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Historically, hygiene and health are reasons to have effective government. Without it, people senselessly die. Demolishing the federal government will have terrible costs. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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This is a pretty remarkable exchange from Trump's interview with Time Magazine

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"When an authoritarian tells you he’s going to do something, believe him. Each outlandish statement is a trial balloon, one step closer to action. And when people don’t push back...the boundaries...permanently shift." Vital piece:

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No attorney general should ever speak like this. She's Trump's advocate, not the people's lawyer, which is what the AG's job is. Whatever state she is barred in should start disciplinary proceedings immediately. This isn't subtle or arguable, it's wrong.

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"Republicans still hold the constitutional power to remove Trump from office, but that’s meaningless if they’re paralyzed by fear of MAGA mob violence. Trump’s hold over his party and the Congress it currently controls is inherently corrupt, not legitimately persuasive." — @playtyperguy.com

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New: We analyzed Trump's meme coin - At least 27 crypto wallets have picked up $100 million worth of $TRUMP coins since his team said the top holders would join him for an "intimate private dinner." Huge profit for Trump; "the most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done" wapo.st/4iAatO1

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Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns. Where is the outrage?

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🤦🏼 couldn’t make it up if we tried

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You may have lost 20% of your retirement but good news:

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Two days ago he said eggs were down 95%.

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New in PN: Laws are for the little people "Wealth has always been a shield against consequences. But never at this scale."

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Trump on collapsing visitor numbers to the US: “Not a big deal. We treat our tourists great.” Here’s what the rest of world thinks:

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So basically the position of the Trump Admin is if Ukraine doesn’t agree to all of Putin’s demands, and hand over their power plants and mineral rights to the US, then they don’t want peace so we should walk away from them.

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Ossoff: I think the only people who are happy about this are congressional Republicans and the Mar-a-Lago club members, who I can imagine are doing pretty well on stock tips and getting advanced notice.

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Walz: 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.

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If Trump's "new" Ukraine "peace plan" sounds familiar, it was in the Mueller Report. A lot.

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You can now follow DOJ-in-Exile @dojinexile.bsky.social here on Bluesky.

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So half the ships bringing cheap stuff here to the US. I'm pretty sure we're gonna notice that.

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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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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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The difference between Christianity and Christian Nationalism is a Pope who advocated for our most marginalized and a woman who considers him evil for doing so.

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White House denies that the secretary of defense leaked Rose Garden Easter Egg locations to his family in Signal Chat.

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There’s an additional point that transcends individual polls. You don’t want people pulled off the streets and sent to gulags. You also don’t want people crashing into govt databases and stealing people’s data, or cutting off their SocSec checks. Each one of these is about the rule of …

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This!!

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This is incredibly important.

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Credit to whoever did this. Brilliant.

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Sen. Van Hollen: "[Trump] and his administration are defying a court order to give Abrego Garcia his due process rights. They are trying to litigate on social media what they should be doing in the courts. They need to put up or shut up in the courts."

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This is hilarious!!

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I've been shown what purports to be a draft version of a soon to be released Executive Order reorganizing the State Dept. The chain of custody is a bit indirect and it's important to be clear that there can be many versions of such orders circulating and they can be subject to subsequent edits etc.

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From Craig Fuller: Domestic freight out of LA is at the weakest levels (seasonally adjusted) it has been since 2020. Up till now, the "Liberation day tariffs" have not been a factor in declining volumes out of S. Cal. It is going to get worse. #EconSky

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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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It's so indulgently colorful to call the Trump Administration's fraudulent descriptions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia as painting a picture, instead of shameless, willfully lying. #MediaFails

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RFK Jr for the win! www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Trump is breaking the law. How is that not in the headline?

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😂😂

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Not the same indeed.

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In the Christian faith tradition, Holy Thursday/Good Friday tells the story of a man of color unjustly arrested, jailed, and murdered by corrupt leaders. MAGA Christians want you to take the side of the murderers. Super work, kids. Jesus would be pleased. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/if-your-ch...

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Great point at TPM. SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law; They Can’t Change It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/scotu...

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A Chicago Bulls hoodie makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member the same way a shiny gold cross makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.

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When you realize that just about everything the President and his allies say are lies, the unhinged policy decisions start to make a little more sense.

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The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to end routine food safety inspections.

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The Food and Drug Administration is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News. 🔗 www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...

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👇👇

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