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NYC’s Hands Off march completely shuts down 42nd Street! #handsoff

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Hands off Madison, Wisconsin

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Workers at one of the US's largest baby formula plants say the Abbott Labs facility is engaging in unsanitary practices. Tbt to my vid on @heathervogell.bsky.social's investigation into Abbot & Mead Johnson's efforts to protect the US's formula biz abroad at the cost of young children's health.

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This reinforces the very basic economic concept of tariffs being a tax on the consumer more than anything else. The price of everything, everywhere, shoots up.

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Your country needs you. Your state needs you. Your community needs you. Your family needs you. This Saturday, STAND.

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@normornstein.bsky.social: "Most Republicans in Congress know that this is not just folly; it’s dangerous, destructive, and horrifying folly that could lead to a global depression." newrepublic.com/article/1936...

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Republicans are disenfranchising veteran votes to steal a Supreme Court seat in North Carolina. Every media outlet in the damn country should be reporting on this scandal. It’s outrageous.

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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

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Commentary: We’re hungry for some hope. We’re looking for some guidance. We’re casting about for role models — for ourselves and for our kids. We’re listening for someone to say: This is not the America we’ve been working toward. This is not normal. In Booker’s speech, we heard it.

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Day 2 of the Golden Era.

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If you are an NC resident and voted in November, please check if your name or the names of any family areone of the 60K votes being challenged. If so, confirm ASAP with your Board of Elections. You only have two weeks. The website to check linked in the reply. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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In an appearance on Fox Business Friday, Senator Ron Johnson said, "I’m getting all kinds of reactions from businesses, farmers in Wisconsin that are highly concerned about what’s happening."

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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

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Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):

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I can’t stress how the HHS layoffs & budget cuts to State Health Departments impact you personally. You may think you have nothing to do with public health or the government but the government has worked to keep you safe & healthy everyday. “Public health saved you today & you didn’t even known it”

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Oh.

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The worst news of the week. "The U.S. Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon, a veteran lawyer with a history of attacking voting rights, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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“We stress that the concept of a U.S. car maker with parts all from the U.S. is a fictional tale that does not exist and would take years to make this concept a reality,” one analyst wrote.

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Trump imposed his tariffs yesterday and said they would be good for the economy. Well, the stock market responded with the biggest drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average since (…checks notes…) the last time he was President in 2020. www.investopedia.com/dow-jones-to...

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Project 2025 is erasing Indigenous history in real time. Navajo Code Talkers vanished from Pentagon records, tribal flags stripped from VA hospitals, and reports on missing Indigenous women deleted. Tribal rights are being rebranded as “DEI” to justify their dismantling. Read more:

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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.

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Trump: Effective midnight, we will impose a 25% tariff on all foreign-made automobiles.

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A Texas school board has voted to delete more than a dozen chapters from five state-approved textbooks because they discussed “vaccines and polio,” and even deleted chapters from a textbook for future teachers because it mentioned "diversity as a positive force" in learning.

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The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points. And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.

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The Texas Senate has confirmed an Austin police officer indicted for excessive force to serve on the state’s police watchdog agency. The officer, Justin Berry, was confirmed 21-10, but Senator Sarah Eckhardt (D - Austin) condemned the nomination in a hearing. www.texastribune.org/2025/04/02/j...

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This was….five months ago

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Welcome to Idiocracy.

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We were cleaning Chinas clock economically. Many predicted they would surpass us by now, and they haven’t. But this tariff stuff will close the gap. Idiots

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Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

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Sen. Jim Banks says he won’t apologize after calling a fired federal worker “a clown” who “probably deserved” it—because nothing says public service like mocking constituents who lost their jobs to your policies. #JimBanks #GOPCompassion #FederalCuts #ClownComment #BlueskyPolitics

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Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called for the FBI to investigate Elon Musk’s ties to the Chinese government, arguing that the U.S. DOGE Service’s access to millions of Americans’ sensitive data poses an unacceptable conflict of interest.

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Again.

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Signalgate seems to have been the norm for National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, rather than the exception... At least 20 other Signal group chats were set up for discussing international crises.

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Trump Breaks His Promise to Lower Prices His tariff obsession will make life more expensive, and Americans know it. apple.news/AwbTDsBdHTQG...

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Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK

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BREAKING: A federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.

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Forecasters are warning of potentially deadly flash flooding and strong tornadoes as more rounds of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South.

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Crawford: Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.. Wisconsin stood up and said that justice does not have a price, our courts are not for sale

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“One crop away from bankruptcy” Republican Senator Thom Tillis warns Trump’s tariffs will do “irreparable” damage to farmers.

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Senator Cory Booker’s speech tops 350M likes on TikTok live thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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FOLKS: I've been told that Florida Dems and Wisconsin Dems DESPERATELY need volunteers to help phone back! I'm placing the links for BOTH below. Can you please repost this like crazy to help get the word out? Please and thank you! 🙏💪

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"Forty percent of people who rely on Social Security—40 percent—have no other source of income,” Booker said, around 2 a.m. on Monday night. “You don’t fix America by throwing seniors, or veterans, or Americans with disabilities under the bus. That’s not how we do things."

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Another large law firm capitulates. Absolutely shameful. These firms are helping Trump destroy the rule of law and democracy. If Willkie Farr & Gallagher won't defend itself, why on earth would any client trust it to defend the client?

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NEW: DOGE demanded full access to a US Department of the Interior system that handles even the Supreme Court's paychecks. When top staff asked questions, they were put on leave.

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Breaking: Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his team used their personal Gmail accounts for work, including to handle sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems.

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