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March 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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March 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept the House GOP funding bill.
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge | CNN Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept th...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Jeffries and Schumer on different pages
March 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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WATCH: “If they win, this won’t stop in Tennessee. The rest of us need to pay attention.”🎯

As we’ve been saying — the cruel Lamberth & Watson bill to keep undocumented kids out of school is aimed at SCOTUS.

It’s everyone’s problem.

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DHHFNyI...
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Breaking News: The Trump administration demanded discipline and admissions policy changes at Columbia before restoring $400 million in grants and contracts.
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules
A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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AOC calls it a “slap in the face”, says Senate Dems who vote for the CR are “codifying the chaos” and “empowering” Musk and the GOP and the “robbing of our federal government to finance tax cuts for billionaires”
March 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Elon Musk met with the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command this week, an NSA spokesman said on Thursday, a sign that the effort to shrink the size of the federal work force could soon turn to a critical arm of the intelligence community.
Elon Musk Met With Head of National Security Agency This Week, Spokesman Says
The talks suggest that the effort to shrink the size of the federal work force could soon turn to a critical arm of the intelligence community.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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AOC: “A tremendous mistake… turns the federal government into a slush fund for Trump & Musk and cedes congressional authority… almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free…”
March 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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March 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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House dems not holding back
March 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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2 Hayes clips 👇🏽

SCHUMER: “the alternative would be worse” as he caves to avoid a shutdown, as Trump’s budget guy says the CR will be ripped up and Trump/musk will decide all

BERNIE: Dems helping pass a CR they had no input on so Musk and Trump can keep hurting people is “not how democracy works”
March 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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March 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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According to Ayo Edebiri, she was just having “a silly goofy time” when reflecting on what she said was Elon Musk contributing to a lot of negativity aimed at her.
Ayo Edebiri says she got death threats because of Elon Musk | CNN
According to Ayo Edebiri, she was just having “a silly goofy time” when reflecting on what she said was Elon Musk contributing to a lot of negativity aimed at her.
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March 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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A woman in Indiana was trapped in a ditch in her crashed car for six days, just yards away from a bridge that hundreds of cars passed over each day. Determined to survive until help arrived, she stabilized her injuries, sent out distress signals and kept her mind active.
‘I Thought I Was Going to Die Here’: 6 Days Trapped in a Car, Just Out of Sight
Brieonna Cassell crashed into a ditch, shattering bones and getting pinned inside. Just yards away from a road, she was determined to survive until help arrived.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Breaking News: The S&P 500 fell 1.4%, tumbling into a correction that underscores investors’ souring mood over President Trump’s policies.
Stocks Fall Into a Correction With Investors Down on Trump
The S&P 500 is now more than 10 percent below its last record high — a line in the sand for investors worried about a sell-off gathering steam.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussions.
Trump expected to invoke wartime authority to speed up mass deportation effort in coming days | CNN Politics
The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge in the coming days, according to four sources familiar with the discussi...
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March 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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US stocks slid Thursday and the S&P 500 closed in correction, down 10% from its record high in February, as President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on the European Union. cnn.it/3XRRdDY
March 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Breaking News: President Trump asked the Supreme Court to partially lift a nationwide pause on his executive order targeting birthright citizenship.
Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court
Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that had issued nationwide pauses on the policy.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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March 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Hey remember when Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders came to Tennessee to help @GovBillLee push his voucher scam?

Here’s how their program is going 😕: arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
March 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Significant shares of teenagers say that girls have advantages over boys — that they get better grades, have more leadership roles and speak up more in class, according to two Pew Research Center surveys published Thursday.
Teenagers Say Girls Are Equal to Boys in School, or Are Ahead
Reflecting a generational change, two Pew surveys show boys tend to feel discouraged in the classroom, and are less likely than girls to pursue college.
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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March 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM