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More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

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Asked about Medicaid and SNAP cuts killing people, Senator Joni Ernst replied: “Well we all are going to die.”

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Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live. If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.

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Public pressure works! Keep it going.

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You're seeing America kamikaze itself into a brick wall. It didn't have to be this way. But greed and racism, our two sins, will be our downfall. Too many people still with their hands in the sand.

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The reason you're having trouble concentrating if you are here in the US is because we're basically being chased around by serial killers and being asked to disregard the fact.

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Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.

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“Sorry, we don’t have enough money for universal healthcare, we’re too busy paying people whose family members tried to overthrow the federal government”

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The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.

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I know I already said it, but I need to say it again. FUCK JAKE TAPPER!

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President Biden is a man of deep faith and extraordinary resilience. Chasten and I are keeping him, and the entire Biden family, in our prayers for strength and healing.

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Wrong guy, cancer.

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yes. this.

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A story of staggering hypocrisy, in two tweets.

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GOP plans to increase the tax rate by 74% by 2031 for people earning $15,000 yearly.

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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!”

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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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Our allies for a century all hate us, but at least the rulers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar appreciate how easy it is to get what they want from our govt, and appear to enjoy our president’s willingness to trade US govt policy for personal enrichment. So we have some friends.

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Holy ****

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“I tied up the Old Dark Frog. He roared and screamed. I ran away fast.”

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AOC shuts down GOP outrage—calling out their arrogance, their condescension. “I will not yield to disrespectful men.” No apologies. No deference. Just straight fire. And they couldn’t handle it.💥🔥🔥

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Did Trump and Pam Bondi make a deal with the Sinaloa Cartel? It would seem so, and now 17 cartel family members have been allowed to enter the U.S. apnews.com/article/el-c...

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Priorities.

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DOGE staffers attempted to assign a team and take control of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), but CPB leaders resisted citing federal law that protects the nonprofit’s independence from government interference.

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🤢

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#tdih 2011 Scholastic Inc. officially cut their partnership with coal industry after campaign by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & others to demand Scholastic stop distributing free lessons to 4th grade classrooms across the U.S. about "benefits" of coal use. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...

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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

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Just FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and that’s equivalent to the plane. Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet

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It's almost as if granting a criminal blanket immunity was a bad idea.

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By articulating his desire to keep using a Qatari-747 after he leaves office, President Trump should be commended on making substantial progress in assuaging fears that he may never leave the White House | The Editorial Board

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Aaaand there it is.

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🤷🏼‍♂️

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Immigration is a beautiful thing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise ❤️

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He did the meme again.

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"The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department's firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends eight times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care." www.newsweek.com/us-military-...

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Wanna reduce crime? Open more libraries. "we find within the nearby proximity of the library; there is a substantial reduction in frequency of burglaries, vandalism, robberies, fraud, and assaults." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Donald Trump will be accepting a $400 million luxury jet as a bribe from the Qatari government. Here’s why that’s bad news for House Democrats.

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I’m just laughing my head off at all the MAGA folks who attacked me for doing a show for Al Jazeera. And yet here’s their Dear Leader:

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People who never read books now in charge of books.

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“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy, where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.” - Dr. Carla Hayden We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚 🧵 1/2

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Worried about bare shelves and widespread retail shortages? This slow-cooker cabbage with vodka will make you feel like you’re in the 1970s Soviet Union.

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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate. We obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs. Revisit this story from our series "America's Mental Barrier," a 2025 Pulitzer finalist. (Published Nov. 2024)

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Trump's budget cuts: -$4.5B from programs for students in high-poverty schools -$49M from the Ed Dept's civil rights office -$26B from state rental assistance -$4B from low-income home energy assistance -$20B+ from the CDC and NIH All to give the rich another tax cut.

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Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.

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A reminder not to store red sauce in Tupperware.

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Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media. Great job Harvard!👏👏👏

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