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"Springsteen didn’t pull any punches — no references to 'our national divide' or 'both sides' or 'polarization.' He was direct, angry and precise in his language." - @guitarwatson.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/no-n...

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The probability Danielle Smith is hardcore MAGA is a lot closer to 1.0 than a lot of people assume. For all intents and purposes, I treat her as a top Canadian MAGA leader and influencer. Her destructive anti-science views alone go back to Big Tobacco. #cdnpoli pressprogress.ca/danielle-smi...

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UK is suspending free trade talks with Israel and will be implementing new sanctions over its ongoing genocide campaign and illegal settlements in the West Bank. “The world is judging,” "History will judge them." "This is indefensible. And it must stop.”

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This is extraordinary. The Secretary of Homeland Security doesn’t know what the right of habeas corpus is (the ancient right to go to court to challenge government detention) and offers an incoherent definition which suggests she thinks it’s a presidential power to deport people?

submitted 9 hours ago • 92 comments

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” isn’t just about tax cuts it quietly guts federal protections and reshapes entire agencies. Here’s what’s buried inside:

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EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Raskin just exposed Trump’s plans to launch a fund for the “victims” of January 6 - but he means the violent thugs who attacked our Capitol. “That fund should go to the 140 officers and their families who were wounded.” Trump is rewarding traitors. This is SICK.

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All of this😶

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I don't recall Moody downgrading us under any other President.

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I was a history teacher and I know we have to be documenting this moment. When we look back, I don’t want us to say we didn’t know what was happening. Stephen Miller, probably the most joyless man in America, wants to take away one of our most foundational rights, habeas corpus.

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The US government used its influence to force African countries to purchase Starlink to boost Elon Musk's business. Kristofer Harrison, fmr State Dept official: "If this was done by another country, we absolutely would call this corruption,” “Because it is corruption.” #OpCanary #3E #EndIimpunity

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LOL 🤣

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Just a sideshow distraction folks...

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True 😃😁

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Trump administration is terminating $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard: Work on breast cancer, impact of nutrition on fertility, antibiotic resistance and hundreds of other topics all dead “It feels like the academic equivalent of nuclear war" www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

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Trump’s unhinged rant about the Supreme Court’s ruling isn’t just inflammatory—it’s a dangerous distortion of justice Painting immigrants as monsters and due process as a loophole is pure demagoguery This isn’t leadership—it’s fearmongering wrapped in fascist theater www.rawstory.com/trump-267203...

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Today’s winner

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🗞️The double-standards in the way the press is covering Trump compared to Biden are as always: MIND-BLOWING 🗞️Had Biden done or said ANY of the things Trump did this week, the press would have been camped out at the WH 24/7 waiting for him to be hauled away. 🗞️With Trump it’s just another day …

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

The Supreme Court holds that fascism is bad. Thomas and Alito dissent.

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Step 1. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals Step 3. Promise deals Step 4. Fail to make deals Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country ...and yes, I find it hard to keep my cool, sometimes.

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Anita Anand was born in Nova Scotia and her parents were from India. And she has more intelligence in one fingernail than Melissa could ever dream of having in her entire being! But when you're a racist, genocide-loving POS, it's hard to tell non-white people apart.

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Very reassuring to those of us who study such things to know the the president is right on top of these complex issues

submitted 4 days ago • 118 comments

Another cult member who has FA and soon will FO.

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Poilievre spent twice as much as the Prime Minister, mostly for his long campaign to tear down the government and discredit Canada! Nothing accomplished. At our expense too! He needs to resign.

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Trump's Qatar train wreck. His cabinet scorched in Congress. Walmart prices set to soar from his tariff war. RFK Jr. says don’t trust him (seriously). The Dems big win in Omaha. This and more all on the new MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!

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Of course, it does. Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”

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"Nancy Southern ...says the prospect of Alberta independence is raising too many questions for companies to feel confident making big investment decisions." Smith's separatist agenda is hurting Alberta's economy. #abpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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NEW: Who are the members of Trump's Secret Police? My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trumps-sec...

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Repost

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Poilievre is somehow standing in a parliament building that he wasn’t elected to, calling out and casting aspersions on members of parliament who were elected. Dude. You lost your seat. These new ministers won their seats. Sit down (on the floor, as you have no seat).

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RFK Jr., the foolish kook splashing about in raw sewage, is in charge of protecting our health. These are monumentally stupid times we are living in.

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You can't make this up. ICE left a 12-year-old completely abandoned on the street after abducting the adult he was with. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

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