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@kristenwelker.bsky.social kudos on TRYING to have a conversation with Kristi Noem today. Impossible task it seems.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
@kristenwelker.bsky.social kudos on TRYING to have a conversation with Kristi Noem today. Impossible task it seems.
Ahead of Thanksgiving and amid frustration among American consumers over affordability, President Trump has recently insisted, often wrongly, that prices and costs were coming down. Here is a fact-check of some of his recent claims.
Fact-Checking Trump’s Latest Claims on Affordability
The president has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, breakfast and gasoline and about prices in general.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@kristenwelker.bsky.social it is so painful to watch you interview people from the current administration like @scottbessent.bsky.social who talk down to you as if you are a child
November 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@kristenwelker.bsky.social it is so painful to watch you interview people from the current administration like @scottbessent.bsky.social who talk down to you as if you are a child
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What I think is a Sandy swimming crab (liocarcinus depurator). A wee bit battered by the waves but still alive.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
What I think is a Sandy swimming crab (liocarcinus depurator). A wee bit battered by the waves but still alive.
County Clare, Ireland.
County Clare, Ireland.
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Roughly 100 students spilled into the street Tuesday afternoon, using time when they would typically be in class to celebrate Hispanic culture and to denounce the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago.
‘If it’s not us, who is it going to be?’: Chicago students rally against ICE
Chicago students rallied during the school day to celebrate Hispanic culture and denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Roughly 100 students spilled into the street Tuesday afternoon, using time when they would typically be in class to celebrate Hispanic culture and to denounce the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Chicago.
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The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.
August 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The shooter at Annunciation Catholic School used an assault weapon to fire dozens of rounds through the stained glass windows of the school’s church—killing two children and wounding 17 others, including 14 children.
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I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
August 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.
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In an extraordinary turn, Susan Monarez, the CDC director, said she would not resign after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said she must quit or be fired.
CDC Director Susan Monarez Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to have demanded that the director, Susan Monarez, either quit or be fired. Her lawyers say she won’t resign.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In an extraordinary turn, Susan Monarez, the CDC director, said she would not resign after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said she must quit or be fired.
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Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case
The voting system manufacturer claimed the news channel made false statements about the company.
www.politico.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Newsmax reaches $67M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in defamation case.
Watching video of Pete H and blue-jeaned RFK jr. doing push ups in a roomful of sweaty white men. From the Guardian “The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently shared a video in which several pastors say women should no longer be allowed to vote” So disgusting on every level.
August 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Watching video of Pete H and blue-jeaned RFK jr. doing push ups in a roomful of sweaty white men. From the Guardian “The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently shared a video in which several pastors say women should no longer be allowed to vote” So disgusting on every level.
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A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.
Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action
A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.
www.npr.org
April 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
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The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
April 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds
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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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since she was 8 months old
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March 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
since she was 8 months old
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A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.
A 2nd judge orders thousands of fired federal employees temporarily reinstated
A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.
www.npr.org
March 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A federal judge in Maryland found the Trump administration acted unlawfully in firing thousands of federal employees by not first notifying states.
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“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School
journalism.columbia.edu
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
“Punishing even one person for their speech is meant to intimidate others into self-censorship…these threats cut to the core of what it means to live in a pluralistic democracy. journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
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This is all you'll be missing when you boycott the SOTU.
March 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is all you'll be missing when you boycott the SOTU.
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Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, even though they both recently received promotions. A judge has found the administration's firings illegal.
These National Park workers say a Trump agency fired them illegally. A judge agrees
Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, even though they both recently received promotions. A judge has found the administration's firings illegal.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, even though they both recently received promotions. A judge has found the administration's firings illegal.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
February 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I’m still processing what we saw in the Oval Office and it’s difficult to put into words how disgusted and ashamed I am.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.
This was a coordinated assault on an ally to benefit a dictator and authoritarian regime. Trump and Vance aren’t just Putin’s puppets, they’re his assets.