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“NBC said that 4 sources told them Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is looking at reconfiguring the President’s Daily Brief to look & feel like a Fox broadcast, thinking that is the only way to get him to participate since he doesn’t read. The brief is created daily for the ⬇️

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Regarding Republican Senator Joni Ernst’s callous remark in a town hall: “Medicaid cuts that could cost lives, whether due to lack of insulin, cancer treatment, nursing home support, were waved off as a cosmic inevitability. Death is certain, so who cares if we accelerate it with brutal policy? ⬇️

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“The next big round of protests is set for June 14, Trump’s birthday, with >1,400 events scheduled nationwide. Trump plans to celebrate by throwing an authoritarian military parade in DC, which could cost upwards of $45 million. It’s shaping up to be the largest day of protests this year by far. So⬇️

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The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency of the National Weather Service, said that it expected 13-19 named storms in 2025. 6-10 of them could become hurricanes, & 3-5 of those could become major hurricanes. But the Trump administration ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/article/atla...

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“This President is engaged in the most direct assault on the Constitution in our history, & we in this body, at least thus far, are inert — & therefore complicit…. [T]his President is attempting to govern as a monarch, unbound by law or Constitutional restraint, not as a President subject to the ⬇️

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RFK Jr. Likely Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu: He canceled a $766 million government contract to develop a new bird flu vaccine. The contract was with Moderna, a Massachusetts-based biotech company that developed & continues to produce one of the original COVID-19 shots. The Biden ⬇️

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Let’s get an impeachment train going. Follow, like, & share.

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“Trump knows that the greatest threat to his power is a devastating loss in the midterm elections. He knows the best way to secure Republican victories is through voter suppression & election subversion.” The attacks on voter rights by the Department of Justice under AG Pam Bondi are unprecedented.⬇️

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“Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death. His decimation of U.S.A.I.D. has had fatal consequences.” Michelle Goldberg www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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“Musk’s destruction of the United States Agency for International Development, slashing about 80% of its grants, is killing about 103 people an hour, most of them children. The total so far is about 300,000 people, according to Boston University infectious disease mathematical modeller Dr. Brooke ⬇️

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The implications of DOGE’s actions for Americans are huge. DOGE operatives are now embedded in the US government, where they are mining Americans’ data to create a master database that can sort & find individuals. Former Ohio Democratic Party chair David Pepper called it ‘a full-scale redirection ⬇️

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“Musk’s time at the helm of DOGE might not have saved taxpayer money, but it has changed the world in other ways. Musk has used his time in the government to end investigations into his companies, score government contracts & get the government to press countries to accept his Starlink ⬇️

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“A recent report found that Elon Musk faced at least $2.37 billion in potential legal liability from 11 federal agencies as of Inauguration Day. These agencies are still on DOGE's chopping block or have dropped investigations into his corporations. See what this was about?” Robert Reich

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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump’s Cuts. With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences. Trump is NOT making America great. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/w...

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In a court filing, Donald Trump claims he suffered extreme emotional & mental anguish over CBS’s 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign & deserves $20 billion. youtube.com/watch?v=I4BS...

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The CDC Contradicts Robert Kennedy, Jr. & Keeps Its Recommendation That Children & Pregnant Women Should Get Covid Shots. Covid vaccines & boosters have saved millions of lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...

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In March, Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal government to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he’s compiling a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power. He’s expanded ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

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“In one of the most short-sighted, ideologically-driven decisions yet, the Department of Health & Human Services, under the leadership of RFK Jr., has just canceled its contract with Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine. The cancellation tosses out not just the $175 million already invested, but ⬇️

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AG Pam Bondi is a piss poor attorney & all of the good attorneys have already left her DOJ, unwilling to work for her or Trump. “Trump’s Department of Justice is floundering. We knew that Trump & his DOJ were losing a lot of cases in court, but the actual numbers are still shocking. According to ⬇️

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The US State Department ordered all US embassies & consulates to “immediately begin additional vetting” for anyone seeking a visa to travel to Harvard University “for any purpose.”“Such applicants include, but are not limited to prospective students, students, faculty, employees, contractors, guest⬇️

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“This is precisely the danger that RFK Jr. has presented all along. We know that on issue after issue, from COVID to chemtrails, the man now helming our entire public health apparatus is an unreconstructed crank. We know he’s committed to a wildly distorted view of the scientific process, as when ⬇️

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Trump & his cabinet are a total embarrassment. RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report contains a host of errors, was not peer reviewed by qualified medical professionals & cited a number of studies that don’t even exist. “The paper cited is not a real paper I or my colleagues were involved ⬇️

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