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Entirely capricious, malicious and unnecessary/

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New in PN: The Trump admin's quiet (but deadly) attack on repro rights "For the last few months, the Trump administration has been occupied with tearing the govt down to the studs. That’s really the only reason the predictable spate of attacks on abortion didn’t start in earnest until recently."

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Used in Covid Shots, mRNA May Help Rid the Body of H.I.V. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h...

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Oh yeah don’t forget about this.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Nailed it!

submitted 11 hours ago • 47 comments

Bring them back.

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Who is Leonard Leo? He's a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. By @andykroll.bsky.social‬ (Published Oct. 2023)

submitted 11 hours ago • 39 comments

And that went well too.

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Science: PFAS in drinking #water is tied to cancer. Trump policy: Cancel #PFAS drinking water regulations and cut research funding. usrtk.org/healthwire/p...

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Marcelo Gomes was supposed to play in the band at his high school's graduation ceremony yesterday. He was in ICE custody instead.

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

submitted 17 hours ago • 155 comments

The enemy of my enemy is still kidnapping children.

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No, not that Robert F. Kennedy.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

Cmon man

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Now wait until you hear about Trump.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Too easy?

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Nicely said.

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Recently, the troop deployment to the border has created a military zone that has taken over the management of federal public lands.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Hmmmmm

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Boasberg: "Absent this relief, the Government could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action." An unassailable point. The fact that the U.S. government is fighting this tells you what you need to know.

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Stephen Miller is privately raging over deportation numbers he deems too low. So he's shifting huge amounts of law enforcement resources away from fighting serious crimes and into his immigration crackdown. If voters knew about this, they'd recoil. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/1961...

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“.. This isn't shared sacrifice to address our fiscal trajectory--it's a direct transfer of wealth to the rich.” - @brendanvduke.bsky.social

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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

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Where are the calls in the media for McMahon to resign? As with Noem’s getting habeas corpus exactly backward, it is a disgrace that Cabinet members either profess ignorance in the service of authoritarianism, or are truly ignorant about matters essential to their positions.

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Page One. @nytimes.com

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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

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Insanity

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➡️Trump is silencing VA scientists—blocking them from publishing research that exposes how his cuts are hurting Veterans. This isn’t about policy. It’s about power, control, and hiding the damage he’s doing. MORE: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

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ICE dressed up like utility workers who offer "free estimates" if invited inside. Neighbor recorded the ICE goons and intervened, just before a young boy let them into his home. Tucson Electric Power was not told ICE agents would be impersonating their utility workers as part of the ICE raid.

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Too on the nose.

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