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Serious point: This might be the most interventionist American government in my lifetime. The price of just about every good reflects the good thinking of the Commissars in Washington DC implementing their 5-year plan for National Greatness, rather than market forces.

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More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...

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Enrique is an irrigator in Salinas, CA. He's getting ready to water the young strawberry plants. "it's very important to water plants correctly as these young plants have shallow roots that dry out quickly. Proper watering gets the crop ready for the upcoming season." #WeFeedYou

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Let me know when Trump solves a problem he also didn’t create.

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Forgive the rant, but what the hell is this Administration doing? Not gonna be easy to undo the damage, folks. But I’ve got some ideas on where to start.

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Sean McGarvey, the president of North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), calling for the return of "our brother" SMART (the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers) apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia. 🥲👏👏 x.com/nabtu/status...

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It's not just measles. Cases of whooping cough have skyrocketed more than 1,500% since 2021, as vaccination rates have dipped. In the past 6 months, two babies in Louisiana have died. Such critical reporting @deldeib.bsky.social + @sheinvestigates.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/whoo...

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NEWS: Consumer sentiment PLUNGED 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession.

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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

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I was waiting for someone to put this all together. Patience rewarded. 👇

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This solar-powered steel mill in the Mojave Desert is a glimpse of the future - Fast Company

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We had trade agreements around the world. We broke them. Now we have to renegotiate, in a rush, without expertise, with countries who know their interests and who cannot trust us. Here’s how that puts America First. by Peter Navarro

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In May 2024, 72% of Democrats and 76% of Republicans supported a national policy of banning stock trading by elected officials today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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Renewables are the future. Solar is the cheapest form of electricity, and it’s pushing gas aside. We don’t need to put billions of taxpayers dollars into unnecessary gas pipelines doomed to become stranded assets.

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At least half of the lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are quitting. Many are uncomfortable or turned off by directives from Justice Department leaders www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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I appreciate that Sotomayor, Jackson, & Kagan point out: 1) the govt has chosen to fight this case rather than seek the release of a man it admits it wrongfully detained (not to mention sent to a foreign gulag), and 2) under the govt theory, if they can do this to him, they can do it to you

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BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds district court order that the Trump administration "facilitate" the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was improperly sent to El Salvador. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

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BREAKING: New Nasal Spray Bird Flu Vaccine Could Help Protect Us In A Future Pandemic Researchers have created an H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, vaccine that can be administered as a nasal spray.

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Tiny sun-powered tech turns seawater into hydrogen fuel and drinking water - Interesting Engineering

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Trump's Own Aides Keep Him in State of Delusion About Tariff Fiasco - The New Republic

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Democrats have hosted 71 town halls in 35 states and counting in just 3 weeks. We’re just getting started, GOP.

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Today, the President used the authority we have entrusted to him for four years to single out for punishment a single person for the crime of telling the truth about an election he lost. This should terrify you. This should provoke bipartisan outrage. This alone justifies impeachment.

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Woah. Survival among the top wealth quartiles in northern/western/southern Europe were higher than that among the wealthiest Americans. Survival in the wealthiest US quartile were similar the poorest quartile in northern/western Europe www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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Whether it’s Republicans causing chaos with random arrests and deportations, Republicans causing chaos with mass layoffs, or Republicans causing chaos with whiplash tariffs, voters are exhausted by chaos from both parties.

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The past four Republican administrations have tanked the US economy. But I know multiple Democrats who include their pronouns in the footer of their emails. I have never felt more politically homeless.

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Clean Energy won't be stopped. Oligarchs fear it because you cannot monopolize the Sun and the wind.

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This has made my day.

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Never fails

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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

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NEW: A survey launched after Trump's new tariffs were announced finds that 50% of Americans disapprove of them, while 39% approve. d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/Ta...

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NEW Economist/YouGov Poll % saying they think that overall, the economy is getting better Democrats Jan 26-28: 10% Mar 30-Apr 1: 6% Apr 5-8: 5% Republicans Jan 26-28: 35% Mar 30-Apr 1: 53% Apr 5-8: 46% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

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Economist/YouGov % saying a year from now they'll be better off Dem Oct 26-29: 42% Jan 26-28: 18% Apr 5-8: 12% Rep Oct 26-29: 27% Jan 26-28: 67% Apr 5-8: 55% d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec... d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

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NEW Economist/YouGov Poll, April 5-8 Net favorability of ... Donald Trump -11 JD Vance -13 Republicans in Congress -19 Democrats in Congress -20 d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

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90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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He has never acted rationally. But rational people kept constructing rational edifices to explain his behavior.

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