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Some good news: the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers reached a landmark tentative agreement with CBS last week. The workers secured major pay increases, provisions over the use of AI, and other historic wins. Unions can give us hope even during dark times.

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Stephen Miller's fingerprints www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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Correct.

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Psst…those 1950s manufacturing jobs Trump loves so much? They were good jobs because they were UNION jobs. Oh...and taxes on corporations and the rich were much higher. Trump’s agenda won’t bring back the “Golden Age.” It’ll make the rich richer at everyone else's expense.

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The broligarchy strikes again. South African billionaire Peter Thiel's Palantir. This is the dude who groomed and hand delivered JD Vance to the white house. It's all a big grift at our expense.

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Investors are worried about the ongoing trade war — and rethinking the safety and soundness of U.S. government debt.

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Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔

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Mike Johnson says this is the most transparent administration in US history. So this must be some sort of error.

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Breaking news: Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, President Trump’s pick to be NASA administrator, has been told that his nomination will be rescinded, according to a person who has been briefed on it.

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31 May 1911 | A Czech Jew, Kurt Singer, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 1 February 1943. He did not survive.

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Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

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i did not make this but lmao

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Honolulu police say they are launching a review after attorneys accused officers of arresting sober drivers to meet quotas. The ACLU of Hawaii says it has identified at least 127 people arrested from 2022 through 2024 who had blood alcohol levels of 0.00.

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They were waving “Mass deportation now” signs at the Republican national convention

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What's in the Trump/GOP big, beautiful bill? -Tax cuts skewed to the rich -Medicaid & SNAP cuts -Ends IRS Direct File -New powers for Trump over the courts -Blocks state/local regulation against AI, including rent-gouging software like RealPage It's a big, ugly nightmare.

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If Trump is planning on pardoning Sean "Diddy" Combs, why hasn't he pardoned R. Kelly and Danny Masterson yet? Oh, right, he only pardons his friends. This is flagrant abuse of power, and it's disgusting. He'd pardon Hitler if he could. deadline.com/2025/05/didd...

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This has to stop. Has to.

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Trump hands Dept of Interior to Russia-linked oil exec: "... given sweeping powers to overhaul the department that manages public lands "...hasn’t divested his investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest" apnews.com/article/hass...

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The entire point.

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BYEEEEE apnews.com/article/elon... Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government

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Every day is T.A.C.O. Tuesday 🌮

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REPORTER: When could the administration resume interviews for foreign students visa? TRUMP: On what? REPORTER: Foreign student visas TRUMP: For the French? REPORTER: All the foreign students TRUMP: What are you referring-- foreign visas for what?

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Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.

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In the Vietnam War, Maj. James Capers Jr. charged ahead to free his injured men from an enemy assault even though claymore mines ripped open his abdomen and broke his leg. He received the Silver Star in 2010 for his actions, but his supporters are continuing to press for an upgrade.

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So ends a beautiful friendship. The biggest, most beautiful friendship ever. Musk ‘Disappointed’ With Major Trump Policy Bill, Saying It Will Increase Deficit www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

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Vladimir Putin is a sworn enemy of the United States. Appeasement was never going to work. Why is that so difficult to understand?

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Nothing sadder than a tough guy who needs to remind you he's tough, right after admitting to shielding Russia.

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So let me get this straight: the "party of the working class" is kicking millions of people off health care to fund tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich?

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It’s … weirdly reassuring to know the Russians think he’s as idiotic as we do.

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BREAKING: Trump administration goes to SCOTUS to try and stop the proposal it put forward for giving due process to the people it flew out of the U.S. and tried to send to South Sudan without due process and in violation of a court order. Note: DOJ is skipping the First Circuit completely here.

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Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live. If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.

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Because free speech.

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Guys, it's the oligarchs. If you want to blame someone for 2024, blame the oligarchs. Anyone telling you to blame someone else is part of the oligarchy. Dark money has been to blame since citizens united.

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Trump just pardoned a corrupt sheriff who was found guilty of taking bribes in exchange for law endorsement badges. Those who bought the badges used them to drive in emergency lanes, bypass TSA lines, and for other favors.

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🤢🤢

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Nothing but the best

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Correct, Harvard today the rest of the universities tomorrow

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“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.

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Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has been inaccessible for thousands of US users early Saturday, according to Downdetector.com

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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.

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"Businessman Has to Tell Trump What’s in the Order He’s Signing" 💯 IDIOT SALVANT www.thedailybeast.com//businessman...

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