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Hawking hats from the White House, embarrassing, despicable and illegal! The new normal under the t—-p administration. apple.news/AgLkWoLLdRu6...

Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, AP reports

The housing market just had its worst March since 2009.

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think people should be required to carry their 'papers' with them at all times to avoid being illegally and unconstitutionally detained by government agents and at risk for extraordinary rendition to a foreign gulag. newrepublic.com/post/194303/...

Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

Time for today’s edition of Least Surprising News of the Day.

An ABC News/Washington Post poll asked respondents the following question: “What ONE WORD best describes your impression of Trump?” The 9 most common words that respondents gave were: "incompetent," "arrogant," "strong," "idiot," "egotistical," "ignorant," “racist," "asshole” and "narcissistic."

A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife, Casey DeSantis, gave $10 million to nonprofit political committees that helped the governor defeat a ballot measure.

At a conference on Tuesday, Jamie Dimon, the C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase, said that a recession now was all but guaranteed, and called Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs plan “stupid.”

Wow, if anyone had any expectations Trump was going to pull some kind of amazing, negotiated deal for Ukraine out of his hat, don’t hold your breath. Anyone, literally anyone, could negotiate a better deal than him or his administration, they basically suck! My heart goes out to Ukraine…

When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.

House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

Newsom: In 2023, Californians contributed $83.1 billion more to the federal government than we received back. And for your viewers: that other state—Texas—took $71.1 billion more than it contributed to the federal government. California: $83 billion, contributor. Texas: taker.

Crimea is Ukraine. 🇺🇦⚖️ #IStandWithUkraine

Appeal denied. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Selling access to a “private dinner” and White House via memecoin? If a Dem did this, Fox would never let us hear the end of it.

❗️Zelensky will not agree to a ceasefire while his capital is under attack, French President Macron.

YEAH!

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

The POS, wannabe monarch sees Harvard as a “threat to democracy “. Unbelievable! apple.news/Ag4zgkdRfTFi...

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Thinking you'll achieve peace by rewarding invasions is like thinking you'll cure alcoholism with vodka.

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The world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates #climatecrisis Story by @borenbears.bsky.social apnews.com/article/clim...

A more accurate definition could not possibly exist!

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Who else AGREES with David?! 🤚 One. Of. The. Good. Guys. 😎✨

Bringing the L’Oréal warfighting ethos. www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth...

Trump: hey Vladdy *bashful toe twist* Putin: what Trump: could you, like, stop attacking Kyiv? Putin: no Trump: well, I tried. Fuck you Zelenskyy

The same shit, different assholes

In recent decades, the birthrate-obsessed in the Western world were conspiracy theorists panicked about “the great replacement” of white people—until they found weirdo billionaires willing to repackage eugenics as a remedy. Now, they have allies in the White House.

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Stephen Miller turns the fascism up to 11 on Fox News

Just a Reminder:

This is him being nice

BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands. It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.

The most corrupt administration we’ve ever had. An ex republican and Grunt Officer. apple.news/AwytPyjBXS7i...

What is Russia giving up in t—-p’s “peace deal”? t—-p isn’t a deal maker, he’s a dictator wannabe and extortionist. An ex republican and Grunt Officer.

We are monsters www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

He's Unhinged!🤬🤬

@bluewavesurfer.bsky.social thank you for sharing this!!! Let everyone knows this is absolutely disgusting !!!Let’s make this viral!!!