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"Those innocent women and children were all blown to pieces." Jamal al-Mdhoun from Khan Younis tells Al Jazeera how he survived Israeli bombing of a residential home that killed at least 9 Palestinians. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ytjf1h

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When Trump imposed tariffs during his first term, companies who contributed to Republicans were more likely to be granted tariff exemptions. Trump's corporate donors won't shoulder the cost of his trade wars — working class Americans will. It's crony capitalism at its worst.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only person to serve more than two terms as U.S. president. Roosevelt’s violation of the two-term tradition prompted Congress and the states to turn the tradition into a formal matter of constitutional law. (via @us.theconversation.com)

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#HandsOff #SLC

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TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!! This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference. It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference. #50501movement

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She’s soliciting donations for her son’s Venmo

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One flight attendant recalled being told: “‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’” By @mckenziefunk.com

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Yes, businesses absolutely need to show the tariff at the checkout screen. Don't hide it into the cost of the product.

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NEW: The millions in campaign funding poured into the Wisconsin Supreme Court election spotlights the increasing partisanship around these supposedly neutral court roles. It also feeds a growing concern nationally about the independence of state high courts. By @megomatz.bsky.social

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Reminder: no matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is no way they can pay for their proposed tax cuts without gutting Medicaid and other programs that millions of people rely on. Don't believe their lies for a second.

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There’s no denying it anymore: the pro-democracy movement is finally back on offense. Trump’s presidency is an unmitigated disaster. MAGA is imploding under the weight of its own lies, grifts, and failures. They’re not strong—they’re desperate. They’re flailing. And they know it.

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Booker: "I've never seen an administration in my lifetime do something so monumentally wrong and that so staggering hurts American people."

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Al Jazeera sources report that dozens of hardline Israeli settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound this morning under heavy protection from Israeli forces. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2ai2x2

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Trump's tariffs aren't designed to help you — they're meant to make rich people even richer.

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A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell.

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The UN says at least 100 children have been killed or injured every day in Gaza since Israeli attacks resumed on March 18, even as the US underscores continued support for Israel.

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Opponents of US President Trump and his adviser, Elon Musk, have joined rallies across the US to protest against the administration’s actions to overhaul the government and expand presidential authority aje.io/9j2333

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From tax loopholes to defunding the IRS: how America’s tax system is rigged in favor of the rich (and what we can do about it). https://youtu.be/wkiO0_uSJAk?si=nSy4Eh2aDSdfRkkc

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What ever are they hoping to accomplish?!

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Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."

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The so-called de minimis exemption allowed Chinese and Hong Kong retailers to ship millions of packages worth $800 or less directly to U.S. consumers. That loophole will close May 2. By @brianmannadk.bsky.social

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Gaza's Health Ministry says 602,000 children in Gaza are at risk of “permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities” due to Israel’s prevention of polio vaccines in the besieged enclave. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/afxnsl

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The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country. By @jenniferludden.bsky.social

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Workers told ProPublica that instead of retrieving a portable pump, an employee used cardboard from a trash bin to funnel coconut oil into a tank during production of the company’s Pure Bliss by Similac Organic brand formula. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

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It’s time for Congress to reign in the Mad King. These tariffs haven’t even hit for real and the world is off the rails. Politically, it’s helpful to Dems, but this is why I’m not a good politician b/c I care too deeply about the harm on all people, even on those that hate my very existence.

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I think a robust adverse possession law, as in the EU, that would permit legal occupation of any abandoned corporate space after 12 months could fix her (America)

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Police in Rhode Island are saying someone died from fentanyl-laced cannabis based on preliminary drug testing done by the police, and I just want people to remember law enforcement is not qualified to perform drug testing or determine cause of death. It helps nobody to create unfounded drug panics.

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BREAKING: At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources tell Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qbayoz

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These are frightening times. Your courage and tenacity are desperately needed. They will be needed for the rest of this year and next, and the years thereafter. Which is why you must also take care of yourself. robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...

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apnews.com/article/trum... Trump’s out here swinging golf clubs while folks are in the streets fighting back. Voter suppression, wild tariffs, & straight-up disrespect for democracy—Folks are fed up, Trump & Elon. #HandsOff

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People across the country and around the world turned out on Saturday for what organizers say has been the single biggest day of protests against President Trump and his second-term actions. In the U.S., more than a thousand rallies were planned in small towns and major cities from coast to coast.

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The people are fed up.

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Tariffs are taxes on goods imported from other countries. Companies buying foreign products pay the tariffs imposed on them — and, as a result, face higher costs that are typically passed on to customers.

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The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state's Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn. By @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social & Dan Keemahill

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'There are acute shortages of medical supplies, painkillers are not available. We have silent death going on inside the hospital[s]. Injured Palestinians don’t get proper medical treatment and they die', reports Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud. 🟥 Read report: aje.io/dt9kqh

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A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the country were told their grants would be terminated.

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NEW: “Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

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JUST IN: The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

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Gaza's humanitarian crisis is escalating, with no aid truck allowed into the enclave for an entire month, warns Humanitarian group Mercy Corps, adding that 85% of the Strip’s Palestinians no longer has access to basic food items. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/2bw1vf

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In 2023, ProPublica and Crain's Chicago Business identified the stolen statue as one of more than a dozen pieces that other countries wanted repatriated. What connected them all: Each piece once belonged to Art Institute donors Marilynn and James Alsdorf.

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By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

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Justice Riggs won her election for the NC Supreme Court. Republicans are trying to steal it.

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“We signed up to go fight for our country,” said a military veteran who’s urging Congress not to reverse a ban on TCE. She says now the attitude seems to be, “‘We don’t care about your health, you’ve already signed on the dotted line.”

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