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#ProLifeMyAss Blood on their hands #CrueltyIsThePoint “ #Rubio said Monday the #Trump administration had finished its six-week purge of programs of the six-decade-old U.S. Agency for International Development, and said he would move the 18% of aid and development programs that survived under […]

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For those who have been thirsty for guidance: “The Democratic Party won't save us. We must save democracy. Here's the plan.” Via @lolgop https://thelastbillionaires.com/the-democratic-party-wont-save-us-we-must-save-democracy-heres-the-plan/?ref=i-know-how-much-you-care-newsletter

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Thud. “Stocks slump after #Trump declines to rule out recession Dow fell 515 points, or 1.2%; while the S&P 500 declined 1.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq plummeted nearly 2%. Tesla, the electric carmaker led by #Musk, sank nearly 6%. United Airlines & Delta each fell more than 5.5%” #TrumpTax […]

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“You cannot teach your children to love your country, while teaching them to hate groups of people in it. Justice Kennedy should know that. It embarrasses me that he may not.” A must-read by Sherrilyn Ifill https://open.substack.com/pub/sherrilyn/p/selma-is-stronger-than-maga?r=br61

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💸 US taxpayers have shelled out tens of millions of dollars for #Trump ’s golf trips “His increasingly frequent & disruptive trips home are fast becoming a drain on county resources… put helicopters in the air, extra manpower on the ground, & boats on both sides of Trump’s opulent mansion […]

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“The U.S.-Mexico border is quieter than it's been in years. #JDVance says the #Trump administration deserves the credit, but migrant apprehensions have been falling for months”: NPR […]

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Egg prices definitely seem to be a regional issue. I paid $3.99 yesterday for a dozen extra large cage free at TJ's. I assume if you buy the cheapest #eggs at someplace like Walmart it's more like $2.99 but I haven't verified. I see pictures of eggs going for $12/doz...these must be in high […]

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#ProLifeMyAss “A vital, US-run monitoring system focused on spotting food crises before they turn into famines has gone dark after the #Trump administration slashed foreign aid.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/09/world/us-foreign-aid-freeze-famine-fewsnet-intl?cid=ios_app

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MrBigBalls from The Com hacking group is now on staff at CISA. https://www.wired.com/story/doge-cisa-coristine-cybersecurity/

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Trump's Gaza policies are terrorism magnets. Meanwhile, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom are reportedly considering excluding America from sharing in their international intelligence because of Trump's Russia obsession.

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#silentsunday

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Trump does not want peace in Ukraine. He claims he wants peace, because it sounds like something you cannot be against. But Trump has been "for peace" for more than a year, and at no point has he presented any tangible peace plan, because it does not exist. What he sees is Ukraine depending […]

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Transcript of a speech that will live forever in the history books... Claude Malhuret speaking to the French Senate on Tuesday, March 4, 2025: ▪️President, Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen Ministers, My dear colleagues, Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The […]

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#Wisconsin Cheese Makers…(WCMA) …#USDA is releasing Congressionally-directed funding for…Dairy Business Innovation (DBI)… today. USDA froze DBI grant monies last week… “The release of this… funding comes…to…#farmers…who… needed reimbursement from USDA for business improvements already […]

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The Trump defense attorneys purporting to run DOJ continue to make light of political donations from foreign governments, which really ought to cause more pause than it has so far. Adams filing raises bribery theory for first time BUT storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ICYMI www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...

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Keep ‘em coming Via Kyle Griffin: Gov. Tony Evers says #Wisconsin is joining a multistate lawsuit against the #Trump admin over the mass firings of federal workers. The lawsuit argues the admin unlawfully directed federal agencies to fire thousands of probationary employees […]

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When the Congress simply cedes its own constitutional powers, there is no law. The Republican-controlled Congress is nothing but a black hole around which state governors, attorneys general, and federal courts spiral, seeking to influence each other with stories from the past. #coup

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We feel you, Sen. Tina Smith. “‘I’m on the side of the workers’: the Minnesota senator calling out #Trump and #Musk Smith wrote on Twitter/X: “This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk – except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick” “I’m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire […]

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Court Finds That Trump’s Termination of NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox Was Unlawful and Void https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/court-finds-trump%E2%80%99s-termination-nlrb-member-gwynne-wilcox-was-unlawful-and-void

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Keep ‘em coming Via Kyle Griffin: A Maricopa County Superior judge has permanently blocked #Arizona's 15-week #abortion ban. The judge declared the ban unconstitutional because it violates the state's 2024 constitutional amendment that protects the fundamental right to an abortion.

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Be uber rich. Have stocks. President announces tariffs. Stocks plunge. Bad for middle class, fine for Uber rich cus, hello, fire sale on stocks. President walks back tariffs. Stocks go up again. Guess who is still making money this whole time! It ain't you!

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More: “Breakup of #Musk ‘s SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts #Florida Airports Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.” […]

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#ElonMusk’s #SpaceX Starship #Rocket Breaksup & Disrupts Florida #Airports But sure yeah put this #SpecialK Presidential Adviser in charge of #AirTrafficControl for airplanes & sure, throw in space #satellites too. Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning […]

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You don’t say. “GOP budget goals impossible without Medicare and Medicaid cuts, CBO office says Republicans are expected to fall short of their goal to slash the budget by $1.5tn despite #Trump ’s [lies] assurances” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/gop-budget-medicare-medicaid-cuts

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Morning reading: "Aid and Comfort to the Enemy" #treason https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S3-C1-4/ALDE_00013527/

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The thing abt targeting KY Bourbon (of course!!) is that KY is also the ~third biggest automotive state. There's a couple of Ford factories in Louisville that would be devastated by the auto tariffs.

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Keep ‘em coming Via Kyle Cheney: BREAKING: A federal judge in RI has extended his block on #Trump's blanket spending freeze for domestic programs. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.rid.58912/gov.uscourts.rid.58912.161.0_2.pdf

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Starving #piglet rescued from Danish #art exhibit #Benjamin is among three other #piglets #rescued after being left to #starve in a #Danish art exhibition […]

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Trump lie #7346874000 “After six weeks in office, #Trump has not disclosed the names of the donors who paid for his transition planning, despite a public pledge to do so.”- NYT

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#WompWomp Loser. “ #Trump drew an est 36.6 million viewers, reported Nielsen..The number of viewers was lower than in any of Trump's first four addresses to Congress in his previous administration. Former Pres Bill Clinton retains the highest Nielsen rating in presidential addresses to […]

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Attorney General Platkin Issues Multistate Guidance for Schools on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-general-platkin-issues-multistate-guidance-for-schools-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-initiatives/

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This is absolutely outrageous. 🤬During a hearing on #SanctuaryCities today, Republican #JamesComer of #Krntucky refuses to let Democrat Congresswoman #AyannaPressley of #Massachusetts to enter into the record an article correctly reporting that US citizens commit #crimes far in excess of […]

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#Arizona court permanently blocks 15-week #AbortionBan The ruling marks a victory for #AbortionRights months after a ballot measure added protections to the state #constitution A court permanently blocked AZ’s 15-week #abortion ban from taking effect on Wed, months after AZ residents voted to […]

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Racist sadistic child abusers! " #Trump administration is reopening a sprawling detention center in South #Texas for migrant families facing deportation, resuming the practice of detaining children four years after the Biden administration ended it, according to the private prison contractor […]

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This is nothing specific abt @anthonymkreis.bsky.social. Just a symptom. But when people (not just me) argue that this fight needs to be not just about "resistance," here's why. The far right has embraced a one-party approach, whereby any deviance from party ideology must be ousted.

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Starting Wed, >100k people, many of them parishioners at #BlackChurches, are pledging to abstain from shopping at #Target, part of a 40-day nationwide #boycott of the retail giant more than a month after the company abandoned its #diversity, #equity & #inclusion initiatives. The effort, led by […]

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Via Brad Moss: Silver lining is the Circuit is expediting briefing. All briefing done by April 11th, oral arguments likely shortly after that. Via Josh Gerstein: BREAKING: DC Circuit allows #Trump firing of Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger to proceed. Judges Henderson (GHWBush), Millett […]

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I've now included 25 debunkings of DOGE bullshit in my collection (I'm puzzling over several other fact checks of Trump's false claims from last, including but limited to DOGE ones). www.emptywheel.net/portfolio-it...

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Where Being #Gay Is Punishable by Death, #Aid Cuts Are ‘Heartbreaking’ #Uganda’s #LGBTQ population was already struggling to cope with the fallout of a harsh anti-gay #law when the disruption of #US aid put people at even greater risk. #USAID #ForeignPolicy #geopolitics #HumanRights #Trump […]

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