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fact check: since congestion pricing started, subway crime is down 36%.

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Ruhle: The left-leaning podcast MeidasTouch has just done the unthinkable—dethroned Joe Rogan to become the country’s most popular podcast…

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This is how you know Patel has the votes. Collins would never be a deciding vote to sink one of Trump’s nominees.

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“I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. “I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.”

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two different Zürich coffee shop baristas have given me free coffee as a consolation for being American, so i've got that going for me i guess

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This is the most cowardly administration in history.

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in his state of the state address: “it took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. ” Exhorts constituents to “gather your justice and your humanity.”

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse just coined the perfect term for the abject butt-kissing the genuflecting Republicans perform on Donald Trump: TRUMPSERVIENCE

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I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

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Dr Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, appeared with both hands and feet shackled for the first time since his arrest by Israeli forces. 🔴 LIVE updates:

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Does anyone know if the assets of an IRA can be held in a foreign (preferably Swiss) bank account? Asking for no particular reason.

submitted 4 days ago • 897 comments

Trump & Musk claim they’re cutting waste, but their priorities tell a different story Jobs or money cut from feeding starving kids, fighting bird flu & protecting the nuclear arsenal—while Trump pushes for TWO new Air Force Ones when what we have now is just fine Fake populism at its finest

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These are talking points straight from the Kremlin. It is clear that Trump’s plan to “end the war” is to remove Zelenskyy, replace him with a Putin stooge, and then let Putin take over Ukraine.

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Acosta: When Trump was out there on the campaign trail, he said, ‘On day one, I’m going to start lowering prices in this country.’ That hasn’t happened. And what is he doing? He’s going to the Super Bowl. He’s going to the Daytona 500. It’s like he’s on the StubHub Rapid Rewards program.

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Could someone place an order for 100 more Jasmine Crocketts for overnight delivery to the Democratic Party thx in advance

submitted 4 days ago • 2066 comments

Authorities in Gaza say Israel is blocking 135,000 mobile homes, 500 bulldozers, and other humanitarian aid promised in the first phase of the ceasefire deal. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://aje.io/8eizdz

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Trump is surrendering America. Trump is the opposite of strong. He is a tiny, weak, small, scared, trembling, sissy, husk of a man. There is nothing manly about his fat, sweaty, smelly, gross, makeup'ed self An absolute joke

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Over 120,000 Japanese Americans forced into imprisonment in internment camps simply because they were of Japanese heritage.

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This Game of Thrones quote feels especially poignant: “Any man who must say 'I am the king' is no true king.”

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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

submitted 3 days ago • 1250 comments

NEW: Judge Dale Ho has concluded the hearing in Mayor Eric Adams’ case. The short of it: Emil Bove & Adams denied the existence of a quid pro quo. An interesting argument from Bove: he claims Ho can’t stop the dismissal even if there WAS a quid pro quo. Judge will issue his ruling soon.

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People are fleeing Florida and Texas. As of Jan. 2025, those states collectively accounted for over 30% of ALL homes for sale in the US. Florida had 157,221 active listings—the highest in the country—followed by Texas with 102,552. Repressive state governments and rising insurance are to blame.

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So as I mentioned earlier, Claudia’s Corgi puppy Gracie was fixed yesterday. According to her discharge papers, the veterinary hospital gave her ketamine. So: Does that mean she was a good DOGE?

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Israeli authorities are withholding at least 665 Palestinian bodies, some buried or stored in refrigerators since the 1960s, with others killed as recently as last week, per the National Campaign for Retrieval. 🔴 LIVE updates:

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So much for Trump’s call not to weaponize the DOJ 🙄 It’s a blatant attempt to silence critics. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

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Jocelynn Rojo Carranza, just 11 years old, “took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities and have her family deported from the US, her grieving parents have said.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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American presidents don’t even joke about this. Just because he’s petty doesn’t mean this isn’t dangerous.

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We have added @trumpgolftrack.com to Bluesky. Please follow and pass on!

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"North Carolina senator Thom Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about ‘credible death threats’ when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary."

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Tragic.

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With all due respect, Congressman, he’s not trying to distract from anything here. He’s a grandiose pathological narcissist. A narcissistic sociopath. A malignant narcissist. A psychopath. A megalomaniac. This is what he thinks of himself. And what he wants others to think of him.

submitted 3 days ago • 1180 comments

Trump is greedy, corrupt, cruel, idiotic and — worst of all — a fascist. Musk is greedy, corrupt, cruel, idiotic and — worst of all — a fascist. Any questions?

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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.

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Wife was a probationary employee let go over the weekend. She was a researcher with CMMI. If anyone has leads on jobs for a PhD social science researcher with an expertise in Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance, please let me know!

submitted 6 days ago • 142 comments

This country has seen some bad moments in the 61 years, 5 months, 16 days I’ve been on this Earth. But it has never, ever before come close to the supertoxic level of stupidity, mendacity, narcissism, nihilism, and moral apathy that threaten to destroy it today.

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Richest man in the world muses about Jailing reporters, nothing to see here

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is urging parliament to declare a state of emergency citing “the events of the last 24 hours and statements from the U.S. government” on Ukraine. Translated video 👇

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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we instantly recognize in other contexts.

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“...'the most consequential security breach' in American history." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

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Israel and Hamas have successfully carried out their fifth exchange, with three Israeli captives freed for 183 Palestinian prisoners. At least seven of the detainees were transferred to hospital for treatment. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/3awq76

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Israeli media report that there is some consideration of reducing the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza in response to the apparent weight loss suffered by the three released Israeli captives, reports Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

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NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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People will get sick and die. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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Amid today’s massive NIH cuts to universities, please know that my research colleagues: - Develop new cancer treatments for kids - Are curing sickle cell disease - Build new tech to help premature babies survive - Prevent teens from dying of drug overdose - And more #NIH #MedSky #research #science

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