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We fact-checked Rick Scott’s April 22 email—from space missions to water permits. Some claims check out. Others need a closer look. Full breakdown on Donkey in a Bathtub. bio.donkeyinabathtub.com/RS322 #FloridaPolitics #FactCheck #Substack #DonkeyInABathtub

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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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Cartoon by Dave Whamond

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Hope there are no significant weather events in the USA this year...

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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

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The wealthiest man in the world could buy his own island state and do whatever he wanted to. Why is he so bent on destroying the country I love? Sure it has problems, but this is corrupt AF.

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Free market in action, baby!

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I can't be the only person who is entrepreneurial, empathetic, and a lifelong learner.

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A request/challenge/action for my academic colleagues: everyone pick a tenured scholar at Columbia (someone you know or someone in your field) and write them today to ask them to push back hard on their fascist university. Tell them you'll be there to support them. Let's flood them. #AcademicSky

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“Tyrants close universities. Fascists burn books. Trump is destroying America’s most important asset — its innovative mind.” - @rbreich.bsky.social #academicsky #education #booksky #innovation

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points Check this stuff out!!!

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Is something happening to Maria Bartiromo?

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A massive assault on the first amendment is well underway. The GOP pretends to stand for free speech even as they take unprecedented steps to undermine it.

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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

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A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar! Executive Editor of News Brian Barrett on how DOGE is the deep state.

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All of these Republican congressmen who said in these past posts that they will never vote for another CR will vote for another CR on Tuesday.

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Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org

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NEW: A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia that also houses a secretive CIA facility, WIRED has learned.

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Say something to your representatives

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"Ferengi workers don't want to stop the exploitation. We want to find a way to become the exploiters." – Rom, #DS9 S4E16 Why do ppl advocate policies that hurt them? The Ferengi Effect explains how greed and false hope keep us trapped. Read Now open.substack.com/pub/jessmurp... #EconomicInequality

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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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Costco and Aldi are my go to shopping spots now.

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Brave yourselves for more of the like.

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President Donald Trump on Monday issued roughly 1,500 pardons and commuted the sentences of 14 of his supporters in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. MSNBC host of "Politics Nation," Rev. Al Sharpton, joins @joyannreid.bsky.social with his thoughts.

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DO NOT LET THEM REWRITE THIS HISTORY. DO NOT LET THEM EXPLAIN IT AWAY. DO NOT INDULGE A DEBATE. THEY'RE NAZIS. THEY'RE NAZIS. THEY'RE NAZIS.

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My therapist wants me to do a video diary. Has anyone done this? How did it help you get over any anxiety?

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Food for thought.

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I'm Rob, an illustrator, designer, and writer from the UK. With a background in graphic design, I now spend my time drawing spaceships, robots, and other strange stuff - either for myself or for indie games and publishers. 1/n

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This is gorgeous!

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The algorithm works in mysterious ways. In my brain, this is symbolic of the times.

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