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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

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A federal judge in NY has blocked efforts by the Trump administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil who is expected to appear in court on Wednesday morning. #FreeMahmoudKhalil

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The U.S. government spent $710 billion in Trump’s first month, an increase from the same period a year prior. Cost-cutting efforts are ineffective, and job losses are occurring without clear justification.

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it was #AbolishICE under Biden too lest we forget, Trump’s ICE director was hired by Obama & wrote the family separation memo under Obama this isn’t to say “we told you so,” but to point out that institutions have inherent inertia and cannot simply be turned “good” with a change in leadership

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if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.

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democrats won’t admit it, but my family’s economic outlook has gotten a LOT better since Trump took office. but what do i know? i don’t have a fancy economics degree, i’m just a regular guy who runs an airplane scrapyard

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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.

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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.

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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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Promise: "I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One." Reality:

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Cost of extending the expiring Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Both Trump proposals will explode the deficit and be used as an excuse to gut programs that millions rely on. It's reverse Robin Hood.

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US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee camps www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

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To America’s 2.3 million federal employees: Don’t accept a buyout. Neither Musk nor even Trump has the legal authority to make such an offer. And even if they did, would you trust them to follow through on it? Sincerely, Robert Reich Former U.S.Secretary of Labor

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Perhaps if he had not spent so much time playing video games so that he could be the #1 video game player he would know that the answer to this question is "All of them."

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January 13th, 1943 "Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find their parents have disappeared." -Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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CARTOON OF THE DAY

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I propose we stop calling it “turning to a life of crime” and start calling it “painting yourself orange.”

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The erasure of this country’s racist history is only going to get worse. The modern equivalent of book burnings are coming

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You know how during an election we always say "if you're in line, STAY IN LINE"? Here's the new version: If you're in a federal job, STAY IN YOUR FEDERAL JOB. Don't quit. That's obeying in advance. Make them fire you. Then sue them to stop it. Keep fighting. Do NOT surrender.

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These politicians from Alabama and Tennessee lecturing California on its policies should remember how much federal aid goes to support their states each year. California provides far more than it ever gets. They need to sit down.