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Trump revoked Biden's executive order cracking down on anti-competitive corporate practices.
This gives Big Tech, Ag, Pharma, and airline monopolies even more power to price-gouge and rip you off.
CEOs have been kissing Trump's ring — look at what they're getting in return.
This gives Big Tech, Ag, Pharma, and airline monopolies even more power to price-gouge and rip you off.
CEOs have been kissing Trump's ring — look at what they're getting in return.
August 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump revoked Biden's executive order cracking down on anti-competitive corporate practices.
This gives Big Tech, Ag, Pharma, and airline monopolies even more power to price-gouge and rip you off.
CEOs have been kissing Trump's ring — look at what they're getting in return.
This gives Big Tech, Ag, Pharma, and airline monopolies even more power to price-gouge and rip you off.
CEOs have been kissing Trump's ring — look at what they're getting in return.
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The Supreme Court is hiding something from you.
August 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Supreme Court is hiding something from you.
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There is no liking this version of our country.
If you can afford to send your kid to a private school, then you can drive them or pay for their Ubers.
But Dayton, Ohio decided to dump the burden on the public school kids instead and prioritized school buses for the private schools.
If you can afford to send your kid to a private school, then you can drive them or pay for their Ubers.
But Dayton, Ohio decided to dump the burden on the public school kids instead and prioritized school buses for the private schools.
August 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
There is no liking this version of our country.
If you can afford to send your kid to a private school, then you can drive them or pay for their Ubers.
But Dayton, Ohio decided to dump the burden on the public school kids instead and prioritized school buses for the private schools.
If you can afford to send your kid to a private school, then you can drive them or pay for their Ubers.
But Dayton, Ohio decided to dump the burden on the public school kids instead and prioritized school buses for the private schools.
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The petro-chemical industry’s choke chain on a U.N. plastic pollution treaty, imposed by insisting every country have a veto (the “consensus” model), means the high-ambition countries have to do their own thing outside the failed U.N. process.
UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics
Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution
www.ft.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The petro-chemical industry’s choke chain on a U.N. plastic pollution treaty, imposed by insisting every country have a veto (the “consensus” model), means the high-ambition countries have to do their own thing outside the failed U.N. process.
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NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
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Flash flood warnings issued for Texas Hill Country as Guadalupe River threatens to flood again.
Recovery operations halted in hardest hit areas as flash flood warnings continue
Flash flood warnings issued for Texas Hill Country as Guadalupe River threatens to flood again
n.pr
July 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Flash flood warnings issued for Texas Hill Country as Guadalupe River threatens to flood again.
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This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.
direction.
July 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.
direction.
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BREAKING: The Billionaire Bailout Bill has passed the House and will be sent to Trump for signature. 17M people about to lose healthcare. Steep cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, clean energy initiatives. Massive tax breaks for billionaires. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
The Republican package would slash taxes, boost spending on immigration enforcement and the military, and impose steep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy funding.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
BREAKING: The Billionaire Bailout Bill has passed the House and will be sent to Trump for signature. 17M people about to lose healthcare. Steep cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, clean energy initiatives. Massive tax breaks for billionaires. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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BREAKING: The Republican-led House gives final passage to Trump's tax bill in a defining moment for his second term.
Live updates: House Republicans push Trump's big bill toward a final vote
House Republicans have muscled President Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts package forward to a final vote. If passed, the bill would bring tax cuts, money for deportations and Medicaid cuts.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: The Republican-led House gives final passage to Trump's tax bill in a defining moment for his second term.
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The president of the United States just pressured a major corporation to fork over $16 million to his personal library project as company executives feared that a lucrative merger would otherwise be blocked by the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The president of the United States just pressured a major corporation to fork over $16 million to his personal library project as company executives feared that a lucrative merger would otherwise be blocked by the Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/b...
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This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
ktla.com/news/local-n...
ktla.com/news/local-n...
June 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.
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Bove’s confirmation hearing for the 3rd Circuit is on Wednesday. His own former DOJ colleagues say they don’t trust him to be impartial. Watch the video & insist that your senators do too before they vote.
The Senate must reject Emil Bove's nomination to the federal bench. His reprehensible conduct at the Justice Department disqualifies him from a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.
June 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Bove’s confirmation hearing for the 3rd Circuit is on Wednesday. His own former DOJ colleagues say they don’t trust him to be impartial. Watch the video & insist that your senators do too before they vote.
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When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
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A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.
www.motherjones.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated
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This should absolutely be a scandal which people lose their jobs over. You'd have to assume that anyone in power actually cares though to think that would happen, which obviously would be a bold assumption in present circumstances.
sorry, link: www.yahoo.com/news/america...
May 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This should absolutely be a scandal which people lose their jobs over. You'd have to assume that anyone in power actually cares though to think that would happen, which obviously would be a bold assumption in present circumstances.
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Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."
May 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."
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🍌🍌🍌 republic stuff.
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🍌🍌🍌 republic stuff.
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If there were ever a time to call your members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on a bill, now would be the time.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
The tax breaks in the GOP's "big beautiful bill" would disproportionately help the wealthy — with the richest 1% reaping 25% of the benefits.
Meanwhile, it would kick nearly 9 million people off Medicaid over the decade and slash food assistance programs.
Reverse Robin Hood.
Meanwhile, it would kick nearly 9 million people off Medicaid over the decade and slash food assistance programs.
Reverse Robin Hood.
May 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If there were ever a time to call your members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on a bill, now would be the time.
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
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"It's a little bit frustrating to me that people aren't more outraged by this denial-of-due-process issue, and realizing that if we can do it to any of these folks that have been caught up, it can happen to you." Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe
1:01:00
1:01:00
May 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"It's a little bit frustrating to me that people aren't more outraged by this denial-of-due-process issue, and realizing that if we can do it to any of these folks that have been caught up, it can happen to you." Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe
1:01:00
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I don't see how this is any different than Russia forcing workers to clean out Chernobyl. The ruling class using and abusing the bodies of the working class to line their pockets. It's why the wealthy refer to us as "human capital stock." www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I don't see how this is any different than Russia forcing workers to clean out Chernobyl. The ruling class using and abusing the bodies of the working class to line their pockets. It's why the wealthy refer to us as "human capital stock." www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
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NEW from me. My latest piece in The Atlantic does a deep budget dive to determine how much money DOGE is truly saving. Remember that Elon Musk initially promised $2 trillion, then $1 trillion, and now $150 billion.
It has been closer to a few billion per month.🧵
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It has been closer to a few billion per month.🧵
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.
www.theatlantic.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW from me. My latest piece in The Atlantic does a deep budget dive to determine how much money DOGE is truly saving. Remember that Elon Musk initially promised $2 trillion, then $1 trillion, and now $150 billion.
It has been closer to a few billion per month.🧵
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It has been closer to a few billion per month.🧵
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Columbia should be protecting its students, not calling the country's largest police force on them.
Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.
Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.
Last night, security officers at Columbia pushed and shoved multiple student protesters to the ground. Then, at a protest outside campus, an NYPD officer was recorded punching a protester in the face, and another officer was seen shoving dozens of demonstrators.
This is outrageous and unacceptable.
This is outrageous and unacceptable.
80 arrested after protesters storm Columbia library, feds reviewing participants' visas
Protesters pushed past security to occupy a library reading room, injuring two campus officers and prompting the school to call in the NYPD, officials said.
gothamist.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Columbia should be protecting its students, not calling the country's largest police force on them.
Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.
Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.
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This was the point in the @propublica.org story on pricey cancer drug Revlimid where i got angry.
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
May 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This was the point in the @propublica.org story on pricey cancer drug Revlimid where i got angry.
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...