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No more waiting to get a drug approved in the US. All you have to do is bend the knee. FDA commissioner will now issue vouchers to companies he finds aligned w national priorities to shorten their drug application review time to 1-2 months instead of standard 10-12 months. See how fascism works?

It comes amid protests in Los Angeles after Trump authorized the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the city.

High Point, NC

This is a shocking development. Two leading Democratic lawmakers and their spouses in Minnesota were shot in their homes early this morning by a man possibly impersonating a police officer. This is the kind of violence we have been warning about. www.fox9.com/news/brookly...

Today I signed legislation that will protect law enforcement’s hard-earned pay and expand access to social workers and their services. Let’s keep working together to support hardworking North Carolinians and build a safer and stronger North Carolina.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from implementing parts of his sweeping executive order overhauling federal elections, which included, barring states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day reut.rs/4jP9nyr

We’ve uncovered fraud, waste, and abuse! ICE has now exceeded its congressionally approved budget. ICE is violating the Antideficiency Act by spending beyond Congressional authorization.

History will not be kind to Speaker Johnson. Nor should it be.

Don't let them lie to you about Senator Padilla. DHS is claiming the agents DID NOT KNOW he was a senator. He CLEARLY says (BEFORE he is tackled and cuffed) "I am Senator Alex Padilla and I have a question for the secretary."

Tammy Faye called. She wants her war paint back

Funded by your tax dollars.

Where was this 8 years ago?

About time!

🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨

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I mean, if you had a serious, important job and you made a mistake like this, you'd probably get fired...

This. Is. Genius!

"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

Despicable House republicans. Despicable orange thing.

The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.

$3.8 trillion over the next 10 years... The reality is likely much higher, they are minimizing the appearance of a fiscal hit. Take from the poor and give to the rich, the republican way. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Kagan: that’s a lot of words …

My first Mother’s Day without my mother. I miss her.

The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to *protect people* in a pandemic eagerly wear one to *kidnap people* in Gestapo cosplay.

Trump’s goon squad—led by fascist fanboy Stephen Miller—is SUING Chief Justice John Roberts They want to reclassify the entire federal judiciary as part of the White House. That’s not separation of powers. That’s a hostile takeover This is Project 2025 in motion: turn courts into MAGA rubber stamps

Dan Goldman Calls Out GOP About $0 For FEMA But $300M For Trump’s Golf https://twp.ai/4im6vw

Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal. Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration. See how this works?

Great idea

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