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People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means. It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.

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If you can canvas or otherwise support @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for NYC Mayor, please do. His progressive policies are exactly what poor and working class New Yorkers need. And you know what? Wealthy NYers need the nurses, teachers, trash collectors and others that are being squeezed out.

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This piece in @thebaffler perfectly captures a moment in time in pre-hyper gentrified Williamsburg — whether you’re an Aussie or not.

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A thread. Expect a 50% reduction in imports from China by mid-May and corresponding drop offs in trucking, etc.

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Could you ever have imagined you would see a headline like this in your lifetime

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You can't deport citizen toddlers, you kidnap them.

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AmeriCorps typically receives around $1.1-1.2 billion annually. The total federal budget is approximately $6 trillion, so AmeriCorps funding represents roughly 0.02% of the total federal budget - or about 2 cents of every $100 in federal spending. This is not about efficiency or cost savings.

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There is actually a substantive Albuquerque Journal article about the other judge arrested yesterday, in among all the credulous recycling of Trumpist allegations. Written before his arrest, but full of crucial information about the case missing in every other story I've found.

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What page of the fascist playbook is this? It’s hard to keep up.

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Huge shoutout to everyone this is what a global boycott looks like. Tesla just reported a staggering 71% drop in profits compared to Q1 of 2024. It’s working. Keep the pressure on.

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Despicable.

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“I haven’t seen anybody with a rap sheet that looks like the President’s.” Snap!

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“Pope Dies After Meeting with JD Vance.” The headline writes itself.

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popularresistance.org/the-new-mcca...

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Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Dept. of Health and Human Services, four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.

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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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So the White House story is now: “We didn’t mean to threaten Harvard, because we didn’t mean to send the threatening letter we sent, but when Harvard rejected the threats we made but didn’t mean to make, we decided to threaten them twice more.” The country is now run by thugs and idiots.

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We have a call script for that 👍 5calls.org/issue/consum...

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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

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With Harvard, U Mass faculty, Princeton, Wesleyan, Rutgers faculty and others leading the way, academics are standing up to this lawless administration. Here is a pack of academics, former academics, and organizations worth following on Bluesky who are in this opposition go.bsky.app/5hEmcTw

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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social is a chode. The only thing he should be president of is a pomade company.

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Are you a journalist traveling to or from the US? CPJ’s new border safety advisory outlines advice for how to protect yourself digitally from the Trump regime. #3E cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-...

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More downstream effects of Trump’s tariffs. Not only the truckers, but the businesses that serve them along interstate routes will be negatively impacted.

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We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...

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Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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