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When you discover a year-old potato in the back of the pantry cupboard:

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Oh, how I long to read it

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Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. But that isn’t stopping RFK from slashing cancer research at the NIH. RFK must resign now. www.axios.com/2025/05/19/n...

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A more accurate name for trump's " #BigBeautifuBill " would be the Screw Poor People and Make the Rich Richer Act. It includes deeper cuts to food stamps and Medicaid, the government programme providing health care to low-income people, who risk dying without it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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and yet, at the moment he’s golfing

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Russia is conducting attacks in conjunction with U.S. pressure on Ukraine. It’s a coordinated effort. Trump’s accommodation drives Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian cities to compel Ukraine to capitulate. Trump may not realize… doesn’t care, but his embrace of Putin/Russia is fueling Russian attacks.

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Lt Col @avindman.bsky.social suggests to King's College, Cambridge Provost Gillian Tett that the private sector should consider hiring available scientist talent who face uncertainty under new U.S. administration policies. 2025 Cambridge Disinformation Summit www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8qW...

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Embarrassing Stalinist level propaganda from Trump’s White House. This would work better if the AI represented Trump as Jaba the Hut.

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100 Days of Chaos: The Second Trump Admin Stumbles Out the Gates www.avindman.com/p/100-days-o...

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A must read to understand Trump's policy towards Ukraine and Russia. "I was U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trump's foreign policy." | Opinion www.freep.com/story/opinio...

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Do you know what kind of countries control prices, Donald Trump? Communist countries! You are taxing the American people with your tariffs after EVERYONE said it was a terrible idea and now you want corporations to absorb the cost? That makes you a commie!

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TONIGHT: @ericlipton.nytimes.com talks to @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on The #LastWord at 10pm ET.

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“It’s clearly a signal to tell analysts throughout the intelligence community: ‘you tell the truth, you provide objective analysis, as you’re supposed to be doing, you are running the risk of getting fired.'" www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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WATCH: @alsobrooks.senate.gov explains to RFK Jr. his own aunt's legacy during a Senate hearing.

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"The Constitution is explicit." @tribelaw.bsky.social tells @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com that Trump's birthright citizenship ban would create "chaos."

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Within the first few minutes of Tuesday’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on planned Republican Medicaid cuts—which would render more than 8 million Americans uninsured—a contingent of protesters entered the room in Washington. Here is what happened⬇️

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WAPO: Trump this week “handed leaders around the world an easy playbook to reach the president’s heart if they can muster a flurry of investor activity for the cameras — even if much of the money never materializes.” 🤡 @mbirnbaum.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

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Trump Republicanism in action. What could possibly go wrong? www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

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www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...

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Trump Republicanism in action at your social security administration: "field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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in which president donald trump screws up social security for every single American because his top campaign donor may not be totally solid on the meaning of the words "forty percent": www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

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Trump Republicanism in action. www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...

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substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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"The report in question was neither peer-reviewed nor published in a medical journal..." www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

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Trump-era aviation security hits new peaks: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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The GOP tax bill includes tax cuts, spending increases, spending reductions and some tax hikes. Here are some key proposals.

submitted 37 days ago • 5 comments

WTF? This is totally insane!

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100% agree!

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Hell yes! Stop the parade!

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Indeed!

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Impeach the motherfucker!

submitted 38 days ago • 7 comments

It was despicable then, and it's despicable now!

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👇👇👇

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Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.

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