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The Texas House has approved a $1 billion private school voucher bill — the culmination of more than three decades of work by Christian conservative donors. @jschwartzreporter.bsky.social explains how we got to this moment (published 2024):

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38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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"Christians who sought asylum from persecution by the Taliban are being told they must leave immediately or be deported. "The news came in an email to a group living legally in north Raleigh... Apostles Church in Raleigh had welcomed them after the Taliban took over... www.wral.com/story/they-f...

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This shelter dog donated blood to save the life of a newly rescued puppy. 15/10

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When American citizens have to worry about returning to their own country from travel abroad, you ain’t living in a free republic.

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Powell: The level of tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated, and the same is likely to be true of the economic effects which will include higher inflation and slower growth.

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boston globe editorial board: harvard is making the right decision, and universities should band together to fight. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/16/o...

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A “March 21 memo signed by Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, requested an investigation into ‘recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information involving sensitive communications.'” www.alternet.org/hegseth-advi...

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They are doing the same thing to Social Security that the did to USAID. Smear it with lies and exaggerations about fraud then undermine faith in the system..and shut it down. My latest post lays it out.

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New— Trump's crusade against the American Bar Association continues, this time terminating all grants via DOJ's Office of Violence Against Women. This morning a webinar on trauma-informed representation was canceled moments before starting. ABA sent email attachment to participants (shared w/ me):

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Nicole Micheron, an immigration attorney in MA, received a notice from the Department of Homeland Security telling her she has to leave the U.S. in 7 days. But she’s a U.S. citizen. They’re coming after anyone who disagrees w/ them. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE.

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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

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The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.

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Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.

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Mirroring Russia's 2022 invasion strategy of Ukraine, the US Trump regime will deploy troops along the Panama Canal for what it claims is "training, exercises and "other activities"" after months of threatening invasion. Panamanians say the US of launching a “camouflaged invasion”. #panamainvasion

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A social media post, followed by a market-moving tariff announcement, led President Trump’s critics to speculate that he might have profited from inside information. Legal and financial experts downplayed the idea that Trump’s message ran afoul of the law.(via @politifact.bsky.social)

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* 30-Year Mortgage Rate back up to 7.37%, the highest level in 2 months @barchart.com $XHB

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Donald Trump was recorded in the Oval Office happily bragging about how much money his billionaire buddies made off of his shady tariff scheme. (Insider trading amuses and delights this group.) “He made $2.5 million today, and he made $900 million! That’s not bad,” Trump said, pointing to…

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Trump signed an executive order calling for the DOJ to investigate Chris Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). All Krebs did was tell the truth about the 2020 election, including that voting machines didn’t flip votes. For that, he was fired and now investigated.

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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

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I think it’s very funny that one of the go-to defenses for Trump’s very stupid version of mercantilism is “he’s had these views for forty years.” Oh well, then we absolutely gotta let him wreck the global economy if he’s believed this nonsense for long enough.

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NEW: Having Gutted the IRS, DOGE is Now Preparing to Shutter the Tax Division at the Department of Justice. For the Super-Rich Paying Taxes Will Probably Be All But Voluntary Going Forward. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...

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According to IRS estimates, the internal sabotage by DOGE has already cost the U.S. Treasury more than $500 billion in revenues that otherwise would have been raised by April 15th. But it doesn’t stop there. DOGE is also in the process of closing down the Tax Division at the Department of Justice.

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Pronomos Capital—backed by Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Nate Fischer—supports the construction of crypto-based charter cities. The Pronomos website lists its projects—including Prospera—& links to a substack, which says that “Próspera could be a multi-jurisdictional ‘network state’” by 2040. 1/

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Americans should brace for a toxic combination of weak growth and high prices

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When did the White House change America’s pronouns?

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John Oliver's segment about trans athletes is a must watch for anyone who genuinely has "concerns" (and isn't just using that as cover for bigotry) www.readtpa.com/p/send-this-...

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Project 2025 says to replace this division with an abortion surveillance agency. Literally tracking women in every single state, every single county, every single town, and without your permission.

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“This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the home of a former Department of Justice employee who has engaged in no misconduct, let alone criminal conduct, simply to deliver a letter, is both unprecedented and completely inappropriate"

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This is a stunning find, and a glimpse at the Death Star scale of "mass deportation" spending foreseen in the reconciliation bill moving through Congress. By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."

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Instead of using “emergency“ decrees to move us toward authoritarianism, Trump should declare our broken health care system an emergency and move us toward guaranteed health care for all. When 85 million Americans are uninsured or under-insured, that’s the true emergency.

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he did this just after going to the funeral of an 8 year old girl. he walks away from where the hearse is idling and immediately starts hyping this stuff again. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

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"After the last soldier was found, the Lithuanian government planned a procession for the soldiers’ departure on Thursday, with schools closing early and thousands lining the streets of Vilnius." That's behaving like an ally.

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SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit. While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall. Hello?

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Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff raises $11 million in Q1 for his re-elect, the most ever raised by an incumbent of either party in the first quarter of an off-year. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Heads up!

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Wilson Center is DOGE-D. Largely shutting down. Established by Congress in 1968, as part of the Smithsonian Institution, it is is/was a nonpartisan forum for scholars and policymakers to examine nternational relations, security, economics issues.

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⚡️JUST NOW: The cruel Lamberth & Watson bill to block undocumented kids from schools across 🇺🇸 interrupted by prayer, until trooper escorted clergy and others out It passed Gov ops 8-7 (Faison joined the Dems against)

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"Over the weekend, Trump endorsed sending U.S. citizens to El Salvador prisons." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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