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Retired Social Democrat and MSNBC addict. Dad, husband, band geek and former EMT. Science and law degrees. OSHA/EPA professional. Internal auditing, TQM manufacturing and management consulting. Honoring the resistance of Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Ten
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*Millions* of your fellow white supremacist Trump supporters voted to deport moms. And they didn't keep their gleeful embrace of that cruelty hidden, Vanessa.

>> 2018: TRUMP PUTS TARIFFS ON STEEL... ...PRODUCERS GAINED 1,000 JOBS ...USERS LOST 75,000 JOBS “The 2018 steel tariffs just called to remind you that steel is produced by a tiny sliver of the economy, but used as an input by a much broader swathe of manufacturers." Source: Investopedia <<

>> JAMIE DIMON: REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN WILL "CRACK THE BOND MARKET"... ...ADDING $2.7 TRILLION TO EXISTING $36 TRILLION NATIONAL DEBT “You are going to see a crack in the bond market, OK? It is going to happen.” "Without substantial changes, the U.S. is headed for a reckoning." <<

>> TRUMP PULLS THE PLUG ON RESEARCH... ...FOR HIV VACCINES Department of Health and Human Services elected "to go with currently available approaches to eliminate HIV." "This is a terrible time to cut it off. We're beginning to get close. We're getting good results out of clinical trials." <<

>> TULSI WANTS TO TURN THE PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEF... ...INTO A FOX NEWS VIDEO “The problem with Trump is that he doesn’t read.” DNI Gabbard could hire a Fox News producer to produce it and one of the network’s personalities to present it. It could include animations like a video game. <<

>> WALL STREET WARNS TRUMP... ...YOUR TAX BILL WILL HARM THE ECONOMY "Wall Street bankers and executives are privately warning the Trump administration that the tax bill...could stoke investor anxiety about rising deficits, push up U.S. borrowing costs and damage the broader economy." <<

>> TRUMP HANDS HARVARD THE PERFECT EVIDENCE... ...TO PROVE POLITICAL RETALIATION After a judge blocked the White House' latest threat to Harvard, Trump convened a meeting of officials from nearly a dozen federal agencies. The meeting's plain agenda: Brainstorm new ways to punish Harvard. <<

"Last week the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States surged by 350,000...President Donald Trump simply decided to turn 350,000 legal immigrants into illegal ones." wapo.st/43G4QbB

>> THIS WOMAN JUST PULLED THESE NUMBERS OUT OF HER BUTT... ...AND WE CAN SMELL IT FROM HERE. <<

>> BANNING FLUORIDATION ? 25 MILLION CAVITIES COSTING $9.8 BILLION "...since 1945, we now have a population of older adults that have more teeth than any other generation in history." "...especially benefits Americans who can’t get to a dentist or don’t have access to preventive care." <<

TRUMP KNEW DAMN WELL... ...HE WAS SENDING INNOCENT MEN TO PRISON Homeland Security's own records show 238 Venezuelans sent to El Salvador: * 130 no criminal convictions or charges * 32 convicted of U.S. crimes, most non-violent * 0 identified on Venezuelan or Interpol lists of gang members <<

>> TRUMP HAS CANCELLED $14 BILLION OF BIDEN'S CLEAN ENERGY CREDITS... ...SCREWING UP $132 BILLION IN PLANNED INVESTMENTS FROM BUSINESSES COUNTING ON THOSE CREDITS * 10,000 new energy jobs lost since January * Most canceled projects were in Republican-led states and Congressional districts <<

>> ELON'S MASSIVE DRUG USE “Mr. Musk’s drug consumption went well beyond occasional use...taking so much ketamine...that it was affecting his bladder...He took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms...traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including...Adderall.” <<

>> "IT'S RAINING TACOS TODAY..." -- California Governor Gavin Newsom Democratic governors are taking a victory lap today over court decisions striking down Trump's tariffs. <<

>> " 'T IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL. " -- TENNYSON Trump breaks up with Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society...calls Leo a "sleazebag" who "probably hates America." Because...the judges Leo recommended are ruling against Trump. <<

>> REPUBLICAN SENATORS PLAN TO INVESTIGATE COVER-UP OF COGNITIVE DECLINE... ...OF THE WRONG PRESIDENT GOP plans to put on a pageant of former staffers to embarrass a retired guy who everybody agrees was way better than the psychopath who replaced him. <<

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>> GOP SNEAKS A NEW TAX INTO HOUSE BILL... ...THAT'S GOING TO KILL FOREIGN INVESTMENT Section 899 would increase taxes on foreign investors on their dividends and interest on US stocks and some corporate bonds by 5 percentage points every year for four years. <<

>> HOW DOES TEXAS HIDE WORSENING TEST SCORES ? BY CHANGING THE TEST... ...EVERY YEAR. <<

>> GOP HOUSE TRIES TO BLOCK STATES FROM REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE... ...BY CRAMMING A "POLITICAL POLICY" INTO A "BUDGET RECONCILIATION" BILL. ...violating the Byrd Rule (only budget measures are allowed to be passed by simple majority vote under reconciliation). <<

>> ELON FIRED FOR SHOVING BESSENT "'Scott Bessent called [Musk] out and said, 'You promised us a trillion dollars (in cuts), and now you're at like $100 billion, and nobody can find anything, what are you doing?'' Bannon recounted. "And that's when Elon got physical...basically shoved him." <<

Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

The 2018 steel tariffs just called to remind you that steel is produced by a tiny sliver of the economy, but used as an input by a much broader swathe of manufacturers. econofact.org/steel-tariff...

Conway: A lot of right wing hacks joined the federalist society in these past several years thinking this is the way to get a job in the next trump administration or to get a judgeship. And they made a mistake there. Trump does not like the federalist society

Shhhh 🤫

It turns out when someone asks who your favorite child is, you're supposed to choose from your own. I know that now.

Republicans' new pitch for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: “Well, we all are going to die.”

GOP legislatures in Alaska, Nebraska, and Missouri are trying overturn voter-approved referenda requiring paid sick leave. And in 9 other red states, Republican lawmakers are trying to restrict citizen-led ballot measures altogether. The GOP can't stand the will of the people.

>> ELON FIRED FOR SHOVING BESSENT "'Scott Bessent called [Musk] out and said, 'You promised us a trillion dollars (in cuts), and now you're at like $100 billion, and nobody can find anything, what are you doing?'' Bannon recounted. "And that's when Elon got physical...basically shoved him." <<

BREAKING: PBS sues Trump administration over funding cuts

>> GOP HOUSE TRIES TO BLOCK STATES FROM REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE... ...BY CRAMMING A "POLITICAL POLICY" INTO A "BUDGET RECONCILIATION" BILL. ...violating the Byrd Rule (only budget measures are allowed to be passed by simple majority vote under reconciliation). <<

* WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF MILLER: CHINA MUST SHOW ITS COMMITMENT TO A RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER @reuters.com

Gosh, those were the days. My wife says she's blowing cigarette smoke in Perry Mason's face.

Haaaa hahahaha

The @rollingstone.com hed is a little more direct than the @nytimes.com. 🤡 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Yes, let’s be as unprepared as possible and follow the kooks off a cliff.

Board members were reportedly worried they were opening themselves up to charges for bribery. Which is reasonable since they’re giving Trump a bribe.

I don’t know how many times we have to say this, but the U.S. government is not a business and shouldn’t be run like one. It’s a service—for the people.

>> HOW DOES TEXAS HIDE WORSENING TEST SCORES ? BY CHANGING THE TEST... ...EVERY YEAR. <<

>> GOP SNEAKS A NEW TAX INTO HOUSE BILL... ...THAT'S GOING TO KILL FOREIGN INVESTMENT Section 899 would increase taxes on foreign investors on their dividends and interest on US stocks and some corporate bonds by 5 percentage points every year for four years. <<