@doodlemurphy.bsky.social
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President Trump yesterday declared himself the biggest "fiscal hawk" in Washington.
He then spent the next hour urging Republicans to unite behind the most budget-busting legislation in modern U.S. history
He then spent the next hour urging Republicans to unite behind the most budget-busting legislation in modern U.S. history
Trump's "fiscal hawk" credentials collide with a $4 trillion deficit bomb
Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is projected to add trillions to the deficit.
www.axios.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
President Trump yesterday declared himself the biggest "fiscal hawk" in Washington.
He then spent the next hour urging Republicans to unite behind the most budget-busting legislation in modern U.S. history
He then spent the next hour urging Republicans to unite behind the most budget-busting legislation in modern U.S. history
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Roughly 25% of the corporate donors to New York City’s annual Pride festivities have either canceled or scaled back their support this year, citing economic uncertainty and fear of retribution from the Trump administration.
Nervous Corporate Sponsors Retreat from New York Pride
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Roughly 25% of the corporate donors to New York City’s annual Pride festivities have either canceled or scaled back their support this year, citing economic uncertainty and fear of retribution from the Trump administration.
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Tax cuts in House Republicans’ megabill would lead to increased assets for the richest Americans, while reducing them for the lowest-income households, a new analysis found.
Wealthy gain, low-income people lose from GOP megabill, analysis finds
The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is already fueling Democratic accusations that the legislation is a giveaway to the rich.
www.politico.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tax cuts in House Republicans’ megabill would lead to increased assets for the richest Americans, while reducing them for the lowest-income households, a new analysis found.
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"Trump could deliver lower drug prices to the American people if he really wanted to," Rogé Karma writes. "Instead, he’s offering snake oil."
Trump’s Plan to Cap Drug Prices Doesn’t Exist
Instead, he seems content blaming foreign countries and hoping for the best.
bit.ly
May 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Trump could deliver lower drug prices to the American people if he really wanted to," Rogé Karma writes. "Instead, he’s offering snake oil."
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The Associated Press has obtained a new video showing Russian forces killing Ukrainian POWs — and unusually, discovered a second video of the same incident that sheds light on how Russians are framing the conflict.
These videos, analyzed together, tell a larger story at a crucial time.
These videos, analyzed together, tell a larger story at a crucial time.
Video shows 4 captive Ukrainian troops killed by men identified as Russian forces
Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers being shot to death by soldiers with Russian uniform markings in the village of Piatykhatky on March 13.
bit.ly
April 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Associated Press has obtained a new video showing Russian forces killing Ukrainian POWs — and unusually, discovered a second video of the same incident that sheds light on how Russians are framing the conflict.
These videos, analyzed together, tell a larger story at a crucial time.
These videos, analyzed together, tell a larger story at a crucial time.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders turned to the audience during CNN's town hall with Anderson Cooper to ask if the American health care system is working. The audience included a mix of Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
April 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders turned to the audience during CNN's town hall with Anderson Cooper to ask if the American health care system is working. The audience included a mix of Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
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This isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This isn't anti-DEI - it's retelling history as a story with only white men in it. The tale of the Navajo Code Talkers is essential to understanding the Allies' victory in WWII. Removing it because the people involved were non-white is segregationism.
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A judge blocked the deportation of a Brown university professor. She was deported anyway, via: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Surgeon and Professor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A judge blocked the deportation of a Brown university professor. She was deported anyway, via: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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"The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence - does everybody not see what's happening?
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy
- and seize control. Call it what it is."
-Sen. Chris Murphy
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy
- and seize control. Call it what it is."
-Sen. Chris Murphy
March 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"The freezing of federal grants, the firing of all inspector generals, the immunization of political violence - does everybody not see what's happening?
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy
- and seize control. Call it what it is."
-Sen. Chris Murphy
In a blitzkrieg, Trump is trying to collapse our democracy - and probably our economy
- and seize control. Call it what it is."
-Sen. Chris Murphy
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Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Murphy: "If we continue to observe norms, if we continue to engage in business as usual, this democracy could be gone. I don't think we have a year to save American democracy. I think the way the president is acting ... puts out democracy at immediate risk."
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A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs.
Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions
Mr. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has largely been shrouded in secrecy, but court cases are one way opponents of President Trump’s overhaul efforts have sought clarity.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand over documents and answer questions about its role in directing mass firings and dismantling government programs.
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Just today, Trump taunted one ally with soaring tariffs, mused about annexing another, and threatened a third's sovereignty—all while pulling his punches on Russia. @jonlemire.bsky.social on how the president continues to flip U.S. foreign policy on its head:
Trump Is Being Nicer to America’s Foes Than to Its Friends
The president threatened allies with an invasion and hit them with tariffs. For Putin, he had only praise.
www.theatlantic.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just today, Trump taunted one ally with soaring tariffs, mused about annexing another, and threatened a third's sovereignty—all while pulling his punches on Russia. @jonlemire.bsky.social on how the president continues to flip U.S. foreign policy on its head:
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I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
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This is all to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans
March 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is all to pay for a tax cut for the wealthiest Americans
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are playing games with your Social Security benefits — money you've earned through a lifetime of hard work.
They want to fire workers responsible for processing checks and close hundreds of regional offices.
Not on my watch.
They want to fire workers responsible for processing checks and close hundreds of regional offices.
Not on my watch.
Senators to Trump Social Security nominee: 'You will be responsible' if benefits are interrupted
As the Social Security Administration cuts staff, that could impact the agency's ability to pay millions of benefit checks each month, Democratic senators warn.
www.cnbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are playing games with your Social Security benefits — money you've earned through a lifetime of hard work.
They want to fire workers responsible for processing checks and close hundreds of regional offices.
Not on my watch.
They want to fire workers responsible for processing checks and close hundreds of regional offices.
Not on my watch.
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This. THIS. You guys… THIS.
Coons: "I'm gonna vote against what came over from the House Republicans to the Senate last night because I don't want to give my vote to support what Trump and Musk are doing."
March 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This. THIS. You guys… THIS.
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I don't want any Democrat to work with any Republican on any Trump agenda item.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
March 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I don't want any Democrat to work with any Republican on any Trump agenda item.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
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For years, Craig Spencer has fought infectious diseases around the world. In 2014, while treating Ebola patients in Guinea, he survived Ebola himself.
“I know how lethal Donald Trump’s assault on America’s outbreak preparedness could be,” he writes. “We are sure to regret it.” theatln.tc/wJk69wgA
“I know how lethal Donald Trump’s assault on America’s outbreak preparedness could be,” he writes. “We are sure to regret it.” theatln.tc/wJk69wgA
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
For years, Craig Spencer has fought infectious diseases around the world. In 2014, while treating Ebola patients in Guinea, he survived Ebola himself.
“I know how lethal Donald Trump’s assault on America’s outbreak preparedness could be,” he writes. “We are sure to regret it.” theatln.tc/wJk69wgA
“I know how lethal Donald Trump’s assault on America’s outbreak preparedness could be,” he writes. “We are sure to regret it.” theatln.tc/wJk69wgA
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4/ Lawmakers in several states filing bills in response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans
Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access
Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
propub.li
March 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
4/ Lawmakers in several states filing bills in response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans
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JUST IN: While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm
While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
JUST IN: While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession."
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Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.