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385 American workers die every day due to dangerous working conditions, according to the @aflcio.org. Meanwhile, Trump put a former Amazon exec in charge of worker health and safety and is planning to shutter 11 regional OSHA offices. Make no mistake: these moves will cost workers their lives.

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After citing Trump's tariffs as an excuse for mass layoffs, automaker Stellantis is rewarding shareholders with a $2.26B payout. Big corporations will use any cover they can — like inflation or tariffs — to pad profits and line their pockets at workers expense. Know the truth.

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"Mr. Trump started his term with the second-lowest approval rating for a president in modern history. The only recent president to have started in a worse position was Mr. Trump the first time he took office..." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...

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Offering folks $5,000 to have a baby is wild—especially when y’all are the same ones trying to slash SNAP and Medicaid. The very benefits millions of Americans rely on to survive. Since when did raising a baby only cost $5,000?

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My latest piece, addressing Trump’s apparent plan to bribe young couples $5000 to have a baby. open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

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A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.

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Utah Mormon psychologist & pornography addiction book author Robert Dindinger has been arrested for convincing child patients to undress so he could secretly record them. www.fox13now.com/news/crime/o...

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The fuck? This is untenable. Dude is a walking security threat.

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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened two schools to help communities of color. Now they're closing, and some families wonder if the closures are related to his DEI retrenchment.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene is taking a serious look at running against Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff in 2026. She reportedly thinks she would “crush” the competition.

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No, @slotkin.senate.gov — Dems shouldn’t stop using the term “oligarchy”. They should make it a household term. And they should be wary of anyone telling them otherwise. People know what it means. And if they don’t, tell them. That’s what leaders do.

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Bragging about being “close to a trade deal” with South Korea is a joke—we already have one: KORUS—a free trade agreement signed in 2007 & updated in 2018. Nearly all tariffs are already gone. PS— Bessett sounds like a terrible negotiator. “We’ll see if they actually follow through.” Clown show.

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China has returned two Boeing jets, each valued at $55 million. With $69 million in tariffs applied, the cost per plane increased to $124 million. Orders for an additional 130 jets have been indefinitely suspended.

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"The Partnership for Public Service, which studies the federal workforce, has used budget figures to produce a rough estimate that Trump's firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...

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JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act. They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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In a normal political environment, Trump’s brazenly corrupt approach to pardons would be the defining scandal of his presidency. His pardon for Nevada's Michele Fiore was ridiculous, but it was also part of an indefensible pattern. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Maddow: 88% of the country says no, no, he cannot defy a supreme court ruling. Only 9% say yes he can. And you know, it's not the same thing. But I should mention that 9% is also the proportion of Americans who told yougov this week that they have a favorable view of the black plague

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(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.

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When student loan borrowers are in default, how does the Trump regime respond? By garnishing their wages. When billionaires see their wealth hit record highs, how does the Trump regime respond? By extending their tax cuts. This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

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We’re all a little confused, disheartened, and yet… focused. So I recorded a message for all of us: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/a-message-...

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Controversial Tennessee bill could criminalize recording police officers within 25 feet www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.

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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.

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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.

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"'What I’ve seen with Hegseth – never in my life have I ever seen this,' the former senior official said of the regular presence of the secretary’s wife..." www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/p...

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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

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See the problem here?

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The worst form of addiction that this country now faces is the greed of the oligarchy.

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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.

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I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

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

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

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Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.

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“Cowardice is contagious — so is courage.” “That’s what we’ve been seeing month after month... Starting with some people demonstrating courage, and then other people looking around and saying I can do that, too. It’s in my power. I’m not just a victim of world events.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

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“5 years ago today. .. maybe the dumbest day ever.” - @wutangforchildren.bsky.social

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RFK Jr’s HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth. It receives on average 2,100 contacts a day. This is metaphorically telling LGBTQ youth they can go kill themselves. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Y’all, I think I found that welfare state the right wingers keep crying about

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Walz: An hour by hour day by day basis, the President has chosen, chosen to throw our economy into turmoil. We are talking about a guy that slapped a 10% tariff on an island populated only by penguins. It would be funny as hell if it wasn't true and stupid.

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“Pro-life”

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Trump’s efforts to deport migrant farm workers will only disrupt families, raise food prices and put more pressure on struggling family farms. It is exactly the wrong approach. The time is long overdue for real immigration reform and a path to citizenship for migrant workers.

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Kevin Kiley refuses to talk to his constituents about their health care and social security. Because he WON’T protect it. So, I went to Folsom and talked to them.

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Texas christian preschool teacher & youth minister, Mark Eichorn, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for producing & distributing images of children being sexually abused. ktxs.com/news/local/f...

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In Trump's first term, a state-run media outlet in China ran a memorable headline that read, "Trump slaps self in face, again." The White House should probably expect some similar headlines any day now. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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“We’re leaving wokeness behind,” said Hegseth, while cutting the ribbon on his personal Pentagon makeup studio. Because nothing screams meritocracy like bronzer before a briefing.

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Trump kills programs to combat opioid addiction: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...

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