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Democracy isn’t dying in darkness it’s being dismantled at the hands of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. @allisonjriggs.bsky.social won this election fair and square back in November. Her opponent is a petulant Confederate cosplayer who can’t handle losing. Concede Jefferson Griffin.

submitted 10 hours ago • 139 comments

A reminder to match your liquid foundation to your skin tone, not your handbag.

submitted 11 hours ago • 754 comments

Someone in the crowd is in medical distress while nurses are on stage at the fighting oligarchy rally. The nurses rush off stage to give medical aid

submitted 11 hours ago • 360 comments

Elbows Up! 🇨🇦

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Murphy: When you see the 10-year bond exploding… when you see markets moving like a sine curve—that’s the opposite of stability. A strong dollar is in our national interest. What we’re seeing now is the opposite of that.

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The Trump admin has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new EO on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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This is why men should never be in charge. They’re just too erratic and emotional.

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Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem?

submitted 1 day ago • 1603 comments

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

submitted 1 day ago • 841 comments

A third, culminating report on the Trump-El Salvador Scandal—as massive and fully sourced as the first two—is coming to PROOF on Sunday or Monday. I want it out when Bukele arrives in D.C. on Monday. All told, PROOF will have published almost a whole book on this. Stay tuned. Subscribe below:

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This is a damn fine example of why we need to make sure actual journalists, not fluff hacks, are able to ask politicians questions and why it's so chilling that Conservative Party Leader PP is refusing to take questions on the campaign trail. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

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Exclusive: Military contractors are pitching the White House on an unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants. Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the U.S. to El Salvador.

submitted 1 day ago • 384 comments

This is insane. Also this brazen grift must be challenged.

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New from me at Cato: Trump's penalty orders have taken a scary new turn, selecting targets for having taken a stand on behalf of the integrity of the U.S. election system, and ordering the Dept. of Justice to investigate an evidently innocent man, Chris Krebs. /1 www.cato.org/blog/new-rev...

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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not. An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

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Overpromising and underdelivering www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

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Today House Republicans, cheered on by the richest person on Earth, passed a budget framework that will cut support for the poorest people in our country. All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.

submitted 2 days ago • 430 comments

Lock Them Up

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154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines. But public-health specialists worry that #misinformation and funding cuts could affect #vaccination rates, by @heidiledford.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com @thesgem.bsky.social

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House Republicans just passed a sweeping anti-voting bill that historians are saying is the most anti-voting piece of legislation to come out of Congress in the nation's history. Paige and I explain. youtu.be/XS8aePRgFU4

submitted 2 days ago • 203 comments

Imagine saying this about polio

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Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.

submitted 2 days ago • 1002 comments

My son and daughter got social Security payments because their mother died at 35. Jen earned that money and the family needed that little extra boost each month having lost a breadwinner. These people trying to shame recipients are monstrous.

submitted 2 days ago • 48 comments

The GOP will always ALWAYS side with greedy corporations over American citizens.

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Weeks after ordering all FDA employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs and resignations could jeopardize basic functions, like approving new medicines. apnews.com/article/fda-...

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"It doesn't matter you lost $40,000 betting on the ponies today! You made $60 on the Reds game last night!"

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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

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On Thursday, Chinese officials retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs by imposing new restrictions on US movies. That’s a big blow to America’s cultural cachet in the nation.

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Remember that the majority of Republicans in congress are millionaires. They aren't just giving a giant tax cut to their maga-donors. They're giving it to themselves.

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What the hell has Donald Trump been up to? Yet more corruption, no doubt. Senator Adam Schiff is demanding a congressional investigation into the distinct possibility that Trump engaged in insider trading or market manipulation when he abruptly paused his sweeping tariffs — a move that sent…

submitted 3 days ago • 151 comments

Trump, blinded by ego and Fox fumes, accidentally called a man he fired and then berated him mid-call. The White House can’t even dial a phone without chaos. This regime runs on bile and incompetence; it's not a presidency—it’s a malfunctioning reality show. themindshield.com/tr...

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Don’t overthink this. He’s asking for bribes.

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I’ve been hearing people say that hundreds of thousands of people have been signing up to volunteer for the Republicans using fake info! It really clogs up volunteer efforts! What a shame! Can’t do anything nice these days! Hope no one else does this! gop.com/volunteer/

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

A play in two acts.

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apnews.com/article/trum... House GOP holdouts threaten Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill as Speaker Johnson postpones vote

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market manipulation is now legal policy and totally fine to do in the united states

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Once you have a “President” who enriches himself on taxpayer dollars by playing golf & allows foreign leaders to funnel money straight into his bank account by “selling” fake coins or trading cards & has been found guilty of fraud in court, of course he’s manipulating the stock market.

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This is incredibly dangerous. If he can get away with this he will open a flood gate of targeted investigations of private citizens. We are stepping through the looking glass of fascism in real time! Congress needs to act immediately.

submitted 3 days ago • 248 comments

The last time there was this much on-again off-again turmoil over tariffs in America, we revolted against the king over it — and won.

submitted 3 days ago • 256 comments

The Chinese went all in — jacking up their tariffs, selling Treasuries, probably threatening to pull back from today’s regularly scheduled auction of new Treasuries. And Donald Trump blinked. WEAKEST. PRESIDENT. EVER.

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Nevada Republican Governor Joe Lombardo during a recent private dinner said that Nevadans who participated in the “Hands Off” rallies were just folks looking for “handouts” and that their central message was that they don't want to go back to work. He said he is troubled by the "Hands Off" message.

submitted 3 days ago • 664 comments

I heart @brooke — telling a suicide bomber who blew up the economy due for no reason that he is brilliant is peak beta chode for Ackman.

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Today the WH press secretary stood there with her half removed nose and a cross hanging from her neck and said with a straight face, yes, Trump is working on "deporting" US citizens to a prison in a foreign country, and it's not even the lead story of the day.

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JFC. WE ARE STILL WORSE OFF. We still have at least 10% global tariffs. Businesses can’t make decisions, as they don’t know what tariffs will be 90 days from now I usually say Trump is great at repackaging the status quo as victory but this is significantly worse than pre-Liberation Day status quo

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Trump on the Great Lakes: "I assume the lakes are all interconnected."

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Stocks rose after Trump partially pulled back on tariffs, recovering most of the losses his tariff announcement caused, but bonds did not. US Treasuries calmed after Trump pulled back, but didn't recover recent losses. The global loss of trust in the US, and the safety of US assets, remains.

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SCOOP: DOGE is getting audited.

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