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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

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It occurs to me that one helpful talking point that needs repetition until we're sick of it: Mass firing of federal employees will raise unemployment — and mean more qualified people are competing with *you* for good jobs.

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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

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STATEMENT: “This Is The Move Of A Weak And Insecure Tyrant, Not A Strong Commander-in-Chief”

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How much federal data has Trump really purged?: Since Trump took office, almost 3,400 datasets from Data.gov have been removed.

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The MAGA Movement in one, simple to understand comic strip.

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This is so many words to say Trump fired the chairman of the joint chiefs because he’s black www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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Welp. Looks like the markets have lost confidence in tariffs.

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This is quite significant in many ways: the overt thuggery, Trump’s barely suppressed fury at being contradicted by a woman, the governor’s standing up, the total abandonment of the pretense of federalism, the continuing use of trans Americans the way Hitler used Jews.

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$3.4 TRILLION. That's the amount Elon Musk could owe in federal fines as a private citizen leaking 340 million social security numbers. Per Section 1942 of the Social Security Act, the penalty for each leak is $10k. He could also face jail time of up to a year. #lockhimup

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