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The top five modern presidents in terms of percentage added to the national debt are, in order: Ronald Reagan; George W. Bush; Barack Obama; George H.W. Bush; and Donald Trump, term one. That’s right. Four of the top five were Republicans. https://trib.al/Op0KuPh

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Private insurers and state officials are warning of utter chaos in the insurance markets if a last-minute change to the House GOP’s megabill survives in the Senate. It could lead to higher premiums for people who shop for plans on the Obamacare exchanges and cause massive turmoil for actuaries.

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The Republicans new healthcare plan just dropped.

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Tens of thousands of Virginia jobs could be on the chopping block because of this dumb Republican tax bill.

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And if all else fails, just remember: every time you call him Taco, an angel gets its wings & Steve Bannon molts another layer of skin… open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

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ICE raids Poconos pizza shop. "It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy." www.wnep.com/article/news...

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This is how Republicans will rig elections.

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Public schools are not for religious indoctrination. Texas, we'll see you in court.

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Lindsey Graham warned Trump the U.S. is being “played” by Putin as he leads a bipartisan push to cripple the Kremlin with America’s toughest sanctions yet. He joined forces with dozens of Republican and Democratic senators to push for 500% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil, gas and uranium.

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The teen is the latest person to be swept up in Trump's deportation dragnet.

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It’s incredible that he does this as Mike Johnson is out there accusing recipients of widespread fraud.

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I am standing to be Chancellor of Cambridge University because I believe the University must meet this era of global disruption with clarity, imagination, and purpose. Cambridge needs a leader who’s outward-facing, principled, and prepared to act decisively www.ginamiller.org.uk

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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/31/m...

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Imagine what this woman and her family went through. All for what?

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More than 126,000 Washingtonians are living with Alzheimer's disease. It’s important that we continue to fund research for new treatments and to work toward the end of this disease.

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NEWS: Supreme Court sidesteps two major gun cases, leaving in place Maryland's assault weapon ban and Rhode Island's restrictions on large-capacity magazines.

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“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities: (1) Lawless failed states… (2) Authoritarian states… Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...

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This no-kill animal shelter is in desperate need of kitten food, kitten milk replacement, and other supplies. If you post a screenshot in my replies showing that you donated at least $10 (even as a Chewy gift card), I'll answer a style-related question for you. Donation info in their thread.

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Trump bragged about spending $1B bombing Houthis while getting Reaper drones shot down and losing two fighter jets to the bottom of the Red Sea while accomplishing nothing and leaking it in Signal, while “you don’t have the cards” Zelensky wipes out 40 bombers deep inside Russia.

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Remember when Donald Trump got caught with all sorts of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after saying he didn't have anything, and then he got indicted but the judge slow walked the case to death? Yup. He did that.

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“Don’t be afraid” could be considered a central theme from @hcrichardson.bsky.social letters. Speak up, stand up for what is right, talk about choices both individually and collectively for education, governance and healthcare. There’s great power in our voice. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

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“It’s hard to think of a more anti-conservative figure than President Donald Trump or a more anti-conservative movement than MAGA,” writes Peter Wehner. “The Trump administration is a thugocracy, and the Republican Party he controls supports him”:

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Gilead's CAR-T cell therapy shows promise in deadly brain cancer reut.rs/4juDSto

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What happened? Did the coloring books get too hard?

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On the seventh anniversary of Medicaid expansion in Virginia, remember: Kiggans and Wittman broke their promise to vote against any bill that cuts Medicaid.

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In five years after removing fluoride from the water, 8% more U.S. children ages 0-19 would get cavities, affecting 25.4 million additional teeth and costing the country around $9.8 billion. www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/f...

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ICE is now posing as the electric company to get access to people’s houses. tucson.com/news/local/b...

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#ProudBlue #Resist #NoKings Another fine mess for an immigrant who is doing everything right, married, father & working, & caught in the COVID backlog, brought to us by ICE. He doesn’t seem to meet the requirements of murderer, rapist, etc. Quotas have always been a bad thing in law enforcement!

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Donald Trump, more detached from reality than ever, just shared an unhinged QAnon post saying former President Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced by clones.

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People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/6aed8Io

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Given the news today that Ukraine destroyed over 40 Russian bombers, and watching Russian military bloggers freak out, it’s a good time to remember that the Russia nuke threat is BS: m.youtube.com/watch?v=INkJ...

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Florida’s new law makes it nearly impossible for grassroots groups to get citizen initiatives on the ballot. One nonprofit is suing, calling it voter suppression in disguise. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/gop...

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In newly launched cereals between 2010 and 2023, there were significant increases in fat, sodium and sugar and decreases in protein and fiber content, according to a new study: cnn.it/3FEZd5l

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A Trump ally has told CNN’s parent company that they could avoid future lawsuits from the Trump administration if they make a documentary about Melania Trump or a TV show about Donald Trump Jr., which would involve paying the Trump family large amounts of money.

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The article was great, but where Rolling Stone really hit it out of the park was choosing THIS picture to go with it! (For Alt users, it's the one of Crazy Donald's Discount Teslas car push outside the White House) TnT www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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In an era where truth is treated as treason, NPR dons its armour and goes to war against Trump's executive order. A lawsuit not just for funding, but for the freedom of the press. A battle waged not in ink, but in principles. The pen mightier than the sword, indeed. #3E

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Dear Members of the Press. P0TUS bragging that his tariffs are "already" bringing TRILLIONS of $$ into the US. Beyond the fact that it's not true, will you please ask him, "If that's so, then there's no need to even discuss cutting social services, medicine, education, air safety, etc etc. Right?"

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“Penn Wharton, Trump's alma mater, finds that most households earning less than $51,000 will immediately see their after-tax income drop. Meanwhile, the bill boosts incomes of members of the top 1% by nearly $70,000 in the first year alone…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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“As many as 2.7 million households would lose food benefits, with the average blow to the family grocery budget totaling $254 a month… “By design, the Trumpy Medicaid changes will remove 10.3 million people from their health insurance, according to the CBO…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 I’m proud to stand up for and represent LGBTQ+ Marylanders. You make our state stronger, brighter, and more complete. Our LGBTQ+ friends and neighbors deserve the same basic protections as everyone else — and we won’t stop fighting until they get it.

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BASH: Is it fair to say that what you are doing now is in part enacting Project 2025? VOUGHT: No, of course not. (This is a blatant lie.)

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Chris Murphy on Joni Ernst: "I think everybody in that audience knows they're going to die, they would just rather die in old age at 85 or 90 instead of dying at 40. And the reality is that when you lose your healthcare, you are much more at risk of early death."

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Chris Murphy on the crypto bill: "The problem is the existing version of that bill exempts the president from the ethics requirements. It says it's unethical for me to issue or market a stablecoin, but it's okay for the president to do it. That's not something any Democrat should vote for."

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Drugs from Bristol Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca are showing promise in treating a variety of early-stage cancers, a development primed to expand their use and possibly lead to cures

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