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Pay attention: DOJ removes managers, closes all cases in voting enforcement office responsible for preventing voter discrimination: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump wants to force truckers to speak English - so here’s when Republicans just blocked a Republican bill to do that here in Tennessee, saying it would “cripple our nation”

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Last week I wrote about Clayton Jackson, a Texas attorney who was visited by law enforcement at his home after giving some pro bono legal advice to an undocumented family. A couple hours after my piece was published, Jackson was fired from his job with Fidelity National Financial.

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WSMV: “400+ workers losing their jobs after automotive manufacturer Adient announced permanent closure of 2 facilities in Tennessee— in Maury & Henderson Counties...” The CEO had said tariffs would be a problem. We’ve asked if they impacted this decision. www.wsmv.com/2025/04/27/o...

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For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

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True.👇 "Instead of toning down his behavior in the face of the legal losses and plummeting poll numbers, Trump doubled down this week and embarked on some of the most extreme acts of his second term so far." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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George Santos, a Former Republican Congressman, has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for fraud.

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Make America Sick Again.

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crazy that an incorrigible drunken dipshit who has failed at everything of consequence he has ever tried is also disastrously bad at leading the single largest bureaucracy in the world

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this guy is a world class asshole

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Cooper: Wow, his image is being shown on a monitor.. that's why you hear people actually applauding. They're applauding President Zelenskyy when he appeared on some of the Jumbotrons

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Note how much of what Trump is trying to destroy, from Radio Free Europe to transatlantic trade, is precisely what the Russians most want him to destroy www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...

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For #factcheckfriday we want to make it clear RFKJ is NOT banning artificial food dyes. 🍬🍭🍬 But for 2 rare dyes, all he did was ASK food companies to phase out petro-based dyes. The same food companies that will no longer be inspected by the FDA since they canceled routine food inspection. 🙈🙉🙊

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Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

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recent polling is just a total repudiation of the idea that full spectrum opposition to trump across every area was/is a bad idea

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment plunges to 52.2, the fourth lowest reading in history 🚨🚨🚨

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Federal health officials have reversed the decision to fire a few dozen scientists at the FDA’s food-safety labs, and say they are conducting a review to determine if other critical posts were cut.

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98% of Goldman Sachs shareholders rejected two anti-DEI proposals, directing the company to eliminate its DEI based compensation incentives for executives and to review legal and reputational risks.

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Egg Prices at all-time highs 🚨🥚🐣

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A Georgia sheriff is withdrawing citations issued to a Red Lake Nation man after a deputy told him his tribally issued license plates were invalid on Georgia roads. Johnathon Carlson was driving home to Minnesota from a weeklong family vacation in Florida when he was pulled over in Georgia.

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A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the government from enforcing part of one of President Trump’s executive orders that directs agencies to withhold funds from cities and counties that don’t cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

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A federal judge in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to take steps to seek the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man who was deported to El Salvador last month, ruling that his removal violated a previous court settlement intended to protect young migrants with pending asylum cases.

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Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate the leading platform through which Democrats raise money for their campaigns. Less that 100 days in, Trump is weaponizing DOJ to prevent his political opponents from funding opposition campaigns. Where is the outrage?

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A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife, Casey DeSantis, gave $10 million to nonprofit political committees that helped the governor defeat a ballot measure.

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As we leave you tonight, we are energized to see pushback working. We will remain vigilant. The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.

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United by their disdain for the Trump administration, Chinese internet users of different political views are using A.I. to make images, videos and music to mock the American leaders for what the Chinese believe are ridiculous and outrageous policies and remarks.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Trump executive order seeking to impose proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration. Big victory for our clients DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, Sen. Schumer and Cong. Jeffries. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

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I guess we are doing this now — drivers, keep your passport with you

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“The wife of a wrongly deported Salvadoran father living in Maryland was moved to a safe house after Donald Trump’s administration posted a court document that included her address on social media.” #KilmarAbregoGarcia www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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“He's taking a break from destroying your retirement plan to try to save his own.” Tim Walz

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wasn’t DEI another one of those issues democrats needed to abandon for the sake of public opinion?

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there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch

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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

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Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"

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Seeing a lot of "RFK IS Wrong About Autism" headlines. Well, duh. Strike the word "austism" and replace it with "everything" and it saves time.

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🧵What’s going on with Title X family planning funds — and why everyone should care: TL;DR: The Trump administration froze $65M in funds that were used for birth control, STI tests, & cancer screenings (funds do not cover abortions) for low-income patients. It’s a public health disaster.

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More than 180 higher education leaders from around the country released a joint statement on Tuesday condemning the Trump administration’s efforts to control universities, a day after Harvard sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions in federal funds to the school. nyti.ms/3EJqnHM

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Breaking News: Tesla reported a 71% drop in profits as it faced stiffer competition and Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration turned off some car buyers.

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They won’t fire Hegseth unless and until they can find someone equally suited to the project of destroying American institutions and endangering American lives.

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BREAKING: we won! A federal judge has enjoined the administration's shut down of Voice of America Another success for the Constitution and for us @sddaction.bsky.social & our many wonderful partners & clients More details to follow--stay tuned!

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Maplewood-based 3M saw its stock price jump sharply on Tuesday after better-than-expected earnings in the first quarter. But the company estimated that tariffs could add up to an annual financial impact of hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Breaking News: A federal jury ruled against Sarah Palin in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

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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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Trump’s “family-first” policies might be appealing…if you’re white, married and straight. This pro-natalist position is at odds with the admin’s recent cuts to the CDC’s Center for Reproductive Health and programs supporting families with young children such as SNAP, WIC and Head Start.

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Breaking News: The executive producer of “60 Minutes” said that he would resign from the long-running program because he had lost his journalistic independence.

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