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Wait... is this the best meme ever made?

For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that?

As an indication of the upside-down we are now living in, a Ukrainian friend who lives in Kyiv under the daily threat of aerial bombardment reached out to me today: “Are you doing OK? I’ve been following the news about American universities and it sounds bad.” 🙃

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Whoever made this deserves a medal.

When do we start winning?

Yup.

Beyond parody.

The GOP Tax Scheme is top-down class warfare by the richest people in the world against everyone else.

So: 1) Takes food from children 2) Gives the richest man in the world a tax cut 3) Makes the deficit worse

Fact-check: True

Keep America free!

I will stack up Carl Sagan or Neil deGrasse Tyson against any - and I mean ANY - religious figure for wisdom, perspective and compassion.

THIS.

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1945: German troops lay down their arms and the war in Europe is over. People throughout Europe, the Soviet Union, the U.S. and the British Empire put out flags and banners and crowded the streets to celebrate the victory of the Allies over fascism. /1

The guy who just fired over 3,000 FAA employees says he will "fix" the FAA employment shortage.