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Still seems insane that MSNBC put Alicia Menendez in an anchor chair after her dad was convicted of bribery, extortion, fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy related to helping a foreign power and is openly lobbying Donald Trump for some kind of clemency!

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I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action. She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound. This is what bans do.

submitted 7 hours ago • 425 comments

Dude, Trump thinks Canadian tariffs are going to affect the price of fentanyl. This mfer is so dumb.

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Wake up everyone.

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Just watched the President's "Liberation Day" speech. Based on this, I can confirm many Americans will be liberated from: - Being able to afford groceries - Much of their retirement savings - Any hope of buying a home As for lower prices? Just the opposite.

submitted 5 hours ago • 631 comments

Trump is following through on his promise to lower prices!

submitted 6 hours ago • 139 comments

Russia is not on the list. I am very surprised.LOL lol

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Chris Coons is absolutely demolishing Martha MacCallum right now on Fox News

submitted 7 hours ago • 591 comments

The Netanyahu government has killed 50,000 people in Gaza & wounded 112,000. Two weeks ago, they broke the ceasefire and have since killed 322 children & wounded 600. The US must end its complicity. Tomorrow, I will force votes to block $8.8 billion in arm sales to Netanyahu.

submitted 6 hours ago • 128 comments

Can’t help but feel that if President Bernie Sanders pulled this move the entirety of American business would try to get him pushed out of office immediately.

submitted 6 hours ago • 516 comments

Trump: "From 1789 to 1913, we were a tariff-backed nation and the US was proportionately the wealthiest it has ever been ... then in 1913, for reason unknown to mankind, they established the income tax."

submitted 7 hours ago • 358 comments

Science, research, and services aren't just a spigot you can turn on and off. It could take years, even decades to undo this damage depending on how long it continues for.

submitted 6 hours ago • 62 comments

I’m still unclear how this will work. These are flat tariffs on each country (the yellow column in the chart), or are they different for each product category but within a given country will average to the numbers in yellow?

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Trump: "Prime Minister of Japan, ahhh, Shinzo, was -- Shinzo Abe -- he was a fantastic man. He was unfortunately taken from us. Assassination."

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Trump: "European Union, they're very tough. Very very tough traders. You know, you think of European Union -- very friendly. They rip us off. It's so sad to see. It's so pathetic. 39 percent. We're gonna charge them 20 percent. So we're charging them essentially half. Vietnam -- great negotiators"

submitted 6 hours ago • 152 comments

Trump has props (that you can't read)

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USA BS and more BS open your eyes.

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They’re calling it the musk effect

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

You do realize they are going to say Wisconsin was rigged, right?

submitted 1 day ago • 1336 comments

Let’s fucking go.

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Liberals in Winnipeg are ready to build #CanadaStrong.

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What an F U to Musk. Would love to have been a fly on the wall when someone told him the result.

submitted 1 day ago • 129 comments

Schimel lost.

submitted 1 day ago • 2573 comments

MSNBC calls the Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Susan Crawford

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Tariff That DESTROYED the American Economy in Just Weeks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7i-...

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🚨 MAJOR BREAKING Judge Susan Crawford is projected to win the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defeating MAGA candidate Brad Schimel. Trump, MAGA, and Musk went ALL-IN on this race—and lost.

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HHS doctors, scientists and tobacco control staff, rare disease experts, cancer drug wizards -- all fired today or leaving in recent weeks. Yet. 🚨 At HHS, staff make up less than one percent of the overall agency budget. 🚨 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...

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Proud of @booker.senate.gov for breaking the record for longest time holding the Senate floor. Today you’ve lifted up all Americans injured by MAGA’s billionaire crusade against voting rights, Social Security, Medicaid and health care. Keep walking, keep talking, keep fighting.

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The Trump administration admitted that they accidentally sent Maryland father Kilmar Armando Abrego-Garcia to an El Salvador mega-prison due to an “administrative error.” But they say they can’t get him back. Attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg joins Chris Hayes.

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"There’s something admirable about a far-right member of the Republican conference leading a bipartisan effort with support from a majority of the House to enable younger lawmakers with growing families to keep working without needless stress or strain." Just not in Mike Johnson's view.

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Had a nice live chat with Michael Fanone today, take a look! adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/live-with-...

submitted 1 day ago • 88 comments

This Woman OMG.

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Critics will call it performative. They miss the point entirely. When you can't stop injustice procedurally, you shine light on it. You stop silence from swallowing injustice, command attention, and transform one voice into a wall. In an era of authoritarianism, it's a moral line drawn in time.

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Trump is gambling with our nation’s economy, and your financial stability is on the table. The worst part: Trump is a terrible gambler. www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/p...

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Europe JUST Announced a Crazy $800 BILLION War Plan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hM7...

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I spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum this morning. In a shifting global economy, strong and reliable partners matter. Canada and Mexico are focused on deepening our trade relations and building stronger economies, together.

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His law degree appears to be courtesy of Trump University

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SCHUMER: Would the senator yield for a question? BOOKER: Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no SCHUMER: I just want to tell you, do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud America is of you?

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Booker: "I want to go a little bit past this, and then I'm going to deal with some of the biological urgencies I'm feeling."

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MAGA Mike and Luna going at it tonight after she beat him like a drum in today’s vote.

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Cory Booker is 23 hours in and somehow seems to be gaining strength

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Attorney General Pam Bondi says Justice Department is seeking a 20 year prison sentence for 24 year old Colorado man accused of vandalizing a Tesla dealership

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Elon Musk in Panic! Trump's Tariffs Impose Tactic on Mexico Exploded - A Crushing Blow to Tesla EV's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVxG...

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What does Trump think “old fashioned" means?

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