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Delaying Mexican tariffs but not Canadian puts the lie to the idea that the tariffs have anything to do with fentanyl flows (since there are effectively no fentanyl flows across the northern border and there plenty across the southern border.) It was all an empty pretext anyway. This just proves it.

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In Oversight today, my colleagues stuck to their usual script: blaming immigrants for all crime & claiming Dem mayors are too soft. Well, I was curious to know if they’ve ever had an immigrant with a criminal record that they could recall. Tune in!

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BANKS: Put the veteran first. And that's what President Trump is focused on. That's what I'm focused on. KEILAR: Does it put veterans first to cut people who work on their benefits or who provide them healthcare? BANKS: I'm not convinced that's happening K: Are you talking to your constituents?

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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”

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We could have had taco trucks on every street corner, but instead we're getting chickens in every backyard.

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Trump didn't say a word about health care last night. What is he hiding? I spent two hours hearing from Oregonians terrified about what Republican cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will mean for them. When you come for people's health care, you have hell to pay, and this time will be no different.

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Shameless.

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Right now, Kemi Badenoch is doing more to defend JD Vance than the US is doing to defend Ukraine.

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Dear JD Vance…

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When America faltered, others stood up to lead.

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French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."

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Can’t stress this enough! And obviously neither the SEC or the DOJ (at least at the highest levels) is going to seriously investigate and prosecute insider trading.

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Just an obvious point that anyone with the inside word on when these these total reversals are going to be announced is in a position to make almost limitless amounts of money. Don't forget that given the kind of people who make up this administration.

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71 year old Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont fell and broke his arm during a state trade mission to India, he said in a press conference today, noting how cheap healthcare there was. "You guys are amazing, it only cost $10," Lamont said he told a business group in India.

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Trump backed GOP into a big corner with his “balanced budget” point. The ONLY way House GOP could even think about upholding their “no cuts to Medicaid” swing seat promises and their spending cut mandates is deficit spending and bad math. Now they have to gut Medicaid & hand it to Elon in public.

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Polls following #LyingKing” speech reveal a divided public opinion. A majority, 53%, described the state of the union as not very strong or not strong at all, and 54% felt the country was headed in the wrong direction. Additionally, Trump’s approval ratings on economic and trade issues remain low,

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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. ⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

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MEUSER: You've got Trudeau saying how the president is making a dumb move. That's bad diplomacy. SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.

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Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes

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NEW: President Trump is hosting group and 1-1 dinners at Mar-a-Lago for $1M and $5M per seat, respectively. The've already become a "hot ticket" for business leaders. Where's the money going? Unclear, though one source said it would fund Trump's presidential library. www.wired.com/story/people...

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Fox Business interviewed the owner of a Pennsylvania auto dealership who says of Trump's tariffs, "nobody is gonna buy the truck, because it just had $20,000 price increase ... this is pretty radical." The show then cut back to Maria Bartiromo, who threw a tantrum.

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Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors... Being silent won't protect you.

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Trudeau: "We're probably gonna keep booing the American anthem. But let me tell Americans: we're not booing you ... we're booing a policy that is designed to hurt us. And we're insulted ... we're gonna fight. And we're gonna win."

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Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

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Already hearing that Republican members have been showing up to the House floor trying to take up the Dem side seats for the joint address 💀

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From today’s episode: Gov. JB Pritzker on the reality of DOGE’s cuts on Americans

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This is fine, right?

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Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."

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#EndTheCageAge – I’m joining @ciwf.org.uk and Open Cages to call on the UK government to end the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals , join me and add your name to secure a Parliamentary debate . ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition

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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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Trudeau: "Every country is very aware that if the American government is willing to do this to their own closest ally, neighbor, and friend, everyone is vulnerable to a trade war."

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Trump just helped bring Andrew Tate — who is literally charged with rape and human trafficking — into our country.

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And there it is. Motherfuckers.

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November 2024: Trump will save the economy March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture

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Baldwin: "Trump a little over a week ago said on Fox News, 'I'm not touching Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.' And he said it multiple times. The next morning he endorsed the Republican House budget which calls for nearly a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid."

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Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."

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the thing about “democrats should take popular cultural positions” is that what constitutes popular is a function of an interaction between the public and elites. if a faction of elites start screaming about a vulnerable minority and another faction says they have a point, this shapes the public.

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In a leaked recording, State Senator Elena Parent (D-42) said she’d vote for Republican transgender healthcare bans because trans rights are too “unpopular." "You can go right to heck. I don’t think I will lose re-election based on you screaming at me"

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