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U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that 14 states can proceed with a lawsuit that accuses Elon Musk and DOGE of illegally accessing government data systems, canceling government contracts, and firing federal employees.

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

Trump gets visibly angry at "chickening out" question about tariffs. Says to the reporter, "You ask a nasty question like that" (animation from the archives)

This is why any assessment of 2024 that does not focus on rightwing billionaire information warfare is a poor assessment.

Watch what they do, not what they say.

Elon Musk calls people who benefit from federal programs "the parasite class" and Medicare "a Ponzi scheme" while he has sucked more dollars out of our federal government than *anyone* on food stamps, Medicaid, or Medicare--and, unlike most of them, he doesn't pay taxes.

If Trump suspends habeas corpus, he could detain political opponents, activists, protesters, journalists, and even disloyal Republicans indefinitely without charges or trial. Any action could be framed as insurrection to justify mass arrests. Pay attention. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Double tragedy yesterday as the bill guts safety nets while also massively increasing the national debt #GOP

You sure? Coz non-official acts of corruption are not immune from prosecution.

Expose the lies… REUTERS: Trump falsely claimed a photo showed evidence of mass killings of white South African farmers being buried—but it was actually a screenshot from a Reuters video on February 3 in Congo, showing victims of conflict with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

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Judicial Silencing in Republican's Reconciliation Bill. #AmericanFascism

Target became such a Thing because it was the alternative for people who didn’t want to shop at Walmart due to their corporate behavior. It’s corporate malpractice to misunderstand your customer base’s interests and values so thoroughly and overestimate loyalty.

DAYUM! @anntelnaes.bsky.social brings the HEAT with this editorial based on the horrors in GA.

This week the House will vote on America's Worst Budget Ever. Essentially a tax scam to help the wealthiest Americans while taking away healthcare and food assistance from those who need it the most. Spin it anyway you want. Everyday Americans will suffer from this budget.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...

Trump's fascist fetish anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trumps-fas...

Rep. Miller-Meeks (a doctor!) voted for cut $700 billion from Medicaid. We're holding a rally tomorrow in her district. It's outside a medical center that's likely to close if her Medicaid cuts become law.

Recordings reveal a finance executive claiming he offered Trump’s IRS nominee Billy Long an inauguration ticket – and was promised tax benefits if confirmed. www.levernews.com/ceo-says-tru...

On the topic of presidential mental acuity, the current president was awake at 1:30am rage tweeting about his former opponents’ crowd sizes and calling Beyoncé, Bono, and Bruce Springsteen ‘unpatriotic entertainers.’ Where is the news cycle about his fitness for office?

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Be sure to read @hcrichardson.bsky.social latest on the Trump administration's distraction tactics. (gif from 2018)

I have no idea why the right vilify that word.

Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold her Trump Media stock on April 2, the same day as the president’s “Liberation Day” press conference. Trump Media fell 13% in the following days, before rebounding. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org

That sounds amazing! A free concert on June 14th with The Boss and Taylor Swift. Better than going to his birthday party!

The astonishing size of black holes. Credit: NASA Goddard

WATCH THIS. He gets it right Nottoway Plantation: the so-called “White Castle”, burned down. With it, a monument to whitewashed brutality. We don’t need romanticized nostalgia for slavery. We need truth. Let this be the end of pretending these places were anything but what they were: crime scenes.

A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

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