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Has anyone considered the possibility that all these Nobel Prize winning economists know more about the economy than the fat dude who bankrupts casinos?

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What happened to bringing down the cost of eggs on “day one”? With this administration, it’s broken promise after broken promise. www.newsweek.com/egg-prices-r...

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In Nazi Germany, the targeted population was encouraged to self-deport and the state sought to impoverish them to force them to leave.

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There are 680 measles cases in 22 states but it's under control, health secretary Robert Kennedy tells President Trump in a Cabinet meeting.

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What does fascism look like?

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Exclusive: Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health were told they can't attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their way and go during time off, current and former NIH scientists told Reuters reut.rs/4j7rFLT

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Where are the Epstein files?

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Nevada Republican Governor Joe Lombardo at a private dinner: "And those stupid protests that occur in the state capital and is paid by the Democratic Party. That momentum and those crowds sizes isn’t because they're pissed...It’s because they're getting paid. So don’t lose sight of that."

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Republicans want to take health care away from tens of millions of people, and they expect Americans to say "thank you." And while they make life harder for the middle class, Trump is already planning a $92 million parade for himself — paid for by your taxes. It's pathetic.

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The ship is not listing. Go back to sleep. #CrisisManaged

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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce" www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...

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Because they don't exist.

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It’s called Fiscal Edging, and I think it’s impolite to kink shame.

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I will happily support and 2028 Democratic presidential candidate who specifically vows to use the power of the state to dismantle Palantir, SpaceX, Starlink, and all the other corporate-fascist parasites currently using our government as a host.

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Looks like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's $1 million investment to hang with Trump at Mar-a-Lago this weekend paid off-- "Trump administration backs off Nvidia's 'H20' chip crackdown after Mar-a-Lago dinner" www.npr.org/2025/04/09/n...

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The real story, from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

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A crucial part of our new War Room operation is reimagining the digital space as an organizing space. Here’s how we’re going to do that:

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The US government holds a tremendous amount of data about US citizens. Now, The Trump administration is trying to access that data and link it together. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

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Trump's approval rating has taken a notable hit, with disapproval numbers now mirroring levels seen during the 2018 midterm elections.

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Trans women have an unfair advantage at being in museums now I guess

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spotted in the toronto star

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Van Zandt's community radio station features songs from local artists who mail in physical CDs. “In an age of streaming, everything is at your fingertips theoretically,” Station Manager Breanna Anderson said. “But we actually have a catalogue of local music that not everyone can get their hands on.”

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He creates his own world, this time an imaginary trade world, and then lives in it. Trump isn’t lying so much as he is ruling a parallel universe, like a boy’s tree house, where numbers mean what he says they mean. He doesn’t react well when the real world’s numbers don’t match: after all, who’s in

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Seems above board www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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John Stamos speaking at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home this weekend

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Wolves are playful. Wolves are social. Wolves can be complete goofballs 😂 When seeking to play, wolves will dance and bow playfully. Playtime can also include a game of chase, jaw sparring, and varied vocalizations.

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NOTE: they did impose 10% tariff on Ukraine

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Saturday’s optics could not have been worse. It wasn’t just the markets. Trump skipped the dignified transfer of the remains of four American soldiers. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

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Watters: What kind of manufacturing are you talking about returning here? Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: What's going to happen is robotics are going to replace the cheap labor that we’ve seen all across the world…

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Do you hear us tyrants?

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BREAKING: Thousands gathered at Seattle Center today to protest the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle American institutions and democratic systems.

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$400K/m retainer from Russia says what?

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I'm going to say this AGAIN because IT IS what is going to happen. Donald Trump will stand for a 3rd term, legally the appeals will force it to the Supreme Court. They will refuse to remove him. He doesn't need to change anything.

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The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state's Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn. By @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social & Dan Keemahill

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God Bless America

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Oops

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Lithuanian president & people paid their respects to 4 American servicemen who died during training exercise. When the soldier’s remains arrived at Dover Air force Base, no US president was there to honor them on behalf of a grateful nation. Trump was golfing & will dine with rich Saudis

submitted 6 days ago • 163 comments

The oil price collapse tells me that the Trump recession has already begun, we are just waiting for the statistics to begin recording and measuring the downturn

submitted 6 days ago • 68 comments

1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse. 2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report." 3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes." This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.

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Top prosecutor spoke at event attended by January 6 seditionists who are appealing their convictions www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Ugh. Just watched a video of kids screaming “mommy, what is this for?” as they were dying after Russia hit an outdoor area full of kids with a ballistic missile in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. 14 dead incl 6 kids. 50 wounded. It’s a massacre.

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There are many things to say about Trump’s decision to preside over a Saudi-funded golf tournament rather than attend the arrival of our soldiers’ bodies at Dover AFB. One of them is this: If a Democratic president did something similar, the GOP media would cry bloody murder.

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Looks like it's going to be another busy Friday night for the courts.

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NEW -- President Donald Trump skipped the return of four soldiers who died in a training exercise to Dover Air Force Base Friday and instead spent $4.2 million of taxpayer money to attend a dinner for one of his business interests and to play golf. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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