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Breaking news: Qatar has asked the U.S. to clarify that the pending transfer of a luxury jetliner President Trump wants for Air Force One was initiated by the administration and that Qatar was not responsible for any future transfers, officials said.

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Sure, it's nice to see Elon Musk "exiting Washington." But he's done so much damage and laid the groundwork for it to continue. Plus, I'm not all that convinced he'll stay out of our politics. (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

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Fiona Hill: "The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression."

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Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2 Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1 Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

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New York is 1st in GDP per capita and Florida is checks notes 34th. Honestly we really should be trying to be like Massachusetts but y'all are afraid of colleges and libs so ...

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New York has a higher per-capita income, a lower crime rate and a functional insurance system.

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US government spending since Jan. 21 “is up 8.7% over the equivalent period in 2024 .. “.. 7.2% over 2023.” 🇺🇸 @jesskarl.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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NEW: @cnn.com confirms that hundreds of FBI agents have been reassigned away from criminal and counterterrorism investigations to instead work with ICE to round up migrants. The security impacts are clear — and may be why the FBI is alleged to be hiding any paper trail.

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New York GDP per capita: $117.3K Florida GDP per capita: $73.8K Republicans want you to be poor

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@anniekarni.bsky.social with some insights from our focus groups with Trump voters: "...participants consistently praised lawmakers who displayed 'loyalty' to President Trump and disparaged those whom they viewed as failing to fall in line behind him." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...

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Trump: does shit that’s clearly beyond his authority Judges: no MAGA: this is tyranny!!!!

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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.

submitted 1 day ago • 412 comments

Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.

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Seeing as Emil Bove personally fired me from DOJ in retaliation for prosecuting January 6 rioters, I don’t think he should be confirmed to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that’s just me.

submitted 1 day ago • 119 comments

Elon Musk leaving the administration to spend more time with his explosions

submitted 22 hours ago • 68 comments

America, this is so utterly embarrassing.

submitted 22 hours ago • 196 comments

That’s not the only personality disorder he has.

submitted 22 hours ago • 107 comments

THREAD 🧵 Internal State Department records show that months of warnings have become a reality: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign humanitarian aid has brought about death, violence and unrest. 1/

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When we were reporting the Trump book, we knew there were many, many women out there who couldn't talk to us because they had signed NDAs. NDAs enable bad actors to keep committing crimes in the dark. This would be an important step forward. observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

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US Court of International Trade has issued unanimous ruling in case against Trump “liberation day” tariffs ruling also covers case filed by 12 states led by Oregon All tariffs invalidated as beyond scope of executive power; implementation blocked by permanent injunction, per @ilyasomin.bsky.social

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This administration was already a joke in countless ways. But the USCIT’s decision striking down Trump’s tariffs could not make him look more hapless.

submitted 23 hours ago • 163 comments

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.

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👀👀👀👀 Stock market to the moon tomorrow?

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Inject this into my veins

submitted 23 hours ago • 194 comments

Musk officially leaving DOGE. Excellent.

submitted 22 hours ago • 264 comments

JUST IN; Judge Paula Xinis benchslaps DOJ for waiting until today to ask for usually routine extension of deadline to answer complaint in Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation lawsuits. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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So a public company that in 2024 had $3.62 million in total revenue (somewhat better than the average McDonald’s restaurant) and suffered a $401 million net loss is raising $2.5 billion in capital to buy … {checks notes} … bitcoin. Guess whose company it is. www.reuters.com/business/tru...

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He doesn’t have immunity for this.

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Judge overturns Trump order meant to crush Wilmer Hale: "The cornerstone of the American system of justice is an independent judiciary and an independent bar willing to tackle unpopular cases, however daunting. The Founding Fathers knew this!” @zjmontague.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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“She means ‘fewer.’” - a Harvard graduate

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NEWS: DOJ filed its motion to dismiss Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case tonight. The argument basically comes down to a lot of what is before Boasberg in the Alien Enemies Act case over the would-be class at CECOT already. Filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Another grimly excellent @hcrichardson.bsky.social time capsule/perspective: The felon keeps losing but still criming & we the people need to mobilize as other countries faced with dictatorships did. Judiciary goes & so does democracy. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-27-2025

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SCOOP— FEMA essential functions are at "high risk" of not functioning properly just days before hurricane season because of staffing shortages, per a recent internal memo obtained by The Handbasket. These deficiencies "may disrupt life-saving and life-sustaining program delivery." Full story here:

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Veteran's Daughter Living in US 48 years Locked up by ICE https://twp.ai/4imwDj

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Marco Rubio and the State Department have halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the US while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media. apnews.com/article/stud...

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US administration openly intervened on behalf of the authoritarian populist candidate in the Polish presidential election

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What she doesn’t mention here is that our entire economy rests on the belief that we have functioning laws and courts. The economy will collapse if we no longer have this bedrock.

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