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House Republicans are preparing a budget package that calls for $2 trillion in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. That’s TRILLION. With a T.

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Students of American demography will note that this was when, proportionally, the US was accepting the most immigrants

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'More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia's frontier wars, final massacre map shows' The Guardian Australia reports on the final summary of The Colonial Frontier Massacres Digital Map Project, led by the late Dr Lyndall Ryan. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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There are a few places in this country that serve as testing grounds for conservative tactics, places where you can see the future before it arrives elsewhere. Coeur D'Alene, Idaho is one of those places -- I've written about it before This video should scare the absolute shit out of everyone

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There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints. youtube.com/shorts/hhJdH...

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NEW: New Doge/Musk Email Drama Goes Seriously Sideways talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/new-d...

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Minnesota Senator Tina Smith bringing the thunder 🔥

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On 22 February 1943, three young Germans, members of the White Rose Society -- Hans Scholl, Sophie Scholl, and Christoph Probst -- were guillotined by the Nazis for distributing leaflets speaking out against the crimes of the Third Reich. Their bravery, and their cause, will not be forgotten.

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Elon’s evil munchkins sent this ridiculous email out to all 2 million or so Federal employees demanding they reply by midnight Monday. If you want to let them know what you did last week I’m bet they’d love to hear from you at [email protected]! I can’t wait to tell them about my norovirus symptoms!

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If you admire, love, cherish, appreciate or respect Governor Janet Mills, I will follow you

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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

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The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

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jaw drops. tampon falls out

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This is horrible for the future of American science and innovation and economic wellbeing and all the things Pitt is not a small institution It has nearly 10K grad students It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine

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How many of my academic friends saw this? Pitt Pauses All PhD Admissions. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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If Democrats win the US House special elections, they pick up at least 20 seats. Moderate Republicans will break with Trump to save their own jobs ahead of a contentious midterm election. It will be a huge turning point in the fight to protect our democracy. We must win these low turnout elections.

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This is the text of the bullshit email all federal government employees just received from the Office of Personnel Management (or are about to receive).

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Residents in #Ohio held a caravan and protest against the Evandale police and their role in helping to facilitate an armed neo-Nazi demonstration on the I-75 overpass. Residents are furious after video showed police staging with the Nazis in a Uhaul at a school before leading them to the overpass.

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Two weeks from now the crew of a nuclear submarine are going to see this email and the subsequent one firing them all.

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The DOGE gang that can't shoot straight: If this is true, it means that not only have the DOGEbros sent an email with a demand of questionable legality to all executive branch workers, but they have sent it to judicial branch employees who are constitutionally beyond their reach.

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A French poster from 1898, promoting tourism in Palestine

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Where are the Democrats but also Where are the churches Where are the celebrities Where are the NGOs Where are the Universities Where are professional groups like AMA Where are the athletes Where are the unions What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future

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Standing in unity with the people, for the PEOPLE✊️💙💜

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I was set to launch my book at the Carter Library next month. This week, we were told all events now need approval from the National Archives. The next day, my event was forced to relocate. A book about the working homeless. A book about civil rights. Apparently these topics are now off limits.

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Just so you know, every Ukrainian flag and every expression that Ukraine is still remembered abroad which I and millions of other Ukrainians see in the upcoming days means the world

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The shortest honeymoon in history.

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Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

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From United Humanists on FB

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More than 40,000 foreign nationals were serving in active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces as of February 2024. An estimated additional 115,000 foreign nationals residing in the U.S. are veterans who have previously served on active duty. thetriibe.com/2025/02/blac...

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Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe, took these images of the #sun, #clouds and #lightning on Tuesday. Thank you, Peter! https://buff.ly/4174k5f Read more about different cloud formations and see stunning images here: https://buff.ly/3D5wntM

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Arai Yoshimune (1873-1945) House by a Pond #japanese #woodblock

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BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

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The NYPD and our criminal mayor accidentally Brady violating this guy out of a conviction because they can’t stop publicity hounding would absolutely be the most fitting end to the entire saga.

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Due to legal technicalities, Luigi Mangione is now the mayor of new york city

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Big protest coming to Stonewall National Monument in just an hour or two. If you are in the area, get down there, be active, show your disapproval of the removal of transgender people from all online websites for the Stonewall National Monument page!

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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I don’t understand how there’s any debate about whether to characterize them as Nazis when they’re out here sieg heiling. It’s an absolute failure of messaging not to name and condemn this behavior, and build a narrative around it.

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This is entirely preventable. Science solved this problem more than 60 years ago.

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Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee said they face rising legal bills but defended the nation’s largest Protestant denomination as a force for good.

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high flows of oxygen, the Vatican said.

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ROME (AP) — Vatican says Pope Francis in critical condition, suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis in the morning.

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I truly think people don’t realize how many universities and colleges — especially public ones — may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency We are facing the demolition of American higher education

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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The Christ whose teachings they ignore

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With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

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