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Stephen Miller is a nasty, nasty man. Childhood abuse?

The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

Trump suggests Canadians should elect him, making the country the 51st state “I’m king of the world” abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/abcnews....

Trump says he’ll eliminate income taxes using tarifs The real problem is that tarifs are a form of sales tax - pretty much the most reggressive approach there is. Another form of a tax cut for the rich and shifting the burden to the poorest amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn....

US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier Wow - a few of those and we’re talking real $. Better trim some more social services. amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn....

Anyone making less than $70k a year who voted for Trump is either a fool or a dted in the wool gun nut or anti-abortion zealot

North Korea confirms for first time it has sent troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine war - Wow, who knew? Other than everyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

As Musk gained power in Washington, his popularity has fallen, an AP-NORC poll finds With the exception of Agent Orange, Americans prefer their oligarchs to stay hidden behind the curtain. Gives us plausible deniability apnews.com/article/musk...

Greenland PM says island not a piece of property after Trump threats “You can’t annex other countries” - that used to be true. Oh and Denmwark was a great ally - that used to bectrue also www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

7 Reaper Drones shot down in Yemen. $200,000,000 value - that covers a lot of medicare, social security of federal salaries! www.npr.org/2025/04/25/n...

Trump says Columbus Day will now just be Columbus Day Playing to the base. Nevermind that CC was racist and a muderer. An intrepid one to be sure, but still… apnews.com/article/trum...

“He is granting audiences to people who buy his meme coin. When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him. There is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense.” Sen. Jon Ossoff

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

You are not alone! Most of the world’s population wants stronger climate action. They just don’t realize that they are a majority... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I bet many native Americans are thinking “if only our ancestors had taken this approach, the land would still be ours” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The callous inhumanity and stunning incompetence of DOGE is heart-breaking and mind-numbing

F@&)! Even China is better than us on climate. The Shame.

NIH grants plummeted $2.3 billion in Trump’s first months, as federal-academia partnership crumbles No worries - we can just all take ivermectin and vitamin A www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

A developing political scandal in Florida has Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive The rot runs DEEP in MAGAland www.npr.org/2025/04/24/n...

The lunacy never ends with RFK jr.

This is major and brazen abuse of power than not even Richard Nixon could imagine. It deserves major condonation.

However, we can confirm that the Secretary has never used and does not currently use Signal on his government computer,” Parnell said in a statement. Riiight. Since he used a personal computer. Even worse.

But what about food dyes and fake autism research?

The circle of top advisers in Pete Hegseth’s orbit has shrunk recently to little more than his wife, lawyer, and two lower-level officials—leaving the Pentagon’s lead office without longtime expertise or clear direction. This had led to fears about dangerous slip-ups, such as weapons program delays.

More MAGA looking out for the masses - not

Kind of weird headline - that is why he became prosecutor for Trump. MAGA lives that stuff www.propublica.org/article/ed-m...

Climate change is STILL a global catastrophe in the making. Vote like it.

After citing Trump's tariffs as an excuse for mass layoffs, automaker Stellantis is rewarding shareholders with a $2.26B payout. Big corporations will use any cover they can — like inflation or tariffs — to pad profits and line their pockets at workers expense. Know the truth.

Immensely grateful to all the people speaking with journalists about the Trump administration’s actions. Without them, we’d have little idea what’s going on. I spoke with an author on the National Climate Assessment, who explains what it'd mean to lose it: www.motherjones.com/environment/...

From The Guardian - High-income tax cuts became the Republican party’s economic policy priority – and depicting such gifts to the wealthy as a boon to the working class …..fueled an explosion of economic inequality – And Anerican working class fall for it again and again

"The podcast by Ben Meiselas and his brothers regularly outdraws Joe Rogan’s. Their secret weapon? Reason. Imagine!" Read now 👇

"One NATO official, when asked for a reaction to the plan, replied, 'Did Putin write this for him?'...” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Al Gore speaking out more strongly that any past president and pretty much everyone in Congress www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjjtMWg1/