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NYT: "Maya Angelou Is Out but ‘Mein Kampf’ Stays at the Naval Academy Library" "An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:

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Casar: At the end of the day, this is about taking your hard-earned money and giving it to themselves—or funneling it to their friends. That’s all this is about.

Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings. Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

And wait until we see, on the other side of the ledger, higher borrowing costs (from decreased demand for Treasury securities) and decreased revenues (from laxer tax enforcement if not also tax cuts).

Chris Rufo: I'm going to manipulate these stupid media orgs in obvious ways. NY Times: Sign us up! Rufo: Could you try to get the president of Harvard fired for me? She's Black and female. NYT: On it! Rufo: Let's destroy higher ed in America. NYT: Ooooh, how intriguing. Can we promote you more?

So basically he moved the deck chairs around a little.

So now all the “fiscal conservatives” in Congress who complained for the last 4 years that the Biden/Pelosi budget deficits were “mortgaging our kids’ futures” are on a path to pass a budget that will explode the deficit exponentially to far more than any of the Biden years.

Mike Johnson just voted to cut Medicaid. Nearly 40% of his district relies on Medicaid.

BREAKING: The House just adopted a budget resolution that sets the stage for deep cuts to Medicaid. People with disabilities, seniors in nursing homes, and children in schools will suffer the brunt of these misguided cuts.

🚨 NEWS: The White House confirms the tariff on Chinese imports is now 145%—not 125%. Reminder: tariffs are taxes on imported goods, which means Americans end up paying more.

Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history. They aren't even bothering to hide it.