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I'm dumb. I can't figure out how to end world hunger. But I do promise that I will continue to change healthcare in this country and make it more affordable, possibly setting a path towards Universal Healthcare.

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Gross retaliatory actions. On a totally unrelated note....Any other theater nerds hearing the score from 'Les Miserables' on repeat?

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Studies are showing that the election was, indeed, rigged. And they have been vocal in making sure to rig the next ones. Watch the upcoming judicial race in Wisconsin that Musk is trying to buy. youtu.be/6G8fu50VRXo?... Will no one file a restraining order for his election tampering?

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The Trump administration reversed itself on making funding and staff cuts to a federal health program for survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, after bipartisan criticism of the moves.

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Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump cannot, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads a watchdog agency.

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A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Musk’s team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the group’s access is unlawful.

submitted 12 hours ago • 68 comments

in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

submitted 11 hours ago • 198 comments

Friends, toxic masculinity harms EVERYONE. We need to help my fellow XY Chomosomers understand that true strength lies in emotional connection and empathy. #toxicmasculinity #dating #relationships #love #empathy

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Breaking News: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s crackdown on diversity programs, saying it violated freedom of speech protections.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of Chief of Naval Operations, and would be looking for her replacement.

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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A frivolous lawsuit is targeting professors at Columbia University for exercising their First Amendment rights. We're taking action to get this case dismissed to protect free speech on campus.

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This woman, Janet Mills, has stood firmly, and directly, against tyranny. She is a true American hero. I salute you!!!

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The Maine Principal's Association said it would continue to allow trans girls to compete in school sports, saying President Trump's recent executive order is in conflict with state law.

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Elon Musk and his team say they have saved the government $55 billion. Their “wall of receipts” is riddled with mistakes.

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How does firing Americans help make America great again? Cutting 5-8% of the workers is unproductive and harmful to our economy and society. This is just simply reckless and unsustainable. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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I’m encouraged by these town halls but I also remember very clearly how this happened in 2017 as well. Instead of responding to the complaints, they stopped doing them. www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpo...

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I don't think I've ever been this angry in my entire life

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"Gum Up the Works": David Sirota's Advice to Democrats on Reversing Trump's Power Grab

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The Trump administration told Congress on Thursday that it believed President Trump had the constitutional power to summarily fire administrative law judges at will, despite a statute that protects such officials from being removed without a cause like misconduct.

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President Trump said he would have had a “very nasty life” if he lost the presidential election, a surprisingly public acknowledgment that his legal challenges could have consumed his life and brought jail time.

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Breaking News: The Trump administration plans to cut 84% of staff at the office that funds the U.S.'s disaster recovery, raising questions about how the country will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change.

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More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

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"If this bill were to pass, certain students might feel inappropriate pressure to join in prayer each day at school, particularly if they do not share the same religion as others in their classroom." Read our full opposition letter at the link. https://buff.ly/4gOjQbV

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New accusations emerged that Matt Schlapp, the Conservative Political Action Conference chairman, had groped a man at a bar in Virginia during a gathering of conservatives.

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A coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked President Trump for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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The day after people across the United States took to the streets for No Kings Day, Trump signed an executive order consolidating executive power. He wants to seize direct control over independent agencies that were designed to operate outside of presidential influence to prevent authoritarian rule.

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GOP Pushes Drastic Cuts to Medicaid & Food Aid While Proposing Tax Cuts for Rich

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The Education Department has warned U.S. schools that they risked losing federal funding if they continued to take race into account when making scholarship or hiring decisions — or so much as nodded to race in “all other aspects of student, academic and campus life.”

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As President Trump steamrolls over their priorities, Democrats say they could miss the opportunity to learn lessons from their defeat and undertake needed reform. nyti.ms/41hrzdY

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Less than a month since a crash that took 67 lives, Trump is firing hundreds of federal employees who inspect and maintain air traffic control communications, radio and computer systems. This is extremely dangerous and could have deadly consequences. www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

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LaLa Zanell advocates on behalf of LGBTQ people facing violence, from her own community all the way to Congress. For her work as our Trans Justice campaign manager and for many other facets of her life, we celebrate LaLa and her continued fight for our communities.

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Thousands of people attended a Presidents Day protest in New York on Monday to oppose the Trump administration's policies, including major cuts to federal programs and staff. Demonstrations also took place in Washington, D.C., and other cities.

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NY City Council speaker Adrienne Adams: "With the resignation of deputy mayors, it has become clear that Mayor Adams has now lost the confidence and trust of his own staff, his colleagues in government, and New Yorkers. He now must prioritize New York City and New Yorkers, step aside and resign."

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We the People are pissed! #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard @polrev.bsky.social

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Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul, who could remove Mayor Eric Adams, said the resignation of 4 aides raised concerns about his “long-term future” at City Hall.

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We the People are pissed! 📍Manhattan, #NYC New York #NoKingsDay #50501 protest 2/17/2024 #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard #ImpeachTrump #DeportMusk @polrev.bsky.social

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so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

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This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

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Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

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Trump's latest power grab is allowing DOGE to access our bank accounts, health records, and Social Security numbers with no transparency or accountability. Tell Congress: Keep DOGE out of our data.

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