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Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Walz: When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child has? Government just big enough to fit in your bedroom, your womb, and apparently now in your toy chest.
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The guy who just fired over 3,000 FAA employees says he will "fix" the FAA employment shortage.
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The guy who just fired over 3,000 FAA employees says he will "fix" the FAA employment shortage.
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More than 100 staff members have been fired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
May 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
More than 100 staff members have been fired from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
May 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/bdd9...
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The EPA plans to eliminate Energy Star, the popular energy efficiency certification for dishwashers, refrigerators, dryers and other home appliances, according to agency documents and a recording of an internal meeting.
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The EPA plans to eliminate Energy Star, the popular energy efficiency certification for dishwashers, refrigerators, dryers and other home appliances, according to agency documents and a recording of an internal meeting.
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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
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Worried about picking up extra germs at the ER? 🦠That’s exactly what infection control helps avoid.
In yet another reckless move, the Trump Administration just eliminated the CDC committee that sets hospital safety standards.
In yet another reckless move, the Trump Administration just eliminated the CDC committee that sets hospital safety standards.
May 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Worried about picking up extra germs at the ER? 🦠That’s exactly what infection control helps avoid.
In yet another reckless move, the Trump Administration just eliminated the CDC committee that sets hospital safety standards.
In yet another reckless move, the Trump Administration just eliminated the CDC committee that sets hospital safety standards.
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Arts organizations across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether.
National Endowment for the Arts rescinds grants, dazing publishers and theaters
Arts organizations across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Arts organizations across the country saw their grants pulled with little explanation, while a proposed federal budget sought to eliminate the arts funding agency altogether.
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This is why a president corrupts a Justice Department.
The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.
Hello?
Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion
President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to
www.rollingstone.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is why a president corrupts a Justice Department.
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It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
How Palantir, the secretive tech company, is rising in the Trump era
It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
www.npr.org
May 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It may not be a household name, but Palantir is now one of the world's most valuable companies. Its "spy tech" is set to gain more government and military work in the Trump administration.
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
By @bobbyallyn.bsky.social
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Federal transportation safety officials were investigating on Friday after two commercial flights aborted landings because an Army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic has been restricted since a fatal collision in January.
2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport
The episode followed a fatal collision between a military helicopter and a commercial jet in January, and prompted concern and outrage among officials.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Federal transportation safety officials were investigating on Friday after two commercial flights aborted landings because an Army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic has been restricted since a fatal collision in January.
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NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah.
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com
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Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power?
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power?
Congress is inert, but a deft Supreme Court might contain him
economist.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Who will stop Donald Trump’s drive for unchecked power?
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
economist.com/united-state...
from The Economist
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An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure, Robert P. Beschel Jr. writes:
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure, Robert P. Beschel Jr. writes:
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"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
US stocks underperform rest of world by widest margin since 1993
Investors fear Trump’s tariff blitz will lead to US stagflation while weak dollar adds to woes
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
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100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises.
But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up.
It's up to us to demand something better.
But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up.
It's up to us to demand something better.
April 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
100 days into this presidency, Americans are paying the price - higher prices, crashing retirement accounts, and broken promises.
But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up.
It's up to us to demand something better.
But the American people are turning, thanks to your voices. Keep it up.
It's up to us to demand something better.
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A majority of Americans agree Trump is a “dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy,” a new poll has revealed.
Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/majority-of-...
Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/majority-of-...
April 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A majority of Americans agree Trump is a “dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy,” a new poll has revealed.
Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/majority-of-...
Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/majority-of-...
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"The price America will pay for losing the trust of its closest allies and trading partners won’t be fully understood for a long time. But the cost of Trump’s economic delusions is numerical, tangible, and immediate."
Trump’s Economic Calamity Is a Political Opportunity
Americans’ displeasure is already showing up in polls.
www.thebulwark.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"The price America will pay for losing the trust of its closest allies and trading partners won’t be fully understood for a long time. But the cost of Trump’s economic delusions is numerical, tangible, and immediate."
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We are no longer Democrats or Republicans. We are either patriots fighting the Trump regime or we are complicit in its tyranny. There is no middle ground.
Now is the time for all of us to become activists. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-start-of-week-14
Now is the time for all of us to become activists. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-start-of-week-14
April 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We are no longer Democrats or Republicans. We are either patriots fighting the Trump regime or we are complicit in its tyranny. There is no middle ground.
Now is the time for all of us to become activists. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-start-of-week-14
Now is the time for all of us to become activists. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-start-of-week-14
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Other countries have watched their democracies slip away quietly, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
www.newyorker.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away quietly, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47