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Shoutout to RFK Jr for letting me know I could check the “autistic” box on my tax forms.

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BREAKING: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is firing 1,500 workers, and will soon have only about 200 remaining. That means the CFPB will be largely unable to carry out its mission of overseeing financial institutions and regulating companies that scam consumers.

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根据川普最新体检报告，川普和澳大利亚演员Chris Hemsworth的身高相同，体重还轻了一磅。

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When I met with RFK Jr., he didn’t even know HHS had anything to do with child care. Now, he's working with Trump to choke off funding for Head Start & force preschools to close, kicking kids out of the classroom and sending parents scrambling. The end goal? Eliminating Head Start.

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Marco Rubio: censorship of Americans ends today Brendan Carr: report what we tell you or we’ll pull your license

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Rümeysa Öztürk has not been accused of any crime. Plainclothes ICE agents grabbed her off the street, arrested, and detained her. For nearly 24 hours, Ms. Öztürk’s attorney was unable to locate her as ICE quickly moved her in three different states. We won’t stop fighting to bring Rümeysa home.

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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According to USA Today (which was following Sen. Van Hollen’s motorcade in El Salvador), the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo checkpoint appeared to have been set up deliberately to stop him from visiting Abrego Garcia.

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i know some folks are hearing about it for the first time, but there is a long history of US citizens being detained by ICE www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hame... - by @haleaziz.bsky.social 2019 www.npr.org/sections/the... - 2017

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Israelis on Telegram hoot and holler at how the IDF uses humanitarian aid delivery to target and kill Palestinians t.me/lelotsenzura...

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"Connecticut doctor gets Homeland Security email to leave country despite being a US citizen" She now carries her passport with her out of fear. "This comes just days after two Boston immigration attorneys got the same email from DHS, despite being U.S. citizens themselves."

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"But looking forward I think it’s also important to understand that what we’re facing now is a Frankenstein’s Monster of all past atrocities with a distinctly modern sheen—the likes of which we haven’t necessarily seen before." www.thehandbasket.co/p/selfies-ce...

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Again noting it is a profoundly bizarre American hollow-parties thing to believe the parties not only have an obligation to blindly support renominating all incumbents, but it's legally enforceable and not just that, you can force them to fire a party officer who opposes any incumbent.

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And on this episode of Tales from the Crypt,

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Still so surreal that RFK’s big actual “health” accomplishment on the board is “French fries made in a different kind of fat,” which sounds like a joke the Soviets would make about us

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New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner" www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

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What an utterly ludicrous claim by the @nytimes.com Left: NYT Right: Reality

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As @kimkelly.bsky.social reported, Black Lung is resurging, especially in veterans and young miners, which makes Trump and Musk’s decision to roll back NIOSH support and the Silica Rule even more despicable. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

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🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

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Columbia is proof that appeasement doesn’t work. Harvard is doing the right thing.

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This is not a paraphrase; it's a straight quote from a court ruling

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NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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✅ DEI Employer of the Day "At Chobani, we champion diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in every part of the company. Since day one, diversity and inclusion have been a foundational part of our ethos, our policies, and our guiding voice. And will continue to be as we move on the path forward"

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American police departments are spending hundreds of thousands on Massive Blue’s unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected traffickers.

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killing americorps is about as overt as you can get in saying “this administration does not give a fuck about this country or anyone in it”

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Look for admin to try revoking tax-exempt status of churches whose teachings and stances toward immigrants it does not like www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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Yep. A huge chunk of the institutional right is 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s that have no organic support whatsoever. Just billionaire-funded make-work jobs for ideologues.

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