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If I really wanted people to have more babies I would simply make it less expensive, isolating, and professionally punishing to be a new parent but what do I know

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Children as young as four are being put in the position of representing themselves without lawyers/parents present in front of immigration judges in cases that will determine whether they are deported. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...

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never forget that we’re currently facing total economic destruction because fox news got upset about 0.0001% of our population wanting equal rights

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ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February. If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine. Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.

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How did I know they would completely defund Headstart? They wrote it down in Project 2025 .

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My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month. It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes.

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Spring reminder to support USPS (aka stop gov from gutting it and trying to make it private)! 🌸💌

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Trump has gutted food inspection programs at the FDA and USDA — including the committee that investigated last year's fatal Boar's Head listeria outbreak. The USDA is also rolling back safety regulations to “streamline” meat processing. How is this Making America Healthy Again?

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When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it.

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Bad for school kids, bad for farmers, and sure as hell won’t “make America healthy again.”

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Fuck Trump. Stupid asshole bankrupts casinos and he doesn’t want to forgive student loan debt? And this isn’t even the worst thing about him. Defaulted Student Loan Payments Will Start Soon. Here's What to Know - TIME apple.news/A2M0iTBvST7C...

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Today, the first born son of detained US greencard holder Mahmoud Khalil was born over 1,000 miles away from his father. Today, in an act of unforgettable, unforgivable, and devastating cruelty, ICE denied Mahmoud's temporary release request to meet his son.

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Rinse and repeat for the foreseeable future.

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The Trump administration is planning to collect on student loans in default — including by garnishing wages for over 5 million borrowers. That's after enacting tariffs that will increase the cost of basic goods and could lead to a recession. What could go wrong?

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As always, never gift your complicit representatives with your silence. Either we all have due process, or none of us do. 5calls.org/issue/ice-ma...

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The article focuses on the people with the big payouts and ignores that most government workers don’t ever get that much. Then they whine about the private sector. Banked vacation leads to a $1.2-million payday: How state workers cash in on days off - Los Angeles Times apple.news/A8ybPGn9GTaO...

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History always has a lesson.

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I finally found my tweet from the last time this ridiculous bullshit popped up.🤣

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Chris Van Hollen has done an excellent job advocating for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but also speaking about this whole issue in a way that's clear, focused, and easy to understand.

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I've covered Van Hollen since circa 1999. He's actually not a "grandstander." In his first Congressional bid, he was the workhorse vs the showhorse. He out-hustled Mark Shriver who had far more money and had been on the cover of Time Magazine as a next-gen Kennedy. He won with an army of volunteers.

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Fun Fact: There has never been a removal order filed agains Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Today marks the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, which began the American Revolution. Our nation was founded on resistance to arbitrary authority and monarchical power. We built a democracy in the face of impossible odds. We must continue to protect it.

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I hope people call their representatives, even if they have to call after hours because of anxiety or wanting to avoid talking live. It not easy to demand actions from a live person. 5calls.org/issue/transg...

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This is predictable, but so outrageous and disgusting. Kremlin-owned Trump is preparing to recognize Crimea as "Russian." Not only did Russia illegally annex Crimea, but they set up concentration camps I am so angry 🤬 Crimea is and will always be Ukrainian, no matter what Trump and his thugs say.

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More people need to to put the screws to their representatives for trying to control women’s personal medical decisions. 5calls.org/issue/hr722-...

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for shits and giggles i just did a "reorder this order" option at the grocery store I went to. I picked an order from last year. 176 vs 243. yay business president is good at business and prices!

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Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free. This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file. Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. See how this works?

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I don’t understand why anyone believes a man who lies every time he opens his mouth. Why would you even think, “But what if the thing he talks about actually works?” 🙄 Yes, I’m talking about the turd Trump. Who else lies in real time on every media platform?

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In these dark times, it is necessary to be part of the contagion of courage. I gave this speech on the UC-Berkeley campus today in protest of the Trump regime’s attacks on higher education and the foundational principles of America. https://youtu.be/ge5wsaTpuz8?si=szfG-gFoMnrX6pN0

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Just a reminder: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks formal education or professional credentials in critical scientific fields such as biology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, immunology, virology, epidemiology, genetics, pharmacology, or medicine.

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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.

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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

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I’m glad Senator Van Hollen saw Kilmar Garcia, but the pictures I saw made me uneasy.

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The Supreme court must uphold the 14th Amendment and protect citizenship for children born in America.

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The Trump regime's repeated attacks on "DEI," "wokeness," immigrants, and the trans community have one clear purpose: If we are angry at each other, we don't look up to see how big corporations and billionaires have rigged markets and siphoned off most of the economy's gains.

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