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Q: A NOTUS investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence in the info coming from HHS? LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance Q: Did they use AI? L: I can't speak to that

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The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

submitted 7 days ago • 239 comments

Just catching up on the news

submitted 15 days ago • 313 comments

Rep. Jason Smith: "And then you can look at Medicaid cuts -- Medicaid reforms, I should say." Oops.

submitted 15 days ago • 468 comments

As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay. According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.

submitted 18 days ago • 852 comments

Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners? TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country

submitted 19 days ago • 1498 comments

It’s so nuts that the comparison he draws is literally cheating at golf

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.

submitted 21 days ago • 226 comments

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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El Salvador's President Bukele is reportedly preparing to arrest the journalists who have reported on the secret deals Bukele struck with Salvadoran gangs that have enabled his consolidation of power.

submitted 26 days ago • 134 comments

This is real

submitted 28 days ago • 5623 comments

I know, norms and all that, but the default Dem position should be: We think this is illegal but if the courts say you can do this then we are going to rip the guts out of the entire conservative movement. No more Heritage, FedSoc, etc. All of them lose their tax exempt status.

submitted 29 days ago • 221 comments

Host: You could call and get Abrego Garcia back. Trump: I could Host: But the Supreme Court has ordered you to facilitate his release. Trump: I'm not the one making this decision Host: You're the president!

submitted 31 days ago • 371 comments

Is this not just a description of feudal serfdom?

submitted 32 days ago • 144 comments

Again, my wife lost her excellent job at a nonprofit Seattle hospital because the trump administration simply stopped paying medicaid reimbursements at the beginning of the year, throwing it into complete financial turmoil the cuts are already here

submitted 32 days ago • 60 comments

"everyone's invited" "ope actually..."

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

A direct strike on her home.

submitted 43 days ago • 29 comments

Missed a spot

submitted 45 days ago • 1260 comments

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

submitted 45 days ago • 1847 comments

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

submitted 45 days ago • 1100 comments

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

submitted 46 days ago • 332 comments

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

submitted 47 days ago • 468 comments

Which is so weird given how sincere they are in the desire to stamp out anti-Semitism. So weird.

submitted 47 days ago • 36 comments

"Trump administration officials have discussed possibly denaturalizing and deporting activists and other individuals whom they label as having committed so-called 'fraud' on their applications for citizenship by subsequently supporting what Team Trump decides are 'pro-terrorist' causes or groups."

submitted 49 days ago • 6 comments

Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.

submitted 50 days ago • 3184 comments

I'm seeing grown-ass adults marvel at how high stocks jumped today - they must think their mom actually vanished when she played "peek-a-boo."

submitted 51 days ago • 236 comments

Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

submitted 52 days ago • 1926 comments

Does this make Trump a Panican?

submitted 52 days ago • 194 comments

The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, per Reuters

submitted 52 days ago • 13 comments

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

submitted 54 days ago • 1136 comments

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

submitted 55 days ago • 607 comments

oh

submitted 56 days ago • 199 comments

TRUMP DITCHES FALLEN SOLDIERS' DIGNIFIED TRANSFER FOR GOLF DINNER Trump won't attend the dignified transfer of 4 U.S. soldiers at Dover AFB who died in Lithuania. He'll be at his Saudi-backed LIV Golf dinner in Florida instead. The soldiers were honored by Lithuania's president.

submitted 57 days ago • 1216 comments

Whoops!

submitted 59 days ago • 105 comments

We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.

submitted 59 days ago • 843 comments

Thank you, Wisconsin!

submitted 59 days ago • 146 comments

Suck it, Elon. Thank you, Wisconsin!

submitted 59 days ago • 71 comments

NO KINGS. NO BILLIONAIRE LORDS.

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Booker on Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here in spite of his speech. I'm here because as poweful as he was, the people were more powerful."

submitted 59 days ago • 44 comments

NEW — This AM former HHS staffers confronted Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) about slashing budgets and staff, per video shared with me by Mack Schroeder, a former Budget Analyst for the Office of the Secretary. Banks tells Schroeder he "probably deserved" to lose his job "because you seem like a clown."

submitted 60 days ago • 453 comments