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The new regime just ruled in its own favor. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-ri...

NEW: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of Trump Media stock the same day Trump unveiled new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained by ProPublica. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and @bxroberts.org

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Rep. Boyle: This is a bill that will throw 13.7 million Americans off their health care coverage. Never before in American history, even during the Great Depression, have we had legislation that caused more than 10 million Americans to lose their health coverage

Republicans have proposed at least $600 billion in cuts to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, kicking millions off their health care coverage. There has never been a larger cut made to health care coverage in US history than this.

Donald Trump is famous for firing people. This administration has fired thousands. Tonight, I want to talk about a few of them. And how their loss hurts you. youtu.be/32tXn5jRZoM?...

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Never forget, the amount of crime detected and the prosecution of it is not a natural substrate of how much crime is committed. It is fundamentally a political decision.

Roger Stone called for me to be charged with treason and executed because I introduced a bill to take on Trump’s corruption. Last I checked, that’s my job. Words matter and political violence is personal to my family. This Admin wants to intimidate us, but we can't let them.

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"Two current FBI officials said Patel sometimes seemed uninterested and his intelligence briefers are struggling to craft a briefing that captures his attention..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign. We are sick of it. He must go!

Trump fires top US copyright official www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

NOAA announced Thursday that it is decommissioning several databases, including its widely reported annual compilation of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. cbsn.ws/4iUkkyp

Helping to lay off most of the CFPB’s staff while holding stocks in companies that would benefit from a defanged bureau “looks like a pretty clear-cut violation” of the federal criminal conflict-of-interest statute, one ethics expert said.

Donald Trump’s presidency has failed the American people. His actions have been unserious, unbecoming, and dangerous. Proud to join the Congressional Black Caucus in speaking out and fighting for fairness, justice, and the promise denied to far too many Americans.

Trump sycophant Stephen Miller says the White House is considering suspending Habeas Corpus. As a human rights lawyer, let me be clear: Due process & habeas corpus is arguably the last line of defense before fascism takes permanent hold. I cannot emphasize enough how dire this is for our nation.

By slashing teams that gather critical data, the Trump administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades: propub.li/3RZzqHP 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

In other words, if the courts don't rule for us, we'll suspend habeas corpus. He is one cold-blooded legal ignoramus. Suspension, an extraordinarily grave move, is not for the President to do unilaterally, notwithstanding anything about Lincoln's presidency.

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How low will they go? baptistnews.com/article/how-...

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The only all-female and predominantly Black unit to serve overseas in World War II, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (nicknamed the Six Triple Eight) is receiving a Congressional Gold Medal today.

Yesterday, the President of the United States played this video to cheers while claiming Democrats are "racing to the defense of some of the most violent savages on the face of the Earth." www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... Literally a fascist rally. No other way to describe it.

This government is sick.

This story is haunting me. Why is ICE over 900 miles from the border? Why are they operating without uniforms or badges? How do we know that these aren't just deputized Proud Boys or other MAGA militia? Where's the oversight? The accountability. I fear we have crossed the Rubicon with this one.

Leaving this here without comment

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"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..." www.ft.com/content/f3a7...

In just 100 days: Measles outbreaks Tariffs costing us $5k each Gutting healthcare Thousands of veterans fired Abducting immigrants Concentration camps Deporting citizens Legalized discrimination Texted war plans Alienated allies Took bribes Sold Teslas

WHOA-- in the last hours of this years legislative session, Indiana Governor & state legislature stripped the IU Faculty Senate of governing power 🧪 www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

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...and he's doing this with his party in control of both houses of congress www.ft.com/content/9d3e...

"Heel, doggy, heel!" www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/a...

NEW: UPS announced that it plans to cut 20,000 jobs this year as part of a cost-cutting effort tied to a decline in deliveries from Amazon. The company also said it will close 73 of its buildings by the end of June 2025.

Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.

Russia is preparing for a military conflict with NATO after the war in Ukraine ends, according to The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

ka-ching

Yes! Exactly. Exactly, exactly. "The Trump administration has been worried schools would team up in resistance, because it is harder to negotiate with a united front..." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...