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It’s amazing to me that people still question whether or not Trump is a stooge for Putin.
US objects to calling out ‘Russian aggression’ in G7 statement on Ukraine
Trump administration splits with allies on holding Moscow responsible for war
www.ft.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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We live in the dumbest timeline
Trump on DOGE: We’re going to go into Fort Knox to make sure the gold is still there. You know that? We’re going to go into Fort Knox. You know about that? We hope everything is fine with Fort Knox. But we’re going to go to Fort Knox and make sure the gold is still there.
February 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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It's the second time "The Star-Spangled Banner" drew that reaction in two games the United States has played at the NHL-run international tournament.
Fans in Montreal loudly boo U.S. anthem prior to Americans' 4 Nations game vs. Canada
It's the second time "The Star-Spangled Banner" drew that reaction in two games the United States has played at the NHL-run international tournament.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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How do we maintain common decency when monsters are in charge?

Part of the way to do this, I believe, is to celebrate integrity wherever we find it — like the actions of Danielle Sassoon. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/surviving-in-a-time-of-monsters
February 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
January 6th ... the board game?
Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign assistance has threatened programs intended to counter al-Shabab bombmakers, contain the spread of al-Qaeda across West Africa and secure Islamic State prisoners in the Middle East.
Trump’s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo
U.S. officials say now-suspended programs across Africa were designed specifically to respond to national security threats and contain the spread of terrorism.
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February 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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“Kennedy filed a petition with the F.D.A. in May 2021 demanding that officials rescind authorization for [Covid] shots and refrain from approving any Covid vaccine in the future.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/h...
RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the F.D.A. to revoke authorization of the shots at a time when they were in high demand and considered life-saving.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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More than 75 Nobel Prize winners signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a cabinet choice. nyti.ms/41uQueD
December 10, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Every state could do this.
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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If this is what it looks like Kennedy got promised a powerful office and a straight up bribe to drop out.

There’s often some horse trading in elections, but paying your opponents to clear the way for you is deeply corrupt.
The Trump campaign disbursed $100,000 to a California law firm that lists Kennedy as one of its attorneys three weeks after he bowed out of the race and backed Trump — the only payment they made to the form during the 23-24 election cycle.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump campaign paid law firm employing RFK Jr. weeks after he endorsed Trump
The Trump campaign disbursed $100,000 to a California law firm that lists Kennedy as one of its attorneys three weeks after he bowed out of the race and backed Trump.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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“I won youth by 30%. All Republicans lose youth. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s changing. And last time, we were down 30% with youth. This time, we’re up 35% with youth."

Trump on Meet the Press today just couldn't stop lying, as usual.

He lost young voters by double digits.
December 9, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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Donald Trump said his personal lawyer, Alina Habba, will serve as counselor to the president in his second term reut.rs/3Bmx3do
Trump says personal lawyer Habba to serve as presidential counselor, Truth Social post says
President-Elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that his personal lawyer, Alina Habba, will serve as counselor to the president in his upcoming second term.
reut.rs
December 9, 2024 at 1:17 AM
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This is the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me
December 8, 2024 at 11:31 PM
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"McAfee’s farm is also involved in at least 11 lawsuits stemming from a salmonella outbreak that sickened 171 people...”

www.latimes.com/environment/...
California raw milk producer says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for FDA position
The California raw milk producer who has issued several product recalls for bird flu has has applied for an advisory role at the Food and Drug Administration.
www.latimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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The state of media for Americans is so completely broken
I want to watch TV coverage of the live fall of the Syrian regime.

CNN is airing a Giuliani documentary, Fox News has a comedian joking about Canada, MSNBC a documentary about migrants

So I turned on BBC,which is breathlessly switching between Syria, South Korea demonstrations, and Ghana election
December 8, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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Uniforms of Syrian soldiers from the dictator Bashar al-Assad’s army, abandoned as they fled Damascus. A historic image marking the end of the dictator and his army.
December 8, 2024 at 3:11 AM
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Some people who supported Palestinian freedom for the past 14 months seem upset about Syrians getting freedom from a dictator.

And a lot of people who spent the past 14 months opposing Palestinian freedom are now cheering Syrians getting freedom.

So much moral inconsistency.
December 8, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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I assign his “The Shadow Doctors” every year not just to highlight the regime’s crimes but also so students can learn how Syrians organized to care for and help one another while suffering those crimes: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
December 8, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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Let’s be clear: the entire democratic world thinks the US healthcare system is a joke.
December 8, 2024 at 7:01 AM