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MPLS. Stoney-baloney thoughts here, and that’s about it.
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
May 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands
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Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
Hasan Piker, Popular Left-Wing Streamer, Says He Was Detained at Airport
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Hasan Piker, a popular Turkish American online streamer, said he was stopped and questioned for hours about his political beliefs by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after flying back to the United States from overseas on Sunday.
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This man told y’all he had “concepts of a plan”… and it turns out the plan was to ask Big Pharma nicely and hope for the best.
Folks are rationing insulin and he’s out here signing executive suggestions. Be serious.
Folks are rationing insulin and he’s out here signing executive suggestions. Be serious.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Asks Companies to Lower Drug Prices
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May 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This man told y’all he had “concepts of a plan”… and it turns out the plan was to ask Big Pharma nicely and hope for the best.
Folks are rationing insulin and he’s out here signing executive suggestions. Be serious.
Folks are rationing insulin and he’s out here signing executive suggestions. Be serious.
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House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — at least $880 billion in cuts, largely to Medicaid, to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.
House Republicans have unveiled proposed Medicaid cuts. Democrats say millions will lose coverage
Republicans insist they're rooting out "waste, fraud and abuse" to generate health care savings.
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May 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — at least $880 billion in cuts, largely to Medicaid, to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.
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Jeremiah 1:5—"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"—is often misused as proof life begins at conception. But it's poetry, not policy. This critique dismantles the verse’s misuse, arguing that real moral choices belong to humans, not to vague divine rhetoric. open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
Jeremiah 1:5 Isn’t a Policy—It’s a Poem
A sharp rebuke of biblical literalism exposes how one verse became a misguided moral weapon in America’s abortion debate.
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May 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Jeremiah 1:5—"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"—is often misused as proof life begins at conception. But it's poetry, not policy. This critique dismantles the verse’s misuse, arguing that real moral choices belong to humans, not to vague divine rhetoric. open.substack.com/pub/normsmus...
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Local and state leaders came together during a Wednesday town hall in Rochester to call on city authorities to charge a woman who used racial slurs against a Black child.
Community leaders call on Rochester authorities to charge woman in racist viral video
Local and state leaders came together during a Wednesday town hall sponsored by the NAACP to urge the community to stand against hate and racism.
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May 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Local and state leaders came together during a Wednesday town hall in Rochester to call on city authorities to charge a woman who used racial slurs against a Black child.
This is tragic. Holy shit. We do not deserve this earth.
A baby whale’s untimely end offered divers an uncommon look near San Diego. But when one man returned, the calf was gone.
A Diver Visited a Fallen Whale. When He Returned, It Was Gone.
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is tragic. Holy shit. We do not deserve this earth.
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PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR was blatantly unlawful. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
PBS chief slams Trump's executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful
The broadcasters get roughly half a billion dollars in public money and have been preparing for the possibility of stiff cuts since Trump's election.
www.pbs.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
PBS CEO Paula Kerger said Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR was blatantly unlawful. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
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Back in 1970, Reagan advisor Roger A. Freeman set this in motion, saying, “We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. … That’s dynamite! We have to be selective on who we allow [to go to college].” theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Back in 1970, Reagan advisor Roger A. Freeman set this in motion, saying, “We are in danger of producing an educated proletariat. … That’s dynamite! We have to be selective on who we allow [to go to college].” theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...
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“The Central Park Five,” an opera about the Black and Latino boys wrongly convicted of raping a Central Park jogger, opens next month at the Detroit Opera House. We spoke with the company about the perils of mounting a production that waves a red cape at Donald Trump's reactive presidency.
Detroit Opera Steps Into Trump’s Cross Hairs With ‘Central Park Five’
The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera features Donald J. Trump, whose 1989 full-page newspaper ad sought to demonize the young men wrongly accused of rape.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“The Central Park Five,” an opera about the Black and Latino boys wrongly convicted of raping a Central Park jogger, opens next month at the Detroit Opera House. We spoke with the company about the perils of mounting a production that waves a red cape at Donald Trump's reactive presidency.
Free Luigi!
Luigi Mangione, accused in federal court of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan, pleaded not guilty to a murder charge that could bring the death penalty. The judge also warned the U.S. attorney general to temper her statements about Mangione to ensure a fair trial. nyti.ms/3GqMKT7
April 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Free Luigi!
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This entire interview is something else. Check out, confused, lying, doesn’t seem to have any grip on the facts at issue in anything.
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Read the Full Transcript of Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview
President Trump discussed his trade war and the economy, immigration, presidential power, and more
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April 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This entire interview is something else. Check out, confused, lying, doesn’t seem to have any grip on the facts at issue in anything.
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Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
Who Is the Wisconsin Judge Arrested in Immigration Dispute?
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April 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Judge Hannah Dugan, the Wisconsin judge who was arrested on Friday morning on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement, spent most of her legal career working on behalf of low-income people and marginalized groups. Here's what to know.
If the communion wafers were vanilla communion wafers, it would have been harder to walk away from #Christianity.
April 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If the communion wafers were vanilla communion wafers, it would have been harder to walk away from #Christianity.
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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened two schools to help communities of color. Now they're closing, and some families wonder if the closures are related to his DEI retrenchment.
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They’re Closing.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened two schools to help communities of color. Now they're closing, and some families wonder if the closures are related to his DEI retrenchment.
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This guy is great at this, and thank god.
Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.
April 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This guy is great at this, and thank god.
I just texted my buddy, “The new @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social docu series dropped on Max.” So…that’s who I am.
April 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I just texted my buddy, “The new @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social docu series dropped on Max.” So…that’s who I am.
The only true innovation America has produced in the last 20 years is the Swiffer line of products—specifically the Sweeper and the Wet Jet. Anything after is just minor corporate adjustments to the product. But the Sweeper and the Wet Jet. That shit was clutch.
April 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The only true innovation America has produced in the last 20 years is the Swiffer line of products—specifically the Sweeper and the Wet Jet. Anything after is just minor corporate adjustments to the product. But the Sweeper and the Wet Jet. That shit was clutch.
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Lisa Ann Walter might play a teacher on Abbott Elementary, but in real life, she's also a fierce crusader for public education.
Thank you, @lisaannwalter.bsky.social, for stopping by to help spread the word about protecting the Department of Education so that our children can succeed.
Thank you, @lisaannwalter.bsky.social, for stopping by to help spread the word about protecting the Department of Education so that our children can succeed.
April 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Lisa Ann Walter might play a teacher on Abbott Elementary, but in real life, she's also a fierce crusader for public education.
Thank you, @lisaannwalter.bsky.social, for stopping by to help spread the word about protecting the Department of Education so that our children can succeed.
Thank you, @lisaannwalter.bsky.social, for stopping by to help spread the word about protecting the Department of Education so that our children can succeed.
@vp.govpeeps.us is the George W. Bush of VPs. You see that shit with the trophy. What a fuckin’ putz!
April 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@vp.govpeeps.us is the George W. Bush of VPs. You see that shit with the trophy. What a fuckin’ putz!
@appletves.bsky.social Now that Tim and Apple are getting a tariffs pass (eat the rich), and #YourFriends&Neighbors is pretty darn good so far, let’s spend some of that by-passing tariffs dough on…
April 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@appletves.bsky.social Now that Tim and Apple are getting a tariffs pass (eat the rich), and #YourFriends&Neighbors is pretty darn good so far, let’s spend some of that by-passing tariffs dough on…
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lord willing we will one day prosecute miller for crimes against humanity
April 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
lord willing we will one day prosecute miller for crimes against humanity