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'Johnson said that in every case, the government’s justification was that the person’s name was “found in a criminal records check.” She added that the university is working directly with the students affected by these decisions.' #WestVirginia #exchangestudents

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Measles #vaccination rates were below herd immunity in most states in the 2023-24 school year. Note that #WestVirginia was one of the few holding the line. “Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline www.propublica.org/article/whoo...

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The price of oil has fallen nearly 15% since Trump announced tariffs...If the oil slump continues, Kremlin is likely to begin cutting spending, including the military. Trump’s trade measures could do more to damage Russia’s war against #Ukraine than the West’s sanctions

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If his policies do drive up inflation as expected, that could alienate the republican core vote that brought him in on promises to cut soaring food prices. Voters could see tariffs as a tax on mortgages if banks start to charge more for home loans on the back of higher yields.

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"Anyone sounding the all-clear on #tariffs should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery. We’re in a hardly better place than we were before the tariff pause. In fact, we may be in a worse place. "Let me make four points about Trump’s post-pause tariff regime."

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"But when you hear it, you know what it is. And, perhaps more importantly, you know it when you feel it." That's the sentiment expressed early and often in We Want the Funk!, a loving and detailed new documentary from PBS' Independent Lens series, now available on PBS' app and YouTube.

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“The number of potential conflicts of interest are legion.”🤬 Archive link: archive.ph/9w28d

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#tariffs #China

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“These are the sounds of America – our wide-ranging history and culture. The National Recording Registry is our evolving nation’s playlist,” Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement. relix.com/news/detail/...

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Social Security walks back cuts to phone services “We have listened to our customers, Congress, advocates, and others, and we are updating our policy to provide better customer service to the country’s most vulnerable populations,” acting #SocialSecurity Commissioner Lee Dudek said

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Well well well, who's been talking about port fees? "If those port fees go into effect as planned, expect shipping delays that will make the COVID era sound fun in comparison."

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The order from the US district judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of Donald Trump, requires the White House to allow the AP’s journalists to access the Oval Office, Air Force One and events held at the White House.

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"We don’t know how many Americans will die prematurely because #publichealth is now being run by a man who rejects #medicalscience, but it’s likely that the number will eventually run into the millions." Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...

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"There’s a monumental difference between 40 percent and 0.0025 percent." Read the full article, lots of good facts, no paywall: archive.ph/PNyTk

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Elmo is lying again about #SocialSecurity. ... DOGE's chart represented immigrants with legal work authorizations who were given Social Security numbers through the Enumeration Beyond Entry program. Those here illegally are not eligible for a Social Security number. 1/

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NOTHING about why the visas were revoked. “The university will always comply with the law,” Capilouto said.🤬 #visas

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"Like a pair of dice"😈 #TaxTheRich

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When you put a racist in charge of immigration enforcement

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I don't see where Larew was asked if he voted for Trump and if he was sorry he had.😎 "...markets have really tanked, and that is now across the board, everything from beef to grains to everything else. This is just adding more stress at a time when farmers can’t afford it.” #WestVirginia #tariffs

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The advertising campaign is another sign of how the neighbors to the north are responding to Trump’s provocations, be it his tariff threats or his musings about annexing their country as the 51st state. archive.ph/RUuCR

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"The idea that we win when foreigners buy our stuff and lose when we buy their stuff seems like common sense to many people...The [very bad] idea that it’s always better to produce goods at home is as nonsensical as the view that we should all make our own pasta or raise our own chickens." #tariffs

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This is a great idea! #tariffs

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During Trump’s first term, #FEMA launched a program to award billions of dollars to states to repair levees, elevate flood-prone homes and shore up drinking water systems to protect against future damage from natural disasters. FEMA is now canceling plans to award these grants. archive.ph/4w04A

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The IDF said they fired because the vehicles were "advancing suspiciously without headlights or emergency signals." You can clearly see in the video plenty of flashing lights and headlights. The only thing they didn't have were sirens.🤬🤬🤬🤬 #murder

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“[Trump’s] at the peak of just not giving a fck anymore,” a White House official told the reporters. “Bad news stories? Doesn’t give a fck. He’s going to do what he’s going to do. He’s going to do what he promised to do on the campaign trail.” #tariffs

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The brief represents the most organized pushback to date against a series of White House executive orders that have sought to punish some of the country’s most elite firms and to extract concessions from them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Math skills matter

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#penguins

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Apparently Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos didn't grease Trump's palm adequately. #tariffs www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Ley’s company, which sells premium planners and organizational tools, argues Trump exceeded his authority by using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Ieepa) instead of traditional trade rules, which require detailed investigations before #tariffs can be implemented.

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'Maybe the next movie in the Terminator franchise will be “Terminator: Trade War,” in which Skynet realizes that it doesn’t have to destroy humanity with nuclear bombs, it can accomplish its goals simply by giving bad economic advice.' - @pkrugman.bsky.social #tariffs

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