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"Around 1.1 million international students were in the United States last year — a source of essential revenue for tuition-driven colleges. International students are not eligible for federal financial aid. Often, they pay full price." apnews.com/article/inte...

all I ask is that Stephen Miller’s wife actually does leave him for the weirdo IVF commune of the most awkward man alive I think we all deserve this, if we can’t have good things we can at least have schadenfreude

Are you ever going to just do a story that the orange idiot just lies and is not at all intelligent? @cnn.com @nytimes.com @wsj.com

What could possibly go wrong?

How does this Make America Healthy Again?

Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."

RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.

When do we start winning?

Elon Musk, who was granted special government employee status to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, has announced that his time in the Trump administration has come “to an end.” Read more: cnn.it/3ZF4517

I think I’ve nailed why I try and avoid the news as much as possible now. People usually say ‘You can’t face reality’ to that, but news isn’t reality a lot of the time. It’s often a boring version of scripted drama, with too many bigmouths who need less coverage, ideally none.

Did someone say free drinks?

I wrote about republicans horrible legislation in @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

Viewpoint: Proposals to lower or eliminate the @fda.gov's preapproval effectiveness requirements for drugs are unnecessary and dangerous, as they undermine patient safety and public health. ja.ma/4kfUW7F

A letter — signed by 12 long-term institutional investors that together manage about $950bn in Tesla's assets — calls for corporate governance reforms to address a 'crisis' at the carmaker. www.ft.com/content/6b52...

If you know, you know!

There are far-reaching casualties from Medicaid cuts, beyond the harms to the beneficiaries of the program. This Viewpoint discusses the potential widespread harm of proposed Medicaid cuts. ja.ma/4dCWZjG

Breaking News: A panel of federal judges blocked President Trump from imposing some tariffs, finding that he vastly overstepped his authority under federal law.

Do not, under any circumstances, allow your bank account to be used to collect money from strangers to pass money to another stranger. Even if someone on the Internet tells you to.

Kash looks like a toddler in a high chair.

Toad went to the store. He bought two big ice-cream cones. Toad licked one of the codes. “Frog likes chocolate best,” said Toad, “and so do I.”

How many of us will be eating Tacos tonight because reasons?

Rep. Ashley Hinson mentioned Donald Trump and his spending bill—and the town hall crowd erupted.

Richest guy in the world cut funding for cancer research but at least he had fun

Jessica Tarlov: “He does these interviews and says I don't know, or I'm not sure. He was asked ‘do you need to uphold the constitution? I don't know, ask a lawyer’ … He may be in front of you, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not spewing utter BS.”

“I AM NOT A TACO!” 🌮

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I sometimes sit up straight in the middle of the night and realize the country is being run by a lunatic… And a stupid one at that.

It’s now Marxist to understand that the Constitution only authorizes Congress to impose tariffs.

Big Brother is watching everyone.

Meltdown on Truth Social in 3, 2, 1...

Happy #RoseWednesday 🍃❤️🍃❤️🍃❤️🍃❤️🍃 #Spring #Roses #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport

Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc. It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.

Crime pays when you pay for campaign rallies!

This is very nancy mace www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

Always very sharp…….

The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M

The orange felon pardoned corrupt Virginia Sheriff Scott Jenkins who was convicted of bribery and fraud, now he pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley who defrauded banks. Because nothing says law and order like a felon gifting pardons to other felons for their loyalty. Pure fascism.

Massie has been taking a lot of incoming from Trump supporters for standing up to him on the budget, and may also be facing another Trump-backed primary challenger. He responds.