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Jessica: When you actually read the transcript of what Trump is talking about, he said oh, Biden's brain is mush, he has stage nine cancer, which is not real, oh, by the way, I just aced a cognitive test.. and we're supposed to believe he is 6'3" and 224 pounds which makes him an NFL wide receiver

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DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research? RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research D: I just read them to you! R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

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Crockett: That’s why they hired everybody from Fox because all they’re trying to do is put on a show.. I want us to refocus our attention on the American people and stop demonizing every person that ends up in ICE custody… Applause Van Drew: bangs gavel

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Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett didn’t hold back—straight to the point, no sugarcoating 💥👊🏽

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How about at least putting the plaque acknowledging the Capital police back up at the Capital?

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Trump's big beautiful bill expands the estate tax exemption yet again. While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free. We must stop this bill.

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It's bewildering to witness their delusion.

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A National Weather Service office in Kentucky was scrambling to cover the overnight forecast on Friday as severe storms moved through much of the eastern U.S. The office is one of several left without an overnight forecaster as a result of cuts ordered by the Department of Government Efficiency.

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Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high. The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.

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Auchincloss: We look at someone like RFK, whom this bill is about to hand an enormous amount of power, and say: Republicans want to make RFK the person who decides who is eligible for Medicaid and who isn’t. First of all, he doesn’t even know what Medicaid is—we saw that in his confirmation hearings

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One of the jarring parts of growing up is realizing many of the things you “just knew” about the world was made up. Some people respond to this revelation by learning to question things carefully. Many just take their distrust, double down, and become lazy contrarians with a grudge against reality.

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Kroger is allegedly overcharging consumers by listing expired sales prices on shelves and charging full price at checkout. And thanks to decades of consolidation, Kroger stores are now the only grocers in some rural areas. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging.

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Watters: So my question to you is how big of a masterclass was this? Jessica: While we were in the commercial break, Moodys downgraded our credit for the first time in the agency's history, so… masterclass

submitted 5 days ago • 262 comments

Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive

submitted 6 days ago • 340 comments

This is not very reassuring!

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This is horrendous. And also purposeful. RFK Jr. wasn't put in charge of HHS to Make America Healthy Again. He was put in it to control our bodies, spread misinformation, and make our health system even worse than it is. The cruelty is the point. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 6 days ago • 540 comments

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.

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Rep. Jason Smith: "And then you can look at Medicaid cuts -- Medicaid reforms, I should say." Oops.

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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

submitted 6 days ago • 587 comments

*truth

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•••••INSUFFERABLE••••• Defiance on display. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem robotically refuses to answer Sen. Eric Swalwell’s simple question regarding the now-infamous photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s hand tattoo. “IS THIS DOCTORED OR NOT DOCTORED?” Swalwell’s “bullsh*t detector” has been…

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BERNIE SANDERS: Is healthcare a human right? RFK Jr: It's not a right of a kind that we otherwise enshrine in the Constitution ... the objective is to get Americans the level of healthcare they want SANDERS: They don't want the choice to be uninsured or die

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In case you needed another reason to eat ice cream.

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artists should really repost more, considering how long each drawing takes. anyway, take this. ive forced you to scroll past my art again

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I want to share a few words about Alexis Herman, who passed away recently. Her funeral is today. Herman succeeded me as secretary of labor, and I knew her as a gifted administrator and dedicated public servant. My condolences to her family. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/alexis-herman-1947-2025

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Garcia to Noem: "Can you commit to just letting his mother know mother to mother if Andry is alive? He was given an asylum appointment by the United States government." (Noem wouldn't commit to it.)

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Here's a glimpse into the people, places, life, and culture of Palestine before the 1948 Nakba. 📷 Browse through what Palestine was like: aje.io/7tepix

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DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds? RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?

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Suozzi: They’re claiming the cuts will pay for themselves. But they won’t. And how do we know that? Because Republicans are putting an increase in the debt ceiling into this bill—allowing the president to borrow $4 trillion.

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Whenever you hear conservative politicians preach from the gospel of "fiscal responsibility," remember that one of the biggest drivers of deficits lately are the Bush and Trump tax cuts, which have added nearly $10 trillion to the national debt.

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Another lying, heartless Republican. Waste my ass, you sir just want to give your rich pals a massive tax break. I truly despise that party. Tony

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Obviously this is how you build an intelligence community culture like Russia’s, ensuring they lie to you & you make more stupid mistakes.

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