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The Medicaid cuts Republicans in the House are pushing will be felt by Moms working with educators on their children's IEPs and thinking about their healthcare needs. It will impact millions of voters. Let’s hope enough GOP members wake up to what’s at stake. #MomSky www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

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This!

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Illinoisans can be proud that the first American Pope calls our state home. I'm hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will build on the leadership of Pope Francis and continue his push for a more accepting, inclusive world as so many look to him for hope, love and guidance.

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When your Country is being forced into a wannabe DICTATORSHIP...AND that wannabe DICTATOR is a TREMENDOUS IDIOT.......

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I was on an in-person panel today with Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse and goddamn it is super surreal to be sitting next to someone whose comics you spent decades of your life reading. Just absolutely wild (I was SO NERVOUS omg).

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Jeanine Pirro? JEANINE PIRRO?! Into what dystopian Universe have we fallen?

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"All of these grifts are for a limited time, they won't last much longer...."

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A US judge to govt lawyers defending the NIH's grant terminations: "I understand the administration is against DEI. Respectfully, I just don't know what you mean. This isn't a teasing question. There has to be some working definition. This is research to advance healthcare for all our citizens."

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In his first words as pope, Leo XIV said to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square: “Peace be with you all.” Amen. 🙏🏼🌍🕊️ 📷 @cnn.com

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Look, WE told you this would happen. HE told you it would happen. Please don't yell at us. Yell at your MAGAts who want this to happen. WE will help you the best we can. Please be patient.

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Elmo post that he got laid off on LinkedIn is bleaker than I was ready for... but, also, an excellent way to bring attention to this.

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Rachel Maddow is right.. we must protect journalists, lawyers and the courts. And everyone must stay engaged!

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Anyone else feel like we’re being gaslit?

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Seattle port commissioner: "We currently do not have any container ships at port right now.” So by Trump’s logic this means we’re making money?

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Anti-vax imbeciles along with the worm brain running the HHS have successfully brought measles back.

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Republicans are calling hearings to talk about trans athletes in fencing. Their goal is clear: to make sure Fox has something to talk about other than Elon Musk’s theft and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s insider trading.

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Impeach Trump or join an anti-Trump protest before protesting is illegal and before our democracy ends.

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Corruption in Broad daylight....

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Amid its slash-&-burn campaign against our diplomatic tools & agencies, the WH fired nonpartisan members of the State Department's Historical Advisory Committee without cause. Congress established HAC & its composition is determined by statute. Those improperly terminated should be reinstated.

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Gov. Wes Moore isn’t just speaking, he’s laying down the truth: “The Constitution is not a suggestion. It is a foundation. We are not a nation of kings. We are a nation of free and fair elections.” Much needed righteous words🔥 We stand with democracy—full stop. @govwesmoore.bsky.social

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The GOP has not been held accountable for anything that Trump has done, ever. The tariffs will be no different. I don’t know if the democrats in office or the media started this fairytale, but don’t fall for it. Think back to all of the things that they “were going to have to answer for”…

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Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.

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A 98 year old World War 2 veteran, returned to his tank to destroy one last Nazi car. He has a message for Elon Musk, Tesla, Putin, Trump and the international regressive movement. We crushed fascism before, and we'll crush it again, so let's go shall we? #3E #teslatakedown

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Powell: "If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment."

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett: “I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say, “You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.”

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🩵CELEBRATE OBAMA APPRECIATION DAY JUNE 14🩵

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Public education is a right, not a privilege. Private education is a privilege, not a right. Fund public schools.

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Between RFK Jr, Dr Oz, Vinay Prasad & Casey Means, I look forward to a future where we won’t have access to vaccines and everyone will be prescribed intermittent fasting + celery juice to restore health This Regime is “wellness” on steroids, and they’re exceedingly dangerous for the chronically ill

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It's not the violent criminals and and vicious thugs they're apprehending. Don't believe a word this administration says.

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Trump's budget cuts: -$4.5B from programs for students in high-poverty schools -$49M from the Ed Dept's civil rights office -$26B from state rental assistance -$4B from low-income home energy assistance -$20B+ from the CDC and NIH All to give the rich another tax cut.

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It's tough to refer to someone as a criminal if you've given them no due process to determine whether they're a criminal. Like if you get arrested and get a trial and are convicted of 34 felony counts. That's due process. You can call that guy a criminal.

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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

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NEW: Asshole Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin finally CONCEDED his defeat in the 2024 NC Supreme Court election after a federal court rejected his ploy to throw out lawful votes. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Well, it now appears that the media room will be open, so I'll try to live blog the JGG (Alien Enemies Act) hearing before Judge Boasberg myself. (This is on behalf of @lawfaremedia.org.)

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Chicago is on to something.

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MAJOR BREAKING: Fed Chair Powell delivers a GRIM outlook for the economy due to Trump’s actions: “If the large increases in tariffs are sustained, they're likely to generate a rise in inflation and an increase in unemployment. MAGA owns this 100%.

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With RFK Jr. in charge, measles cases have hit a record high. But the man nominated to be his second-in-command thinks Kennedy's doing a “great job." For our kids, I’ll be voting NO on his confirmation.

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Since cis het men who are natural born US citizens commit the most crimes, I think they should have markers on their IDs, restricted state to state travel, higher insurance and tax rates, separate restrooms, and state sanctioned vasectomies at 14 because they cause 100% of unwanted pregnancies.

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Clowns.

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I'm inviting Secretary McMahon to the Senate for a public forum next week. If McMahon thinks destroying public education is a good idea, she should have no problem showing up and giving us some answers.

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Think Elon Musk is out of Washington? Think again. DOGE is quietly building a massive data collection system designed to centralize unprecedented access to your personal information Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses, and more.

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What’s in his closet?

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I was taught that nothing was impossible - as a message intertwined with the American Dream. As I became educated, I learned to distinguish between impossible and improbable. Later, I began to teach nothing was impossible. Now, I think it IS impossible for a president to be more corrupt than Trump.

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