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Still wrapping my head around a President with 34 felony convictions snatching people off the street if they have a speeding ticket on their record.

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Al Gore ripped the Trump administration to shreds in a speech Monday at a climate week event in San Francisco.

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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio ... "Hegseth hasn't used the press room to brief reporters. But it has been a set for his TV appearances..." www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...

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Satellites are how we know the current state and future of certain species. Take Emperor Penguins for example. Difficult to see their communities even by satellites. But satellites can see and trace them by large brown spots on the stark white icy landscape. SAVE PBS SAVE EDUCATION

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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

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Meiselas: I think you once made a statement saying that Donald Trump is almost like a Charlie Sheen of politics… Jon Cryer: To be clear, as many issues as Charlie has faced, I do think he’d be a better president…

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Earth Day is a reminder that we only have one planet. Sometimes, it takes seeing Earth from space to truly grasp how precious it is. 🧵⬇️ (1/4)

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The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.

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Brave "Warfighter" pounding his chest at a keyboard vs. Scared shitless "Warfighter" cowering in fear when "tourists" were strolling through the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021:

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So Fuck Him

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Things I didn’t know: Growing up in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was once a bouncer at a nightclub there. Another layer of respect, if that’s possible.

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RFK Jr.: The teen cum is insufficient. I need more teen cum.

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“I’ve never missed a court appearance. I’ve never missed an appointment with immigration or ICE,” Daboin Rall said. “The truth is: I don’t have any criminal record. I’ve done everything correctly according to the rules of this country.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

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Makes sense.

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As you know, this issue has been front and center for North Carolinians for more than 5 months. Thank you Marc and Democracy docket !

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