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We must stand up against this senseless cruelty.

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More information on this despicable case here: thehill.com/homenews/sta...

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"If you need to update Social Security about a move or bank account change, it could take longer than usual... "Changes like these may take longer, and thousands of Americans could see delays or even stopped checks in the meantime, employees warned USA TODAY..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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DeLauro uses her opening statement to tear Russ Vought a new one

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Judges across the political spectrum, including 72% of Republican appointees and 80% of Democratic appointees, are ruling against the Trump administration at high rates, according to a recent study from Stanford. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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POCAN: You said the president supports the big bill passed out the House. You also said the president doesn't support cutting Medicare. VOUGHT: Correct POCAN: In the bill, there's a $500b cut that gets triggered to Medicare. You might want to take a look at that provision.

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POCAN: Who's in charge of DOGE if the guy who's taking over for Musk, for just left, he's leaving -- sounds like a circus VOUGHT: The cabinet agencies that are in charge of the DOGE consultants who work for them are fundamentally in charge of DOGE P: Oh, that's an answer only a mother could love

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POCAN: Is the federal govt currently spending less this year than it did last year? VOUGHT: No, it's not POCAN: Part of that is because you've sent us a recession package worth $9b that goes after Big Bird and Cookie Monster, but you've added $200b to Defense and Homeland Security.

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POCAN: How many federal dollars go to funding illegal aliens getting Medicaid? VOUGHT: Because of the money launderi-- POCAN: How many federal dollars go to illegal aliens for Medicaid? Simple question. VOUGHT: It's not a simple question

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An immigrant who has committed a crime can be prosecuted and removed, says the @aclu.org‬’s Lee Gelernt, but “It does not mean they can be subjected to a potentially lifetime sentence in a foreign gulag.” With @texastribune.org‬, @cazadoresdefakenews.info‬ & Alianza Rebelde Investiga

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HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

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Mullin: What were we ranked nationally in math and reading in 1979? McMahon: We were very low on the totem pole. Mullin: We were number one in 1979

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Lawrence: That is the budgetary cycle we've been in since the 1980s. Republican presidents increased the deficits. Democratic presidents from Bill Clinton forward come into office and reduce the deficits created by the Republican presidents.

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Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir

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Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours reut.rs/43ZAdz6

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Another judge just ordered govt to reveal its deal with Bukele to another alien sent to CECOT. A magistrate judge in Columbus, GA (MDGa) did so in the case of Venezuelan EDQC, sent to CECOT on 3/15 without opportunity to raise a fear-of-torture claim. 1/5 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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The GOP hid a reckless provision to shield Trump officials from contempt of court in their Medicaid-slashing megabill. We must get Republican senators on the record about that sneak-attack on democracy — and push Democrats to disrupt the GOP’s anti-democracy agenda with every tool at their disposal.

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Trump administration moves to fast-track firings of federal workers for misconduct reut.rs/43OoNgp

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NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

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🔔Trump’s Fool’s Gold EO is facing MAJOR backlash. THOUSANDS of scientists, academics, & physicians - including us - are speaking out against this political assault on science. Our Open Letter is featured here: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/c...

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Big news: The Trump administration has essentially proposed shutting down tribal colleges and universities, displacing more than 20,000 students. My latest for ProPublica:

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This is potentially lethal: ‘Thirty of the 122 NWS stations no longer have a meteorologist in charge, and as of June 1, seven of those 122 stations will not have enough staff to operate around the clock.’

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Here’s what will happen to our National Parks if Trump’s budget passes. Did you know America’s national parks actually generate more income than they cost to operate? Yet under Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, the National Park Service (NPS) would face devastating cuts:

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Today’s letter by @hcrichardson.bsky.social describes the detrimental changes to the USA gov. I revisited the main outcomes of Project 25 just to kind of confirm they are taking this forward with the actions in the “big awful bill” It is and the aims are just cruel and vengeful. bit.ly/3SxSxsJ

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Daniel Wasserman's life of discrimination has included: -Growing up in Scarsdale, New York -Having a father who was a Harvard MBA and spent 30 years in PE investment, who recently launched $1.3 billion fund -Attending Yale -Attending the University of Cambridge /

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Gifted this important article about the impact of Trump’s targeting America’s universities and cutting funding. We are at a dangerous time for our future as an innovator. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

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(Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster agency said during a briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to four sources .. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/fem...

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Trump's a sundowning dementia sufferer, posting rage filled, incoherent and conspiratorial tweets deep into the night. Trump's angry rants are also announcements of U.S. government policy, making Trump's deteriorating medical condition an unreported national emergency, as @playtyperguy.com explains.

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Russian attacks across Ukraine last night, targeting civilian population centers. Ken Harbaugh, in Odessa for VALOR and @meidastouch.com, spent the night in a bomb shelter after shooting this clip. The whining sound you hear is not an air raid siren, but multiple Shahed drones. They were close.

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People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts.

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If you commit Medicaid/Medicare fraud (even imaginary fraud), Republicans will try to punish you. Unless you do it on an HUGE scale, then they will reward you.

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www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/31/m...

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Imagine what this woman and her family went through. All for what?

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Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the suspect in the Boulder, Colorado, attack on supporters of Israeli hostages in Gaza, is an Egyptian citizen who is in the U.S. on an expired tourist visa, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. He arrived in the U.S. in 2022.

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Ravi Coutinho died after being unable to find mental health treatment. Following @propublica.org's investigation, his mother is now suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers. My latest story: www.propublica.org/article/cent...

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BREAKING: Pamela Hemphill, a former Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, has REJECTED his pardon.

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The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials to tighten voting rules. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Reds' Elly De La Cruz honors sister, homers a day after her death reut.rs/4dItBZj

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The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.

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Newark’s mayor and a congresswoman were arrested after trying to do a compliance visit at an ICE detention center. The move shows how the Trump administration is dedicated to intimidating officials at every level, contributor @jesspish.bsky.social writes. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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NEW: SCOTUS will hear a GOP-backed challenge to Illinois' mail-in ballot receipt deadline, previously dismissed by lower courts for lack of standing. Republicans aim to use this case to reshape how federal candidates challenge election laws in the future.

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By one estimate, one in 10 public radio stations could go dark under Trump’s plan to eliminate federal funding of public broadcasting.

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“People will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so," House Speaker Mike Johnson said. Several experts and organizations expose this for the lie that it is.

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