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If Democrats don’t protect norms and intuitions, no one else will. You can’t count on Senator Ted Cruz to defend free and fair elections, or Speaker Mike Johnson to stand up for LGBTQ+ rights. And it’s unlikely Senator Susan Collins, despite her… www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

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Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.

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The Blue Report is amazing. The most clicked on articles are right here theblue.report

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Protestors met JD Vance in Vermont when he went to vacation there today. This is a good one:

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A reminder for these times.

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Brutal.

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Maybe if we start calling our body parts gun-sounding names like “revulva” or “shooterus” the GOP will stop trying to regulate them.

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Infantile

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Trump is too much of a coward to say a bad thing to Putin, yet he dares lecture Zelensky? Russia is on the verge of collapse and Trump/Vance are desperate to save them

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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

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Standing with Ukraine and her courageous people 🍃 💙 💛 💙 🍃

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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/hegseth-orde...

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Planetary parade: Mercury falls into line for rare seven-planet alignment

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The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world. “People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

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From telling the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to firing the head of the Office of Government Ethics, the new president’s actions have already raised alarms. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

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SCOTUS may be happy to obliterate the independence of agencies that protect workers & consumers — but may not be so blithe about opening up the Fed to a partisan takeover, likely sparking global instability. At least, that's what experts hope, as the right inches closer to an all-powerful presidency

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My friends. I cannot overstate how much of my work has depended on the Demographic and Health surveys' providing data. It is a crushing loss - how can nations make wise investments if they don't know the state of things? I hope the UN can fill the gap.

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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

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BREAKING: United Farm Workers and Bakersfield residents sue border patrol for unlawful practices. CBP’s January immigration raids terrorized communities and tore apart families. More at ufw.org/united-farm-...

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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.

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A federal judge in Washington state Tuesday granted a nationwide injunction requested by faith groups challenging President Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and withholding of funds appropriated by Congress.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Trump administration from implementing OMB funding pause. "The public’s interest in not having trillions of dollars arbitrarily frozen cannot be overstated." A big victory for @democracyforward.org. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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National Press Club president Mike Balsamo issued the following statement after the White House seized power over press pool access from the WHCA: "The White House’s announcement today is a direct challenge to the independence of a free press in the United States."

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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.

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Today we launched a website to track how much orange assface plays golf. We’re guessing this thing is gonna get a workout! Bookmark it. Enjoy! More: TrumpGolfTrack.com

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DOGE has deleted the top five highest savings claims on its “wall of receipts” leaderboard after various news outlets pointed out multiple errors in its calculations.

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Here’s the hard truth: this country’s people are tired of subsidizing billionaires. Want your cars to sell? Do it without subsidies. Want to shoot rockets into space? Get by without govt contracts. Want to build a website? Build your own internet first. We are DONE with you.

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February 21, 2025

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Hmmmm… Donald Trump was recruited by KGB in 1987 with codename 'Krasnov', claims ex-Soviet spy One of the directorate’s primary objectives, he claimed, was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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Join a protest or create one of your own at TeslaTakedown.com!

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Money talks

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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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The fallout from President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center’s board and purge of its leadership continued Thursday, as the center’s staff worried about the storied arts institution and shows began to disappear from its lineup.

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