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The silence of Republicans. They refused to disavow White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s statement that the administration is looking at suspending the writ of habeas corpus, that is, essentially declaring martial law.

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The wisdom of the role playing game “Disco Elysium”.

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They are using her body as an incubator. She was less than 9 weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead, but the state of Georgia is keeping her alive until she gives birth.

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Benjamin and Jerreth don't just talk about it, they are about it

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still maddening how many geriatric Dem senators have run or are running for re-election instead of setting up an orderly transition to a successor or permitting turnover

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Stop-start systems eliminated nearly 10 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually as of 2023, according to the Battery Council International. The technology was included in 65% of vehicles in 2023. The feature can generally be turned off at the press of a button.

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As in most coups, physical control over access to key buidlings is a determinative factor, which is why DOGE seized GSA and the US Marshalls service before going after the other agencies. Smart, really, especially when their opponents refused to recognize that a coup was underway or respond as such

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Art of the deal.

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NEW: Attorneys in the DOJ’s voting section drop from an estimated 30 to three, amid its shifting focus from enforcing voting rights to investigating voter fraud. A former DOJ attorney warns the change could lead to “fewer people having access to vote.” From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social

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Is this that meritocracy we keep hearing so much about? We're now replacing a professional librarian with a Ph. D. in library science with Trump's personal attorney to head up the [checks notes] Library of Congress. www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Think if the possibilities.

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I heard there are going to be nationwide 'No Kings' protests on Trump's birthday, so that's fun. Remember, one 10,000 person march is ineffective. Ten 1,000 person marches spread out all over the city is the way to go.

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Whole of Nature Moon Mask Tim Paul. red cedar, black, orange, and grey/blue acrylic

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.

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Because Trump told him to.

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Trump won’t be elected in Canada.

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Luigi was right.

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Trump employs a money collecting scheme so that those who donate (isn’t bribe more accurate?) “get out of paying a large fine”

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As trade dries up, due to tariffs, this number Trump quotes will sink lower. Tariffs also create deflation. The Great Depression is a textbook case.

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An ancestor was coast Salish. She married an employee of the Hudson Bay company. Which eventually produced me. I am a mongrel mix of German, Swiss, UK, Irish, Czech, Nordic, Salish, and north Asian.

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The count goes on.

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Russian forces have increased their use of banned gas weapons in Ukraine as they push to seize full control of four occupied regions before a possible ceasefire deal, according to Kyiv’s military ⬇️

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Vance in Rome: God, #tarrifs, and Ukraine

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Dark Pence is back.

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Suntory Holdings could shift its whiskeys to its home market and other Asian nations if U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs make them prohibitively expensive in the United States.

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US drinkers will pay more for cocktails, champagne and foreign beers, brands will disappear from bar menus and jobs will be lost on both sides of the Atlantic as a result of US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, drinks industry bodies said reut.rs/4lgoIKf

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Pikachu running from the police with protestors in Turkey 😂😂

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The change happens incrementally.

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Apple tea in Istanbul.

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Federal prosecutors are UnAmerican.

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RFK Jr.'s remaking of HHS entered a new phase today when officials announced 10,000 more layoffs and the dismantling of the Administration for Community Living, which oversees vital programs for disabled and aging people.

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"Israel represents a culture of brazen cruelty that many of the far rightists in Europe and the U.S. would like to embrace," Pankaj Mishra told @jonahmv.bsky.social on The Intercept Briefing. Listen on ▪️ Spotify: interc.pt/4hN3qBf ▪️ Apple: interc.pt/4hMxHQs ▪️ Everywhere else: interc.pt/4ivsldL

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“Tesla seats are covered in a vegan leather material, which is a synthetic, cruelty-free material, and not plastic. Tesla uses a vegan leather material, also known as polyurethane or synthetic leather, for its seats.” Alternate facts. It’s cheaper.

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About 2,400 employees at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention—or about 18% of its workforce are to be let go. Republicans have charged the CDC in the past with straying from its mission by researching topics such as the health impacts of gun violence. Most fatal disease for kids? Guns.

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There are RULES for gov’t documents—who has them, sees them, keeps them, where they’re kept—because they’re a record of gov’t business. Not open to all—but containing the doings & ACCOUNTABILITY of what our gov’t does. The Nat’l Archives stores much of that vital data. DJT fired the archivist.

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A Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow, who has not been charged with a crime, was detained by masked DHS agents.

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The supreme court 1. Shielded Trump from prosecution for his attempt to steal the 2020 election. 2. Ignored the 14th Amendment’s bar on insurrectionists holding office. 3. Legalized unlimited contributions which gave billionaires a way to buy the presidency. 4. Gutted the Voting Rights Act.

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"Better to die on your feet than to live a lifetime on your knees". A life spent fighting against inequality and for the rights of the landless peasants of Mexico. -Emiliano Zapata

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Just a reminder that the the way the Senate was set up is fundamentally undemocratic and broken. And facilitates the rule of a white upper class minority over the working class majority.

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Israel to occupy Syrian southern territory for ‘unlimited time’, says minister

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What is the opposite of globalist? isolationist localist parochial domestic inward-looking insular provincial narrow illiberal sectarian

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