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Who benefits from an economic crisis? Trump does. He declares an economic emergency—then manufactures one—which allows him to expand his power. Under the National Emergencies Act (NEA), the president can unlock more than 120 special statutory powers. No wonder he was just out golfing—crisis pays.

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Nearly 40% of Those in Mike Johnson’s District Rely on Medicaid as He Eyes Cuts truthout.org/articles/nea...

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UBS takes a crack at how much tariffs will add to the price of an iPhone, an AppleWatch, a server, etc: $AAPL

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There's something weird happening where The Discourse about the tariffs is about how Trump is trying to return us to 1950's and 1960's, the manufacturing heyday of America, but he's not! He' been very very explicit about this. He wants to return us to the 1890's. That's a different project!

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Chinese 🇺🇸 embassy shares the anti-tariffs Reagan clip mwe have shared multiple times…

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JUST IN: After criticism, the National Park Service has restored an old Underground Railroad webpage that prominently features Harriet Tubman.

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“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” ~The Great Gatsby

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 As an #American, standing with #Ukraine may be one of the most critical foreign policy decisions in history. #SlavaUkraine

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Soooooooo how they gonna pay for their tax cuts now!!! 😱 this is how we keep the deficit churning, yall, via bonds. Wow this is a really big deal actually. Lolololololololololol this is going to be a problem unless Trump gets all his rich friends to buy bonds

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Let them know we're getting fed up

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NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony. Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.

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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.

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Putin lies.

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What we are witnessing is not just Trump collapsing the economy and global markets, but also massive theft and fraud at a colossal scale.

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This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

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In theory this nightmare could end today:

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What makes this visual even more stunning is that it was made possible by people who said their #1 concern when voting was the economy. What idiots.

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🚨 @ilhanmn.bsky.social showing inactive officials what LEADERSHIP looks like as she works to file impeachment articles on incompetent, clowns HEGSETH, WALTZ, & RATCLIFFE. Thanks for fighting for us! Get them TF out of our GOV. #bluecrew #fbr #resist #fafo #demcast #demsconnect #ilhanomar #nafo #omar

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The SAVE Act would make voting harder for married women, gender-expansive people & countless others, blocking us from registering online or voting by mail by requiring U.S. citizens to present a passport or birth certificate that matches our current legal name.

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WOW — Heather Cox Richardson and Jasmine Crockett together?!🔥 Trump started implementing Project 2025 on his first day back in office. I can't imagine two more informed and empowering women to show us how to fight it. I just signed up — join me! social.redwine.blue/s/o4UB8VRc

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🧵1 The SAVE Act, explained fully in this thread, is up for vote this Thursday. The burdens are extreme. Under this bill, most Americans wouldn’t be able to register to vote using their driver’s license or state-provided ID alone. Here’s why this fascist bill is a massive voter suppression tool.

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IMPORTANT: Sotomayor, in the dissent, emphasizes that all 9 justices believe that the Trump administration cannot do what it wants to do: shove people onto a plane with NO due process. They openly told the DC Circuit they were going to do that if they won. On that issue, they lost.

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They absolutely need to be tarred with the shame of this and thanks Justice Jackson for shining light on these cockroaches.

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substack.com/@trama80/not...

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Read it. Re-read it. Read it to your family and friends. Recognize it for the warning it is. (Think that's an overstatement? Imagine how it is being read by Stephen Miller. By Tom Homan. By Pam Bondi.)

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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

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also, as @hencarnell.bsky.social points out: The administration has announced plans to cut 80,000 employees from the VA. It has already announced the end of a program that saved the homes of 17,000 military veterans facing foreclosures and ended specific healthcare for trans and intersex veterans.

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“Several immigration lawyers told The New York Times that they began receiving frantic emails and calls late last week from students who had been notified by the State Department or their universities that their visas or statuses had been terminated without clear justifications.” (gift link)

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i love this thread and strongly agree with its proscription

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With the federal government in chaos, it's on states to protect workers. In Colorado, where laws suppress the right to organize, a bill that empowers people to negotiate for fair pay & safe conditions is expected to head to the governor. It's time to protect workers, @govofco.bsky.social.

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PLEASE everyone watch this! If the shadow govt. in the White House read Heather Marsh instead of Yarvin things would be very different today.

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A friend from high school recently learned that they are losing easy access to epilepsy medication they need. If you have a moment and feel compelled to speak out in support of epilepsy patients, please check out this link & send a message to your reps. epilepsyallianceamerica.org/take-action-...

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... if the government follows the law, which it often doesn't

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