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RIP William H. Luers, a legendary US diplomat in Prague, who has died at the age of 95. "His longtime career in the Foreign Service included protecting Vaclav Havel, the writer and dissident who became the first president of the Czech Republic." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/u...

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Why are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.

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Average Onion subscriber.

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Be more like Marc Elias. He exemplifies what it means to be a “fighter.” It’s that attitude of acknowledging the fear, flipping the source of it bird, and then walking toward it, 100% invested in victory. There are only a handful of people in politics right now that inspire me. Marc is #1

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Taking a bribe in a very public way doesn't mean you aren't corrupt, it means your corruption is shameless.

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When you even manage to piss off your own party...

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The same exact drug, with no improvements or modifications, was priced at $47. Every time the company had a bad financial period, they raised the price on it to subsidize the rest of the company. Now it costs $892 per pill. It’s the same exact pill!

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Excellent piece by @danagoldstein.bsky.social about how both parties have walked away from efforts to improve student learning. We're caught in culture wars set in schools, but much less focused on whether kids can read and whether they graduate from high school. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...

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Standard fare from the most corrupt administration in American history.

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Crazy how long this conversation has been going on

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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

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This is fascism.

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As mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka has a responsibility to ensure that facilities operating in the city are adhering to laws that protect the safety and wellbeing of occupants and residents.

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She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!

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ICE is the Gestapo. Full stop.

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(AFP) - Mexico has sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico's name to "Gulf of America" for Google Maps users in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday. $GOOGL www.yahoo.com/news/sheinba...

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Art of the deal is raising the tariff to 145% then cutting it almost in half despite the fact that China has made no concessions and has completely ignored you. Xi just sits back at laughs at our orange clown.

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Oh shit the new Pope is a lib

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Pope Bob from Chicago. Amazing stuff.

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Important thread. I will note that the provision almost certainly will be determined by the Senate Parliamentarian to violate the Byrd Rule.

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Three extremely unlikely elections in the span of ten days. All of them sending the message that Trumpism is vile and indecent.

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For decades, ⁦‪@DavidArmstrongX‬⁩ has reported on outrageous health care costs and the burden they place on patients. He’s revealed the tactics used by drug companies to drive sales and keep prices high. Still, the cost of Revlimid stood out.

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He's losing court cases. He's losing his trade war. His cabinet is a disaster. Voters are turning out against his people and ideals. He's unpopular. He looks weaker everyday. The only thing he has is executive orders and firing his own people. It's early, keep fighting, we're going to win this. 💙

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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bdd9...

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Well, well, well. The Acting FEMA Administrator said eliminating FEMA wasn’t in the best interest of the American people — and guess what?!?! They FIRED him. I guess that’s what happens when you stand up to your power-hungry “boss”.

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Henry Parham (b. 1921 in Virginia) was drafted in 1942 to serve in WWII. He landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. After D-Day, Parham served another five months in France, risking his life to protect democracy for others.

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Good news. We have an American Pope. From Chicago, ergo DA POPE. Even better news. He’s not a fan of fascism.

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‘JD Vance Is Wrong’: The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

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No one has pieced together the full account of what the drugmaker Celgene did, how federal regulators failed to rein it in and what the story reveals about unrestrained drug pricing in America. What @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social discovered astonished even him, a longtime health care journalist.

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My seat mate on my DC to SF flight can’t stop won’t stop. Total coincidence but utterly fun.

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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch 🧢 @trumpfile.org

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New from @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social: When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

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White smoke

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Trump supporters who refused to call Trump a convicted felon after the verdict but before sentencing are fine with calling Abrego Garcia a criminal and he’s never even been to trial.

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This is perfection since both of us DID look like this. Amirite @profgalloway.com?

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Honored to be named one of the 500 most influential people in Washington DC - including one of the 27 most influential in economic policy - for the fourth consecutive year. www.washingtonian.com/2025/05/07/w...

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Well, that was satisfying.

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New: Small-time Trump meme coin buyers have seen their investments collapse. Nearly 67,000 crypto novices have pulled out their debit cards to bet on $TRUMP, our analysis found. So far it’s been a monumental bust. Gift link: wapo.st/3ZacyZY w/ @jeremybmerrill.com

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Tesla sales in Europe for April. UK: 62% drop Sweden: down 81% Denmark: 67% drop The Netherlands: down 74% Germany, Spain, France and Belgium: down at least 34% each.

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“Maybe the children will have 2 dolls instead of 30 dolls”

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NEW: President Trump's policies and actions have been stopped by US courts more than 200 times. We've been tracking lawsuits from the moment he was sworn in, identifying at least 320+ by the start of May -- and more keep coming. A deep, deep dive into the data: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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The far right in charge is frightened of education and the First Amendment. What is happening at West Point is appalling. Gift link: West Point Is Supposed to Educate, Not Indoctrinate www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

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NO ONE should ever sign up for a Medicare "Advantage" plan. My elderly cousins did so because it was cheaper than regular Medicare. They got horrible doctors and horrible service. What a scam it is.

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One step closer to justice Habeas for men imprisoned in El Salvador: Judge Boasberg leaves clear impression he's inclined to find jurisdiction. He says ACLU-DF "may well have sufficiently" made case Plaintiffs in "constructive custody" of USG. But more facts via discovery would be helpful to him.

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The GOP is a domestic terrorist group. Well, actually, the GOP is a global terrorist group. In any case, we should all be working to remove the pestilence of conservaturdism.

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