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The scale of the challenges that confronted Mayor Brandon Johnson during his first 20 months in office is likely to be eclipsed Wednesday, when he testifies in front of the U.S. House Oversight Committee about the city’s self-proclaimed status as a sanctuary city. to.wttw.com/41qLJB3

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Friends, I am at a loss of words for how devastating it would be to lose the entire intramural #NIH program. Some of the biggest medical and scientific breakthroughs have come from scientists in the NIH Intramural program. #SaveTheNIH 🧬🧪 🖥️ 🧠 www.science.org/content/arti...

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Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."

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#smallbeautieshour #becauseofClem #threadofgold

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Billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk violated the law with his weekend demand that federal employees explain their accomplishments or risk being fired, attorneys for the workers said Monday in a lawsuit. to.wttw.com/3DhCQlj

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📌Our Park Service Rangers have flagged the warning on El Capitan. We are under threat by an America-attacking felon.

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Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

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🧵 Y'all ever think about the way things that don't seem related very much are? I was thinking about America's literacy problems. Around half of American adults read at or below a sixth grade level. Only 37% read a novel or short story last year. That's bad. For multiple reasons.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson will form a task force to examine how to rid the Chicago Police Department of officers with ties to extremist and anti-government groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, officials announced Friday. to.wttw.com/3QrR3PE

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USAID isn’t just foreign aid—it’s a powerful tool for America’s security, influence, and values. Cutting it weakens us while empowering our adversaries. I’ve seen its impact firsthand. Watch my video and share with those who care about America’s future. 🇺🇸👇 adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/weekend-mo...

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👇🦋💪

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FACT

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Republicans are straight-up admitting they want to gut Social Security, Medicare, and veterans' benefits to pay for Trump's tax cuts. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is spreading garbage conspiracies to justify slashing your retirement.

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For a quick sugar high to “own the libs,” the attempts to shutter USAID would do long term damage that couldn’t be reversed for a generation. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-case-f...

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NEW: The Trump administration Thursday asked a federal judge to invalidate the state, city and county laws designed to protect undocumented immigrants by prohibiting state local law enforcement officials from helping federal agents. to.wttw.com/4hia6I1

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Who hasn’t Trump pissed off yet?

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For the love of all that is good in this world do NOT buy books from Amazon. Cancel your Amazon accounts. Go to the Library (in person or online ebooks!) and support local bookstores instead. Please #BookSky don’t be ambivalent

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Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you. Do something

submitted 61 days ago • 2106 comments

Agree?

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Meta has quietly removed major sections of its hate speech policy protecting LGBTQ people, people of color, women, immigrants, and other marginalized groups. Today’s alarming policy changes will allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and cease to protect LGBTQ users from being targeted with such attacks

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Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a “day of love.” The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it’s up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...

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A message for our time from Homer’s Iliad.

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....and another thing.

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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

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Kash Patel should never head the FBI. Agreed?

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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the December 19, 1942 cover of The New Yorker, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions. Gas and tire rationing had begun that year. #bikesky

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