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Trump reduced the tariffs on China in exchange for nothing. He paused the tariffs on Canada & Mexico in exchange for nothing. He postponed tariffs on EU in exchange for nothing. He threatened Russia with sanctions if they didn’t sign ceasefire & did nothing. Art of the Deal.

Remember this u24.gov.ua 🇺🇦

Love her

THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

The Velvet Underground & Nico #NowPlaying #vinylrecords #nowspinning #vinylcommunity

In the nearly 18-hour markup of the GOP tax-cut bill in the @waysmeanscmte, I denounced the inclusion of a $1.4 billion tax break to make gun silencers cheaper to buy! VIDEO: youtu.be/BK8NgpO9vn4 /1

Today May 15th is Peace Officers Memorial Day. Statements like this are inflammatory, disrespectful and flat out lies. Not only did you betray law enforcement, but you sided with people who attacked us. You don't support law enforcement, you are are a criminal.

since we can't post the entire video on bluesky, here's a snippet:

Stop the back-door deal to sell off our public lands www.backcountryhunters.org/take_action#...

Having now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.

Bout time a lawyer stood up

Okay now this pretty funny. 😂

IMPORTANT: devastating letter opposing Ed Martin nomination as Trump US Attorney in DC from the conservative Society for the Rule of Law Institute led by @gtconway.bsky.social "We urge you in the strongest terms to grapple with the grave implications of this nomination and, ultimately, reject it."

I know, I know, everything he says is nonsense, but claiming that the NY Times may have committed "tortious interference" for accurately quoting legal experts saying Trump's legal claims against CBS are baseless is... so beyond stupid.

Trump shrugs off fears of shortages due to his China tariffs, saying, “Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.” “Oh, the Golden Toilet Guy is now preaching minimalism?” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

Looks like ICE is using the New England Patriot’s plane - which is available for charter in the off-season - to carry out their assholery.

Nearly 100 former prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office in Washington, DC issue memo urging opposition to........ Trump nominee Ed Martin's confirmation as US Attorney in Washington DC www.cbsnews.com/news/former-...

Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…

FBI Claims Gavel, Black Gowns Prove Ties To MS-13 Gang theonion.com/fbi-cla...

Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.

The Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, went to pay his respects to the servicemembers and civilians lost in Pearl Harbor on “June 7th, 1941.” It looks good, except Pearl Harbor happened on December 7th. It seems Mr. Phelan skipped that part of history class. Only the best people, right?

Wait, wait, wait... The guy Trump is nominating to lead NASA is the same guy his own Taj Mahal casino sued for writing bad checks? And it turns out there's another *2* lawsuits against him by the Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza? www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...

No attorney general should ever speak like this. She's Trump's advocate, not the people's lawyer, which is what the AG's job is. Whatever state she is barred in should start disciplinary proceedings immediately. This isn't subtle or arguable, it's wrong.

The U.S. says it doesn’t have the power to return Abrego Garcia. El Salvador also says it doesn’t have the power to return Abrego Garcia. It’s obvious bullshit and depraved to the core.

Wonder how much he was paid