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“There’s a reason that none of the innumerable budget experts who have studied the deficit have proposed anything resembling what DOGE has come up with,” Chait wrote. “By almost any ideological standard, it is the worst possible approach.” newrepublic.com/post/192086/...

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BREAKING HEALTH ALERT: A case of measles has now been confirmed in the state of Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Public Health said the person had traveled internationally to an area with an ongoing measles transmission. CRITICAL REMINDERS: Measles is highly, highly contagious — one of the…

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So increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage is “socialism”? But Amazon union busting, keeping wages low, and forcing workers onto public assistance while its founder increases his net worth by $7.9M an hour is the "free market"? Perhaps this could be a WaPo opinion piece.

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This is evil. Pure evil.

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This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

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Tesla’s shareholders just lost another $38,640,000,000 today — a total $TSLA loss of $600 billion since December. Tesla’s CEO was not in the office. In literally any other public company ever, this would be the point where the CEO gets fired.

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“He cannot own stock in Tesla which offers car loans and at the same time participate in dismantling the CFPB. Also he cannot have X [formerly Twitter] go into consumer finance and at the same time participate in dismantling the CFPB.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"daddy, what did you do in the war" son, i archived all 6,793 videos from the Kennedy Center before they disappeared from the internet we all did our part

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DOGE tries to dodge the Constitution but keeps failing

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Another plane incident in DC: An American Airlines flight from Boston had to abort its landing at DCA airport this morning to avoid another plane that was taking off on the same runway, authorities said.

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Brave to @jeffstein.bsky.social, WaPo's chief economics correspondent, for not wasting any time in stating what must be stated. Hopefully the first of many.

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It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.

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"Last August, DIICOT also launched a second case against the Tate brothers, investigating allegations of human trafficking, the trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor, influencing statements and money laundering." apnews.com/article/roma...

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One of the most persistent myths in American politics is that Ronald Reagan was for smaller government. When he left office, there were more federal government employees than the day he was inaugurated.

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Put all the “DEI” folks who got let go onto a new network and I’d watch the shit out of it.

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“That is real, because when [Elon] Musk [Trump’s most powerful ally] tweets at somebody, or Trump tweets at somebody, or calls somebody out, their lives are turned upside down." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Et tu, Bluesky? www.404media.co/bluesky-dele...

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My latest: MSNBC just went full Jim Crow and the Resistance is DONE with them

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Posted by @acnewsitics.bsky.social on another platform: “Why is Pam Bondi taking so long to release the Epstein files? What is she hiding?”

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Here is our new mission…👇 Resist, always. Not. A. Single. One. ✨

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This seems bad

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We dare Mike Johnson to give that answer at a town hall in front of his constituents

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Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

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Despite court order, NIH grants remain frozen. Newly awarded grants, grants with fundable scores, & funds for a new budget cycle of a current project are all FROZEN🥶 and not being released. US research is being choked to death & is on life support right now www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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What she said.

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If you’re cheering for a South African sociopath to fuck over US military veterans then you should probably stop with that America first bullshit.

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Not great: “They are greatly diminishing CDC and the country's ability to respond to emerging infectious threats." Let’s all hope that bird flu doesn’t get any worse 🤞🏽 www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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The outpouring of support has been overwhelming and incredibly moving. 💙 The @katiephangshow.bsky.social will air until Saturday, April 19th! So until then, if you can, please continue to tune in and watch. I’m always grateful for the privilege of your time.

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MSNBC worries about the perception that they’re not fair to R’s while Fox eats an $800m libel settlement to preserve its ability to lie about Ds. That’s the asymmetry that gives illiberalism a structural advantage. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...

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I miss DEI

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I heart Tina Smith.

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This

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TODAY: A Maryland court will hear a lawsuit from the city of Baltimore seeking to block Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the nation’s financial watchdog agency. Get background.👇

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This hits hard… “Then she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.” You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.

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House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

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“You’re terminated because…?” Fired federal employees are telling their stories—no deep state, just career public servants tossed aside. DOGE’s mass firings aren’t about efficiency—they’re gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it “reform.”

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The measure of the manchild

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My heart just hurts for where we’re headed. Please build up mutual aid where you live. Connect with CSAs and farmers markets, connect local restaurants with donation services for extra food, do not let people in your community go hungry, donate to community care clinics, get in food shares.

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Pedro is the best ❤️

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I've been assured by Democrats for years that everyone should want a "strong" Republican Party.

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Americans’ obsession with the super wealthy allowed this Trojan horse to roll up into the center of the republic. And here we are.

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