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"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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•••••BREAKING••••• Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla — who leads U.S. Central Command — used a secure U.S. government system to send Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth classified information regarding Houthi attack plans that Hegseth promptly turned around and leaked on his personal phone via…

submitted 18 hours ago • 187 comments

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

submitted 2 days ago • 636 comments

They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

submitted 1 day ago • 3483 comments

BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

submitted 1 day ago • 3968 comments

Confirming Hegseth really was insanely reckless.

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My Easter message: You don’t have to share my faith to find meaning in it. In an age of chaos and lies, the story of Easter still offers hope, truth, and redemption adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/resurrecti...

submitted 2 days ago • 300 comments

If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

submitted 2 days ago • 206 comments

Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.

submitted 3 days ago • 461 comments

Absolutely outrageous. 😡

submitted 2 days ago • 220 comments

Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...

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Who could have thought that making a wildly unqualified, drunken bigot who championed war criminals and thinks the key to 21st century warfare is pushups the Secretary of Defense would go poorly, with mismanagement of the Pentagon?

submitted 3 days ago • 289 comments

In a crisis, you need a plan. Here’s mine: liberal.ca/platform #CanadaStrong

submitted 3 days ago • 168 comments

If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.

submitted 4 days ago • 1773 comments

Cast my ballot earlier this morning for my local Liberal candidate @mfoxtonlf.bsky.social #elxn45 #MarkCarney #CanadaStrong

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

Thanks, White House, for giving the defendant’s lawyers more evidence of contempt. Swell of you.

submitted 4 days ago • 299 comments

MORE NEWS: Judge Boasberg has called an emergency hearing in 35 minutes on lawyers for Alien Enemies Act targets’ urgent claim that Trump administration is resuming summary deportation.

submitted 4 days ago • 90 comments

JUST IN: Lawyers for Venezuelan nationals say they’re being loaded onto buses this hour in anticipation of a new wave of Alien Enemies Act deportations, w less than 24 hours notice. They’re asking Judge Boasberg for an immediate restraining order requiring 30 days notice.

submitted 4 days ago • 299 comments

White House says wrongly deported man is 'never coming back' to US. Translation: I don't care that the Supreme Court ordered me to facilitate his return, I'm ignoring court orders. This is the breaking point of democracy and the Supreme Court must weigh in immediately. Then the GOP must impeach.

submitted 4 days ago • 91 comments

I was once on an a train from to Budapest. In the middle of the night, officious men with epaulets were banging on doors demanding papers. As we pulled out of the station, I heard a passenger dragged onto the platform crying. I shortsightedly said, "I'm glad we don't live in a country like this."

submitted 4 days ago • 218 comments

"Residents packed a meeting of the Washtenaw County (Michigan) Board of Commissioners Wednesday night. "Many became emotional as they pleaded with county officials to protect immigrants... 'We don’t want you to cave from the pressure you are under'...” www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

submitted 4 days ago • 184 comments

Keep fighting Georgia!

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

Put aside the lies and the open defiance of the Supreme Court, as well as the cruelty, and ask yourself: who talks like this? This is the official account of the White House - is it being run by a six year old?

submitted 4 days ago • 2507 comments

This "WHO'S NEVER COMING BACK" document published by the White House should be "EXHIBIT A" in any forthcoming hearing where a judge/justice has asked the White House to prove how it is "facilitating" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

submitted 4 days ago • 1354 comments

Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.

submitted 4 days ago • 594 comments

Trump is breaking the law. How is that not in the headline?

submitted 4 days ago • 358 comments

After failing to force Ukraine to surrender to Russia, the Trump regime announced it was going to give up if so called “negotiations” fail in the next week or so. Another humiliating loss for the US as its global image is shredded by Trump and his weakeness.

submitted 4 days ago • 182 comments

😜We’re coming Donnie!

submitted 6 days ago • 1264 comments

Only two more sleeps till I can vote Liberal. Advance polls open Friday April 18 and run till April 21. Election Day is April 28. Vote! Vote so we don’t end up with creepy MapleMaga Jeff.

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

Saturday April 19th, mass protests across the United States. Find a protest near you and be there. #3E #EndImpunity #EndAutogenocide #EndOligarchy #fiftyfiftyone

submitted 6 days ago • 57 comments

The Vice President of El Salvador has told US Senator Van Hollen that the reason they are still holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia is due to the Trump regime paying them to do so. Trump needs to be arrested and brought up on human trafficking charges. #3E

submitted 6 days ago • 491 comments

NEW: China is switching from American to Canadian oil. Chinese purchases of American oil are down 90% year on year. Purchases of oil from Canada are up +700%. That equates to a $20 BILLION annual loss for the United States, at current oil prices. Tired of winning yet?

submitted 6 days ago • 408 comments

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

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Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

submitted 6 days ago • 330 comments

I understand what Judge Xinis is doing. She is building a factual record so that that record will be crystal clear when this case gets back to the Supreme Court. But I also know it is taking too long. Two weeks is too long. Keep in mind Bukele will just kill Garcia at the last moment if he has to.

submitted 7 days ago • 740 comments

I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.

submitted 6 days ago • 2946 comments