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🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.
April 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.
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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
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April 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife?
HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS?
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS?
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
The $10M steered to Hope Florida by the state was Medicaid money, document shows
A draft agreement of a $67 million settlement between the DeSantis administration and a Medicaid contractor that had overbilled the state sheds new light on how $10 million of that amount was diverted...
www.miamiherald.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I'm sorry I know there's a lot going on but how are we not screaming about Ron DeSantis stealing $10 million from Medicaid and the money ending up with pro-DeSantis superPACs, funneled through a charity run by his wife?
HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS?
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
HOW IS THIS NOT NATIONAL NEWS?
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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🚨 🚨 Thanks to the gerrymandered Ohio GOP’s passage of a bill attacking higher ed, signed by Governor DeWine, The University of Toledo is suspending admissions to the following Bach. of Arts programs:
- Africana Studies
- Asian Studies
- Data Analytics
- Disability Studies
- Middle East Studies
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- Africana Studies
- Asian Studies
- Data Analytics
- Disability Studies
- Middle East Studies
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April 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
🚨 🚨 Thanks to the gerrymandered Ohio GOP’s passage of a bill attacking higher ed, signed by Governor DeWine, The University of Toledo is suspending admissions to the following Bach. of Arts programs:
- Africana Studies
- Asian Studies
- Data Analytics
- Disability Studies
- Middle East Studies
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- Africana Studies
- Asian Studies
- Data Analytics
- Disability Studies
- Middle East Studies
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Trump’s current front-runners for SecDef are Mark Harmon’s character from NCIS reruns, Colonel Sanders, a Mar-a-lago gardener who wore camo cargo shorts once, and an AI-generated image of his face on Rambo’s body.
April 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Trump’s current front-runners for SecDef are Mark Harmon’s character from NCIS reruns, Colonel Sanders, a Mar-a-lago gardener who wore camo cargo shorts once, and an AI-generated image of his face on Rambo’s body.
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Volodymyr Zelensky said that at least 67 Ukrainian priests, pastors, and monks have been killed or tortured by Russian forces, and that 640 religious sites—most of them Christian—have been destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Over 600 religious sites destroyed in Ukraine since start of Russia’s full-scale war, Zelensky says
The president said that at least 67 Ukrainian priests, pastors, and monks have been killed or tortured by Russian forces, and that 640 religious sites—most of them Christian—have been destroyed since ...
kyivindependent.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Volodymyr Zelensky said that at least 67 Ukrainian priests, pastors, and monks have been killed or tortured by Russian forces, and that 640 religious sites—most of them Christian—have been destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion.
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But clearly her GOP colleagues are okay with it, because they're letting it happen. Find me another rationale...
“We are all afraid,” Murkowski said... “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.” www.adn.com/politics/202...
April 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
But clearly her GOP colleagues are okay with it, because they're letting it happen. Find me another rationale...
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Today (🌲) might be a good day for universities to figure out the whole collective action thing
When Nixon privately tried to sic the IRS on perceived opponents, it was an impeachable offense. Team Trump is now taking similar steps in public.
As Chris Murphy recently said, "Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn't mean it's not corruption." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
As Chris Murphy recently said, "Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn't mean it's not corruption." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump administration reportedly asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status
When Richard Nixon tried to misuse the IRS, it was an impeachable offensive. Fifty years later, Team Trump is reportedly taking similar steps.
www.msnbc.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today (🌲) might be a good day for universities to figure out the whole collective action thing
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Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Department of Medicaid department in 2022 gave powerful prescription drug middlemen the boot and created a new system. The result: Fees paid to pharmacies were boosted more than 1,200% while ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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also bravo
April 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
also bravo
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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"GOP leaders have repeatedly stressed that their bill does not explicitly cut Medicaid... However, Medicaid will likely get cut by $880 billion as [it] comprises most of the committee's budget."
The math is simple. Republicans are cutting Medicaid.
www.businessinsider.com/republicans-...
The math is simple. Republicans are cutting Medicaid.
www.businessinsider.com/republicans-...
Republicans pass Trump-backed tax plan that could drastically cut Medicaid
Republicans will now have to detail what specific programs they will cut, including potential changes to Medicaid.
www.businessinsider.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"GOP leaders have repeatedly stressed that their bill does not explicitly cut Medicaid... However, Medicaid will likely get cut by $880 billion as [it] comprises most of the committee's budget."
The math is simple. Republicans are cutting Medicaid.
www.businessinsider.com/republicans-...
The math is simple. Republicans are cutting Medicaid.
www.businessinsider.com/republicans-...
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“U.S. Reps. Pat Ryan (NY-18), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and Angie Craig (MN-02) are today launching the Monopoly Busters Caucus, a new caucus with nine Founding Members to fight corporate greed and promote a pro-worker, pro-consumer, and pro-small business economic agenda.”
April 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“U.S. Reps. Pat Ryan (NY-18), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), and Angie Craig (MN-02) are today launching the Monopoly Busters Caucus, a new caucus with nine Founding Members to fight corporate greed and promote a pro-worker, pro-consumer, and pro-small business economic agenda.”
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Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
Laura Loomer Is a Warning
No one else with direct access to the president has been as outwardly bigoted.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Laura Loomer is a testament to how much further to the right Trump has moved since his first term, and how much further he may be open to going, writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
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Repeat after me:
"Fuck you, make me"
"Fuck you, make me"
April 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Repeat after me:
"Fuck you, make me"
"Fuck you, make me"
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Making it clear that international students aren't safe in California is also a backdoor method to bankrupt the UC and Cal State systems - international students pay several times as much tuition as in-state students do
They're targeting blue states with these things. They're sending a message that no one is safe.
UPDATED: At least 83 students -- at campuses for University of California, California State University and Stanford -- have had their visas revoked as of Monday evening.
April 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Making it clear that international students aren't safe in California is also a backdoor method to bankrupt the UC and Cal State systems - international students pay several times as much tuition as in-state students do
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This is equal to or greater than the budget of five different cabinet departments (Justice, Treasury, Energy, Interior and Commerce).
They are building a concentration camp network that dwarfs entire federal agencies.
They are building a concentration camp network that dwarfs entire federal agencies.
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is equal to or greater than the budget of five different cabinet departments (Justice, Treasury, Energy, Interior and Commerce).
They are building a concentration camp network that dwarfs entire federal agencies.
They are building a concentration camp network that dwarfs entire federal agencies.
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Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
April 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Grievances 16-19 in Declaration of Independence
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
16. "For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world"
17. "For imposing taxes on us without our consent"
18. "For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Jury trial"
19. "For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences"
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The “Papers, Please” Presidency
“While in the interrogation room, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’ His latest high-profile client is among 7 demonstrators arrested last year following her involvement at a pro-Palestinian protest on the U-M campus.”
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The “Papers, Please” Presidency
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#ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a $3.7 million D.C. townhouse with evangelical pastor Steve Berger, who has attacked the separation of church and state as “a delusional lie."
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
propub.li
April 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ICYMI: Speaker Mike Johnson lives in a $3.7 million D.C. townhouse with evangelical pastor Steve Berger, who has attacked the separation of church and state as “a delusional lie."
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
Berger's project: ministering to members of Congress so that what “they learn is then translated into policy.”
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Japanese and Chinese markets are down 8% and 10% respectively. Black Friday in 1929 was -11%. Tomorrow could easily be the worst crash in American history.
The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.
The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Japanese and Chinese markets are down 8% and 10% respectively. Black Friday in 1929 was -11%. Tomorrow could easily be the worst crash in American history.
The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.
The worst thing? It’s 100% intentional.
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This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.
I would be making a big deal out of this if I were an elected Democrat
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
This is a big deal. Spread the word. But it’s tiny compared to the totality of what’s happening at NIH. Cure Research for all cancers, Alzheimer’s, everything is being gutted. Intentionally. It’s all getting burned to the ground but the news isn’t getting out. The new cures won’t be there for you.