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Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up. "Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons" Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division

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NEW: Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Make Trump Feel Good About Himself Trump’s administration is marshaling vast public resources and more than $1 billion worth of taxpayer money to flatter the president. Full story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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So DOGE used crappy AI to “munch” VA contracts. We got the code. Killed contracts included: -support for nurses -a gene sequencing to improve cancer treatment -blood analysis Story by @bxroberts.org @vernalcoleman.bsky.social and me. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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A few Democrats are urging the party to make amends with Elon Musk and using a bad take on history to make their case. New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS on how wrong they are: campaign-trails.ghost.io/welcoming-th...

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We don’t need to back off the American Gestapo and we don’t need to respect its agents. People exercising state violence are not entitled to anonymity. Nor are the people directing the state violence.

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Why is the admin's claim that the 14th Amendment applies only to "newly freed slaves" wrong? Historians @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social explain in a new brief filed in NH Indonesian Community Support v. Trump, a case challenging the birthright citizenship EO: bit.ly/441PqzF

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@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social‬ puts it plainly: DOGE amounts to a coup, an ongoing "hostile takeover of the government," a secretive, illegal gutting of federal agencies that could create “a single centralized database with vast troves of personal information" about millions of Americans: is.gd/brQsRy

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“They want to loot the health of ordinary families to enhance their own wealth.” Sen. Ed Markey nails it: Elon Musk says Trump’s $800B in health care cuts aren’t enough. He wants deeper cuts—then demands $190B in tax breaks for himself. That’s billionaire looting, paid for by your health care.

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16 million Americans losing health coverage. The biggest cut to Medicaid in history. Higher health, energy, and housing costs. Tax cuts for billionaires, tax hikes for working people. $3 trillion added to the national debt. The Republican bill is a “disgusting abomination.”

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

Roses are red Litter will clump

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Does Trump know that Musk paid $0 in federal income taxes in recent years? Does Musk know that Trump has paid little to no fed'l income tax in many years? Do they know they could really hurt each other by supporting a billionaires unrealized gains tax? www.propublica.org/article/the-...

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SCOOP @motherjones.com: Republicans want to ban pets from domestic violence shelters through a proposal in the budget Advocates say the program is small but critical: “Survivors won’t leave, they can’t leave [abusers], if they’re going to leave their pets behind" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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TRUTH BOMB 💣 this guy is a Pedophile. I also made him President

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Medicare helps millions of American seniors and people with disabilities get the health care they need. It is irresponsible for Republicans to suggest putting this critical program on the chopping block in order to pay for their for their big, disastrous bill. (1/2) www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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Max Boot at the Washington Post: "We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower."

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Senate Democrats warn Trump plan to wipe out public broadcasting funding will shut down stations, eliminate essential services. But House GOP scheduled to vote to clawback $1.1 billion next week.

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Yes. People Will Die. www.thebulwark.com/p/yes-people...

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BREAKING: Trump has banned all foreign-national Harvard students and researchers from entering the US on student or foreign exchange visas. Shifts legal fight from one over State and DHS powers to presidential powers

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🚨Another HUGE bit of news tonight; in collaboration with the Trump admin, Texas just kicked 20,000 undocumented college students — people who grew up in Texas and graduated from high school there — out of eligibility for in-state tuition. This may force thousands to drop out.

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Breaking: Trump just issued a sweeping new travel ban.  The ban fully restricts people from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The ban partially restricts Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

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NEW: Oakland's got a new manager, and I'm extremely bullish on his chances to lead a rebound. What have Benny Feilhaber teams looked like, and why does it feel like a fit for the Roots? I dig in. www.usltactics.com/p/feeling-ou...

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The stupidity just never ends. www.npr.org/2025/06/03/n...

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The final estimated increase in the uninsured is 10.9 million (a little above the prior estimate)

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👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...

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This month, the Brennan Center is featured in @credomobile.bsky.social's grant campaign. Vote by June 30 to help support our work for voting rights:

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Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: The White House’s campaign against the Congressional Budget Office is veering into the ridiculous. What they call a “verifiable fact” is a nonsense fact.

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OH NO! Also, nice to see they chose a good quote from me. (Thank you!) "While the Trump Administration is galloping towards fascism and arguing to end birthright citizenship, corporate media remain complicit cowards by focusing on Joe Biden’s age.” www.thewrap.com/as-jake-tapp...

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🚨NEW: VoteVets slams decision to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship. “This isn’t just offensive—it’s a calculated act of disrespect.” It's not about tradition. It’s about forcing out those who don’t fit Hegseth’s 1980s action figure fantasy of service. FULL STATEMENT ⬇️

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Getting pushed out of the Trump Administration because of the "appearance of a conflict of interest" is WILD.

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Exclusive: Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the US CDC resigned as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters reut.rs/4ksJLZt

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CBO is a nonpartisan, neutral org. Its director, Phill Swagel, worked in the GWBush administration and was appointed by Republican lawmakers to his current post. For many reasons, it's laughable that he or his professional colleagues would be cooking the books to help Democrats.

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I’m a freedom-loving conservative. I left the Republican Party 5yrs ago. Today, I’m doing something I never thought I’d do - I’m formally joining the Democratic Party. Here’s why:👇 open.substack.com/pub/socialco...

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There's still basically no evidence for Musk "stepping away" from politics besides his own claims, yet the Times keeps repeating the lie to help him - sometime contradicting their own reporters. Don't print lies in the newspaper.

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Our world-class city deserves a world-class Club with a world-class home to match. A new, privately funded, soccer-specific stadium will open for the Chicago Fire in 2028. #cf97

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What's really sad is with all the rumours the first black queer Doctor was leaving, Laurence Fox thought he could finally start watching again. #DoctorWho

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"Reporting has attributed Musk's departure to philosophical differences with Trump. But a crucial factor has been the grassroots protest that has damaged Musk’s businesses and helped destroy his popularity."

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A masterpiece of a profile. Begins with a look at a post-democratic dark lord, then slowly builds a portrait, rich with anecdotes and examples, of an emotionally stunted idiot-savant. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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The Constitution’s Emoluments Clauses are a key safeguard against corruption, among the few provisions that apply to the president himself. Now more than ever, it is critical that Congress take action to give them real effect.

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I like this idea

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Huge opportunity for a political party that believes government can do good things. Public opinion is finally shifting after 50 years of right wing anti-government propaganda. This isn't the time for cowering and throat clearing www.cnn.com/2025/06/01/p...

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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

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You may have heard that he's demanding CBS kiss the ring and pay a lot of money to resolve a meritless defamation case. You also may have missed this part. [Via Dylan Byers at Puck News.]

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Joni Ernst's "apology" was deeply unsettling and weird! Watch @timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social respond here

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