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* U.S. EFFECTIVE TARIFF RATE HAS JUMPED TO LEVELS LAST SEEN SEVERAL LIFETIMES AGO, IMF CHIEF SAYS @reuters.com

#econsky www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/u...

When you argue the person you want to deport might try to leave the country if you give them bail

I went to grab a novel for some escapist reading, to take my mind off TFG. First thing I found is maybe not the best choice for this?

Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...

He's going to ban vaccines. Fucking genocidal freak.

Buckle up, folks. This is a constitutional crisis unfolding before our eyes.

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For years, we indulged the moscow-centered narrative that defined a vast region & 🇷🇺 ’s place within it—a tale full of holes Today, that fiction is unraveling, shocking many in the West But for those who’ve had the misfortune of living next to 🇷🇺, it is a we-told-you-so moment. Full of anger & regret

RFK Jr. has directed the health service to research autism cures by clicking on every link that says "Try this one weird trick doctors don't want you to know!"

Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.

If you’re a health care reporter and happen to read this, please never write a story about Medicaid expansion that doesn’t note that about a quarter of the people enrolled through expansion have disabilities — particularly behavioral health disabilities: healthlaw.org/resource/the...

A reminder that there is no human being in the United States whom it would be legal to disappear to a Salvadoran prison without due process of law.

I don't think I've ever seen someone speak about children (in this case, specifically Autistic kids) with such disgust and such disdain.

Safe cycling through the city for dads and young daughters thanks to protected cycle tracks

El Salvador didn’t allow a U.S. Senator to see inside their mega prison that’s wrongfully housing one of his state’s residents. But they allow lots of influencers to film propaganda videos.

Tired: "Party of law & order" Wired: "Party of stochastic terrorism"

Arkansas Republicans just gave Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders the power to fire the entire State Library Board—because they wouldn't ban enough books. Christian Nationalist Jason Rapert says his "mission was accomplished." www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arkansas-r...

Once again, the USA is voting in the UN alongside Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and their other... buddies

2 speeding tickets and a fishing citation. That's it. Those are his 'crimes' What does the US govt think it will get out of treating humans like this? Everyone needs to stay tf away from this shit hole country.

BYU PhD student, father of 5, just had his student visa revoked and he and his family may have to return to Japan 1-year short of finishing his doctorate. 😡 kslnewsradio.com/utah/visa-re...

im sorry to be so divisive and partisan but i dont think the government should be inventing a criminal history out of thin air to justify sending someone to a concentration camp in a foreign country

During WWII the US deployed a Naval ship whose sole purpose was to make, store, and provide ice cream to troops actively deployed to heavy combat areas. Now you can't even have 9 ball

I’m not reposting anything with RFK Jr’s face on it out of respect for xour eyes but “autism epidemic” is like saying “freckles epidemic” or “cleft chin epidemic” it’s not a disease it’s just a way some people are and the thing we need to fix is a hostile societal framework.

At this point “I believe in an autism epidemic” is the same level of reality denial as “they faked the moon landing” or “the holocaust didn’t happen”

#AI-powered smartwatches could soon detect mood swings and diagnose brain disorders by more fully analyzing bio-signals like heart rate and sleep state. An electrical #engineering scholar explains: buff.ly/gc84QXl Eloy Geenjaar, Georgia Institute of Technology

The game is no longer to PROTECT democracy. The game now is to hopefully RESTORE democracy.

Air travel in the US used to be very safe. There wasn’t a single accident under the Biden Administration. Now there have been several as Elon Musk takes a wrecking ball to the FAA and proposes his satellite company as a partial solution. Disgraceful and dangerous.

Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is doing a national town hall tour. On Saturday he stopped in Omaha, Nebraska, where the crowd was thrilled to welcome him. Gov. Walz was happy and excited to meet with voters, but noted Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon’s failure to face his…

See you at Tesla SF tomorrow, 12-2, 999 Van Ness Ave! We’ll be exercising our LEGAL, PROTECTED, 1st Amendment Rights to FREE SPEECH & PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY 😇 @teslatakedown.com @protestfinderusa.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com @sfgate.com @dothebay.bsky.social @alexwinter.com #teslatakedown #protest

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.

The VP seems to suggest a suspension of due process rights to tackle illegal immigration. This would be in line with El Salvador’s Bukele but not the U.S. Supreme Court

The argument in the text is they can’t accomplish their policy goal while following due process (and therefore the standards should flex). That’s a general purpose argument for fascism, not one specific to immigration.