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Can the sane among us agree — there would be far fewer of us alive today if RFK Jr. had been HHS Secretary in 2020? 🚨 CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns

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Trump’s National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, was hit with a whopping 18 health violations and the lowest grade in the county after an inspection last month.

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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

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I feel like it was only yesterday that I was concerned about Martial Law getting closer. Oh wait, it was. These fuckers. #MartialLaw #NationalGuard #Army #Veterans #ICE

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POCAN: Is the federal govt currently spending less this year than it did last year? VOUGHT: No, it's not POCAN: Part of that is because you've sent us a recession package worth $9b that goes after Big Bird and Cookie Monster, but you've added $200b to Defense and Homeland Security.

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Yikes

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"They stood, diplomas in hand, having met every standard of physical endurance, academic excellence, and military discipline. But when the time came for the US Air Force Academy’s class of 2025 to commission as second lieutenants, 3 cadets were quietly held back..." www.advocate.com/news/transge...

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Trump's tariffs, tax cuts, and austerity budget are a windfall for the super-rich at the expense of the poor. This is what class warfare looks like. [Via @4taxfairness.bsky.social‬]

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Remember all the Let’s Go Brandon and FJB bumper stickers? Yeah, why is it we don’t do that to Taco smell Trump?

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There have been many victories—fight back!

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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

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Senator Ossoff speaking the truth. We need real action

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"The threat from Russia against all of us is real and it is serious," - Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen. "Putin is talking about peace during the day and bombing at night. We see a more aggressive Russia approach in the Baltic Sea region”

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(Reuters) - A group representing major U.S. and global aeropsace companies on Tuesday warned new tariffs on imported commercial aircraft, jet engines and parts could put air safety and the supply chain at risk or have unintended consequences.

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Amazing that when they get in courtrooms, all the big claims they make outside the courthouse to the media suddenly go away.

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COLORADO… My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell admitting in court he has no evidence the 2020 election was rigged…

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"I was shocked, if not stunned, by the breadth of the pardons..... It sends the message political violence toward a political goal is acceptable in a modern democratic society" Former head of Justice Dept's Capitol Siege division speaks to @CBSNews =====>

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The U.S. government is breaking up families without an ounce of compassion. ICE is detaining migrants at court—asking judges to dismiss cases so they can arrest people as they leave & shove them into fast-track deportation. Word’s out: Show up, risk deportation. Stay home, lose your case.

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19 companies that have pulled support of Pride parades, in whole or in part, this year: Lowe's Dyson Nivea Tiffany & Co. Toyota Capital One UPS Disney DoorDash Live Nation Anheuser-Busch Diageo PepsiCo Nissan PricewaterhouseCoopers Citi Mastercard Booz Allen Hamilton Deloitte

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In arguing against having a Dept of Education, Sen Markwayne Mullin asks: “What was we ranked in 1979?” What was we ranked…

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Trump's attack on our minds reduces our capacity for self-government because ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-attack-on-the-american-mind-1b0

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Wake Forest's coach got caught on camera calling a Tennessee player the f-slur

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"Ukraine is not a victim state anymore. It’s a 21st-century arsenal of democracy. And it's showing us what it looks like when courage, creativity, and technology meet a brutal invader. Now it’s up to us: Do we finish what Russia started—or leave? adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/ukraines-c...

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Tattoos are not a crime. Being gay is not a crime. Seeking asylum is not a crime. Why is Andry in a mega-prison in El Salvador? #DisappearedInAmerica #AbductedByTrump

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Australia's minimum wage has increased by 3.5% to $24.95 per hour.

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How the attack on Russian strategic aircraft happened: a video appeared online 1/4

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Love this. Good people stepping up when the system fails our kids.

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JPM DESK: “.. tariffs are a net negative .. WHEN does this become fully apparent in the macro data. Our best guess is either July or August .. “.. if we get to the point that NFP is printing materially below 100k AND there is no change to the trade war rhetoric, this is a market that will crumble.”

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Iowa Senator Joni Ernst has mentioned wearing bread bags on her feet as a child. She explained that growing up, her family lived simply and she only had one good pair of shoes. On rainy school days, her mother would put plastic bread bags over her shoes to keep them dry. Now, she protects the rich.

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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social. Trump’s Tip Jar

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Private insurers and state officials are warning of utter chaos in the insurance markets if a last-minute change to the House GOP’s megabill survives in the Senate. It could lead to higher premiums for people who shop for plans on the Obamacare exchanges and cause massive turmoil for actuaries.

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"The underlying point isn’t to chastise the firms for making the wrong decision; it’s to remind those firms that it’s not too late to reverse course and join the ranks of the firms resisting Trump’s gambit..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Trump has destroyed your country. What will you do?

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Why isn’t anybody standing up to the #ICE Gestapo agents arresting immigrants in court there for their scheduled appointments, other than these brave souls in New York City putting their bodies on the front lines? I’M WAITING

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