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Getting old AF. Life-long liberal. Left US for 7 years while Reagan was pretending to be president. Fond of trees, waterfalls and decent people.
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Apparently states’ rights stop the moment women board a plane with autonomy in their carry-on.

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Trump and the GOP's “big ugly bill” will increase the average family’s student loan payment by $400 a month. Hands Off Public Schools

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Attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy for arriving in DC in military garb while his country was at war. Repeatedly had clandestine contacts with Putin, then showed up _himself_ in the Oval in a tee shirt and trucker hat—and now, today, in a tee shirt and trucker hat with a black eye. No more billionaires.

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"near term Mars landing demonstrator"? Oh jeez are we about to give Elon $200M for his fantasy 2026 Mars flight?

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Breaking from @science.org: The Trump administration wants to kill off a host of active and healthy NASA climate and planetary spacecraft. It would be a "leaner, more focused" agency, they say -- and one far less capable of studying the Earth and exploring space.

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"Even the few institutes that would be left standing face multibillion-dollar cuts"

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TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, THE PROPOSED NSF BUDGET CUTS NEARLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE FROM NSF ACTIVITIES. FOR INSTANCE, JOBS.

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This guy has murdered hundreds of thousands of people this year, most of them children.

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Trump has picked 2022 law school grad Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel. As of 9 days ago, Ingrassia’s Instagram included a pinned photo of himself w/ self-professed “misogynist” Andrew Tate (such “physical prowess”) who has since been charged w/ rape & trafficking in the UK. 1/

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Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭

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It's totally great, and Mark Hamill is great IN it.

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NYT

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www.politico.com/news/2025/05... May they eat each other up

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In January, Trump fired 19 inspectors general who root out fraud and corruption. One of his picks to replace them is a GOP ex-congressman who allegedly violated House ethics rules. Another resigned from a state job after allegedly mishandling taxpayer money. "Drain the swamp."

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ICYMI, “SpaceX's Starship explodes for third time in a row, Musk promises more frequent launches” 5/28/25 1/ www.cnbc.com/2025/05/27/s...

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BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government. This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Everyone has to make everything in the United States, or else!” he yells… as his family signs deal after deal for golf courses in other countries… and he accepts hundreds of millions in crypto bribes from unidentified foreign actors…

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College degrees can be revoked. Your move harvard

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Insane. Slight young woman traveling with mom to see U.S soldier husband. Strip-searched twice. Disappeared in the afternoon into the next day. No calls. Given no food. Finally, before being put on a plane, had 3 min. call w/husband who cried inconsolably. Husband has decided to leave the Army.

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“Lamar, you’re better than this!” Et tu, Lamar Odom ? 😕 #CryptoCorruptionClub

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This country rests on a knife edge of former protections, and is falling....

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www.forbes.com/sites/zachev... Grifting continues unabated

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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Profit over all

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youtu.be/Mpm4z8cH2_0?... Long but interesting. AI might be smarter than I thought...

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www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/b... Greed is good. For the few. Money buys power and enables more greed. America. Warren Buffet has remained a human being. The rest, not so much.

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Saved nothing. Cruelty was the only plan.

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Really? 540 billion dollars? Even after you kick ALL the old people out of medicaid nursing homes, remove ALL economic aid of any kind to our population you won't be able to justify this gigantic ill conceived handout to "defense contractors". And 540 Billion $ will quadruple at least.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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💥 🍂 Sen Tammy Baldwin (WI) - 2026 HHS Budget 🧪 Senate Appropriations Committee May 20, 2025 Witness: RFK Jr 🍂 "NIH has awarded nearly $3B less in funding ... compared to the same period last year - that's more than 3200 fewer grants, these grants are being withheld"

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Stephen Miller's trial balloon about abrogating habeas corpus in immigration cases shows how any libertarian with pragmatic intelligence should reject so-called "libertarian" arguments for strict immigration laws.

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Teens who drink alcohol with parental permission are more likely to drink more and face alcohol-related risks as young adults, regardless of the age they start, according to a study that tracked several hundred kids from age 11 buff.ly/uDet927 #health #parenting

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Republicans in Congress are working to pass a budget that cuts federal support for Medicaid by $625 billion over 10 years. While tens of millions of Americans would lose their health coverage, millions would also lose access to reproductive health care buff.ly/l7XVSNP

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BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of migrants apparently removed to South Sudan, in case he orders their removals were unlawful.

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