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Federal judge orders Trump administration to rehire all Voice of America and Radio Free Asia staff www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...

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ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February. If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine. Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.

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Since Trump took office: Dow: DOWN 13.8% Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5% S&P: DOWN 15.5%

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The Justice Department has granted Elon Musk’s staffers access to one of its most sensitive immigration databases, raising serious concerns about privacy, abuse of power, and political retaliation.

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Head Start is a lifeline for families in Massachusetts and around the country. I’m fighting to keep Trump and Musk from ripping it away to pay for giant tax giveaways for billionaires and billionaire corporations.

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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present. “This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."

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In a move to change cultural attitudes about childbearing, the Trump administration may soon start bestowing mothers of six or more children a special medal. Here's a not-so-fun fact: This idea was popularized in Nazi Germany.

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NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month. He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵

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This

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As a person who has studied history, an autism registry is a five alarm fire.

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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.

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Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen. She has been on a govt salary for years. Something aint right

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Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.

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US Constitution Amendment 6: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law ...

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Republicans in Congress have done a lot wrong, but their unforgivable political sin, in my book, is their conscious decision that making every American's life worse is an acceptable price to pay for not being primaried. They know what Trump is doing to America, and it doesn't matter to them.

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Boo hoo poor Elon, he really thinks he can just walk away after all the damage he did. The world won’t rest until everything around him crashes and he ends up the poorest man in the world. There will be no forgiveness. Musk should just flee back to South Africa. #endoligarchy #teslatakedown

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Don't put in the newspaper that she is a history buff. The review of the Smithsonian museums for "improper ideology" is being led by a 35-year old lawyer who has no experience or credentials in history or museum studies. But one supporter says she is an avid "fan of history."🗃️

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ROSENBERG: “.. Deutsche Bank has reported that its Chinese clients are selling U.S. assets and shifting to Europe and gold. Indeed, I recommend keeping an eye on the trade-weighted dollar index, which is breaking down —and fast — becoming its own source of general market instability.”

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Have the conspiracists started screaming like they normally would about how this is a move to keep people sick so that the medical industry can continue to make money off sick people? No? Ok, just checking.

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This isn’t just about Pete Hegseth. 🔴 Trump nominated him. 🔴 Republicans backed him. 🔴 JD Vance broke the tie to confirm him. He’s not an outlier—he’s exactly what you get with this corruption-coddling, chaos-driven administration.

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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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Why yes this does seem like a problem. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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NEW: Per a message to staff, the National Cancer Institute is facing a purchasing backlog of over 4.4 million dollars. People are instructed to use a special “urgent emergency purchase form” for anything related to patient life/direct care, animal welfare, and a couple other things.

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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.

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Two headlines in the New York Times today.

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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him

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time was, if a man touched the Pope and said Pope promptly died, he’d be burned at the stake as a heretic

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As Trump attacks our democracy and orders deportations without due process under the guise of fighting antisemitism, Jewish Americans are clear: Not in our name. We are not a pawn in Trump’s agenda. Jewish Americans overwhelmingly rejected Trump at the ballot box, and we’ll continue to fight back.

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A new study models the impact of the implosion of U.S.-funded disease treatment and prevention in the developing world — and suggests that Elon Musk and Marco Rubio will go down as among history’s greatest monsters if funding and effective administration are not restored.

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Keep up the pressure!

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They had lawyers, trials, most were given pretrial release, allowed to testify in their own defense, got discovery, could call witnesses, could cross-examine witnesses, could present mitigation at sentencing, and had a right to appeal.

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This devastating Substack post by Georgetown Law Professor @stevevladeck.bsky.social ought to cause Samuel Alito discomfort whenever he sees the word “Justice” in front of his name. He doesn’t deserve what that honorific implies.

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Art of the Deal my ass.

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Who withdraws 3 grand in cash for this?

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I don't favor boycotts of Israel. But not clear how that issue is connected to biomedical research. www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...

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The White House Easter Egg Roll is sponsored by Amazon, Google, and Meta — who are all being sued by the federal government for antitrust violations. It's the first time the event has had corporate sponsors. Everything is for sale under Trump — and Big Tech wants to cash in.

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Spot on.

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If someone works full-time, they should be able to pay their bills with their paycheck. That’s the bare minimum. It’s not a radical belief.

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Yes. This is what happened, and it’s shameful and cowardly.

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Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration. He's now planning to end the free IRS Direct File program. Apple donated $1M. Trump exempted most of Apple’s imports from tariffs. Coinbase donated $1M. Trump’s SEC dropped a major lawsuit against them. See how this works?

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CEO to worker pay in: 1989 ➡️ 61:1 2025 ➡️ 399:1 Current Target CEO to worker pay: ‼️719:1‼️ So no, we’re STILL not shopping at Target.

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If Hegseth resigns and we get an Acting Secretary of Defense, it'll be the eighth time we've had one. One came under Nixon, a second under GHW Bush. And then we had five under Trump.

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has handed over control of the Department of the Interior to Tyler Hassen, a former oil executive and Musk staffer. Hassen, who came to the agency through the so-called DOGE, now has broad authority to cut costs and consolidate operations across the department,

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