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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.
Sorry, *was.
Sorry, *was.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
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NONE of this is normal
March 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NONE of this is normal
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I hear people are calling his cars “Deplorians” these days.
March 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I hear people are calling his cars “Deplorians” these days.
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
March 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
My maternal grandmother died in the 1918 flu pandemic.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
RFK Jr can go fuck himself.
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"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | DOGE says it’s saving $100 billion. It’s about to lose a lot more.
Cuts to the IRS will backfire by giving tax evaders a free pass.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"the plan to shrink IRS staff by up to 50% would — very conservatively — lead to a $400 billion increase in uncollected taxes over the next decade. It could easily mean more than $2 trillion in losses..."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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No one ever said they were creative.
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No one ever said they were creative.
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Trump cuts aid for elderly people and families who use food banks in Michigan
"The USDA has confirmed to the council that... purchases made after Jan. 19 are not currently eligible for reimbursement and it's unclear when or if they will be..."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
"The USDA has confirmed to the council that... purchases made after Jan. 19 are not currently eligible for reimbursement and it's unclear when or if they will be..."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
Michigan food banks heading for critical shortages due to funding uncertainty
The Food Bank Council of Michigan said $3.7 million worth of orders for chicken, pork and other items are unlikely to be filled.
www.detroitnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump cuts aid for elderly people and families who use food banks in Michigan
"The USDA has confirmed to the council that... purchases made after Jan. 19 are not currently eligible for reimbursement and it's unclear when or if they will be..."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
"The USDA has confirmed to the council that... purchases made after Jan. 19 are not currently eligible for reimbursement and it's unclear when or if they will be..."
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...
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Buses in Heidelberg, Germany.
March 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Buses in Heidelberg, Germany.
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“This is treason adjacent. I’m sure Pete Hegseth is very busy firing black people and women, so he’s not focused on the actual target here, which is Vladimir Putin.”
@therickwilson.bsky.social on the U.S. halting offensive cyber operations against Russia.
@therickwilson.bsky.social on the U.S. halting offensive cyber operations against Russia.
March 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“This is treason adjacent. I’m sure Pete Hegseth is very busy firing black people and women, so he’s not focused on the actual target here, which is Vladimir Putin.”
@therickwilson.bsky.social on the U.S. halting offensive cyber operations against Russia.
@therickwilson.bsky.social on the U.S. halting offensive cyber operations against Russia.
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Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…
March 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Rep. Jim Himes: Zelenskyy is watching 70,000 dead Ukrainians. Missiles are slamming into hospitals. This is what he’s seeing, and he comes to the Oval Office, and a reporter asks him why he’s not wearing a suit. And the effing VP wants him to say thank you…
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Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
March 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Good morning all! 🇺🇦
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻
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NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy.
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy
The Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday.
www.lawdork.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy.
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
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Exclusive: The head of the US military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army was forced to retire, officials say reut.rs/4kmUsgA
Exclusive: Trump administration pushed out US military health agency head, officials say
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters.
reut.rs
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Exclusive: The head of the US military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army was forced to retire, officials say reut.rs/4kmUsgA
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There were certainly signs
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There were certainly signs
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BREAKING
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
BREAKING
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
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A message from the brave woman - Dr, Teresa Borrenpohl - who was dragged out by unmarked private security in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
A message from Teresa. ❤️
If you are a media member who would like to cover this story, there are three surrogates who were at the town hall who are available to speak with you.
Please DM to get connected. #idpol
If you are a media member who would like to cover this story, there are three surrogates who were at the town hall who are available to speak with you.
Please DM to get connected. #idpol
February 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A message from the brave woman - Dr, Teresa Borrenpohl - who was dragged out by unmarked private security in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
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PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.
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Bwahahaha.
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bwahahaha.
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mar-a-Lago was listed as "Kremlin Headquarters" for a little while on Google Maps.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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