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When Elon Musk “donated” Starlink service to the White House, it immediately struck our reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year. By @reneedudley.bsky.social

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How are Elon Musk and his associates remaking the federal bureaucracy? 🗓️ On Thursday, April 17 at 4 pm ET, join our reporters as they review what they’ve learned about the inner workings of DOGE. Submit your questions below ⤵️

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🔥 FARMER: “This I-told-you-so, it’s I-wish-you-would’ve-listened… China is more prepared this time… they just canceled the 3 largest soybean contracts… Trump isn’t playing chess or checkers with China - they’re sitting in a corner playing with themselves.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DIW56aF...

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We’ve been through a lot together, and recognize this week was particularly tough. Let's discuss:

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If any man thinks changing your last name is just a bit of paperwork, change yours. Might I suggest “Waterford”, “Palpatine”, or “Lannister”

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Are you depressed or are you just surrounded by American idiots?

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“You can tell a lot about a country by how it treats its most vulnerable people.” Eric from Austin has muscular dystrophy and called my office to share what Medicaid cuts could mean to him. Here’s what he told me when I called him back: youtu.be/Pdw1zQhpu_M?...

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Garcia: She's playing cosplaying as an ice agent, running around the country, going down to El Salvador, to prisons. You know, holding guns, dressing up. She is a joke

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HUGE WIN: A federal judge just issued a lengthy TRO prohibiting the Trump administration from freezing federal funds to Maine over their policies protecting transgender youth. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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@booker.senate.gov: "Are we a nation that is going to tolerate this, or a nation that's going to stand up? As the great Frederick Douglass said, 'the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the people that they seek to oppress.' How much will we endure before we say enough is enough?"

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📌All of this surrendering and capitulation by “marquee” Democrats points to a larger problem within the party itself. People are sick and tired of their sick and tired act. 📌Either you believe the grotesque Trump is an extreme threat to America and the values you claim to care about, or you don’t.

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it's Saturday and it's time for "this week in stupid: April 12 edition" — Jesse prevents it, zealots lament it, and so much more... thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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This part

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This is going to be an environmental disaster.

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Here's the big news that people across the country haven't heard but need to know: 50 days from today, Donald Trump must fire Elon Musk. The law is crystal clear. A special government employee like Musk must leave the federal government after 130 days. The clock is ticking.

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Loved this, “FREE” always tastes so good…

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💯 thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/racism-bla...

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Oh look… another ultra creezchun conservative shit bag. www.texastribune.org/2023/09/04/k...

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In less than one week, many Americans will no longer be able to apply for Social Security benefits over the phone, setting the stage for disruptions and upheaval. Nearly 6 million seniors live more than 46.6 miles, roundtrip, from a field office, per a new analysis. trib.al/5XSPqyL

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With the help of four Democrats, House Republicans just voted to pass H.R. 22 — one of the biggest threats to voting rights that we’ve seen in a generation. If you’re represented by Reps. Case (HI-01), Cuellar (TX-28), Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03), or Golden (ME-02), they need to hear from you today.

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1908 y’all!!! 1908… now, no one can claim the rethuglicans are a party of the people. They just serve themselves and their oligarch buddies.

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The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

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"It's criminal." Nina Olson, former national taxpayer advocate at the IRS, emphasizes the illegality of the IRS sharing taxpayer data with ICE.

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