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What kind of dumb people willfully undermine one of the brightest jewels of higher education, a magnet for talent and a driver of significant scientific and medical research?

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A Friendly Reminder.

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Lessons from around the world for the United States: Three well-tested ways to undermine an autocrat. Read www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...

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Slashing education funding means fewer teachers, larger classes, and lost opportunities. Our kids deserve better. #DontDefundPublicSchools #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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There can be no constitutional order without reciprocity of obligations. You can't legitimately use powers against others you reject being applied to yourself. A party that won't accept it can lose elections is entitled to no acceptance it can win them. Law for thee but not for me is no law at all.

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Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaid—it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.

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Murray to FDA Commissioner Makary: "I believe this administration is laying the groundwork to rip away access to medication abortion across the country. This has not gotten enough attention and I know you'd prefer to keep it that way."

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Are you going to be OKAY?! 👇 Hope so.

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This is Percy. Sometimes his ears dip in his water bowl, but that’s okay. 12/10 would hold them back for him

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if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.

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My name is Peter Morley. I live on fixed income. I have Lupus & chronic illnesses & disabilities & have subsisted on Social Security Disability for 18 years. I've survived cancer 2x & had 11 surgeries. I DEPEND on Medicaid & SNAP. I will NEVER GIVE UP fighting for me & for you until my last breath.💜

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That entire display in the Oval Office today was embarrassing, abhorrent & repugnant. I can’t watch nor repost all the madman-esq behaviors from today. When will we as a Nation stand up collectively & with our whole chests say “The emperor has no clothes” ?? Will we ever ?? #WTFAmerica #HandsOff

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Palate cleanser! 😄

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Kristi Gestapo

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Brilliant!! Lmao

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Massachusetts decided to tax the rich, and collected $2.6 billion over the last 10 months. That’s $2.6 billion more to spend on transportation and education.

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Watch Charlie Kirk get crushed with a truth bomb of what his future looks like. 🎯🎯🎯👇

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"You can't have science without scientists.”

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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss

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Ain't it da truth?

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MAGA thinks this won't hurt Americans. Wrong. Many poor American students are able to enroll for free because many international students are able to pay full rates. This attack is petty, dictatorial, vindictive, and makes America stupider. apnews.com/live/donald-...

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There is no trusted ‘news media, in the USA anymore. All there is: 1. Billionaire controlled propaganda networks 2. Independent media

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Celebrating millions losing healthcare to own the libs

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👇👇

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"You said there were no cuts to scientists, and then the HHS spox said, 'Actually, there were cuts to scientists and now we're trying to rehire them.' It gives the impression you're not sure about personnel actions in own agency." -- Jon Ossoff just dismantled FDA Commissioner Makary

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Please show your solidarity for Disability Studies colleagues at Liverpool Hope, who've recently been informed of plans to cut their team by half. Open letter to sign: docs.google.com/document/d/1... [docs.google.com]

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The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

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ICYMI: "While the administration says the reduction in force 'was implemented to improve ‘efficiency’ and ‘accountability,’ the 'record abundantly reveals that Defendants’ true intention is to effectively dismantle the Department without an authorizing statute.'" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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Attacks on voting rights, the legal profession & the judicial branch of government at all levels right up to the Supreme Court of the United States are undermining democracy. Justice Sotomayor’s stirring message to lawyers prevails: Stand Up, Fight and Win! @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

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JUST NOW: Elizabeth Warren calls out Trump for his blatant corruption: “Donald Trump’s dinner is an orgy of corruption. Donald Trump is using the presidency of the United States to make himself richer through crypto and he’s doing it right out there in plain sight”

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Just in general: colleges and universities are one of the best things about America. Smart people trying to pass on what they know to the next generation. This is good.

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MUST WATCH: They didn’t just burn Tulsa — they burned proof. Black wealth. Black futures. Gone. And now they’re banning books so you never learn it happened. 📚 ERASED tells the truth they’re scared of. Read it before they erase that too: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

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When a Government is scientifically illiterate, but doesn’t know it, then its actions (or inactions) can be a recipe for the dismantling of an informed and enlightened Democracy. #ScienceMatters

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REPORTER: On the president's dinner tonight, will the White House commit to making a list of the attendees public so people can see who's paying for that kind of access to the president? LEAVITT: The president is attending it in his personal time

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Ms.Rachel is braver than like 99% of Americans. I said what I said.

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