Rachel Truckenmiller
@racheltruck.bsky.social
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1. Release the Epstein files!
2. The Epstein files are sitting on my desk and I will release them very soon
3. There are no Epstein files and the case is closed
4. There are Epstein files but they are forgeries created by Obama and Hillary so if you like me you will never talk about them again
2. The Epstein files are sitting on my desk and I will release them very soon
3. There are no Epstein files and the case is closed
4. There are Epstein files but they are forgeries created by Obama and Hillary so if you like me you will never talk about them again
July 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
1. Release the Epstein files!
2. The Epstein files are sitting on my desk and I will release them very soon
3. There are no Epstein files and the case is closed
4. There are Epstein files but they are forgeries created by Obama and Hillary so if you like me you will never talk about them again
2. The Epstein files are sitting on my desk and I will release them very soon
3. There are no Epstein files and the case is closed
4. There are Epstein files but they are forgeries created by Obama and Hillary so if you like me you will never talk about them again
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McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
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This is sad and funny but Republicans have allowed Donald Trump to dismantle much of the security structure protecting America.
Pentagon, Homeland Security, FBI are all run by corrupt morons. NSA leadership fired by Laura Loomer.
Republicans who allowed this are not patriots.
Pentagon, Homeland Security, FBI are all run by corrupt morons. NSA leadership fired by Laura Loomer.
Republicans who allowed this are not patriots.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is sad and funny but Republicans have allowed Donald Trump to dismantle much of the security structure protecting America.
Pentagon, Homeland Security, FBI are all run by corrupt morons. NSA leadership fired by Laura Loomer.
Republicans who allowed this are not patriots.
Pentagon, Homeland Security, FBI are all run by corrupt morons. NSA leadership fired by Laura Loomer.
Republicans who allowed this are not patriots.
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Kristi Noem can't define habeas corpus. For a DHS head that's not just stupid, it's scary.
My column on the dumbest administration ever:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on the dumbest administration ever:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Noem can't define habeas corpus. For DHS head that's not just stupid, it's scary. | Opinion
During a U.S. Senate hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem showed she has no idea what habeas corpus is. That's embarrassing.
www.usatoday.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kristi Noem can't define habeas corpus. For a DHS head that's not just stupid, it's scary.
My column on the dumbest administration ever:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
My column on the dumbest administration ever:
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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This was the point in the @propublica.org story on pricey cancer drug Revlimid where i got angry.
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
May 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This was the point in the @propublica.org story on pricey cancer drug Revlimid where i got angry.
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The price has gone up 26 TIMES since 2006.
Yet, @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social found a deposition where a top exec admits the drug has ALWAYS cost just $.25 to make.
www.propublica.org/article/revl...
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This is fucking terrifying.
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is fucking terrifying.
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Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
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And there you have it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And there you have it.
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New: “Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
The president also downplayed fears of a recession and spoke of potential successors when his four-year term ends in an NBC interview.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New: “Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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President Donald Trump, asked during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker,” whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know.”
Trump says, ‘I don’t know,’ when asked if he’s required to uphold Constitution
The president also downplayed fears of a recession and spoke of potential successors when his four-year term ends in an NBC interview.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
President Donald Trump, asked during an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker,” whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know.”
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As an absolutely out-of-control clinical narcissist Trump believes he deserves all titles, and is incapable of understanding respect or reverence. The more noise people make about this, the more controversy, the more convinced he will become that he SHOULD be Pope. Blow this up!
May 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As an absolutely out-of-control clinical narcissist Trump believes he deserves all titles, and is incapable of understanding respect or reverence. The more noise people make about this, the more controversy, the more convinced he will become that he SHOULD be Pope. Blow this up!
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This deserves some good coverage: tariffs giving “cover” for other price hikes that are unrelated to trade.
The gas station I pass on my way to work has raised the price of breakfast sandwiches by like $1.50 in the last month. It's affecting things that aren't even imported
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This deserves some good coverage: tariffs giving “cover” for other price hikes that are unrelated to trade.
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Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
www.npr.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
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Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
At least two of the 365 grants have since been restored. Nonprofits call it a "devastating blow."
www.cbsnews.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
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Trump and tariffs is basically just Michael Scott going all in and losing the first hand at Casino Night.
Toby is China.
Toby is China.
April 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trump and tariffs is basically just Michael Scott going all in and losing the first hand at Casino Night.
Toby is China.
Toby is China.
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Trump and Republicans are gearing up to eliminate Head Start programs, which provide vital childcare to nearly 1 million kids.
SNAP, which helps feed nearly 14 million children, is also on the chopping block.
And they wonder why more people aren’t having children.
Hello?
SNAP, which helps feed nearly 14 million children, is also on the chopping block.
And they wonder why more people aren’t having children.
Hello?
April 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump and Republicans are gearing up to eliminate Head Start programs, which provide vital childcare to nearly 1 million kids.
SNAP, which helps feed nearly 14 million children, is also on the chopping block.
And they wonder why more people aren’t having children.
Hello?
SNAP, which helps feed nearly 14 million children, is also on the chopping block.
And they wonder why more people aren’t having children.
Hello?
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Wikipedia, always a trustworthy source.
April 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wikipedia, always a trustworthy source.
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Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?
April 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Everyone paying attention here, folks? Safety inspections of milk doesn't sounds like waste or fat to me. WTF?
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And wait until we see, on the other side of the ledger, higher borrowing costs (from decreased demand for Treasury securities) and decreased revenues (from laxer tax enforcement if not also tax cuts).
Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
And wait until we see, on the other side of the ledger, higher borrowing costs (from decreased demand for Treasury securities) and decreased revenues (from laxer tax enforcement if not also tax cuts).
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First JPMorgan, now MetLife keeps its 60% recession call — titling today’s note “Damaged Goods”:
“Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”
“Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”
April 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
First JPMorgan, now MetLife keeps its 60% recession call — titling today’s note “Damaged Goods”:
“Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”
“Even if there is a near-term resolution of the tariff and other trade issues, damage has been done to the economy and to consumer expectations.”
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Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
Tariffs are actually controlled by law. Trump can only raise tariffs because the current law says the president can declare an emergency and change rates. Congress could actually pass a law that repeals **all** presidential discretion on tariff rates.
A pivotal group of Senate Republicans is set to deliver a symbolic rebuke to President Trump's tariffs on Canadian products.
Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
Support from four Republicans would give a Democratic resolution to block Trump's Canadian tariffs enough votes to pass in the Senate if all 47 Democrats also vote in favor.
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Two-thirds of both houses of Congress could undo this whenever they want by passing a bill over Trump's veto taking all power to set tariff rates away from him. Tariffs are set by law. The Constitution gives the president no power over tariffs--only our current laws do that.
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM