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ACLU — NEW ORLEANS: “ICE deported at least two families, including 2 mothers and their minor children – 3 of whom are U.S. citizen children aged 2, 4, and 7. One of the mothers is currently pregnant... 1 child with cancer deported without medication…” www.aclu.org/press-releas...

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This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially. www.wired.com/story/grid-s...

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Measles could become endemic in the United States if routine childhood vaccination rates continue to decline, with up to 51 million illnesses over a 25-year period, according to a new study.

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RFK jr may be the most dangerous member of this administration

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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while: t.co/lg46ijHLDF

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Check out Pat Bagley’s latest cartoon: The Grift of the MAGA

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"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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A new Gallup survey shows that a record 53% of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse—the highest level of pessimism since the poll began in 2001. “Golden age”

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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

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Incompetent, entirely untrustworthy, and completely unacceptable Secretary of Defense Pete “Signalgate” Hegseth sent sensitive attack plans about strikes in Yemen to yet another group chat. This time the security breach included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer — none of whom had any…

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Raskin: The president derives his powers only either from the Constitution explicitly or from an act of Congress and Congress certainly has never given the president the power to relocate prisoners to foreign countries and there's nothing in the constitution that remotely vests that power…

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He would have never been appointed by a president who cared about our military. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform who serve www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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The FBI director flew this government plane (or one just like it), possibly from Las Vegas, where he still lives, to see a hockey game in Long Island. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

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Rep. Jason Crow: "You know what I think the right thing, politically, to do is? Actually just do the right thing. If we do the right thing and we defend people, if we defend the innocent, if we defend our democracy, the politics tend to take care of themselves."

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👇👇

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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

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Seriously.

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Trump has signed just five bills into law - while issuing 124 executive orders. Here is why that matters

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The inside story of how one of Asia’s top startups faked its numbers, based on conversations with the company's founder and dozens of his investors, staff and clients

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Hometown of Ashley Hinson, MAGA/DOGE legislative cheerleader. Vote her out. #Iowa www.kcrg.com/2025/04/19/c...

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Happy #Easter

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Despite a court order, Donald Trump is still refusing to allow journalists from the Associated Press into the White House press pool. This is a direct assault on the First Amendment, free speech, and freedom of the press.

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The combination of President Trump’s trade policies and hostile rhetoric toward much of the rest of the world are creating a chill in international travel to the U.S. That shift might cost the U.S. $90 billion in revenue this year when combined with product boycotts.

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DOJ investigators found that Louisiana State Police, among other alleged abuses, used Tasers on people who were restrained or who didn’t pose a threat. The state’s governor and AG derided these findings as politically motivated. By @tophersanders.bsky.social

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A Trump administration document, cited by news reports, proposes eliminating funding for Head Start, which is dedicated to early child care services. An advocate says the move would be "catastrophic."

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An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning: “Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”

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One person is driving our economy into a ditch

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Nailed it.

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Odd, how the United States doesn't have enough money to give sick veterans healthcare, impoverished seniors Social Security, or hungry schoolkids lunches, but it does have enough money to pay a Central American dictator millions to torture American residents in his brutal concentration camp.

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Now I have to rethink the administration's assertions about other people it has targeted!!!!! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.

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"This is a warning to every American ... no one is safe." Celine Atallah, his attorney and sister, told Newsweek.

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Tariffs are taxes on consumers. His tariffs are contributing to higher prices, not lower ones.

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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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Without due process, this could be you. It could be me. It could be any or all of us. It doesn’t matter who you voted for. Or the color of your skin. You must understand what is truly at stake here. All tyranny needs to thrive is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

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All of these men are being illegally detained in a foreign gulag. They weren't deported. They were illegally imprisoned. This is the face of fascism. Look at it.

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🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

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Immigrant rights groups are cautioning migrants without legal status about the dangers of obeying the Department of Homeland Security’s directive to register with authorities, group leaders told reporters during a virtual press conference Tuesday. buff.ly/zMwbZz6

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Target baby food recalled over lead contamination

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