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Owners of small pharmacies — many themselves members of local chambers of commerce — are accusing the Ohio Chamber of Commerce of siding with huge corporate middlemen who are driving them out of business. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/25/a...

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Media figures rushed to assume Trump's warmaking would automatically be popular. But new polls show majorities disapprove, and new reports reveal the mission might have failed at its objective! New piece from me on the absurdity of "war is always popular" punditry: newrepublic.com/article/1971...

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Robert Billups lives with his husband of five years in Washington state. He expected Trump to take the country in a new direction, but he’s been surprised by some of the president’s more extreme policies. Read how Trump voters are navigating a changing America: reut.rs/3T3hZqm

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To every Democratic Party consultant, candidate, staffer, and operative I have ever said “money doesn’t vote” to, I would like to reiterate…MONEY DOESNT VOTE.

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We're in uncharted territory with this SCOTUS. They're making decisions--without regard to precedent, without regard to norms, without regard to justice, without regard to the impact on the rule of law in the U.S., without regard to consequences, and very often with a complete lack of transparency.

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The Roberts court will be considered the most shameful in American history.

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Republicans in Congress have been looking for ways to codify some of the Trump administration’s various efforts to take a sledgehammer to the separation of powers and defy the judiciary since courts first began blocking some of his most legally dubious executive actions and DOGE cuts.

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SpaceX Starship 36 exploded ahead of a test flight in southern Texas on Wednesday night, sending a huge fireball high into the sky, followed by thick clouds of smoke and large flames. In a statement posted on X, SpaceX said the rocket experienced a “major anomaly” while on a test stand.

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The US has denied the visas of all 12 members of the Senegalese women’s basketball team who were scheduled to travel to the country as part of their preparation for the Afrobasket tournament that begins in August. Afrobasket is also the African qualifiers for the Olympics. #wnba

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Dems have chosen @mikiesherrill.bsky.social & @abigailspanberger.com, pragmatic suburban military women, to kickstart the party’s recovery in this year’s key off-year gubernatorial elections in NJ & VA thedispatch.com/article/miki...

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Putin told about his granddaughter, who "speaks Chinese fluently," and noted the "growing interest in the Chinese language in Russia."

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So “pro-life.”

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Trump fired Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of FEMA, because he said, “I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” I hate Trump with every fiber of my being! #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #TrumpIsEvil

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You lose healthcare. They gain yachts. Keep spreading the word.

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That’s a great question Michael. Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe

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🚨🚨🚨 WAR - Because nothing hides your failures better 🤔 "My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier," he told his audience at home and far beyond. 👉 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Nestle India to consider issuing bonus shares reut.rs/4e6kJN8

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1/8 The GOP doesn’t govern, they don’t serve you, & they damn sure don’t tell the truth. They lie, they punch down, and they serve the rich. Here’s how their machine works, & how we torch their brand with a relentless branding campaign 🔗 alpha2omega.notion.site/Liars-Bitche... #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

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I’m shocked having someone write your essay doesn’t make you smarter

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lol #AI #boobytrap 👇🏾

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May Mitch McConnell and Trump rot in hell for stacking the Supreme Court with such hateful charlatans “My and my husband’s demands..felt quite basic..Let us love and care for our daughter in the best way we and our doctors know how. Don’t let our child’s very existence be a political wedge issue”

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Autopsies of Ukrainians returned from Russian captivity reveal skull fractures, starvation, disease, and signs of torture. Some bodies were mutilated or unrecognizable. AP reported on one such case 👇 (1/8)

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Who'd have thought Germany was standing up to dictatorship when the United States is failing?

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Russia is building a new military garrison in the town of Kandalaksha near the Finnish border.This is the first sign of a steady increase in troop numbers 100 km from the border,Yle reports. The images reveal that last winter,Russia began large-scale construction in a closed military settlement.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that incarcerated people have a right for their claims to be heard by a jury in cases where access to the prison’s grievance procedure is at issue. This is a step toward making justice more accessible for people in prison.

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The editorial board of a publication in Sen. Mike Lee's home state of Utah called on him to apologize for his posts about the Minnesota shootings, writing that they “were unacceptable for anyone, let alone from a member of the Senate.”

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THIS IS A POLICE STATE: Adrian Andrew Martinez. Say his full name. He defended someone from ICE harassment. So CBP jumped him like a gang in a public lot. No lawyer. No phone call. No fucking trace. They kidnapped a U.S. citizen. Keep filming. This system needs witnesses.

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BOMBSHELL: The story isn’t that Ted Cruz fumbled a talking point. The story is that he revealed a war Congress hasn’t approved, And the U.S. government tried to deny. “We are striking Iran.” That’s an admission. Of war. No vote. No oversight. No shame.

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BREAKING: The U.S. helped Israel strike Iran without approval from the people or their reps. Now they’re scrambling to evacuate Americans they left in a war zone they helped spark. This isn’t diplomacy—it’s reckless empire games with your life on the line. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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MUST WATCH: When a sitting Senator asks if a white nationalist troll is influencing DHS staffing and the response is “Your time is up”— You’re watching authoritarianism in plain fucking sight. Salute to Sen. Jacky Rosen for saying what needed to be said: “You’re either feckless or complicit.”

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EXPOSED: Pete Hegseth couldn’t defend the Pentagon’s secret budget — so Republican Senator Roger Wicker lit him up. Not because Wicker’s brave, but because the lie is finally too big to hide. We’re not funding defense. We’re funding unchecked corruption on a military scale.

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YOU CANT MAKE THIS SHIT UP: America begged Afghan interpreters to save our troops. Now ICE is arresting them after asylum hearings like they’re disposable. This man survived Taliban death squads, only to get fucked over in San Diego. We don’t protect allies—we hunt them.

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Presidents don’t get to play God with missiles. Only Congress can declare war. If they don’t vote, it’s not a war. It’s an illegal flex.

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History doesn’t forgive cowards. And it doesn’t forget abusers. When the tide turns, put every single Republican official who touched this cruelty on trial.

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There’s no reconciliation without accountability. There’s no “healing” without trials. You don’t move forward by pretending fascism was a difference of opinion.

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They GORED my Professor in Collge for giving out handout about the struggles of Blacks in America!! Prof. NESMITH!!

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BREAKING: Starbase in Texas just detonated like a sci-fi war crime, funded by YOU. But tell me again why insulin has a waitlist and cancer has a GoFundMe. Elon Musk is playing space cowboy with American taxpayer money while we die in debt.

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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

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Wut

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Can someone in immigration law explain to me how this is legal?

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They've got enough money to throw us into another war, but not enough money to fund the suicide prevention hotline. Very "pro-life." Very "pro-family." So "GREAT."

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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' More of this, please"

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