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"If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege." Tim Walz

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“.. a tax increase for low-income families that is more than three times higher than what wealthier Americans would pay ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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My latest: This Jimmy Kimmel Graphic Hasn’t Gone Viral Yet, But it Should: Economic data can be best shown in charts, though it’s rare for those charts to become graphics for late night comedy shows…

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This is insane! Insane!!!!

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I cannot believe it! This is insane.

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The trouble with tarrifs

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Doesn’t she just brighten your day!! 💙💙

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Tariffs unveiled on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Purging experts who save lives to own the libs www.wired.com/story/doctor...

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Trump went to a LIV golf tournament instead of attending the dignified transfer of four U.S. Army soldiers who died in Lithuania. If you're wondering why this is so disgusting and insulting, I wrote about my time in the Army doing dignified transfers here: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

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Wall Street tumbles at the open after China retaliates. I guess it was inevitable(?)... www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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The absolute truth

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All three major US index funds were down as trading started on Thursday morning. Meanwhile, the US dollar hit a six-month low, going down at least 2.2% on Thursday morning compared to other major currencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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If you think Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race doesn’t affect you just because you don’t live there—think again. If Musk pulls this off, it’s one step closer to him buying an election near you. Got friends, family, or even followers in Wisconsin? Tell them to get out and vote the right way. 📢

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Seriously? The Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programmes? www.ft.com/content/02ed...

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JUST IN: The FDA’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, has been pushed out. In his resignation letter, he slams RFK Jr. for rejecting “truth and transparency” and pushing “misinformation and lies.” Marks warns of an “unprecedented assault on scientific truth.”

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Nearly every Republican in the Senate voted to overturn a Biden Admin rule that limited bank overdraft fees to $5. This rule, initially established by the now gutted CFPB, was expected to save consumers $5 billion annually. The GOP is the party of junk fees.

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Wall Street banks are about to pick your pocket – even more than they already have. Why? Because Republican senators just voted for you to pay more money in bank fees.

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Commander Emily Shilling, a U.S. Naval aviator who is also an out transgender woman, is already serving in the military, already making our country safer and stronger, already well qualified. I wanna stress well qualified and she earned it. glaad.org/transgender-...

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Details about a flight of immigrants that landed many days ago? Too secret to reveal. Details about an imminent military strike? Not classified, not a breach of national security and not a big deal. Secrets under Trump depend on who asks and who tells. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

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Listen to @donlemonofficial.bsky.social I think there's one adjective that defines the present situation: cruel.

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A longtime DHS employee inadvertently sent unclassified details of an upcoming ICE operation to a journalist in late January, officials say. But unlike the case of Trump officials discussing military plans in a Signal chat, the employee was put on leave.

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