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UH is doing good work to enroll more students, invest in innovation, & stay focused on local needs.

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VOTER: “But people will die!” (if you kick them of Medicaid) ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”

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'No bueno': Data analyst presents number that's 'quite troubling for Trump' www.rawstory.com/trump-always...

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Based on 20 years of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, new research sheds light on one of the solar system’s most mysterious planets. Via WIRED Japan: www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

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The Wisconsin Judge indicted by DOJ has filed a motion to dismiss her indictment. "The indictment is an ugly innovation." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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I’ve never seen a dissent like this (on SCOTUS stripping away the asylum parole of nearly 500K human beings on the emergency docket) utexas.app.box.com/s/fkvbpqvf8w...

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We are surfers, sailors, divers, scientists, and activists on a hero’s journey to recover ocean plastic, restore habitat, and mitigate ocean warming and acidification. “We are not strangers separated by countries; we are a tribe connected by oceans.” #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

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We are governed by a lunatic

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Why Republicans are 'quietly applauding' a court decision against Trump www.rawstory.com/why-republic...

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The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy. Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M

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Oh

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NEW: Everything wrong in America is because of the ultra-wealthy. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/its-the-ol...

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💊 DRUG ADDLED ELON MUSK 💊 NYT reporting that Trump admin officials KNEW that a government contractor… …with high level SECURITY CLEARANCES at SpaceX 🚀… …and access to AMERICANS most SENSITIVE DATA… 💻 …was known to be taking ILLEGAL DRUGS 💊 💉 … …including ketamine, ecstasy, and psychedelics. 😜.

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'Horrified': Trump rips apart 4 decades of work protecting battered women www.rawstory.com/horrified-tr...

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Please be a Rosalynn.

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Phang: If you see claims that those convictions have been overturned on appeal — it’s bullshit. They have not been overturned on appeal. I have no idea—strike that—I have every idea where that comes from. It comes from stupid, far-right people who don’t know how to read and don’t know the law.

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'Horrified': Trump rips apart 4 decades of work protecting battered women www.rawstory.com/horrified-tr...

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Truth

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There’s your empty shelf. US goods imports drop 19.8% in April — largest on record

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One of Sen. Ernst's constituents points out that people are going to die if Republicans' cuts to Medicaid go through. Ernst's response? "Well, we all are going to die." Republicans know exactly what they are doing—all so billionaires can get another tax cut.

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They knew they lied they... www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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This is a very big deal.👇 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Elon Musk used so much ketamine he wrecked his bladder: insiders www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-us...

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As always, the hypocrisy is mind numbing.

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If they are actually going to enforce deportations in FL at job sites then the construction industry in FL will grind to a halt. Until they can replace those employees with US-born workers willing to work outside in the summer in 100 degree heat & humidity. Should be no problem.

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GOP lawmakers serve notice they won't save Trump with a 'stupid vote': analyst www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff...

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Fresh ICE turmoil because 'no one can meet expectations' of White House: report www.rawstory.com/ice-dhs-lead...

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#reFUNdday

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Fuentes admits kirk, and Peterson got spanked youtu.be/u_2ecUPpYCA?...

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Appeals court reinstates Trump tariffs a day after suspended www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff...

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The Trump administration has just canceled a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna that was meant to develop a bird flu vaccine.

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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

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I think they could both quit and it would be okay?

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youtu.be/kPaAZ9bUFWk?...

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