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They’re coming for Medicare to pay for tax cuts for the super wealthy and big corporations. Kill the bill. Save Americans.

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Who is Leonard Leo? He's a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. By @andykroll.bsky.social‬ (Published Oct. 2023)

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Every single time I tell elder liberals that we should cut funding to the military/the pentagon and use that $ to fund programs that help people I always get "But we do need a strong military..." WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. WE EVER-CONSTANTLY, HAVE ONE. THEY DON'T NEED MORE MONEY. IT'S A PIT.

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In 1885, white rioters murdered dozens of Chinese residents of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.

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This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received. Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

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NEW: ICE has quietly rescinded a policy requiring agents to ensure courthouse raids don't clash with state and local laws. WIRED detected the missing language in a superseding memo posted to ICE's website this week. by me and @dmehro.bsky.social:

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The most extreme conspiracy theorists now defending the government trampling our rights and actually doing all the things they warned about because their guys are the ones doing it has truly been a sight to behold.

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Pocan dominated Vought during this exchange about the BS Vought is spreading about how the reconciliation won't add to the national debt

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🚨 Walmart Board of Directors urges shareholders to vote to reject anti-DEI proposal at its annual meeting tomorrow.

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She has the audacity to demand diversity when it comes to political viewpoints of Harvard staff, after being fully onboard with cutting all other DEI.

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Detroit suburb revolts as Felon MuskRat’s Tesla illegally dumps up to 100 Cybertrucks at a time in mall parking lot…not in the Tesla dealer’s own lot! www.thedailybeast.com/michigan-res...

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“One Big Beautiful Bill”? Try one big, bold-faced lie. They swore this mess wouldn’t add to the deficit…but the nonpartisan budget office says otherwise. $2.4 TRILLION added to the deficit—and for what? Tax cuts for the rich.

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KENNEDY: If Vietnam came to you and said, 'You win. We're gonna remove all tariffs and all trade barriers. Would the US please do the same?" Would you accept that deal? LUTNICK: Absolutely not. That would be the silliest thing we could do KENNEDY: What's the purpose of reciprocity then?

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For Reals

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VAN HOLLEN: I'm simply asking you to provide the committee with a reorganization plan, and your response is 'maybe yes, maybe no.' Am I getting that right? LUTNICK: We're going to follow the law VAN HOLLEN: The law requires to you to submit these major changes to the Senate

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Amazing that when they get in courtrooms, all the big claims they make outside the courthouse to the media suddenly go away.

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Look at this. Representative Rob Bresnahan said he would ban stock trading when he got into Congress in January. Since then, he's traded 530 times.

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“Reading is woke!” MTG… probably.

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😡😡😡😡

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A military occupation by ICE

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Robbo to Kelleher on IG Yeah, we’re all going to miss him. #LFC

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Made me tear up, ngl😢 Good luck Caoimhin. You deserve the very best ❤️ #YNWA

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Lovely this. Good luck Caoimhin #LFC #Kelleher

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we're gone from "90 deals in 90 days" to sending letters to other countries pleading with them to negotiate

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Russell Vought: "Impoundment, which is also a possibility. We are dusting off muscle memory that existed for 200 years before President Nixon in the 1970s and Congress acted to try to take away the president's ability to spend less." (Impoundment is literally illegal.)

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This post tells you all you need to know about America right now.

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The cover art of Madden 26 — Saquon’s hurdle.

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Reed: I’m not a great mathematician but I think you were talking about a trillion dollars. I believe 1.5 billion times ten is 15 billion. McMahon: I think the cut is 1.2 billion Reed: That would be 12 billion not a trillion McMahon: Okay

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again, this staggering idiot — this living monument to gross stupidity — is basically the intellectual guru of the sitting vice president

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