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We are nearing the end.

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The Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to Dr. Lisa Anderson, who was born in Connecticut, which stated: “It is time for you to leave the United States." Anderson has been carrying her U.S. passport on her at all times since receiving the email and is seeking an immigration attorney.

submitted 13 hours ago • 314 comments

Trump: "I did it last time. And they undid it. That's why we have to stay president for a long time."

submitted 9 hours ago • 314 comments

This is very worrisome. Trump wants to weaponize the FCC and have it persecute media companies that engage in "news distortion."

submitted 8 hours ago • 41 comments

🚨NEW: 4th Circuit unanimously rejects Trump request to halt proceedings in Mr. Abrego Garcia's case. Reagan appointee Wilkinson writes that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."

submitted 10 hours ago • 22 comments

NEW: Wall Street executives, a senior Palantir employee, and an Exxon Mobil lobbyist were among those who cut large checks to Hakeem Jeffries in Q1, according to a Sludge review of new FEC records. readsludge.com/2025/04/17/a...

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NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 10 hours ago • 79 comments

The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1635 comments

On Monday the Supreme Court hears a case that could strike down the ACA mandate that insurers cover preventive services at no cost to patients. We found that ~40 million people with private insurance use these free services, including half of enrolled women. JAMA Health Forum: ja.ma/3GcUZC6 🩺📊

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.

submitted 1 day ago • 614 comments

BREAKING: At least 4 people hospitalized after shooting at Florida State University - WCTV

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Some of the biggest fundraisers this most recent fundraising quarer: Jasmine Crockett, Bernie Sanders, AOC, Mark Kelly and Jon Ossoff. The message is clear. Democrats want their party to fight and they are showing it with their wallets. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

The government being down with subscription military tech is an advanced state of oligarchy.

submitted 13 hours ago • 21 comments

Zelensky: Trump’s envoy Witkoff is “spreading Russian narratives” about the war in Ukraine. Zelensky makes it very clear — Witkoff is not working in the interest of Ukraine. At the very least, he appears to be siding with Russia.

submitted 13 hours ago • 25 comments

I'm going to go through the "HHS passback" in this 🧵. This is what the White House sent back to HHS, based on HHS's guidance. It's Trump's budget plan, though can still be changed. To start off, they call to eliminate Head Start, which helps fund free pre-k and learning programs for poor families.

submitted 14 hours ago • 19 comments

i'll be honest i don't think we should go looking for the aliens www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...

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POLITICO: ".. Any attempt to remove Powell .. would feed instability in markets .. a point Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been underscoring within the White House, said two people close to the White House .." @politico.com @meganmesserly.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 15 hours ago • 25 comments

The first of 7 phase 3 trials we'll get regarding orforglipron, an oral GLP-1 medication! It's once daily. This is the first phase 3 trial to report out. 40 week trial of Diabetics w/ average A1c of 8.0% & average weight 90.2kg. So what did they find? 🧵🧵

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

“Krebs said Wednesday he was resigning from his job at SentinelOne as chief intelligence and public policy officer so he could spend his time on a legal and public-relations battle against Trump without worrying about the firm’s business or contracts.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

ELI LILLY SHARES SOAR 13% AFTER WEIGHT-LOSS PILL STUDY DATA

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* REUTERS POLL -- US RECESSION PROBABILITY FOR COMING YEAR IS AT 45%, HIGHEST SINCE DECEMBER 2023 * REUTERS POLL -- US CPI 2025 INFLATION OUTLOOK REVISED UPWARD BY MOST SINCE MARCH 2023 @reuters.com

submitted 18 hours ago • 15 comments

(NYT) - A daily pill may be as effective in lowering blood sugar and aiding weight loss in people with Type 2 diabetes as the popular injectable drugs Mounjaro and Ozempic, according to results of a clinical trial announced by Eli Lilly on Thursday morning. $LLY www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/h...

submitted 18 hours ago • 18 comments

Nothing to see here, folks, just the president threatening to illegally fire the head of yet another independent agency--perhaps the one whose independence is the most important, as political intervention in setting interest rates would prompt an even greater economic meltdown than the trade war.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

Where are the US power plants that just got exemptions from mercury pollution rules? We mapped them, and talked to local enviro advocates: insideclimatenews.org/news/1604202...

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BREAKING via CNN The IRS is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that has defied its demands to change its hiring and other practices.

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Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation

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BREAKING: The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing your tax returns for free.

submitted 1 day ago • 112 comments

NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt for their decision not to turn the planes around on March 15. He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

“…members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access…” What kind of shady s**t is going on here?? www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 168 comments

Trump signed an executive order that will delay Medicare price negotiations for a range of prescription drugs. This will raise the price of life-saving medicine for millions of seniors and cost taxpayers money. It's a big win for Big Pharma. A "new Golden Age" for whom?

submitted 1 day ago • 166 comments

It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service Just incredible grift

submitted 2 days ago • 569 comments

Too weak and wimpy to put his name behind this — opinion disregarded.

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited. sherwood.news/power/shop-t...

submitted 2 days ago • 601 comments

In the midst of many tourists being detained, a senior official said: "Visiting North Korea is not an entitlement. It is a privilege extended to those who respect our laws and values. We expect - and the law requires - al visa holders to demonstrate their eligibility every day their visa is valid."

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Man films and confronts two suspected undercover ICE officers (potentially NYPD) after they racially profiled and handcuffed a random civilian. Keep doing this shit. Make these fuckers famous. Make all police and immigration officers fear having their faces known to the masses.

submitted 2 days ago • 170 comments

Politico reports not just that a second Whiskey Pete Hegseth aide was put on leave as part of leak investigation, but describes scope of investigation, which includes but is not limited to, Elon's briefing on Chinese war plans. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 576 comments

1. The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a national "snitch form" to report gender affirming care providers. The last few times state Republicans did this, they were overloaded with memes and Bee Movie scripts. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 2 days ago • 85 comments

NEW: Protestor is tasered by police at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s town hall tonight in Cobb’s County, GA. Police have been moving in swiftly on anyone showing dissent from the crowd. (🎥 Greg Bluestein)

submitted 2 days ago • 53 comments

This is cool as shit

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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?" Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’” “I’M PISSED!”

submitted 2 days ago • 1279 comments