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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here. www.kqed.org/news/1203596...

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Donald Trump before the election: “I’ll end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.” Today, 89 days into the Trump presidency, Marco Rubio said the U.S. may “move on” from efforts to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if no progress is made in the coming days.

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NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies. By @alecmac.bsky.social

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Not possible? He said he would end it in one day! Narrator: Promises made; promises broken.

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President Trump just fired almost the entire staff of the CFPB, who protect you from getting scammed by Wall Street. This is another assault on consumers and our democracy by Trump's lawless Administration. We will fight back with everything we've got.

submitted 20 hours ago • 272 comments

Do they even read the files they post?

submitted 22 hours ago • 593 comments

BREAKING: Multiple people injured as police respond to a shooting at Florida State University

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An update on FEMA and State Aid to Western NC as residents wait for more financial help

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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.

submitted 1 day ago • 648 comments

Trump’s plan to gut the VA will leave thousands of veterans without access to the health care they need, and will devastate an entire workforce. I was proud to join nurses in San Diego to stand up for our veterans.

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Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"

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Meanwhile, in Florida, it seems that public money meant to help struggling Floridians access health care was redirected by team DeSantis to fund political campaigns.

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See how this works?

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I just discovered another convenience of living within walking distance of a public library: printing documents. You can print up to 5 pages per day free of charge (and for a small fee for each additional page) at the Southern Branch Library in #Carrboro. 🌈

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Oh

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The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. @kait.bsky.social had to try it for herself.

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Didn’t get a chance to post this earlier, but there was a huge turnout in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the federal courthouse. From my seat in the jury room, I heard the supporters outside chanting throughout the hearing.

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Cinco de Mayo parades in Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Jose have been canceled due to organizers' concerns about ICE raids and anti-immigrant sentiment, as community members fear attending.

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Dan Caldwell is fired from the Pentagon for leaking inconvenient information that threatened to embarrass Donald Trump. Pete Hegseth is not fired from the Pentagon for leaking top secret military information that threatened the lives of our pilots overseas. #TrumpPriorities

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"My father relies solely on Medicaid and Medicare...it would greatly impact him and other seniors + people w disabilities if [Republicans] strip our Medicaid and Medicare. How do these people sleep at night? Do they have a conscience?"

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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

submitted 3 days ago • 564 comments

When they take away the legitimate vote we've cast, what's left.

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1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina But that claim is false We have receipts

submitted 3 days ago • 56 comments

interesting how democratic outsiders are pulling massive crowds saying "let's fight back" while party elites ineffectually shuffle their feet & mumble, occasionally raising a hand halfway as if to make a point before subsiding once again into their torpor

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

So much for due process and the Constitution

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My latest at @msnbc.com: "Every member of Congress, like the nation as a whole, faces a binary choice: It’s Trump or the Constitution. We can have one or the other but not both."

submitted 5 days ago • 123 comments

Arrest Noem and Homan for contempt of court. Detain TFN.

submitted 5 days ago • 210 comments

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

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I know it's a Sunday afternoon, people are busy and instructions from the NC Court of Appeals striking out votes appears inevitable, but if you read one thing today, I hope this is it: Longtime NC voters risk having their ballots wrongly discarded. #ncpol www.theassemblync.com/politics/nc-...

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And guess who would have to be the ones to change this.

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I’ve never seen a tweet that more effectively communicates how we got to this current situation

submitted 7 days ago • 810 comments

"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name." -- John Stuart Mill (1867)

submitted 6 days ago • 64 comments

Some unfortunate news for western NC: FEMA has declined to extend the 100% match for all eligible #Helene recovery costs. #ncpol Gov. Stein pleads for Trump to step in, saying in statement, "I am extremely disappointed and urge the president to reconsider FEMA’s bad decision."

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www.bbc.com/news/article...

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The four law firms that it was announced are now Trump collaborators -- Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, and A&O Shearman Sterling -- ALSO agreed today to "Disavow DEI" as part of a settlement with EEOC. Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?

submitted 7 days ago • 630 comments

Law Firms- don’t cave. Remember your moral code and the survival of freedoms in our country. During this crisis, be the person your kids & grandkids can be proud of. Unify. Stand together. Be strong

submitted 7 days ago • 45 comments

@aoc.bsky.social don’t forget #signalgate

submitted 8 days ago • 19 comments

He has pulled every lever he can to become a Supreme Court justice EXCEPT get more votes than his opponent.

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7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. It looks like we’ve identified them.

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From April 12th - 18th, the U.S. Senate is on recess. The question is - where will Thom Tillis be? If he’s doing his job, Tillis should be actively defending the programs and places threatened by the dangerous Musk-Trump agenda and listening to his constituents here in NC.

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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters Climate experts expressed shock at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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I was a social security recipient from the age of 12 through 18. That’s not some weird thing or corruption. It’s called survivors’ benefits. You don’t have to know this. You’re blessed if you don’t. But if you’re going to speak publicly abt the program you need to know this.

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I mean, every day is like this now, but this is just deranged. To what end??? Who could this possibly benefit? I mean I guess the cruise companies don't want to get inspected, but wouldn't constant plague ships be a problem for them too?

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Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042! Credit: Cayetana Saiz

submitted 8 days ago • 196 comments

Under new voting bill, if a married woman has a different name from the one on her birth certificate she cant vote. Dear Sisters, don’t take your husband’s name

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According to media reports, the list of Trump collaborator Big Law firms may grow to include: A&O Shearman Cadwalader Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Simpson Thacher If they do, they would join the already disgraced: Skadden Arps Paul Weiss Milbank Willkie Farr

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Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional.

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