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The first word of the Constitution is a pronoun. Must be why Trump hates it so much

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I'm sorry. I try not to share politics on this account. But FUCK THIS SHIT. If at this moment we do not speak out then when?

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President Trump Monday threatened to send Americans to a notorious prison in El Salvador, asking President Nayib Bukele to "build about five more places."

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I genuinely fear that one day my government will come for me for the things I have said.

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Remember that Trump staged an assassination attempt and then told the world he was shot in the ear by a high powered rifle? I dare you to Google a recent image of that same ear. Do it. I'll wait.

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The fire broke out overnight on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover, which Shapiro and his family had celebrated that night. State police said in a statement that, while the investigation was ongoing, they were “prepared to say at this time that this was an act of arson.”

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When I say you don’t have to worry about microplastics in your brain I mean that there is much stronger evidence that you should be worrying about other things that you don’t ever think about, like the draining of peatlands for agriculture, and things that you think about all the time, like fascism.

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Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."

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At least one of my senators does not take PAC money or trade individual stocks. More than most can say.

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And also, Senate Dems could shut this shit down or, at least, make things difficult and still haven't. Just saying.

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Do unto others, unless they are unemployed, then they can't even sleep in a parking lot anywhere near me because if you're not employed benefiting me, you can't be poor around me. Or something to that effect

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xAI, Musk’s AI company, had been using around 15 portable generators to help power its massive supercomputer in Memphis without yet securing permits. That number is now far higher. The gas turbines combined can generate around 420MW of electricity, enough to power an entire city

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The Social Security Administration will no longer be communicating with the media and the public through press releases and “dear colleague” letters, as it shifts its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. The news comes amid major staffing cuts the agency.

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Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House on a plan to vastly expand deportations to El Salvador — transporting thousands of immigrants from U.S. holding facilities to a sprawling maximum security prison in Central America.

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Deer Leader Trump has instructed federal agencies and their assigned DOGE teams to repeal any existing regulations that are inconsistent with his priorities without providing advance notice or going through the traditional public input process.

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The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

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Just remember, if you see someone stealing food. No, you didn't.

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The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of bio details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation

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Welp they passed the SAVE Act. If you are a married woman get ready to not be able to vote.

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Dreamt last night that the tariffs weren't real and that all of my medication wasn't about to shoot up in price. It was a nice dream. Unfortunately, I woke up 😕

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Remember that time when we eradicated measles years ago....

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Per SCOTUS American citizens can now be disappeared to other countries.

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Exciting news if you are pro crime!

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A lawyer's spring break trip to the Dominican Republic with his family ended on a troubling note at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday: He was detained by federal agents, questioned about his clients, and asked to give up his cellphone, he says.

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What is the big deal? Golfing is important. To him.

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#SoMuchWinningYoureGoingToBeSickOfWinning

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So now things are going to get more expensive for people who can't afford it, but they plan to give tax cuts to billionaires. Got it!

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Weird that this is the same guy who bankrupted multiple casinos. He obviously has a firm grasp on economics.

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Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance. The Heard and McDonald Islands, known for their populations of penguins and seabirds, can only be reached by sea

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"...the counterprotest movement that showed up this weekend was peopled mostly by MAGA supporters. Among them were an array of far-right extremists, including members of the Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, a guy dressed as Hitler."

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The DOGE-affiliated acting president of the US Institute of Peace, a Congressionally funded, independent think tank, has moved to transfer the agency’s $500 million headquarters building to the GSA free of charge, according to court documents revealed in a recently filed lawsuit.

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By accessing the system, which is housed at the Interior Department, DOGE workers now have visibility into sensitive employee info, such as Social Security numbers, and the ability to more easily hire and fire workers, according people who spoke on condition of anonymity bc they feared retribution.

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Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen was handed a four-year prison sentence and banned from holding public office for five years by a French court Monday, in what could be the biggest setback for her political cause in a generation.

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"Any young American is going to think: Remember what happened when they took down the world’s greatest university system on behalf of Jewish safety? And this will go down in history books — the history of this era will say that Jewish people were the sledgehammer for fascism."

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Under Walters’ watch, the state approved the first ever religious virtual public charter school, a provocative move that is now before the Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the move next month.

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"Okay, come on!" the woman shouted back. "Bring it on!" Another woman called the driver a Nazi while a nearby crowd chanted "Shame!" Musk responded by calling for arrests.

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Sharing quotes from Bush Admin officials about how deranged Trump is, isn't the gotcha you think it is

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser The job has meant meetings with a UFC fighting champion, a trip to Guantanamo Bay and, traveling on the Pentagon’s 747 aircraft

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Goldman Sachs also increased its inflation estimate, slashed its 2025 GDP forecast to just 1% and bumped up its year-end unemployment rate outlook by 0.3 percentage points to 4.5% While Goldman Sachs still expects the US economy to avoid a downturn, other forecasters think it’s more of a 50/50 call

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Taxpayers in South Dakota paid $150,000 for Kristi Noem to jet-set across the country last year. Camera-ready Noem—who has garnered the nickname “ICE Barbie” for dolling up for photo ops at immigration raids and detention centers—racked up the charges during her tenure as governor of South Dakota

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If this is what I have to wake up to, so do you. Its happening. People are being disappeared from the streets

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Earlier in the week, the Trump administration sent a letter to a number of French companies claiming the Republican president’s measures against DEI apply “to all suppliers and service providers of the U.S. government, regardless of their nationality and the country.”

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A Wisconsin appellate court denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, just two days before a closely contested Supreme Court election.

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Why is there a literal plague every time Trump is president

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other vaccine skeptics have promoted vitamin A amid the measles outbreak. Meanwhile, reports have emerged that some unvaccinated children hospitalized with measles in Texas are showing signs of vitamin A toxicity.

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