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BREAKING: Thailand reports over 53,000 new Covid-19 cases in a week, school shifts to online learning.

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"It’s not clear that anyone wrote the study cited in the MAHA report." Wow. If these were freshman, caught using ChatGPT that made up bogus studies, they'd get flunked or worse. www.notus.org/health-scien...

submitted 14 hours ago • 53 comments

"In the broadest terms, the bill is an enormous upward transfer of wealth — perhaps the largest in history — taking from those with lower incomes and giving to the rich. And in its details there are dozens if not hundreds of blows to the economy." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

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Do not give this woman a dime of your money. 1. Do not watch the new show. 2. Do not stream any of the movies (yes, that includes Fantastic Beasts) 3. Do not buy any of her books. She has a pen name Robert Galbraith. www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...

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US Court of International Trade just issued decision in case against Trump tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and me. All "Liberation Day"/IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal, and blocked by injunction! See link for opinion. I will have much more to say soon: www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...

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Update: reports today that multiple legal observers were arrested today in New York at two separate immigration courts, for allegedly “obstructing” ICE. Not only that, apparently some immigration courts are barring the public from attending hearings. This mess is escalating fast.

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REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa? TRUMP: On what? REPORTER: Foreign student visas TRUMP: For the French? REPORTER: All the foreign students TRUMP: What are you referring-- foreign visas for what?

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Scoop: Nancy Mace's fmr staff tell me they were assigned to create burner accounts to bolster their boss online. “We were congressional staff, and there were actual things we could be doing to help the constituents," one said. 1/ www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

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Oh, so now we care about what people post on social media? Wild how student visas are getting paused for a vibe check, but some of y’all have been posting red flags for years and still got a security clearance. Make it make sense.

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Just in: Texas' former solicitor general has left the AG's office amid sex misconduct allegations and a lawsuit outlining his apparent, months of detailed disclosures to colleagues about his sexual obsession with watching an asteroid anally rape the agency's No. 2 attorney in front of his kids.

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This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY. And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon. And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

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Come heckle a congressional candidate (me) at my campaign's pay-what-you-want comedy show at the Laugh Factory on June 3rd! The show features myself, some wonderful local talent, and the inimitable Abby Govindan. Buy your ticket here: katforillinois.com/standup

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International students add $44 billion to the US economy, annually. www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea...

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I think I’ve located the problem.

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Another day, another scandal under Hegseth. This is not silly stuff like Hegseth using taxpayer funds for a Pentagon makeup studio. The allegation here is an illegal wiretap. If they used an illegal wiretap on a senior official, you think they wouldn’t hesitate to use it on you?

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The Trump administration’s immigration policies have created fear and uncertainty for many communities, including people who lived through an earlier crackdown.

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Trump just pardoned a corrupt sheriff who was found guilty of taking bribes in exchange for law endorsement badges. Those who bought the badges used them to drive in emergency lanes, bypass TSA lines, and for other favors.

submitted 3 days ago • 239 comments

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

submitted 3 days ago • 763 comments

Instead of simply wishing people well this Memorial Day, here are five concrete policies that will protect servicemembers abroad and on the home front:

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🌅 A glorious Memorial Day sunrise over D.C. A break in the clouds lit up the sky just before dawn — and the view from the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial was stunning. 📸 See more morning photos by Kevin Ambrose at cwg.live #DCwx #MemorialDay #sunrise

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Page One: @nytimes.com @peterbakernyt.bsky.social

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lol Trump now says his new tariffs against the EU are delayed until July 9

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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.

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Jets' support for tush push could be a sign that they plan to use it with Justin Fields; via Rich Cimini, Fields has converted 11 of 12 career push sneaks. www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

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The fight for US science and universities is a political fight, the right not us has made it political, and we cannot shirk from political engagement if we want to save science.

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“It’s true that narcissism is associated with more impulsive, error-prone decision-making. But … [w]hether consciously or not, narcissists hold power by keeping others in a state of psychological whiplash.“ www.huffpost.com/entry/psycho...

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Trump: He ended up getting a divorce. Found a new wife. Can you say a trophy wife? It didn't work out too well. That doesn't work out too well, I must tell you. Trophy wives. It doesn’t work out. It made him happy for a little while at least.

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Nothing but the best

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Meet the Pentagon’s new press secretary

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WATCH: “LIE, LIE, LIE.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social shows the fake marked graves Trump ambushed SA’s prez with were a demonstration by a son for rural farmers of “ALL COLORS” — shreds the @telegraphnews.bsky.social for "One of the single worst examples of journalism I've ever seen in a 🇬🇧 newspaper.”

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