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Lisa Murkowski cuts a last minute deal solely to benefit Alaska, exempting it from some of the more odious parts of the bill to secure her vote and sell out the rest of the US. Yeah this stuff sucks and hurts a lot of people, but I got Alaskans exempted so the hell with you.
June 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Lisa Murkowski cuts a last minute deal solely to benefit Alaska, exempting it from some of the more odious parts of the bill to secure her vote and sell out the rest of the US. Yeah this stuff sucks and hurts a lot of people, but I got Alaskans exempted so the hell with you.
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The U.S. Senate’s reconciliation bill will cause irreparable harm to North Carolina.
It will rip health care away from hundreds of thousands of people and close rural hospitals, take food away from hungry children, and kill thousands of jobs in our booming clean energy economy. 1/2
It will rip health care away from hundreds of thousands of people and close rural hospitals, take food away from hungry children, and kill thousands of jobs in our booming clean energy economy. 1/2
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The U.S. Senate’s reconciliation bill will cause irreparable harm to North Carolina.
It will rip health care away from hundreds of thousands of people and close rural hospitals, take food away from hungry children, and kill thousands of jobs in our booming clean energy economy. 1/2
It will rip health care away from hundreds of thousands of people and close rural hospitals, take food away from hungry children, and kill thousands of jobs in our booming clean energy economy. 1/2
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I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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i am BEGGING you before you pop off about paywalls to go to your local library's website and scroll through their digital resources. mine gives me access to NYT, WSJ, WaPo and if its linked with PressReader or a similar app, all the news magazines, sports, fashion, hobby etc.
FOR FREE.
FOR FREE.
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
i am BEGGING you before you pop off about paywalls to go to your local library's website and scroll through their digital resources. mine gives me access to NYT, WSJ, WaPo and if its linked with PressReader or a similar app, all the news magazines, sports, fashion, hobby etc.
FOR FREE.
FOR FREE.
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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The most corrupt administration ever meets the most corrupt Congress ever.
June 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The most corrupt administration ever meets the most corrupt Congress ever.
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Can’t emphasize enough what a disgrace this whole sad episode was
Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Can’t emphasize enough what a disgrace this whole sad episode was
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Cassidy and Tillis are responsible for what happens next.
After voting to recommend RFK Jr for confirmation, Sen. Tom Tillis clarified that he will be very sad if it turns out that RFK Jr is, in fact, anti-vaccine.
June 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Cassidy and Tillis are responsible for what happens next.
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Their reward for serving their country is being punished for being punished for who they are by people who have never spent a day in public service, even if they are now in the government bsky.app/profile/eric...
A transgender soldier who’s being pushed out of Army checked herself into hospital for suicidal thoughts.
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
June 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Their reward for serving their country is being punished for being punished for who they are by people who have never spent a day in public service, even if they are now in the government bsky.app/profile/eric...
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A transgender soldier who’s being pushed out of Army checked herself into hospital for suicidal thoughts.
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
June 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A transgender soldier who’s being pushed out of Army checked herself into hospital for suicidal thoughts.
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
She arrived and found other suicidal transgender soldiers there too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
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Authoritarianism thrives on despair and isolation. But becoming involved with collective decision-making and action is a crucial part of sustaining our sense of agency and democracy. Here are some ideas on how to start building community, locally: protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...
How You Can Protect Democracy
29 concrete actions you can take right now to protect democracy.
protectdemocracy.org
June 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Authoritarianism thrives on despair and isolation. But becoming involved with collective decision-making and action is a crucial part of sustaining our sense of agency and democracy. Here are some ideas on how to start building community, locally: protectdemocracy.org/how-to-prote...
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ICYMI—
50 unidentified investors paid President Trump’s social-media company $2.5 billion this week
50 unidentified investors paid President Trump’s social-media company $2.5 billion this week
Trump Media Is Raising $2.5 Billion To Build A Bitcoin Reserve
As the pro-crypto White House moves to establish a strategic bitcoin stockpile, Trump’s media company is adopting a parallel approach.
www.forbes.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
ICYMI—
50 unidentified investors paid President Trump’s social-media company $2.5 billion this week
50 unidentified investors paid President Trump’s social-media company $2.5 billion this week
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If I’m New Hampshire Public Radio, I’m putting this entire article on a tote bag.
May 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If I’m New Hampshire Public Radio, I’m putting this entire article on a tote bag.
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The corruption is clear as day. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The corruption is clear as day. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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The cost of vacationing outside the US is about to go through the roof and tourism dollars are about to tank
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
Europe Freezes US Travel as Lufthansa, British , Air France, KLM and More Slash Routes to Major Cities Including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago to Tap Soaring Demand Across Canada, Mexico, ...
European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling back from major U.S. cities like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago as they redirect flights to Canada, Mexico, Brazil and ...
www.travelandtourworld.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The cost of vacationing outside the US is about to go through the roof and tourism dollars are about to tank
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
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Trump “promised to make American families more prosperous,” David Axelrod said. “He just decided to start with his own.”
@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
Opinion | Dance$ With Emolument$
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump “promised to make American families more prosperous,” David Axelrod said. “He just decided to start with his own.”
@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
@nytimes.com @ericlipton.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/o...
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn them. This was such a promising direction and now the neanderthals in charge of everything in this country and trying to kill us all.
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Damn. Damn. Damn. Damn them. This was such a promising direction and now the neanderthals in charge of everything in this country and trying to kill us all.
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INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”:
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
May 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
INBOX: Bloomberg publishes an “atlas” to the Trump family’s “money-making machine”:
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
“.. In any other era, this scale of presidential moneymaking would threaten to be the story of the year, but political uproar has hogged most of the attention.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
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New @motherjones.com: RFK, Jr. is coming for abortion pills
He told the Senate HELP committee yesterday that he told FDA Dr. Martin Makary to “do a complete review” on mifepristone. Why? Because new shoddy science from an anti-abortion group just dropped.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He told the Senate HELP committee yesterday that he told FDA Dr. Martin Makary to “do a complete review” on mifepristone. Why? Because new shoddy science from an anti-abortion group just dropped.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK, Jr. is coming for abortion pills
He's relying on shoddy science to make his case.
www.motherjones.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
New @motherjones.com: RFK, Jr. is coming for abortion pills
He told the Senate HELP committee yesterday that he told FDA Dr. Martin Makary to “do a complete review” on mifepristone. Why? Because new shoddy science from an anti-abortion group just dropped.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
He told the Senate HELP committee yesterday that he told FDA Dr. Martin Makary to “do a complete review” on mifepristone. Why? Because new shoddy science from an anti-abortion group just dropped.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...