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Oh to be governed by mature adults who could successfully pass a psychological evaluation... it just feels like such a small ask.

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The effect of the tariffs will be felt across the U.S. economy. Wendong Zhang, an economics professor, said 73 percent of smartphones, 78 percent of laptops, 87 percent of video game consoles and 77 percent of toys in the United States come from China. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...

submitted 4 hours ago • 9 comments

Sure was a lucky break for those billionaires to be at the White House today when the tariffs were reversed. Good day in the market for them.

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A Florida high school teacher has been fired for using a student's chosen name instead of their deadname, a first under a 2023 law signed by Ron DeSantis. “She is a beloved teacher that changed her students’ lives” said one parent leading a petition with 7,400 signatures demanding her reinstatement

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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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Please take two minutes out to vote for us in the Webby Awards. For my interview with the one and only Rob Delaney. 🤞🏽🤞🏽👇🏽👇🏽💪🏽 vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

submitted 4 hours ago • 24 comments

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident. We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

submitted 1 day ago • 789 comments

If you watched the Oval Office, Trump targeted two individuals whose only offense was saying the truth. Then he targeted a law firm because it sued FoxNews. It ended with him totaling the money Big Law firms that have capitulated owe him in pro bono. We cannot give up. We must all commit to fight.

submitted 18 hours ago • 162 comments

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 1 day ago • 1430 comments

Call. Your. Congresscritter.

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I'm calling for an investigation into whether President Trump manipulated the market to benefit his Wall Street donors—all while working people and small businesses paid the price. Did Trump help insiders cash in on his tariff flip-flopping? It sure looks like corruption.

submitted 18 hours ago • 826 comments

See how this works? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 17 hours ago • 225 comments

Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade stocks. Period.

submitted 18 hours ago • 816 comments

if only schoolhouse rock had covered object permanence

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

Every senator and member of Congress should immediately and voluntarily disclose any stock, bond, or similar trades they have made in the last ten days.

submitted 20 hours ago • 55 comments

Seems less scary than in the original German, but don’t be deceived michiganadvance.com/2025/04/09/i...

submitted 22 hours ago • 403 comments

Trump has cut the part of the FDA that notifies doctors and the public when there is a safety problem with a drug or a medical device. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

submitted 22 hours ago • 272 comments

From Politico today: "This is Trump’s America: A 104 percent tax on consumer goods from China. A 46 percent tax on clothes made in Vietnam. A 24 percent tax on Japanese machinery/ electronics. A 20 percent tax on European food, drink and goods." Imagine if they'd reported that during the campaign!

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The next steps are clear. We must ask ourselves — what is even one more tangible thing we can be doing? This will take work, grit, and determination—but this is how change happens. Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something in the cause of our country.

submitted 1 day ago • 104 comments

Lloyd Austin had the authority to do this, and of course I begged him to. And this is why the passivity of Dems leads to disaster

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There are a lot of bright shiny things to chase every day with Donald Trump. The principle of a free press has to remain among our North Stars. Attacks on the press are an attack on democracy itself. Yesterday a judge stood up to Trump & ordered him to stop. joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-vers...

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

My latest Substack: The Roberts court kneels to the wicked whims of the king they crowned, while the regime gets busy erasing Black history open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

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Republicans used to say “undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes.” Now the IRS is handing their tax data to DHS… So which is it? Seems like you’d have to pay taxes to even have tax data…

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SCOTUS says due process applies to deportees, but overturns TRO for filing wrong claim in wrong venue. It’s like calling the fire station to report your house is on fire only to have them say you called the wrong station and need to start over.

submitted 2 days ago • 89 comments

This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.

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The North Carolina Supreme Court temporarily paused a lower court’s ruling to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in the state’s Supreme Court election, unless they fix their ballots in 15 days. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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