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Now Trump wants to tariff smartphones. Unless they build plants here. Which would take years if it would happen at all. He's not going to stop until he makes most things Americans buy more expensive.

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FTC's investigation of Media Matters is further evidence the federal government of 2025 is almost solely focused on trying to please two people: Musk and Trump.

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Trump's vindictiveness has no limit. This is an abuse of power. What and who is next?

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A few corporations have stood up to Trump. Certainly not most corporate media. Silencing their employees just plays to Trump's campaign of fear and leaves the public in the dark

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So Trump takes a second hand jet that will cost taxpayers $1bil to retrofit. Forbes reports Qatar had been trying to unload the plane since 2020

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IVF clinic bomber linked to anti-life idealogy. A recent report found two prominent nihilistic subcultures, True Crime Community and No Lives Matter, were linked to nine school shooting plots and two Swedish stabbing attacks in 2024. A growing influence online.

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40% of Republicans think it is definitely or probably true more people died from the Covid vaccine than the virus. Is this ridiculously false claim guiding Trump policy??

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Gov Wes Moore vetoed several energy related bills intended to measure the cost of climate change and set up an energy planning office. Too costly, he said, for a strained state budget A "surprise" the bill sponsor said

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My question..why can't Americans get a Covid vaccine if they would like as they did during the pandemic?

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It's that time of the year. Mom has an entire fleet. I saw a family like this cross a busy street the other day with the help of pedestrians (who ignored the honking of impatient drivers) A reminder Mom and newly hatched may turn up in not their usual places

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Noem surely knows her answer is not true. It is just 'say anything' and a lot of people will believe it.

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This is good news for those who have given up eating meat

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Isn't this the truth. And we are all stuck with the adverse, negative consequences.

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Spring is a time to appreciate the beauty of our environment. If we protect it. And don't ravage it under current politics to ignore climate change, mow down forests, and care not about wildlife

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Can't Verizon see what happened to Target when it publicly backed away from DEI?

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This analysis factors in the cuts to Medicaid and other federal benefits to fund Trump's tax cuts. Leaving lower income people with less money. And the wealthy with more.

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Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis should be a call for support of the former president and his family and encourage people to get early screening. Talk of his health in recent years and aging is really irrelevant now

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Trump draws his strongest support from people who aren't paying attention to the news. The low-information voter.

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Confirmed. It was a tornado that caused severe weather and some property damage in Baltimore and Dundalk Friday night. The green sky, the noise, the lightning, the wind. wbaltv.com/article/weat...

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And severe and deadly weather happens 24/7. There is no good reason for Trump and DOGE to cut a service, like so many, that are intended to save lives

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Tariffs add cost. Everybody warned about what would happen. Trump now trying to shed the responsibility he bears

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The Orioles have had a very disappointing season thus far in 2025.. So... Manager Brandon Hyde is out.

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Trump banners now going up on federal buildings. As he guts the federal workforce and services.

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Moody's gave the US a perfect credit rating since 1917. Intil now.

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We had tornado warnings in Baltimore tonight and severe and startling thunderstorms

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A good bookmark to follow to see how SCOTUS rules on Trump policies. If he goes 6-0....

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This approaches beyond belief. The US govt involved in a 'hunger games' TV show in which immigrants compete for citizenship

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New audit finds the deaths of 36 people in police custody in Maryland over a 20 year period were misclassified by the Office of the Medical Examiner. Should have been ruled homicide. Audit is linked in the story. wbaltv.com/article/mary...

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Where is energy policy headed now? Clean energy still on track? Fossil fuels now the priority? Trump canceling Energy Star, a successful energy efficiency program. My latest podcast from Maryland Capital. Conversation with Emily Scarr, MD PIRG. open.spotify.com/episode/4VW3...

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Maryland's coveted AAA credit rating gets a downgrade. Gov Wes Moore blames Trump policies. State GOP blames Dems. Either way it is a warning about Maryland's fiscal health

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Trump's immigration policy in less than 10 words. On point.

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Surely the GOP understands..the big federal cuts they are making to Medicaid to pay for Trump's tax cuts only shift responsibility to the states to fill the gap. In Maryland it's a $1 bil blow to the state budget

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We have the worst measles outbreak in years under RFK Jr's watch. Now he takes his grandkids swimming in sewage contaminated water. And boasts about it

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This is a great story. And a good reminder of why immigrants belong in this country. It's our DNA despite the current Trump/Bondi/Noem attempted purge

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Trump's presidency-for-profit has a new event. Dinner for the largest holders of Trump's memecoin. At least $2 mil per seat.

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Trump's masked ICE patrols are a serious discouragement to people visiting the US..even our closest neighbors. 6 months ago this would not have been a concern

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Very good question that awaits an answer within the bounds of the Constitution

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Sen Adam Schiff with today's lesson on the Constitution. As Trump is about to accept a "gifted" luxury jet from Qatar's royal family to use as Air Force One

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The due process claus is found in both the 5th and 14th amendments. Basic principles of law. Who trains these people?

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Another day in America. ICE snatches someone at a gas station. Leaves children behind. And Trump's team will cheer about it

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Springtime along the Potomac River and C&O Canal

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Newark NJ showing up for its mayor in DHS detention

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Trump Administration is now arresting mayors who try to hold them to account. Newark Mayor Ras Bakara had been protesting at the opening of an ICE Detention Ctr saying they didn't get the proper permits

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They are only in the 1st few months of their term. It could be a long and frightening continuing assault on our rights.

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Dr Carla Hayden led the Enoch Pratt Library System in Baltimore before becoming the Librarian of Congress. First Black person to hold the job. Trump fired her.

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Sounds like the Trump team needs a lesson on the Constitution. Or maybe they're just content to avoid it. Which seems like the plan.

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This is a succinct and accurate assessment of the Trump agenda

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