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Ah, but of course. #OligarchEra 🤡 @washingtonpost.com @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.

“Starting today, fishermen will finally be allowed to sail into America’s protected aquariums, drop a net in any marine exhibit they please, and begin trawling,” Trump said at a press conference

Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...

the republican party must be outlawed from existing in the united states. we cannot live in a civil society with people as inhumanly evil as this

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company IG 3sixteen

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

The moment in the movie where Lindsay Lohan realizes she swapped bodies with the FBI director

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

@schumer.senate.gov His DC number is 202-224-6542. Call him. Email him through his website. Choose "Budget" from the pulldown menu, and tell him to grow a spine. He needs to VOTE NO on CR. www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/mess...

NEW: A source tells me that response teams for FEMA set to deploy to the South Carolina wildfires are unable to travel because their government issued travel cards have had their limits reduced to $1. FEMA response team cards were supposed to be exempt.

I don't know who this guy is but he's absolute right.

If you work at the Washington Post, now is the time to resign. You’re a part of this now.

Nobody should be surprised that our Secretary of State is a pathetic, weak, cowardly piece of shit.

Donald Trump and JD Vance are Russian assets. Pass it on!

MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting. Meanwhile:

Told you. But then again it not like I used to do this for a living or anything.

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks just now: "It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year." It is actually very unusual. This is the first Measles death in the US in 10 years.

This is evil. Pure evil.

Here is a 2018 conversation between Jeff Bezos and German publisher Matthias Döpfner at a Business Insider event. Presumably, he is as crimson as a Washington State cherry today:

Breaking (ABC News): A Southwest Airlines plane landed safely at Chicago Midway International Airport after a close call with a business jet that "entered the runway without authorization," according to the FAA.

Hero

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THREAD: House GOP wants to ram through a budget package tomorrow, gutting Medicaid to cut taxes for billionaires. Seniors in hospice, disabled children, and workers without employee insurance all get screwed. These 15 RED districts will suffer the most:

New: Trump Media paid director Donald Trump Jr. $813,000 in 2024—nearly a quarter of its annual revenue. He attended just 2 out of 5 board meetings. me, for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

Welcome to the RFK Jr Era of Public Health.

I think it is increasingly clear to most, that beneath all the cosmetic changes, this is who’s still there.