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For those who want to listen to the 10am oral argument (6/24/25) in E Jean Carroll v Donald Trump, concerning Trump's appeal of the $88.3 million verdict against him for defamation, you can click here: ww2.ca2.uscourts.gov/court.html (choose courtroom 1505).

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Media Matters is suing the FTC to protect our First Amendment rights. www.mediamatters.org/justice-civi...

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Trump: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing. Do you understand that?"

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Some thoughts on the current situation with Iran. Screenshot from the bad place.

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Schiff: "The failure to brief Dem lawmakers, the making this just another partisan exercise by the administration when it comes to something as serious as the decision to potentially engage in warfare, it means that you're not gonna have the whole country bought into this, which is a real problem"

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Schiff: "It's not an operation that should've ever been authorized by the president in the absence of intelligence showing that Iran had made the decision to break out and build a bomb."

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Crude oil prices continue to rise. gulf.omeclk.com/portal/publi...

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These types of tax schemes steal billions from governments function around the world.

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Who's to blame after ICE destroys our economy? Increased cost of living due to rocketing food prices and goods made in the USA will not reflect on GOP at the next election.

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The price of groceries after Stephen Miller's attack on our agriculture industry will suffer working class Americans.

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Bc the left has (justifiably) vacated Elon's Nazi bar, they're missing some world class trolling @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has been doing, particularly of Stephen Miller. I share a selection of that in this post. www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/20/g...

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REMINDER: Tomorrow, the 9th Circuit will hold a hearing on the government's request to halt the TRO blocking Trump's federalization of the California National guard. Background below.👇 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump wants you to believe that this is about Iran signing a nuclear deal - one he tore up in 2018! - but Israel just killed Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator who was telling US television just two weeks ago that Iran was open to a deal.

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Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.

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Actually, this isn't "abundance." It's public planning plus "everything bagel" = big solar build. The streamlined permit system was legislated by gov in 2022. Developers brought EJ advocates on board by negotiating community benefits. Onion, garlic, sesame, solar. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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If you want to know why Trump and Johnson didn’t do funding for the border and deportations as a standalone bill months ago like many Republicans wanted, this is why.

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This entire thread is incredible. Thank you @lorennacleary.bsky.social

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The federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

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Surprise! Or not.🤷‍♀️ A former DOGE employee says that he found that the federal waste, fraud and abuse that his agency was supposed to uncover were "relatively nonexistent" during his short time embedded within the Department of Veterans Affairs. www.npr.org/2025/06/02/n...

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ICYMI: This is an important topic that affects all Americans and their health insurance coverage. An absolute tragedy resulting in death when an insurer deploys this bait and switch tactic: youtu.be/HIrWhohPtAI?...

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Here is a ChapGPT review of GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' recently published on Insta. www.instagram.com/reel/DKjfbKU...

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This is really brilliant, accompanying ProPublica's story on how AI tagged a bunch of contracts for elimination. www.propublica.org/article/insi...

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Excellent journalism. This story is an eye opener. www.propublica.org/article/nike...

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FIFA withdraws 2026 World Cup from USA! www.instagram.com/reel/DKYuEn5...

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