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🔥 “This year, investors at some of America’s biggest companies — Costco, Apple, Levi’s, John Deere, Goldman Sachs and others — have overwhelmingly voted against proposals targeting DEI programs.” www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/b...

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Calling all early career physicists and physical scientists, don't miss this great opportunity to present your research, hear inspiring keynote presentations and network with other physicists. The abstract submission deadline is tomorrow! #wipc2025 🎢 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 🇨🇦

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As Japan celebrates 78 years since the enforcement of its Constitution, shifting societal norms are increasingly posing a challenge to existing legal frameworks — such as the constitutional interpretation of marriage.

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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "This does seem like a moment where you would think people who really do care about our national security...would be out here decrying what is going on...Mattis, Milley, anybody...Where is everybody?"

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One in 12 people in Japan feel lonely at work, and the proportion increases for those who work long hours, a study has found.

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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Now they’re just showing off

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Incredible moment. 🤡 @calltoactivism.bsky.social

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The Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr., ruled, does not "possess the lawful authority under the (Alien Enemies Act), and based on the Proclamation, to detain Venezuelan aliens, transfer them within the United States, or remove them from the country."

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Only way to do it if you love your kid.

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This is bizarre, even for Trump.

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Trump’s entire argument for his second term is that he has a mandate and validation from the public. I looked at polling data to show that he was never really popular — even when he was most vocal about it — and that things have deteriorated severely since then. Gift link: wapo.st/3GKiIJT

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Marie Kondo to be named Acting Secretary of Embracing Scarcity.

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Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.

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Not a word of this is true. Literally not a word.

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Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering

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You know what saved lives (but not 258 mil lol)? Making Narcan available so people could survive overdosing. You know who’s taking that away? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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DOGE chief Elon Musk claimed Wednesday that his federal workforce slashing initiative so far has saved $160 billion — far less than his original projections — as the mega-billionaire Tesla CEO gave a sort of farewell to President Donald Trump’s Cabinet.

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I just want one reporter, ONE, to say “there’s a lot more evidence that you are a rapist than Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of MS-13.”

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A remarkable exchange, but this cuts off an important last line: “We have lawyers who don’t want to do this.” The unitary executive is a bunch of unnamed lawyers in a trench coat

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[runs in, drops this, runs out]

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MINNESOTA GOP INTRODUCES SECOND BILL DESIGNATING MRNA VACCINES AS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION Republicans in the Minnesota state Senate have introduced Senate File 3456, another bill that attempts to designate mRNA vaccines as weapons of mass destruction in the state. bit.ly/3RIeDbA

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reading very strongly

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Dear god let this man cook.

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Sketches of deals and concepts of plans, what a way to run a country

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🚨BREAKING: Missouri Supreme Court REJECTS election challenge to Proposition A, the minimum wage and sick leave bill approved by voters in November. A victory for the Jobs with Justice Ballot Fund and the voters of Missouri.

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EA slashes jobs, cancels Titanfall. #econsky

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So much wokeness to end. It gets confusing. 🤡 @apnews.com apnews.com/article/hegs...

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🔺Update: President Trump personally called Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos to complain after reports that the world’s biggest retailer planned to display the surcharge from US tariffs in the price tag of products on its website

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US states sue to block Trump from dismantling AmeriCorps reut.rs/3ELe4uK

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The publication suggested that the White House needs “a major reset.”

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NEW STUDY CONCLUDES: “We call for abolishment of Daylight Saving Time worldwide and reversion to permanent Standard Time.” —David Dongkyung Kim MD et al, University of Toronto

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Lutnick: "It's time to train people not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future. This is the new model where you work in these kinds of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here. We let the auto plants go overseas."

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unprecedented levels of Trump glazing happening today

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start cutting the ads for Michigan and Tennessee NOW

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Donald Trump has always seen telling the truth as a hostile act.

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The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump’s tariffs next to the total price of products on its site. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, saying, “This is a hostile and political act by Amazon.” cnb.cx/3Gup2Fk

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NEW: Ohio's top union leader is concerned following Intel's decision of major layoffs, which could affect the state's massive chip plant. The corp. refused to answer questions on how this could impact Ohio. @news5cleveland.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...

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🚨"Trump said that he would regard it as a “total victory” if tariffs are at 20, 30 or 50% on imports next year. [That] scenario would mean American consumers would face far higher prices, effectively a massive tax increase." 100 days of Trump’s Golden Age. www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/p...

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Voter discontent with President Trump's economic stewardship is sinking his popularity as he approaches the 100-day mark of his second term

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Competitive authoritarians can only get away with consolidating power under autocratic rule with massive popular backing. Putin, Modi, Bukele, Erdogan, and Orban had peak approval ratings of: 89%, 88%, 91%, 77%, and 57% respectively. Trump has nowhere near that.

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BOUIE: Trump “does not see himself as a representative working with others to lead the nation; he sees himself as a boss, whose will ought to be law.” @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...

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This line is going to stick with me for a very long time. “One of them is a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer who was deported without medication or the ability to contact their doctors…”

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This is what you do when you love your country. You even meet with the worst among us.

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When you look up "cancel culture" and "snowflakes" in the dictionary, you should see a picture of a Trump rally.

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Rule changes announced by the Trump administration this week could allow automakers to report fewer crashes involving self-driving cars, with Tesla potentially emerging as the main beneficiary.

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FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo of arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan's perp walk, possibly violating a DOJ media policy. cnn.it/4iKwFVS

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