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Tim Walz - "Part of defunding is always about giving tax cuts to the wealthy. But it's more sinister on the public education side. I think an uneducated populace is easier to control. I think by underfunding public education, you keep a permanent underclass that does your work for you."

from today: www.abc12.com/news/tariff-... HALTING PRODUCTIONS: Stellantis announced a temporary pause in production at multiple plants.

Cynthia Nixon Power to the people!

🔥Rufus Gifford, former U.S. amb. to Denmark, unloaded on JD Vance for saying Denmark “is not a good ally”: Go to Denmark and say it to the faces of the parents of the young men and women who lost their lives alongside U.S. troops. Say it to them!

U.S. Supreme Court in 7-2 ruling upholds Biden administration regulation on ghost guns. Via DC bureau's @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

On this day In 1933, the Enabling Act became law, giving Hitler the power to rule without the involvement of the Reichstag or the President, turning Germany into a totalitarian dictatorship.

Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).