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#GVerse via @petebuttigieg.bsky.social "100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises. But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up. It's up to us to demand something better."

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Donald Trump's first 100 days have been characterized by the most flagrant corruption imaginable. Today, I want to talk about 10 of the absolute worst examples. (Thread 🧵)

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I checked, what actually happened is they threatened to sue and the billboard companies caved without a fight because when nine of the biggest law firms in the country have promised to do free work for Republicans nobody can afford to get sued by them thehill.com/homenews/hou...

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This is a remarkable letter and everyone should read it.

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People acting like it's a problem that Trump officials are kidnapping 2-year-old US citizens and shipping them to other countries, but what the LIBERAL MEDIA won't tell you is that according to Trump administration officials, that 2-year old was actually a member of Tren de Aragua and MS-13.

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Words matter. The Trump regime did not "deport" a 2-year-old U.S. Citizen of Latino ethnicity—the Trump regime knowingly Human Trafficked a 2-year-old U.S. Citizen of Latino ethnicity. That isn't just a violation of US Constitutional rights, it's a violation of international human rights law.

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Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

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Effective Corporate Tax Rates 1950: 50% 2025: 13% Top Marginal Tax Rates 1950: 91% 2025: 37% If you’re curious as to why the rich have so much and you have so little, these are good places to start.

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My latest newsletter celebrates National Poetry Month with one non-rhyming poem, one Billie Eilish parody I wrote about my dinner, and (as always) a link to my latest column which in this case happens to rhyme. Also, how is it STILL not Friday? buttondown.com/RisingPun/ar...

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Historically, it's not a great sign when a far-right government starts making registries for autistic people and asking professors if they are Jewish.

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I mean, I knew the current administration was a cancer on the nation, I just didn't know they were also pro-cancer.

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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

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I'm just saying, it's very difficult for satire writers these days to outpace reality.

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Today is a great day to remember when a tyrannical ruler conspired with law enforcement agents & scholars to have a former refugee arrested for “blasphemy” during a campus protest To be fair, he WAS affiliated with the “disciples”

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Just a reminder: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks formal education or professional credentials in critical scientific fields such as biology, neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, immunology, virology, epidemiology, genetics, pharmacology, or medicine.

submitted 13 days ago • 449 comments

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism. It’s disgusting and dangerous. If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign. Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness. To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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I bid you good National Poetry Month! I wrote you a poem, and it's linked. The first quatrain is fun, so go read it at once! (The rest's current events, and they stink.) www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...

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"Surprise, Surprise, Surprise." What a brave guy.

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Yes, this is why we advocate for due process.

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“…members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access…” What kind of shady s**t is going on here?? www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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It is truly unbelievable that — in its latest letter to Harvard — the admin spends like half its time demanding an end to DEI, then goes on to say that each department must literally do a DEI to hire and admit a “critical mass” of conservative faculty and students. Wow

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Literally, this is the same type of thing the Supreme Court used to FINALLY overturn Korematsu. In that case, the government buried an internal report saying Japanese Americans did not pose a security threat.

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I have a joke about Sisyphus and it rocks. Wait, I'll start over.

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I have a joke about Procrustes but it's a bit of a stretch.

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"Passover seems like a really mean-spirited holiday," said Aynu.

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Quick survey: Are you able to see through obvious desperate attempts to increase social media visibility? Like for yes, Reskeet for no.

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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who worry that everyone secretly hates them, and magical wizards from another planet.

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"Empathy is a fundamental part of humanity, and we all already imagine ourselves as other respected people -- I imagine myself as a kung-fu master, you may imagine yourself as a sports star or superhero, Elon imagines himself as a good Path of Exile player." www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/comm...

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The Smart People said "Abolish ICE" was too radical. Then ICE kidnapped students, sent innocent people to a mega prison, broke into a car to take a mom from her daughter, and tried questioning elementary kids while lying that they had parents permission. Ask yourself: which part is more "radical"?

submitted 20 days ago • 75 comments

New England weather in April is like a toddler trying on random clothes.

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COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back

submitted 20 days ago • 171 comments

Every Democrat should back @schiff.senate.gov and demand an investigation. Do what Republicans do: flood cable news, light up social & drop every detail you’ve got. Republicans won’t hold hearings? Fine—hold your own. Do it in red districts. Live stream it and we’ll make it go viral.

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yeah man, please make my 85 year old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past

submitted 20 days ago • 836 comments

Trump is good for someone's economy, just not 99.999% of the US.

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Absolutely every business should do this.

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Fired Justice Department employee reveals that Trump officials tried to send armed officers to her home to intimidate her and her family: “I will not be bullied into concealing the ongoing corruption and abuse of power.”

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I'm just saying, for anyone who wants to start a D&D party right now, dire wolves are back and there's a maniacal tyrant that needs to be defeated.

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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

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This is definitely bad, but imagine how much worse it would be if we had a government that spread vaccine misinformation and shut down public health more generally and not just when dealing with COVID.

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With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.

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