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Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans. "Party of family values."

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Another heartbreak on the world stage. Tunisia, once the birthplace of the Arab Spring, tragically falls back into authoritarianism. Sentencing members of the opposition to lengthy prison terms. This is not democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...

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America has had its share of crooks (Warren G. Harding, Richard Nixon), bigots (Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan), and incompetents (Andrew Johnson, George W. Bush). But never before Donald Trump did we have a president who combined all these nefarious qualities.

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Yes, thank you.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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What’s on the chopping block under Trump’s FDA? -Quality control testing for milk & dairy products -Routine testing for deadly bacteria in grocery items -Monitoring food packaging for "forever chemicals" Making America Healthy Again, one foodborne illness at a time. Hello?

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ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February. If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine. Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.

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Last Friday, Trump's EPA shut down a Biden-era website mapping locations of dangerous chemical plants. The chemical industry, which gave over $1M to Trump's inauguration, heavily lobbied the Trump administration to scrap the website. See how this works?

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Yeah he's gonna be good at that.

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One of mine as well.

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Yes, this is authoritarianism. We must stop him and all of his cronies.

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He has always been on of my favorite people.

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So the Republican Party has historically blocked: -Paid sick leave -Paid family & medical leave -Universal childcare -Universal pre-K -Expanded Child Tax Credit -Programs to support reproductive health And they're wondering why more people aren't having children?

submitted 21 hours ago • 216 comments

Do you know why Trump and the GOP want women to have more children? So, they pay the taxes of the rich!

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The director of HLS, Noem, goes to a restaurant and places her purse on the floor, filled with $3,000. Who in the hell does that? It makes you wonder if she is lackadaisical with her purse and how lackadaisical she is with the security of our country.

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Skydance is selling its soul to fascists which is why 60 Minutes is about to get royally screwed 🧢 @slack2thefuture.bsky.social

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One of the clearest signs of our Orbanization. The executive producer of “60 Minutes” said he will resign because he had lost his journalistic independence. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b... [Gift link]

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Bill Owens, executive producer of “60 Minutes”, resigns: “I would not be allowed to run the show as I have always run it, to make independent decisions based on what was right for ‘60 Minutes’, right for the audience.” We’re falling into fascism. — Deeper and deeper.

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Bill Owens, the executive producer for CBS News’ flagship “60 Minutes” program, announced he will resign from the top job on Tuesday, saying he no longer has control over the show. Read more: cnn.it/4jKGOTk

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Under the Trump administration’s theory of the law, the government could have banished this U.S. citizen to a Salvadoran prison then refused to do anything to bring him back. This is why the Constitution guarantees due process to all. Could it be more obvious? news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...

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Trump's EPA has rolled back regulations governing clean air, water, wildlife, and toxic chemicals. It's estimated that these moves could result in 200,000 premature deaths by 2050. Your Earth Day reminder that Donald Trump is a danger to our planet and our health.

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This year, 1 day before Trump took his second term, Pope Francis commented on his plan to carry out mass deportations. "If it is true, it will be a disgrace, b/c it makes the poor wretches who have nothing pay the bill for the imbalance. It won't do. This is not the way to solve things," he said.

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"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," Pope Francis said while on a trip to Mexico. "This is not in the gospel."

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Francis on migrants: 'The Son of God, in becoming man, also chose to live the drama of immigration'

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At a time when moral leadership has been in short supply in the world — when authoritarians and neofascists are pushing us into darkness — Pope Francis pointed toward the light. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-conscience-of-the-world

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It seems so appropriate that Francis met Vance the day before he died. The night before Jesus died, he too, met with his betrayer, Judas. He shared a meal with him and washed his feet to show him love always triumphs hate, evil, and racism. Francis always shows empathy, not MAGA supporters.

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reading a lot of articles that are "pope francis was an argentinian with italian roots" and like yeah, man that's called being argentinian

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Pope Francis embodied leadership grounded in humility. He called on us to protect our environment, to uplift the marginalized among us, and to leave this Earth better than we found it. As we grieve his loss, may his light continue to guide us toward compassion and our shared humanity.

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Pope Francis was a tireless advocate for the rights and dignity of immigrants and refugees in a way that seems extraordinarily farsighted now. The world has lost his voice when it was most needed--I just hope his successor has a fraction of his moral clarity and courage.

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Pope Francis embodied servant leadership and compassion for others. He lent his voice to standing up for those left behind – he will be remembered as a champion for a more just world and his unwavering love for the most vulnerable. I join millions worldwide in mourning his loss.

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Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire and traditional approaches. The cardinals who will choose his successor face a critical decision: Will they follow his path?

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Am I to understand that Pope Francis died right after meeting JD "trophy killer" Vance, the market is down another 2%+ on no market news at all, the Homeland Security Secretary had a bag with her access card stolen, and all of this before noon Eastern on a Monday???

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Yes!

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The innocence of Abrego Garcia, Merwil Gutiérrez, and an estimated 90% of the people sent to El Salvador proves this was never about “criminals”. It’s about racism. It’s about state terror. It’s about dehumanization. Fascism takes hold when people stay silent. It’s up to all of us to speak up.

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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.

submitted 6 days ago • 121 comments

You know the only reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure. Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.

submitted 6 days ago • 150 comments

Yes, this was the problem then and it still is. Make your voice heard, wake some people up. You are NOT going to change the minds of the 76.8m cult, but you can try to wake up some of the 85.9m who didn't vote as they start to hurt.

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Lisa Murkowski says, “We are all afraid of retaliation by Donald Trump.” No fucking shit, woman! The entire world is scared, but it’s your job to stand up and do something about it, and if people can march in the streets and raise their voices, so can you. The kitchen is hot. Start cookin’ or GTFU.

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if lisa murkowski thinks believes that the current admin is spreading fascist terror that threatens her, she could just...caucus with Ds and work to stop it?

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