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Rep. Pocan: “Sounds like this is a bit of a circus. Who’s in charge of DOGE?” Trump’s budget guy Russ Vought: ridiculous word salad 🎪

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MASSACHUSETTS: “He is not a criminal… 18 years old… one of the nicest kids in school… plays drums in church… this is the only home he has ever known…” Lawyers say Marcelo Gomes da Silva is here legally: www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

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Russ Vought calling the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office wrong is like failing the test and blaming the calculator. The numbers don’t lie — he just doesn’t like them. The Republican Budget Bill will increase the deficit by trillions.

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The US government’s treatment of migrant children has been deplorable. History will judge us harshly. “migrant children are being separated for long periods from the relatives they had hoped to live with after crossing into the U.S.” apnews.com/article/migr...

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As a career public defender for 15 years, I’ve seen firsthand how our legal and political systems fail people every day. I’m using my voice to expose what’s really happening—in our courts, in our politics, and across the country. 🧵/x objectioneverything.substack.com

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Knowing you could be a victim of the US government’s purge and believing you’re immune from the US government’s attacks on its citizens are two very different realities. Good luck to those existing in the latter.

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What is bankrupting America is Republican tax cuts for billionaires.

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Significant ruling by Judge Boasberg for men sent to CECOT prison. "The Government must facilitate the Class’s ability to seek habeas relief to contest their removal under the Act." Important moment for the rule of law and against government lawlessness. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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JUST NOW: Democrats hold a press conference to accurately rebrand Donald Trump’s disasterous bill as the “Well, We’re All Going to Die Act”

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BREAKING: Columbia University no longer meets accreditation standards after violating antidiscrimination laws, the US says

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NEW: A group of minority voters in Tarrant County, Texas file a lawsuit accusing local GOP officials of racial gerrymandering, a day after they approved a new map to shrink the voting power of Black and brown residents. From: @jenrice.bsky.social‬

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The bait and switch is in: “The Secretary of Defense has prioritized making sure that we don’t have ships named after people who honorably served but don’t fit his 1980s action hero vision of what they should look like.” All while Republicans gut care for Veterans and Military Families.

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The pro life party wants to kill women. apnews.com/article/abor...

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And: “officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations.”

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These are the nearly 2,500 N.I.H. grants that have been ended or delayed.

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Ask your family or friends who voted for Trump: Is this what you voted for? Chaos in the streets? Americans pitted against one another? They need to question who Trump is working for.

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Ashli Babbitt was the tip of the spear of one of the most tragic and damaging terrorist attacks on our nation’s history, and that attack is still ongoing to this day ♥️🤍💙

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Rep. Becca Balint: If Republicans were serious about helping students and making higher education more affordable, they would work with Democrats to lower costs and expand access.

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TAKANO: Does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard's history department count as an ideological litmus test? McMAHON: I believe there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses

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It is sad that nearly 20 years later Republicans are still trying to gut the Affordable Care Act instead of working to guarantee healthcare for all Americans. The gulf between the political class and what people want has never been wider.

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The foreign aid freeze implemented by the Trump administration has jeopardized efforts to combat terrorism, as funding for detention camps that hold thousands of Islamic State-affiliated families is now at risk, writes ‪@devorahmargolin.bsky.social‬.

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The Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on HIV vaccines, terminating a $258 million program critical to the research.

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Absolutely

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This is who Trump is handing billions of taxpayer dollars to create a database on all of us. (While all the conspiracy theorists defend his every move) Sleep tight, everybody! 😕

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It was never about anti-Semitism. In fact, as we know, Team Trump is loaded with anti-Semites. Also racists. Also misogynists. Also education officials who are anti-education, health officials who are anti-health, science officials who are anti-science and justice officials who are anti-justice.

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A Harvard law professor fails to note how the courts didn’t protect us in 2015 when he was allowed to run (the intelligence community failed as well), failed in 2020 when he was allowed to run again, failed in 2025 when he was allowed to run again!

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But I’’m not worried about locking up mothers and children simply to meet arrest quotas arising out of Pol Potbelly’s lust for cruelty because Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman says the courts will protect us!

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Hmmm....

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THIS.

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The Republican Bill for Donald Trump's tax scam will leave nearly 11 million people without health care. It is projected to add $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next 10 years and contradicts claims by the White House and Republican leaders that the bill won't worsen the national debt.

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REED: You're gonna destroy NOAA LUTNICK: We did cut programs writing children's book for climate anxiety REED: How much money did you save there? LUTNICK: We saved tens of millions of dollars on nonsense out of NOAA

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VAN HOLLEN: I'm simply asking you to provide the committee with a reorganization plan, and your response is 'maybe yes, maybe no.' Am I getting that right? LUTNICK: We're going to follow the law VAN HOLLEN: The law requires to you to submit these major changes to the Senate

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If you still believe the US election was not clearly manipulated and stolen in 2024, we have a bridge in Crimea to sell you. Get with the program, you got played, Trump regime is not your legitimate government. It’s not 100% your fault, however, your officials dropped the ball by not challenging it.

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Susan Collins is very concerned!

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remember ICE members must show their badges on request (they should be visible on person, but that's not happening). They also must present search warrants for access to private residences, businesses, vehicles. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WELL ENOUGH TO HELP OTHERS 🟥

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“I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!” he posted at 2:17 a.m. on Wednesday. https://trib.al/RWxIJcU

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SCOOP: "Big Balls," Ethan Shaotran, and Luke Farritor are officially full-time government employees, shedding the SGE title. More here: www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

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Just 37k jobs added in May, traditionally the month summer seasonal employers begin ramping up. Trump's Taco economy has arrived.

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Let the snatching begin!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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