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Why? Did they fire all of the investigators?

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For the nonlawyers: If you are "disagree[ing] fundamentally on the status of the Court's order" with the judge who is that Court, you have adopted an untenable position.

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The cuts "would kill the much-anticipated Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, an observatory seen as on par with [Hubble & JWST] that is already fully assembled and on budget for a launch in two years." Would also apparently close NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Huge, HUGE loss for science.

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Every day of delay is another day in which Abrego is being held in a foreign torture prison that the gov't has conceded he should not have been sent to.

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International students at Penn State are among those who are having their visas revoked as part of a broader crackdown by the Trump administration that’s happening at universities across the country. Some 9,400 international students attend the university. From our friends at @WPSU

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An eighth grader is showing more courage than many elected Democrats right now.

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Teefs

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When your AI doctor prescribes mint to treat your appendicitis

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Trade doesn't matter, deficits don't matter, family values don't matter, law-and-order doesn't matter, the Fourth Amendment doesn't matter, free speech doesn't matter, excessive federal power doesn't matter. The GOP is the anti-matter party now.

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Loved this, “FREE” always tastes so good…

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Through new policies and aggressive cuts, the Trump administration is taking steps that will encourage more pollution while muffling the science that shows its harms. The very air that Americans breathe will likely become less safe, @zoeschlanger.bsky.social reports: https://theatln.tc/pCmQNW2v

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Pretty excited to live near the Canadian border, where I can buy affordable shoes.

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This bill will predictably increase burdens for voters of all stripes, but especially for women, who tend to vote Democrat. Similar to post-reconstruction disenfranchisement, where laws that disenfranchised many poor Whites were justified because they excluded all Black voters.

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It is already illegal for non-citizens to vote! @HouseGOP's 'proof of citizenship' bill will force troops stationed overseas to return home to vote and make it nearly impossible for women who have changed their last name to cast a ballot. This bill is pure theater and I was proud to oppose it.

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Amazon shoppers can likely expect some prices to rise due to the ongoing global trade war, the company’s CEO admitted

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The tariffs are "paused."

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"Whaddaya mean we still have a 125% tariff on China?"

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Stonk guys are stonking again

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So a permanent tax increase by decree

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I have friends who I fought alongside in combat with who now command people who were not even born when 9/11 happened. It's really weird.

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The White House. The actual White House. This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.

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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.

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First came the market manipulation. Now come the bribes.

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Bad AAPL

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They want a king

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TARIFFS HAVE NOT PAUSED, the other countries are still at 10% and there is confusion around what is the current total rate for Canada and Mexico

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Reading a lot of coverage, you could easily get the impression that the “pause” means Trump has rolled back all his tariffs. He’s still massively increasing them! Sometimes on countries we already had free trade with before!

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Was at an international conference last week, and universities in other parts of the world will be delighted to welcome Chinese students to their campus. In the US, they subsidize domestic students.

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The House has voted to limit district court judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions. Just one Republican, Mike Turner of Ohio, joined all Democrats in opposing the bill. The legislation is a direct response to judges who have blocked certain Trump actions.

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🚨House voting on SAVE Act today, worst voter suppression bill ever considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise: -21 million w/out access to citizenship docs -69 million women who took spouses last name -ends online + mail registration & voter reg drives www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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In the nearly three months since the city launched its Neighborhood Wellness Court — the new fast-track court program for people in addiction arrested in Kensington — only two people have successfully completed drug treatment.

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Couple of observations: 1. This is another means of kneecapping dissent. Unions have pushed against Trump's changes. 2. Shades of Act 10 in WI when Scott Walker went after public sector unions by making it harder for them to collect dues. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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I see we are in the “[unambiguous legal requirement] shall be disregarded, for I command it” phase

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The 10% tariff alone is a $2500 per household annual tax hike!

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One month after Trump returned to office, Army veteran Mark Puhl’s medical requests to the Department of Veterans Affairs—for surgery and a chemotherapy port, were abruptly denied. He says DOGE is to blame.

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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).

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Blinking is manly. --by Jesse Watters

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Blackthorne: "Tell Toranaga-sama that I will pause my tariffs." Mariko: "The Anjin will borrow more money to build more weapons to intimidate the Chinese."

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Not too late to stand in front of the offices and bring your staff, some muscle and some lawyers, congresspeople.

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These millennials and their quiet quitting.

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OTD in 1938 the Austrian Anschluss vote took place. A dictator had sent his army over the border to make sure the illegal referendum got the right result. Imagine that happening today.

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Blacktorne: "Tell Toranaga-sama that I am taking a break from building my ship." Mariko: "The Anjin just blinked."

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🇺🇸🇯🇵 President Trump's decision to delay tariffs for 90 days is linked to Japan's active selling of its US debt holdings, according to Fox Business reporter Charles Gasparino. "Top financial execs reported that it was Japan, not China, causing yesterday's bond market sell-off. Forcing Trump to pause"

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