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Even by Republicans’ own numbers, the money undocumented immigrants pay in taxes far exceeds the cost of services they use. Listen. Learn. Just STOP the hate. Source in next post.

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Phang: It’s time for federal judges to acknowledge that they have lifetime appointments—and that should give them the courage to uphold the rule of law, but also to put some damn teeth into the court orders they’re issuing. it’s time that we start seeing action from the judiciary. Grow some balls

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Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” tried to place its own officials inside the Government Accountability Office. The legislative branch watchdog pushed back and denied DOGE’s attempt. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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We blame Joe Biden because he was the last link in the chain and because it’s safer than coming to terms with the reality. And because Biden is fading while the reality endures. It’s safer to lay the blame at his feet.

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Can #Bluesky rival X? With a 500% spike in daily use after the 2024 election, decentralized design and no billionaire overlord, Bluesky isn't just another Twitter clone. It's a serious attempt to rebuild the internet. youtu.be/EVYhNM-tGX0 #SocialMedia #Decentralization #ATProto #TechForGood

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None of this needs to happen, they’re just doing it to pay for tax cuts for very wealthy people

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So, fess up! Who voted for this?

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*truth

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The man tapped to run DOJ's new "Weaponization Working Group," Edward Martin, disclosed this week that he is himself being investigated by the bar, apparently over allegations that he misused his role as U.S. Attorney to intimidate his political foes. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Amen!

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The root of all our problems is the Republican Party.

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My hometown school librarian has suffered years of abuse and is now taking a stand and fighting back. Show your support here: gofund.me/95c3a17d

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open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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NEW: Our Lauren Egan went to Iowa to see Mayor Pete in action. www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-butti...

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Using xenophobia to distract the American people from their planned cuts to #Medicaid is a sick and disgusting tactic. #ProtectMedicaid

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American media utterly failed yesterday in explaining the sheer illegality, unconstitutional and corrupt nature of Trump’s Qatar “Air Force One” deal. Oh, and then there’s the catastrophic security risk…. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...

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"Sometimes the scandal is not what is illegal but what is legal," says the WSJ editorial board www.wsj.com/opinion/air-...

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Aldo Leopold, visionary conservationist and Forest Service worker, invoked a new ethic of care for community intertwined with care for land. Join us in renewing his ethos. Stand up for what is right. Even if you feel you stand alone: ALL OF US stand with you. Are you an #AltCitizen? #AllOfUs

submitted 17 days ago • 25 comments

Leaders of Europe

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Acting FEMA director, fired by Corey Lewandowski. After he told Congress that FEMA was needed. Oops! (So many things are going to go wrong).

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Generative AI and social media tell users what they want to hear, Mike Caulfield writes. That's a problem, but a shift in thinking could fix it.

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I am going to keep saying this until I am blue in the face: if we survive all this, and that’s a non-trivial if right now, it will take a generation to fix the damage. By that point, China will have surpassed us.

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We have a whole field of sunflowers to plant this weekend, folks! Come join us! www.dogshirtdaily.com/p/fourth-ann...

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NEW: By electing Pope Leo XIV, some see Vatican making very American political play. Electing Leo, one expert told me, is "a signal here that the church is taking a side in what’s happening around the globe" — namely, against Trump and authoritarianism. religionnews.com/2025/05/08/b...

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Wrote about just how insanely quickly the ODNI responded to this FOIA request from @freedom.press, contradicting Trump and their own boss, Gabbard.

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“In our conversations, you assured me that you would seek to keep this dispatch center open, that you would designate it mission critical,” Heinrich said to Rollins. ‘Talk to me about what you are doing to make good on that promise.’”

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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against the highly dangerous nominee for US Attorney for DC, Ed Martin: "The best outcome would be for Mr. Trump to withdraw Mr. Martin." And in support of Senator Thom Tillis (R-#NorthCarolina)

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CEO of Nabisco criticizes Cookie Monster

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Moving NASA Headquarters Will Fix Nothing nasawatch.com/culture/movi... @NASA @rookisaacman @MattAadastra

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Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

submitted 24 days ago • 1959 comments

Things the president of the United States said on meet the press today: He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution He’s fine with a recession Americans can do with less Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”

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Trump is cashing in on his own crypto coin It’s not just an offense to common sense & decency—it’s a pipeline for foreign influence I discussed his latest Constitutional violation @velshi.com

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I joined Ali Velshi of MSNBC this morning and Ali’s first question was about the President’s jarring answer “I don’t know” to the question “Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?”

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ICYMI, last week WIRED broke the news that DOGE has put a college student in charge of using AI to rewrite regulations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Because who needs experts when you’ve got ChatGPT?

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Small business owners, this guy is not on your side…

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Opening my windows on a beautiful day only to let in the constant roar or cars driving by, a nice reminder that cities aren’t loud - cars are.

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

It’s like a degrowth that also increases C02 emissions. “We need to shrink the economy so we can consume more gasoline and spend less on children”

submitted 24 days ago • 76 comments

Embarrassing Stalinist level propaganda from Trump’s White House. This would work better if the AI represented Trump as Jaba the Hut.

submitted 24 days ago • 190 comments

what if Biden - who is actually Catholic - had done this? Or any politician anywhere on the planet, for that matter, while the church is still in mourning for the late Pope

submitted 25 days ago • 198 comments

Nothing important here. Just a publicly-traded company disclosing to investors that it’s attempting to bribe the President of the United States by buying his cryptocurrency in order to influence his trade policy.

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