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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

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BREAKING: Alicia Keys last night at the Grammys: “DEI is not a threat, it's a gift."

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The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.

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The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 EPA employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time.

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President Jimmy Carter has officially won a posthumous Grammy for his narration of an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons. He is now a 4-time Grammy winner. RIP Jimmy. 💙

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After claiming he doesn't know who Laura Loomer is and merely took a photo with her at a book event, Kash Patel is asked if he's familiar with Stew Peters, an antisemitic podcast host. Patel: "Not off the top of my head." Durbin: "You made eight separate appearances on his podcast..."

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Two passengers on the American Airlines jet that crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night were Yevgeniya Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who were world-class ice skaters that worked as coaches in the U.S. and were married to each other. nyti.ms/3CsTFJQ

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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there

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Senator Dick Durban to Kash Patel: "With all due respect, Mr. Patel, I've not worn the uniform of this country and neither have you. To think that you would denigrate Bob Mueller's service to our country and call him a 'swamp creature' is an indication of the depths your political views take you."

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Using the tragic plane collision over the Potomac that cost 67 human souls as an occasion to slam DEI hiring was obscene. There’s zero evidence at this point that an underqualified air traffic controller or pilot had any role in this crash.

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Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence. He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials. It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.

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it is amazing that the "meritocracy" crowd will back up RFK Jr in spite of the fact he's not even qualified to get any job at the Department of Health and Human services. Not one. He is not qualified to do a single fucking thing.

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they’re going to deport people for having opinions. they’re calling the united states the most authoritian regime on the planet

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If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

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Asking for a friend…

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How many Americans must die before Amendment 25 can be enacted? We can deal with Vance and/or Johnson if needed. But this radical domestic terrorist -- Donald Trump -- must be removed from power ASAP.

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That drunk rapist Pete Hegseth says he wants to put migrants being deported in Gitmo before sending them "back" to their country of origin. But we know that's expensive and Trump/Elon want to save money. Any guesses what happens to them next? #TrumpsFinalSolution

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Laughable to have Pete Hegseth claim that DOD will be led by “best and brightest” when he is a drunk sex pest who ran two small vets groups into the ground HE is the meritless hire

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Gwen and I are sending love to those mourning the loss of their loved ones in the tragic accident at DCA last night. I’m grateful to the first responders who rushed to the scene under dangerous conditions. Hold your loved ones a little closer today.

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christ in a cockpit he’s like a child who’s learned a new word and can’t stop repeating it

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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget INSURRECTIONIST TRUMP!

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Trump blaming DEI and mentally disabled people for the crash. A truly vile speech. Straight up Nazi shit.

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What are the chances that an Army run by this boozy bozo would crash a Blackhawk helicopter into a plane at a DC airport tonight? I mean, really.

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Trump is out here trying to blame Black people and women for a plane crash that happened after he announced a DEI purge of the FAA

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The same people wailing about DEI literally can’t spell their own job title.

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Please tell me our senate is not going to confirm a Secretary HHS that doesn’t know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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This press conference on the DC crash is an embarrassment. Just a lot of rambling.

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If every single democratic senator doesn't vote against RFK Jr., I don't know what. VOTE NO. ALL OF YOU.

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It’s far too soon to ascribe responsibility for the horrific DC plane collision, but it’s not too soon to say that dismantling the safeguards afforded by a functioning federal government put us at significant risk. And it’s irrefutable that, since January 20th, we are all less safe.

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incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit

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do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right? it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC. i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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The January 6 pardons are turning out great.

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we honor the memory of the millions of Jews, Roma and others killed in the Holocaust by Nazis and fascists.

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Kansas City is In Missouri and play in Missouri— who elected this 2nd grader? He should stick to imposing tariffs on Columbia University & Sportswear

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BREAKING —CDC officially ordered by Trump White House to cease working with the WHO effective immediately. This is the first time in almost 77 years since WHO’s founding after World War 2. This is a very dark day, and puts us all at risk (except billionaires).

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Let me see if I understand…you want me to take a bullet for my students… but you also want me to turn over those students to ICE. Hard pass…✅🤦‍♀️

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JUST IN: President Trump has reportedly signed an executive order targeting trans servicemembers. Everyone who meets our military’s rigorous standards should be able to serve, and thousands of current trans servicemembers have already more than proven themselves. We’ll update you as we learn more.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. When interacting with ICE, you have rights guaranteed by the Constitution, no matter your immigration status. ⬇️

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and yet, at the moment he’s golfing

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Today, the Trump regime getting sued by a transgender inmate for their new cruel EO, and by a Quaker group for allowing ICE to raid places of worship.

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All this shit because some kid shoved Stephen Miller into a locker.

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Street art in Europe

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Mass murder in New Orleans, 150 pipe bombs in Virginia and Joe Biden’s picture being used for target practice, an exploding Tesla outside Trump Tower Las Vegas, and we’re only a day into 2025.

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NYer's @janemayer.bsky.social is one of the great investigators of our times.

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