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It’s been 100 days of failure, chaos, buffoonery, and betrayal, and new polls show the America people are not f—king happy about it. My latest 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/its-been-1...

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the united states has become the principal driver of geopolitical—and global economic—uncertainty. so, people keep asking me: is this the end of globalization? the end of us democracy? i break it down for @gzeromedia.com

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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The world looks at us and worries about American dementia. How did we forget how it felt to emerge from the catastrophe of 2020 into the upswing of 2021?

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Under the last president, a mix-up like this would have triggered at least a week of articles on the chief executive's age and mental acuity.

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Trump appears confused here. He is suing Perkins Coie in Florida in a case before Judge Middlebrooks that has been dismissed and resulted in sanctions against him and Alina Habba. Perkins Coie is suing HIM before Judge Howell over his retaliatory executive order.

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NEW— @thenation.com op-ed by Google worker & #NoTechForApartheid organizer Emma Jackson, going public for the first time www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Pope Francis: “As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets & financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or to any problems.”

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It takes too long and will destroy our country to let the accused have access to courts, says Trump describing his own election strategy.

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This is where we are headed.

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Love Tim Walz.

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www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Make no mistake: If one person's right to due process is threatened, yours is too.

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"A survey of more than 500 political scientists finds that the vast majority think the United States is moving swiftly from liberal democracy toward some form of authoritarianism." www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

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America’s national parks are in some very serious trouble.

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Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad.

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Harvard is suing the administration over billions in frozen funds, but the damage has already begun. www.wonkette.com/p/harvard-v-...

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It's long past time for Pete Hegseth to do the right thing for his country, and resign. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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“Hegseth’s attitude over his own handling of sensitive information? A giant shrug.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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I think it's getting lost that Trump is currently very much in the process of defying the Supreme Court, which directed the administration to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's return. This is not some theoretical showdown that will happen later. It's upon us right now.

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Is there a better example of the Peter Principle — the theory that, sooner or later, most employees get promoted above their level of competence — than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth? wapo.st/445DNse

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The Uniform Code of Military Conduct has rules the military should follow when given illegal orders. There were steps taken during Nixon's last months when he was increasingly unhinged to ensure America didn't pratfall into WW3.

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Just learned that this piece got into American Illustration. The article was about how tourists are overrunning the best destinations in South America. (I have no plans to go to Machu Picchu anytime soon.) www.er-h.com

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Two recent dispatches from White House pool reporters (a rotating group of reporters designated to share information with the rest of the press corps), never made it public. The Trump administration is withholding reports that make it look bad.

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The White House said Trump is open to transferring U.S. citizens (Americans) to a hard labor prison in El Salvador. Do people have any idea how shocking this is? www.yahoo.com/news/white-h...

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AHA member Julian E. Zelizer co-authored an article for The New Republic on President Trump’s attack on higher education and the response necessary to protect it. AHA executive director James Grossman signed on as one of nearly two-dozen endorsers of the article. 🗃️

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Outdoor enthusiasts are worried about the loss of their favorite vistas as President Donald Trump's administration considers weakening a 26-year-old rule designed to improve visibility over national parks and wilderness areas.

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"The bottom line is that, as Zelensky has repeatedly charged, Putin has no interest in ending the war. If anything, he seems to be escalating it." Does Trump finally get it? @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Trump's defunct "peace" effort: www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...

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Below is a smart insight from Daniel Altman, my former NYTimes colleague who now publishes the High Yield Economics newsletter:

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Trump’s DOGE chief, Elon Musk, has blazed a staggering trail of destruction, firing tens of thousands of workers while cashing in. Rolling Stone reports on inside Musk's gleeful dismantling of the government ⤵️

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Medicaid pays for two-thirds of nursing home care in America. That's what Mike Johnson wants to rip away from seniors and people with disabilities.

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No matter what happens at the federal level, Minnesota needs strong infrastructure and the shared prosperity of thousands of union jobs in our communities. Rally at the Capitol on April 30th! #mnleg #BetterInAUnion

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It was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times.

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If we weren't getting 16 levels of insanity out of Washington, this attempt to steal an election in North Carolina would be front-page news. It is today at @theprospect.bsky.social, from @gurleygg.bsky.social: prospect.org/politics/202...

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