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ProPublica @propublica.org · 7h

Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rob Wittman, R-Va., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, all voted for cuts to the CFPB.

Yet collectively, they routed more than 1,000 constituent complaints to the agency, ProPublica found.

(Published August)
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social

These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.

Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, lo...

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Allison Richards @PC2DC @pc2dc.bsky.social · 8h

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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 1d

Comedian Josh Johnson on MAGA losing their minds over Bad Bunny performing at Super Bowl. MAGA “want Spanish in their mouths [tacos, guacamole, margaritas] but not in their ears.” Don’t make them listen to Spanish 🙄😂

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Comedian Turns MAGA Into a Laughingstock as Collective Freakout Intensifies

YouTube video by TYT Sports

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

Federal agents aren’t trying to keep the peace. They want violence to escalate so that Trump can declare martial law.

They shot a reverend in the head with pepper balls while he was praying in front of an ICE facility. If that doesn’t tell you where we are as a country, nothing will.

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Dennis Koch @dejayk.bsky.social · 1d

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove #LGBTQ+ books.

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Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

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SayItToMyFace🚫👑 @sayittomyface.bsky.social · 23h

Last night I went out to dinner with members of one of the caucuses I belong to. It was great spending time with great people just to enjoy life. In fact, finding joy is one of the most important things for our mental health. I don’t know who needs this message today but I hope it helps someone!

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11h

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Tuesday claimed that the Biden administration's FBI "tapped" the phones of some Republican senators during its investigation into 2020 election interference.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11h

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
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WATCH LIVE: Trump expected to make announcement on pharmaceutical drug prices

Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X that the “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans aimed at reducing the size of the fe...

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11h

As President Trump intensifies his sweeping crackdown on immigration, more longtime residents, people who have lived in this country for years, are being caught up in the effort. Deportation flights to Laos have resumed for the first time in years. https://to.pbs.org/3Ky91jN

Laotian refugee living in U.S. since childhood faces threat of deportation

As President Trump intensifies his sweeping crackdown on immigration, more longtime residents, people who have lived in this country for years, are being caught up in the effort. Deportation flights t...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

CNN does a segment on Trump's health issues, including photos of his drooping face and discolored hand

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The Lever @levernews.com · 11h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Allison Richards @PC2DC @pc2dc.bsky.social · 8h

Donald John Trump, everybody. 😒

A pathological liar with narcissistic personality disorder and dementia. AND the man who's attempting to destroy American democracy with his GOP and Heritage Foundation Project 2025 accomplices.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: ICE are making arrests at courthouses in NYC and around the country--

TRUMP: Criminals. They're arresting criminals. I'm happy about it. I want them to arrest criminals.

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zensoul.bsky.social @zensoul.bsky.social · 9h

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‘Do Something, B---h’: Body Cam Exposes DHS Agent’s Shooting of Chicago Woman

A shocking revelation in federal court has turned up the heat on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as new body camera footage appears to contradict the official story behind a recent shooting...

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ElizabethC @econklin44.bsky.social · 9h

ICE is deliberately provoking demonstrators as well as interested bystanders in order to justify Trump's insistence that Chi is a "war zone" and aggressive measures are necessary. Everyone at a "contact" point should film as much action as possible. #ProudBlue

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Allison Richards @PC2DC @pc2dc.bsky.social · 9h

Stop showing your contempt for the U.S. Constitution and states' rights, Greg, and do some penance.

And by penance, I mean confess your many lies, betrayals, and crimes to Texans and resign the governership.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Klobuchar on Trump's failed DM to Bondi: "How many other secret messages are there out there where he told her to do things?

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20h

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What causes autism? Here's what the White House gets wrong.

More than a hundred autism genes have been identified, explains author Peter Hotez. And Tylenol isn't the biggest environmental factor.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20h

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'Absurd': Hotez responds to RFK Jr. claims of autism-circumcision link

RFK Jr.'s statements about autism are “increasingly untethered to reality,” says Peter Hotez.

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James Aura @jamesaura.bsky.social · 2d

“Science Under Siege,” by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, is an impassioned manifesto against attacks on science.
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Book Review: A Call to Arms About the Threat of Anti-Science

"Science Under Siege," by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, is an impassioned manifesto against attacks on science.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

Federal workers: If you were impacted by the Trump administration's just-announced mass layoffs, our reporters are here to listen.

We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your privacy seriously.

Here's how to get in touch securely 👇

How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica

Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12h

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father. https://to.pbs.org/3W2j3fB

Who is Adelita Grijalva and why hasn't she been sworn in to Congress yet?

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 13h

The White House is trying to blame Dems for mass firings today. But Sen. Susan Collins is not willing to go along with that talking point.

“I strongly oppose OMB Director Russ Vought’s attempt to permanently lay off federal workers who have been furloughed," she just said in a statement.

Anna Kramer @annackramer.bsky.social · 15h

Russ Vought just said that firings have begun. OMB called them "substantial."

Our initial story is below — but we're very short on the details. Please reach out if you hear anything, I'm on Signal at annakramer.54

The Trump Administration Says It Has Begun Mass Firings

After weeks of threats, OMB Director Russ Vought announced that Reductions in Force across federal agencies have begun, with the White House calling them “substantial.”

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