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DENNING: “.. The average vehicle now goes for about $48,000 compared with $38,000 on the eve of the 2020 lockdowns. Auto loan rates have meanwhile jumped from about 5% back then to around 8% today.” @bloomberg.com @liamdenning.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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NEW: Not that long ago, Ron DeSantis looked like the future of MAGA. Now he faces potential political obscurity, unable to control GOP legislators who are calling for a federal investigation of his wife's charity.

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Every dollar invested in programs that benefit children, like Head Start, yields $10 in societal returns. That’s a 1,000% return on investment. But now Republicans want to cut these programs — all so billionaires can pay less in taxes.

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“I have maybe two months' worth left in my warehouse in Minnesota, and when that's gone, I have no more revenue.” Hear from Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year, Beth Benike, about the impacts of President Trump’s tariff taxes on her small business, Busy Baby.

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Where I’m from in Western PA, patriotic families proudly show pictures of loved ones in uniform. So as this Administration tries to privatize the VA and sell it off to the highest bidder—which we know will hurt veterans' earned care—you better believe I'm gonna fight back.

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It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.

submitted 19 days ago • 458 comments

How a culture treats its prisoners is a sign of its morality, strength, and authority. We are failing.

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Breaking: NC Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin just conceded the election - six months, and three rounds of vote tallies, after he lost. Our office led the legal defense of this election, pushing back against an effort to throw out tens of thousands of lawful votes.

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BREAKING: Second Circuit panel, one day after arguments, unanimously rejects government's arguments and orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be transferred to Vermont no later than May 14. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

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Keep on pushing. Mike Lawler may not care but it is making a difference!

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We can throw away $120,000,000 flipping fighter jets into the sea, but can’t afford to give the pilots healthcare when they retire.

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Judge Griffin finally conceded the NC Supreme Court race to @allisonjriggs.bsky.social. But let’s be clear: his shameless delay was a dangerous attempt to undermine the will of the people. You don’t get to change the rules after the game is over.

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Every single day I read the news and it feels like I'm going crazy. Who can relate?

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If the media covered science as reverentially as it does religion, we'd all be better off.

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This is fascism.

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It’s like a Fox News personality who lied about her credentials can’t even become Surgeon General anymore because of woke

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This ruling is barbaric and dehumanizing. To every transgender service member, I see you and I will not stop fighting for you. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

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oh yes by all means please throw more gasoline on the six-alarm fire that used to be our Constitution www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

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FYI: Trump & business entities connected to him have made more than $320 MILLION in fees from the Trump meme coin. He’s using the presidency to rake in millions.

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We just lost a second fighter jet off the coast of Yemen. Let’s check in on the Commander-in-Cheat to see what he’s up to …

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Trump's goal as president is not to govern but rather to produce a tv show--one that is not about the country but rather is about him, a 24/7 hagiographic Truman Show-like extravaganza that is a physical manifestation of his narcissism, a show about a world that is entirely about him.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Republican challenger concedes a 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court election to the Democratic incumbent.

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Indeed!

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Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for DC, has harassed medical journals with letters accusing them of acting as “partisans” in scientific debates. Those letters may have been inspired—even directed—by RFK Jr. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports:

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The current president Is A Mob Boss.

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Senior presidential adviser Kari Lake says Voice of America will rely on coverage from the far-right OAN network. OAN has offered unwavering support of President Trump.

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The reluctance to admit Russian interference campaigns in the US and UK is baffling

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I hope everyone understands that we are the baddies

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.

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The Prime Minister of a sovereign country came to the United States today and actually had to tell the President of the United States - to his face - that his sovereign country wasn’t for sale. And would never be for sale. That actually happened today.

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Evidently, this is becoming a thing! Unbelievable! 😡

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We tried to tell them! 🤦‍♀️

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Watching Kristi Noem's face as Democratic House Rep. Lauren Underwood absolutely torched her on the Constitution in the House Oversight Committee hearing was amazing. Bravo, Lauren!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones. Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

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Buttigieg: Like I love A1 steak sauce, but A1 steak sauce is not one of the most important things confronting humanity right now. Artificial intelligence is. And somebody who doesn't understand that probably should not be leading an important federal agency.

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".. You don’t put [Bessent and Greer] on a plane to fly all the way to Europe .. only to have the outcome be essentially nothing, .. but now expectations are high. .. If they aren’t able to deliver, I think we’ll see a strong negative reaction .." @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter. They graded it. Bwahahaha.

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We know exactly how you feel, Carney.

submitted 21 days ago • 1262 comments

A federal judge has ruled that the Democratic candidate in the NC Supreme Court race be certified as the winner. Judges are taking the bold steps to save democracy! Judges are the only check and balance between us and a dictatorship. Time for us, the people, to demand congress act! Recalls???

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—NYT/WaPo report intel agencies contradict what Trump says publicly —Admin opens criminal leak probe, rips up DOJ media guidelines based on the stories —We FOIA the underlying doc at @freedom.press. DNI immediately declassifies it(!), and it shows Trump is def lying www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...

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Muller: What he’s done in the case of the FEC is he said, “we’re going to just outright fire the biggest advocate who’s taking on corruption..” Then they’re just going to leave the other vacancies open. Because, again, if there’s not at least four members on that commission, they can’t do anything.

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Your School House Rock moment......

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"The fact that the U.S. federal government is squawking in one loud, highly irritating voice… that it would like to obliterate the national sovereignty of our longtime friend and ally to the north is in and of itself a scandal." Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Granddaughter of a Navy vet. Daughter of a Navy vet. Mother of an Army soldier. Not one damn dime should be spent on a military parade for a draft dodger…

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Carney to Trump: "There are some places that are never for sale ... having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign, it's not for sale. It won't be for sale ever."

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Did you miss today's major voting news? -Federal judge rejected GOP ploy to overturn North Carolina Supreme Court election -Indiana sued over new voter suppression law -Kansas sued over new voter suppression law Never miss another update. Subscribe to Democracy Docket: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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