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‘America First?’: Stephanie Ruhle slams Trump’s $20 billion Argentina bailout.

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‘America First?’: Stephanie Ruhle slams Trump’s $20 billion Argentina bailout

Stephanie Ruhle slams Trump's Argentina bailout and asks how giving an ally billions, as thousands of federal workers go without pay, is putting "America First."

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 2h

A prominent pediatrician shredded Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stunning claim that circumcision can lead to autism on CNN Thursday. (Watch the video below.)

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Watch A Doctor Surgically Destroy RFK Jr.’s Wild Circumcision Claim On CNN

“OutFront” host Erin Burnett said the circumcision claim made by the Health and Human Services secretary was “really scary” for people.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 2h

AOC Says Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Can Barely Speak English’ Amid MAGA’s Bad Bunny Rage.

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AOC Says Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘Can Barely Speak English’ Amid MAGA’s Bad Bunny Rage

“She may have just learned acetaminophen this week,” Ocasio-Cortez quipped.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 2h

Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt became the first Republican governor to come out and oppose Trump’s deployment of Texas’s National Guard to Illinois.

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First Republican governor comes out against Trump’s deployment of National Guard

‘We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights,’ Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt told The New York Times

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 2h

The right-wing conspiracy theorist, known for her anti-Muslim opinions, lashed out on social media Friday in a flurry of online posts, claiming that the GOP was helping to fund the “Islamification” of America.

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Laura Loomer reaches breaking point with Trump and MAGA: ‘I am not voting in 2026’

The right wing conspiracy theorist, known for her anti-Muslim opinions, claimed Friday that the GOP was helping to fund the ‘Islamification’ of America

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 2h

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealth's chief executive.

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Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealth CEO

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 2h

Gavin Newsom approves slavery reparations agency.

The California governor signed the bill five years after he created a task force to study how racist policies have affected descendants of slaves.

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Gavin Newsom approves slavery reparations agency

The California governor signed the bill five years after he created a task force to study how racist policies have affected descendants of slaves.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 10h

A Chicago woman shot multiple times by US Customs and Border Protection agents was recently indicted by a grand jury on federal charges of impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

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Chicago woman shot by US border patrol indicted by federal grand jury

Marimar Martinez, 30, was charged with impeding a federal officer with a deadly weapon in fracas preceding shooting

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 10h

Dominion quietly settled lawsuits against Giuliani and others ahead of its sale — but it's still suing Mike Lindell.

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Dominion quietly settled lawsuits against Giuliani and others ahead of its sale — but it's still suing Mike Lindell

Dominion settled lawsuits with Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell before its acquisition.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 10h

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to Trump turned prominent Trump critic, is expected to be charged with federal crimes soon, according to two federal officials with knowledge of the investigation.

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Trump critic and former national security adviser John Bolton to be charged soon, sources say

Bolton would be the third critic of the president to face federal charges. New York Attorney General Letitia James and former FBI Director James Comey were recently indicted.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19h

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 14h

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Todosco Jones, the liminal spaceman @todoscojones.bsky.social · 14h

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

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Dow falls nearly 900 points after Trump reignites trade war between the world’s two largest economies | CNN Business

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

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MrBluSky @mrblusky53.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, you can see how far this great business man is taking this country down. It’s all about retribution. It’s not about making the American citizen happy it’s about making him happy by getting rid of all this enemies foreign and domestic.!

Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

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Dow falls nearly 900 points after Trump reignites trade war between the world’s two largest economies | CNN Business

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

Without Obamacare subsidies, this couple's insurance premiums are set to go up almost $2,000.

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Without Obamacare subsidies, this couple's insurance premiums are set to go up almost $2,000

The subsidies are a key sticking point in the government shutdown: Democrats in Congress say that in order to secure their votes to reopen the government, they must be extended.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/i...

Dow falls nearly 900 points after Trump reignites trade war between the world’s two largest economies | CNN Business

US stocks closed sharply lower Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on imports from China, reigniting fears of a trade war that rocked global markets earlier this year.

www.cnn.com

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

Judge upholds North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

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Judge upholds North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The Supreme Court ruled in June that states can ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. At least 27 states have laws restricting or banning such care.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

Recent donations include a $42 million gift to 10,000 Degrees, a Bay Area nonprofit expanding college access for low-income and largely non-white students, alongside eight-figure commitments to Native student scholars and HBCU endowments through UNCF.

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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI with $42 million donation | Fortune

In a signal to nonprofits and boardrooms, the Yield Giving philanthropist is backing diversity and equity with no‑strings grants—building on more than $19 billion she’s distributed in five years.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 14h

The Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that $4.5 billion had been awarded to 10 new construction projects along the southwest border.

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Judge orders controversial fence around ICE facility in Broadview to be removed

A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its remo…

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A federal judge has ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its removal.

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Judge orders controversial fence around ICE facility in Broadview to be removed

A federal judge ruled that a controversial security fence constructed around the ICE detention facility in Broadview is violating the west suburb’s right to access its own land and ordered its remo…

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 15h

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot put conditions on grants that fund efforts to combat domestic violence, including barring groups from promoting diversity, equity and inclusion or providing abortion resources.

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Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot put conditions on domestic violence grants

A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration cannot put conditions on grants that fund efforts to combat domestic violence or provide access to abortion resources.

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