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"What happens when you can’t tell the truth from a fake—and the people in power want it that way? Baratunde talks ...human rights advocate ...Sam Gregory about how AI is being weaponized by authoritarians, scammers, and tech platforms that have abandoned responsibility." youtu.be/ucb841dgfsc?...

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I don't like this timeline.

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This⬇️

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The House GOP took a chainsaw to American working class families last night in order to make the rich richer & to add almost FOUR TRILLION to the debt. 🚨CALL THE CAPITOL NOW: (202) 224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote "NO" on Trump's Big Brutal Bullshit Bill.🚨

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-$1.5T in new tax cuts predominantly for the rich -$700B in Medicaid cuts -$500B in Medicare cuts -$300B in SNAP cuts -Leasing public lands to Big Oil -Ending IRS Direct File -Ending clean energy tax credits -Banning AI regulation in the states The oligarchy's wish list.

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DHS ICE ERO IS AT SAN DIEGO IMMIGRATION COURT TO TRAP RESPONDENTS WHOSE CASES GET DISMISSED

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This is from The Atlantic. This is exactly how Democrats should message Trump‘s bill. 👇🏻

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ICYMI: "While the administration says the reduction in force 'was implemented to improve ‘efficiency’ and ‘accountability,’ the 'record abundantly reveals that Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute.'" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care. They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.

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No Surprise They Lied: There's a $500B Cut to MediCARE Under GOP Bill #ABlueView🧵1/3 "The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned that the Republican budget bill would trigger more than $500 billion in automatic cuts to MediCARE" (not Mediciad)!

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The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

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I voted NO on their “big, beautiful” bill because it will strip health care from 14 million Americans—including nearly 130,000 people in my district who rely on Medicaid.

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Murray to FDA Commissioner Makary: "I believe this administration is laying the groundwork to rip away access to medication abortion across the country. This has not gotten enough attention and I know you'd prefer to keep it that way."

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Wannabe dictator acting like a dictator.

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Speaker Pro Tempore: You are to direct your comments to the chair. Jeffries: You know what's interesting? Every time I come on this floor, I can use sharp language, he can use sharp language, you choose to admonish me. I don't work for you sir. I work for the American people.

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A House GOP budget bill would end an arrangement in which the feds pay all of the benefits and half of the administrative costs of food stamps, forcing Nevada to either come up with $170M or shrink the program used by 1 in 6 Nevadans. Read about it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/1-in...

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They arrested a member of Congress today. They arrested A Member of CONGRESS today.

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NEW VIDEO: In January I warned you that we would see the use of criminal prosecutions to weaponize the Department of Justice against Trump's political opponents. Those have now begun. Watch and share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_dV...

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Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)

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Please watch. Please listen. This should be playing nonstop around the country. "I regret inviting Trump the robber. He didn't come to discuss cooperation. He came to collect tributes. As long as he feels like a king he will agree to almost any deal."

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Breaking News: George Wendt, a six-time Emmy nominee for his role as the beer-chugging everyman Norm Peterson on “Cheers,” is dead at 76. nyti.ms/3ZuGwrN

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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.

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Let's try and get 1,000 letters out in the next few hours telling Congress no cuts EVER to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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A federal judge in D.C. just ruled that the Trump administration overstepped its authority by dismantling the U.S. Institute of Peace an independent, congressionally chartered nonprofit. Huge thanks to U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell for upholding the law.

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“It is these constitutional obstacles to a tyrannical president that have made America the greatest nation on Earth for almost 250 years, not the fallen America that Trump delusionally thinks he’s going to make great again tomorrow,” J. Michael Luttig writes:

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Updated this piece about how the Trump admin removed images of women and persons of color from websites. The good news is that the webpage about a NASA employee overcoming adversity was restored after she posted about it. The bad news? NASA then fired her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

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This is going through a filibuster-proof process known as budget reconciliation, meaning that if it makes it through the House, the Senate can pass it even with all Ds opposed. This was the same process Rs used to try to repeal the ACA and used to enact the Trump tax cuts. This is very real.

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Trump admits businesses were booming under the Biden administration

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Trump’s EPA is planning to roll back rules that limit the amount of “forever chemicals” allowed in drinking water. This comes after chemical companies donated generously to his inauguration fund. See how this works?

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#8647

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Today’s a great day to remind everyone that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.

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For no particular reason, I thought I’d remind folks about the time Trump reposted a full-size, full-color image of a truck that was “decorated” with an unconscious Joe Biden, arms and legs bound as though he’d been kidnapped, during the campaign. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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He also halted arms shipments to Ukraine without telling anyone, until congressional Republicans found out about it and got it reversed. P.S. - Biden is old.

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“Deeply creepy” indeed: 1932, say hello to 2025.

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Such bravery from this young man'seloquent heart! NYU should be ashamed to threatening his diploma for exercising his free speech.

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We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we? Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.

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This is how we save our kids, by making them drink contaminated water. We have to own the libs. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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School choice is a scam to funnel taxpayer money to private and religious schools…

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40 years ago today, Philadelphia police bombed a neighborhood killing 11 Black people, including 5 Black children. The only person who went to prison was Ramona Africa, a Black woman who survived the bombing. Chances are this is the first you've heard about it. www.qasimrashid.com/p/today-mark...

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Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka: I am shocked by all the lies that DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin just told. There was no bus of detainees there, nobody stormed the place, the only storming that happened is when those guys stormed the US Capitol. Nobody else was arrested but me.

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New W&M tax bill that dropped includes a provision that would take away the child tax credit from US-citizen kids if either of their parents doesn't have an SSN. Estimated to take money away from ~4.5m children who are either citizens or lawful permanent residnets.

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My love of reading is strongly link to this man…

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They've arrested the mayor of Newark now. Congratulations, America. Welcome to full-blown fascism. Until my dying day I will curse every scumbag piece-of-shit who voted for this. Fuck every single one of you subhumans to hell and back.

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Cato Institute’s Director of immigration studies 👇🏽

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This was chilling to read and think about: “When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy.”

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