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AOC: Fox News and the right-wing would have you believe that these American values are something out of The Communist Manifesto. But let me tell you Fox News, I don’t believe in healthcare, labor, and human rights because I’m a Marxist.. I believe it because I was a waitress.

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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.

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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.

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"I was exchanged, Mom! I'm in Ukraine! I love you, Mommy!" Our Defender is finally able to call his mom. His emotions are so raw. What he must have endured in Russian captivity... 📹: Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets

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Court documents reveal an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted that “many” of those who were removed from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act “do not have criminal records” in this country. The documents were filed by the Trump administration, calling upon…

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What horseshit from DOD that they "mistakenly" deleted pages on the Navajo Code Talkers, black Medal of Honor recipients, Jackie Robinson, and more. They labeled them DEI and deleted them and then got caught and now they're scrambling. Nobody changes a URL by mistake. Constant lies.

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youtu.be/JukTvlrh-Wk?...

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BREAKING: The Canadian Anthem is now blasting on speakers outside the White House.

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Sharing for no particular reason. youtu.be/4lzqUe1Qfec?...

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❤️ WISCONSIN: “I’d like to apologize. My eyes were opened. I’ve learned a very lot about this group of people.” Larry came to testify against the anti-trans youth health care bill, but had an epiphany and changed his mind. Context: www.pride.com/politics/ant...

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Weeks BEFORE Elon Musk brought up supposed “dead people” on Social Security rolls on Twitter, DOGE staff were repeatedly told that the appearance of deceased was a tech quirk; SSA knew they weren’t getting benefits. Of course, these facts didn’t deter Elon from falsely claiming widespread fraud.

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Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them. There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

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Why do we, the most powerful nation on Earth, act like the most weak and shortsighted?

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This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA. Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

submitted 7 days ago • 496 comments

fuck all the way off then fuck off some more

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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses. Let’s not make it harder to learn.

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Being an asshole has consequences.

submitted 10 days ago • 1848 comments

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.

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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. ⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

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Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…

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As requested by a third grader in a letter to my office: Happy Third Graders Day, Minnesota!

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Conan: You know, Anora is having a good night. That's great news. Two wins already. I guess Americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful Russian.

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Thou shalt not deport hard working, good people whilst importing vile criminals like the Tate brothers and still claim you have morals.

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Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

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One of the brilliant things our current iteration of oligarchs did is get people to conceive of free speech as being able to call your coworkers slurs rather than using it to say stuff like why are my tax dollars subsidizing your billionaire ass

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Completely embarrassed, ashamed, and disgusted.

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TOMORROW (WED): Rallies are being held across the country to protest the funding cuts to science and the illegal firing of federal workers. Please join if you can. We need to show that many people oppose these destructive attacks on science and healthcare. Details: labor4highered.org

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

submitted 31 days ago • 2283 comments

Knowledge is power…

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Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID. Watch this ad, which tells the truth, instead. #saveforeignaid #standwithUSAID

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