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So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

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Musk said that all federal workers will get an email asking “what they got done last week” and that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”

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Got to say I LOVE the Trump Administration negotiating to get Rare Minerals from Ukraine, for 2 reasons: 1. It reduces our dependence on China for Lithium and Graphite (China provides near 70% of world supply) 2. More than 50% of those minerals are in Russian Annexed land.

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I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

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Imagine watching tens of thousands of Americans lose their jobs, while everything from pediatric cancer trials to Alzheimer’s research to veterans programs are being eliminated, but you’re okay with it because a felon said his pet billionaire saved about 0.79% of the total US budget for the year

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NEW: A first-of-its-kind analysis by @propublica.org found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% after Texas’ near-total abortion ban went into effect in September 2021. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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Guess I’ve been living under a rock—had no idea Tiger Woods went full MAGA.

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And women who have gotten married…

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"You screwed people": Inside the National Science Foundation’s firing of 168 workers👇

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A day after President Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, the U.S. leader's description of the Ukrainian President Zelensky as a "Dictator without Elections" echoes the Kremlin's messaging. It's not the first time Trump has done this.

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Florida has sued Target for selling pride merch during pride month in a clear and blatant violation of the 1st amendment. www.reuters.com/legal/target...

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NEW: DOGE put a $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards. Employees say overspending and fraud in the program was exceedingly rare. www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

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"Investors still love Apple, but no one should mistake it for a company of innovation these days" theInformation_MartinPeers Apple's AVP will succeed... when AAPL gets their business case obsession out of their heads. And starts fully enabling creators.

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'Shameful day for the U.S.': Expert stunned after Trump sides with 'war criminal' Putin: Longtime Washington Post columnist David Ignatius was almost speechless on MSNBC on Wednesday morning after watching Donald Trump spew flagrant falsehoods about Russia's invasion of Ukraine while siding with…

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A former commander of an International Space Station mission counters Elon Musk’s misinformation about the current ISS mission. Musk lashes out and calls him “fully retarded” and an “idiot.”

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

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Live like a libertarian! Don't think the planes are safe? Just don't fly. Don't think the food is safe? Just don't eat.

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The only thing that will actually work (besides voting the right way) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Another chapter in the annals of hydrogen fool sells "Nikola Corporation (NKLA) goes bankrupt". That leaves Toyota Honda & GM who still believe the stupid hydrogen automobile dream.

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Apparently an electric truck unpowered and rolling downhill is not the greatest idea for a new era in e-vehicle mfg! finance.yahoo.com/news/ev-truc...

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Math is hard

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We agree.

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You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

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