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Sen. Bill Cassidy just admitted what we all knew—when Republicans say "reform Medicare," they really mean "gut Medicare."
Senate Republican accidentally admits GOP is coming for Medicare
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana slipped up on Monday, admitting that congressional Republicans are coming for Medicare. In an appearance on CNBC, Cassidy said congressional Republicans ...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sen. Bill Cassidy just admitted what we all knew—when Republicans say "reform Medicare," they really mean "gut Medicare."
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Man Given Clemency by Trump Arrested for Fourth Time Since Being Freed – This Time for Allegedly Shoving Three-Year-Old https://twp.ai/4imCAG
Man Given Clemency by Trump Arrested for Fourth Time Since Being Freed – This Time for Allegedly Shoving Three-Year-Old
A man whose sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump in 2021 was arrested for punching a man in the face and shoving the man's three-year-old child to the ground.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Man Given Clemency by Trump Arrested for Fourth Time Since Being Freed – This Time for Allegedly Shoving Three-Year-Old https://twp.ai/4imCAG
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Murphy: "Newsflash: These guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. We hired a weekend Fox News host with no diplomatic or management experience with a checkered personal history of abuse and alcoholism to be our chief national security official. And it's going very badly."
April 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Murphy: "Newsflash: These guys are incompetent. They don't know what they're doing. We hired a weekend Fox News host with no diplomatic or management experience with a checkered personal history of abuse and alcoholism to be our chief national security official. And it's going very badly."
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The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.
Trickle down economics was always a hoax.
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The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
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"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?
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Padilla: By the time the water was released, the fires were already contained. There was no way that water could even make its way to Southern California.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
April 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Padilla: By the time the water was released, the fires were already contained. There was no way that water could even make its way to Southern California.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
When the hot, dry months come and farmers need that water for irrigation, it’ll be gone. And you can’t get it back.
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ICE admits to ‘administrative error’ in deporting Maryland man to El Salvador mega-prison https://twp.ai/4imC8q
ICE admits to ‘administrative error’ in deporting Maryland man to El Salvador mega-prison
by Ariana Figueroa, Daily Montanan
April 1, 2025
WASHINGTON — The White House Tuesday defended the deportation of a national from El Salvador to a notorious mega-prison in that country, despite Trump administration officials admitting in court filings that the removal was a mistake.
Kilmar A...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
ICE admits to ‘administrative error’ in deporting Maryland man to El Salvador mega-prison https://twp.ai/4imC8q
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White House desperately wants you to forget national security fail https://twp.ai/4imCCb
White House desperately wants you to forget national security fail
The Trump administration is attempting to shut down growing concerns over the war plans leak , even as congressional requests for independent ...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
White House desperately wants you to forget national security fail https://twp.ai/4imCCb
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Absolutely chilling interview by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social in the New Yorker.
Their strategy is to break the institutions that serve as pillars of our democracy — media, judiciary, lawyers, Dems’ ability to raise money & mobilize volunteers — to ensure we can’t win elections.
We must stop them.
Their strategy is to break the institutions that serve as pillars of our democracy — media, judiciary, lawyers, Dems’ ability to raise money & mobilize volunteers — to ensure we can’t win elections.
We must stop them.
March 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Absolutely chilling interview by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social in the New Yorker.
Their strategy is to break the institutions that serve as pillars of our democracy — media, judiciary, lawyers, Dems’ ability to raise money & mobilize volunteers — to ensure we can’t win elections.
We must stop them.
Their strategy is to break the institutions that serve as pillars of our democracy — media, judiciary, lawyers, Dems’ ability to raise money & mobilize volunteers — to ensure we can’t win elections.
We must stop them.
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The Trump administration mistakenly abducted and deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a father who fled gang violence and has protected status, to an El Salvador mega-prison.
Now they say they can’t get him back. I’m demanding they do.
Now they say they can’t get him back. I’m demanding they do.
April 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Trump administration mistakenly abducted and deported Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a father who fled gang violence and has protected status, to an El Salvador mega-prison.
Now they say they can’t get him back. I’m demanding they do.
Now they say they can’t get him back. I’m demanding they do.
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GOP Senator Warns Trump’s Tariffs Will Do ‘Irreparable’ Damage to Farmers: ‘One Crop Away From Bankruptcy’ https://twp.ai/4imCEc
GOP Senator Warns Trump’s Tariffs Will Do ‘Irreparable’ Damage to Farmers: ‘One Crop Away From Bankruptcy’
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) was among several Republicans sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump's looming tariffs, warning that they risked causing "irreparable" damage to the farmers in his state.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
GOP Senator Warns Trump’s Tariffs Will Do ‘Irreparable’ Damage to Farmers: ‘One Crop Away From Bankruptcy’ https://twp.ai/4imCEc
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The Harlem Hellfighters, a mostly Black regiment, spent 191 days in front line trenches, more than any other American unit. They also suffered the most losses of any American regiment, with 1,500 casualties. The regiment was also the first of the Allied forces to cross the Rhine into Germany.
April 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Harlem Hellfighters, a mostly Black regiment, spent 191 days in front line trenches, more than any other American unit. They also suffered the most losses of any American regiment, with 1,500 casualties. The regiment was also the first of the Allied forces to cross the Rhine into Germany.
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They’ve laid off the people overseeing one important angle to the bird flu outbreak: the scientists overseeing the safety of pet food. Infected raw pet food has killed numerous cats at this point, even if it was frozen first. But that’s gone now so
How will cuts at FDA impact U.S. response to bird flu?
We're told agency's top veterinarians overseeing contaminated pet food indeed laid off
And chief medical officer Dr Hilary Marston who had been overseeing MCMs for humans and agency response
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We're told agency's top veterinarians overseeing contaminated pet food indeed laid off
And chief medical officer Dr Hilary Marston who had been overseeing MCMs for humans and agency response
www.linkedin.com/in/hilary-ma...
April 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
They’ve laid off the people overseeing one important angle to the bird flu outbreak: the scientists overseeing the safety of pet food. Infected raw pet food has killed numerous cats at this point, even if it was frozen first. But that’s gone now so
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Classy.
NEW — This AM former HHS staffers confronted Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) about slashing budgets and staff, per video shared with me by Mack Schroeder, a former Budget Analyst for the Office of the Secretary.
Banks tells Schroeder he "probably deserved" to lose his job "because you seem like a clown."
Banks tells Schroeder he "probably deserved" to lose his job "because you seem like a clown."
April 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Classy.
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Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.
April 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Here is a guide to practical steps to take in the aftermath of a RIF notification. Time is of the essence when you know you may lose access, so take a look here to help you keep track of what you need to do. We can't take credit for guide, but we hope it helps.
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WATCH: Did you know? ProPublica is keeping a list of who works at #DOGE.
We’ve also been reporting on who’s in charge. Is it #ElonMusk, his lieutenants, or a bureaucrat named #AmyGleason?
📰: @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro and @anniewaldman.bsky.social
🎥: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
We’ve also been reporting on who’s in charge. Is it #ElonMusk, his lieutenants, or a bureaucrat named #AmyGleason?
📰: @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro and @anniewaldman.bsky.social
🎥: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
WATCH: Did you know? ProPublica is keeping a list of who works at #DOGE.
We’ve also been reporting on who’s in charge. Is it #ElonMusk, his lieutenants, or a bureaucrat named #AmyGleason?
📰: @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro and @anniewaldman.bsky.social
🎥: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
We’ve also been reporting on who’s in charge. Is it #ElonMusk, his lieutenants, or a bureaucrat named #AmyGleason?
📰: @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro and @anniewaldman.bsky.social
🎥: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorer
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these…
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April 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
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Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.
April 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can’t buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.
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I was recently leaked a document that was written by and for think tank and DNC affiliated policy wonks and circulated in private chats. It describes in unsparing terms the threat Curtis Yarvin, Neoreactionary tech founders, and Elon Musk pose to democracy.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries
DNC employees and think tank workers have compiled a document about the Neoreactionary threat to democracy
shatterzone.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I was recently leaked a document that was written by and for think tank and DNC affiliated policy wonks and circulated in private chats. It describes in unsparing terms the threat Curtis Yarvin, Neoreactionary tech founders, and Elon Musk pose to democracy.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
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US Naval Airbase in Italy on Lockdown: Operated by both the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force, NAS Sigonella serves as a major logistics hub for U.S. and NATO operations.
US Naval Airbase in Italy on Lockdown
Operated by both the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force, NAS Sigonella serves as a major logistics hub for U.S. and NATO operations.
www.newsweek.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
US Naval Airbase in Italy on Lockdown: Operated by both the U.S. Navy and the Italian Air Force, NAS Sigonella serves as a major logistics hub for U.S. and NATO operations.
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Trump's Glitzy Gaza Video Draws Swift Backlash: "Your Graveyard": The Arab world reacted with anger to the vision of Gaza in a video posted on President Donald Trump's Facebook page
Trump's Glitzy Gaza Video Draws Swift Backlash: "Your Graveyard"
The Arab world reacted with anger to the vision of Gaza in a video posted on President Donald Trump's Facebook page
www.newsweek.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Trump's Glitzy Gaza Video Draws Swift Backlash: "Your Graveyard": The Arab world reacted with anger to the vision of Gaza in a video posted on President Donald Trump's Facebook page
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'There's nobody home': Analysis pinpoints the real problem with DOGE: Reporters, workers and now judges across the country are disputing the cost-cutting claims of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has targeted federal employees across multiple sectors with firings,…
'There's nobody home': Analysis pinpoints the real problem with DOGE
Reporters, workers and now judges across the country are disputing the cost-cutting claims of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has targeted federal employees across multiple sectors with firings, forced resignations and…
www.alternet.org
February 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'There's nobody home': Analysis pinpoints the real problem with DOGE: Reporters, workers and now judges across the country are disputing the cost-cutting claims of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which has targeted federal employees across multiple sectors with firings,…
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How Social Security Is Impacted by House Republicans Budget Resolution: Lawmakers approved the wide-ranging budget plan in a vote of 217-215 on Tuesday.
How Social Security Is Impacted by House Republicans Budget Resolution
Lawmakers approved the wide-ranging budget plan in a vote of 217-215 on Tuesday.
www.newsweek.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How Social Security Is Impacted by House Republicans Budget Resolution: Lawmakers approved the wide-ranging budget plan in a vote of 217-215 on Tuesday.
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Fun fact:
An actual “doge” was an oligarchic ruler of medieval Venice — appointed FOR LIFE by a cabal of insiders, totally unaccountable to the people or anyone but a tiny group of fellow super-wealthy elites.
An actual “doge” was an oligarchic ruler of medieval Venice — appointed FOR LIFE by a cabal of insiders, totally unaccountable to the people or anyone but a tiny group of fellow super-wealthy elites.
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Fun fact:
An actual “doge” was an oligarchic ruler of medieval Venice — appointed FOR LIFE by a cabal of insiders, totally unaccountable to the people or anyone but a tiny group of fellow super-wealthy elites.
An actual “doge” was an oligarchic ruler of medieval Venice — appointed FOR LIFE by a cabal of insiders, totally unaccountable to the people or anyone but a tiny group of fellow super-wealthy elites.