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Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes. More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.

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it turns out that for a president it is more controversial to wear a tan suit then to rip apart the entire government

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The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE’s work with federal agencies.

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You don’t have to agree with someone’s views to defend their right to say it. This is what authoritarian regimes do, not us. If this ruling stands, it’s not just the end of a legal case, it’s the end to free speech.

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Doge not saving you money

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+10 points for boiling the water for mac & cheese. -500 points for not having any boxes of mac & cheese

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On this Palm Sunday, I am reminded that retribution is not a Christian value. Regardless of your religious tradition, may we all find love, forgiveness, and redemption.

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Now that my 8th podcast episode has aired, which NEW unsolved mystery would you like me to upload next week? 1) Chilled to the Bone: The Icebox Murders 🧊 2) Justice Melts Away: The Yogurt Shop Murders 🍦 3) Crime of the Century: The Antwerp Diamond Heist 💎 Available on ALL podcast platforms. 🎧🕵️‍♂️

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Trump just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene, calling it “unwarranted.”

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If we don't stand up for the constitutional rights of every single individual, we are all in danger of losing our constitutional rights.

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"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name." -- John Stuart Mill (1867)

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Murphy: When you see the 10-year bond exploding… when you see markets moving like a sine curve—that’s the opposite of stability. A strong dollar is in our national interest. What we’re seeing now is the opposite of that.

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Fun fact: Trump is actually spending MORE money than Biden did. Musk and DOGE are a FRAUD — their real role is shutting down parts of the government that regulate Musk’s businesses while redirecting govt contracts to Musk and other insiders.

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WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!?

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[updated idioms] “Man cannot live by dread alone.”

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Trump administration officials are recommending the elimination of the scientific research division at the NOAA, according to internal documents and people with knowledge of the situation.

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Raskin: If they can just sweep someone off the street, put them on an airplane, and send them to a torturer’s prison in an authoritarian state like El Salvador without due process… then they could do it to anybody.

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it's wild that today ICE was just like, "we're the thought police" unironically

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Prediction: Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.

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Linda McMahon is really leaning into that “no more education” message.

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This isn’t a trade war against China and the rest of the world. It’s an economic war against working class America.

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The bitter truth is, I really loved and believed in democracy. Oh I knew we weren’t perfect, because I know human nature and history. But I really believed that democracy and liberty were inexorable forces here. That they would win out in the end. Now, the dream may be gone for our lifetimes.

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I asked my daughter if she wanted to pay an extra $30 for her Lululemon shirt and you’ll never believe it but she said no.

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As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.

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They should have a separate Internet that you have to pass a sort of civil service certification exam to post on. Everybody else can look at youtube for kids with comments disabled.

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They're eating the 401ks! They're eating the Social Security! They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!

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I am obsessed with the penguin Gadsden flag

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it’s wild that they spent so much time teaching us history in school and basically no time teaching us future

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Bates: He inherited an economy that was the best-performing in the world. But in just two months, he’s crashing that economy with the biggest tax increase on middle-class families in 50 years—raising the prices he promised he would lower, and breaking his number one promise to them.

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The people are fed up.

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Gitman's oxford button-down shirts, made in the USA December 2024: $205 April 2025: $235

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It must be nice to have a billion dollars and not have to worry about anything.

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