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Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: The House Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved legislation that requires law enforcement to verify people’s immigration status during a stop if they have “reasonable suspicion” they are not authorized to be in the country.

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Among the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against the Crown was “transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.”

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Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk on Wednesday, telling university students he was a pioneer comparable to legendary Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev.

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The suit argues that the law the president is relying on — the International Economic Emergency Powers Act — has never been used before to justify tariffs and that Trump needs Congressional authorization for actions with such broad economic consequences. (via @kqednews.kqed.org)

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Autopsies of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned a Chicago audience of business executives Wednesday that President Trump's tariffs pose a risk of increased inflation.

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They can be life-saving, but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate overuse of CT scans is increasing the U.S. cancer burden.

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FAFO

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The Trump administration has not complied with a federal court order directing it to continue funding legal representation for unaccompanied immigrant children, attorneys in the case allege.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s words stand in marked contrast to Trump’s. "The level of tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated ... which will include higher inflation and slower growth,” Powell said.

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I am in no way anti-Semitic,but fuck this Israeli administration!

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The Institute of Museum and Library Services said the grant highlighting Black history and culture “no longer serves the interest of the United States.”

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This thing is a fucking idiot.....

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. announced Wednesday the department will shift its research into autism toward environmental causes. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer with no medical training, declared that autism is a preventable disease. buff.ly/dO68wiz

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“The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request from Milwaukee’s public health department for assistance in managing unsafe lead levels in the city’s public schools, citing the loss of its lead experts in mass firings last week across federal health agencies.”

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I have to keep posting! I have to keep sounding the alarm! 🤨✊💙

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Assinine! 🤨

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Kentucky students & parents sue U.S. Department of Defense for removing books about slavery and civil rights from school libraries at Fort Campbell and other military bases. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the defendants. @sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/15/b...

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An Israeli fighter jet dropped a bomb near an Israeli community on the Gaza border as a result of what the Israel Defense Forces called a “technical malfunction.”

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The Trump regime has done more damage to the USA in less than 90 days than all global terrorist groups and militias combined have been able to in the last 60 years.

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Any self respecting leader would say " Return them or We will come get them with the military ! "

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A St. Paul man with a lengthy history of sexual assault accusations was charged last week with sexually assaulting four children who attend King of Kings Lutheran Church and School in Roseville.

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Israel's military is expanding buffer zones inside the Gaza Strip and taking over more areas of the territory, shrinking land Palestinians can access by more than half.

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Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, women in Ukraine have faced rising gender-based violence, even within their own homes, United Nations representative told Euronews. #EuropeNews

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This is the day that President Donald Trump sent a clear message to the nation: There is no rule of law in the United States.

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Trump administration sued over tariffs in US international trade court

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President Trump suggests that certain "homegrown" criminals, who are U.S. citizens, should be deported to El Salvador. nbcnews.to/42GumOB

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Vice President JD Vance dropped the College Football Playoff National Championship trophy while welcoming his alma mater, Ohio State, to the White House on Monday.

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Perhaps it's a small comfort that Trump is at least committing his flagrantly unconstitutional actions in full view of the public.

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NEW: A Columbia University student was detained by immigration authorities in Vermont during his naturalization interview on Monday in “direct retaliation” for his participation in protests against the Israel-Gaza war, his lawyer says.

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Despite a court order, Donald Trump is still refusing to allow journalists from the Associated Press into the White House press pool. This is a direct assault on the First Amendment, free speech, and freedom of the press.

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Trump and Netanyahu: shared strategy against Iran and the challenges of the Middle East

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A group of US businesses filed a lawsuit arguing that President Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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Even though SCOTUS has ordered Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S., the Trump administration is hiding behind semantics and technicalities while El Salvador’s president/dictator flippantly refuses to return him.

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⚡️Russian drone attack injures 5, causes fires in Odesa. The strike also damaged the roof, windows and operating room of a medical facility in Odesa, according to Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov.

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An Israeli attack has left al-Ahli Arab Hospital, the last functioning hospital in north Gaza, nonoperational, forcing critically ill patients onto the streets. Here’s a list of major Israeli attacks on Gaza's healthcare system since October 2023 aje.io/10seah

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A 14-year-old American boy and his two friends were gunned down by Israeli soldiers Sunday night. Their largely American village in the West Bank is wondering why Trump and the U.S. government have said so little about the killing of one of its citizens.

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A nonverbal autistic teen with cerebral palsy tragically passed away Saturday after being shot multiple times by Idaho police through a chain-link fence as he held a knife.

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IDF unit involved in Gaza paramedics’ killing was under command of brigade led by notorious Israeli general

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As the world continues to laugh at Trump's hollow tariff threats; Trump is now exempting smartphones, computers, and other electronics which took effect late Friday night. This is another action that reveals how far Trump is over his head and making irrational decisions day by day.

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