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The rule defines the meaning of a postmark, the date printed or stamped on most mailed items. In the past, the postmark generally indicated the date the USPS received the item. Now, it will explicitly mean the date that the USPS processes the item. https://to.pbs.org/4qiBkTa
How this new mail rule could affect your ballot, your tax return and more
The rule, which went into effect on Christmas Eve, defines the meaning of a postmark, the date printed or stamped on most mailed items.
www.pbs.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The rule defines the meaning of a postmark, the date printed or stamped on most mailed items. In the past, the postmark generally indicated the date the USPS received the item. Now, it will explicitly mean the date that the USPS processes the item. https://to.pbs.org/4qiBkTa
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Chris Murphy makes a detailed case that Trump is on the brink of meaningfully restricting the space in which the opposition can do politics, in the competitive authoritarian model of autocracies abroad.
"If we are not already there, we are really, really close." 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
"If we are not already there, we are really, really close." 4/
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
October 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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“Dozens of federal agents raiding an entire apartment building with kids in it just to see what they can find. It’s the most egregious abuse of our basic rights as Americans I've seen in a long time, maybe in my lifetime,” says Chris Hayes.
youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A?...
youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A?...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
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October 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“Dozens of federal agents raiding an entire apartment building with kids in it just to see what they can find. It’s the most egregious abuse of our basic rights as Americans I've seen in a long time, maybe in my lifetime,” says Chris Hayes.
youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A?...
youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A?...
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This one video sums up dangerous Republican vaccine denial in a nutshell.
Florida surgeon general admits he banned vaccine mandates based on vibes.
In an interview on CNN, Dr. Joseph Ladapo said officials did not conduct any analyses to predict the impacts of killing off vaccine mandates.
www.motherjones.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This one video sums up dangerous Republican vaccine denial in a nutshell.
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Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects. They were financed by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law which he passionately opposed ahead of its passage.
Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He’s Getting Credit for Its Projects.
Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage.
nyti.ms
September 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Signs bearing President Trump’s name have gone up at major construction projects. They were financed by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law which he passionately opposed ahead of its passage.
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DOGE employees at the Social Security Administration put the records of more than 300 million Americans at risk by creating a copy of the data in a vulnerable cloud computing server, the agency’s chief data officer said in a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday.
DOGE put Americans’ Social Security records at risk, whistleblower says | CNN Politics
Department of Government Efficiency employees at the Social Security Administration put the records of more than 300 million Americans at risk by creating a copy of the data in a vulnerable cloud comp...
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
DOGE employees at the Social Security Administration put the records of more than 300 million Americans at risk by creating a copy of the data in a vulnerable cloud computing server, the agency’s chief data officer said in a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Vaccines don’t cause autism. This visual analysis shows how a father-son duo manipulated data despite no connection between vaccines and autism, writes Jess Steier.
Vaccines don’t cause autism. This visual analysis shows how a father-son duo manipulated data despite no connection between vaccines and autism, writes Jess Steier.
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism
Data can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist.
nyti.ms
August 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Vaccines don’t cause autism. This visual analysis shows how a father-son duo manipulated data despite no connection between vaccines and autism, writes Jess Steier.
Vaccines don’t cause autism. This visual analysis shows how a father-son duo manipulated data despite no connection between vaccines and autism, writes Jess Steier.
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BREAKING: In a blatantly unconstitutional move, Trump announces plans for a new executive order aiming to eliminate mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Constitution grants states, not the president, the primary authority to regulate elections.
From: @jimsaksa.com
From: @jimsaksa.com
Trump Promises New, Blatantly Unconstitutional Order to End Mail-In Voting
Trump Promises New, Blatantly Unconstitutional Order to End Mail-In Voting
www.democracydocket.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
BREAKING: In a blatantly unconstitutional move, Trump announces plans for a new executive order aiming to eliminate mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Constitution grants states, not the president, the primary authority to regulate elections.
From: @jimsaksa.com
From: @jimsaksa.com
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NEW: The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.
Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care
The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insure...
www.propublica.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.
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NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social
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This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator
June 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator
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This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.
June 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is a United States Senator mocking the assassination of a Minnesota legislator and her husband. He pretends to be a good Mormon. He’s a sick fuck.
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President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to expand his business empire, according to financial documents released Friday afternoon.
With bibles, tokens and watches, Trump made millions, new disclosures show | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to...
www.cnn.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to expand his business empire, according to financial documents released Friday afternoon.
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Roughly 25% of the corporate donors to New York City’s annual Pride festivities have either canceled or scaled back their support this year, citing economic uncertainty and fear of retribution from the Trump administration.
Nervous Corporate Sponsors Retreat from New York Pride
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Roughly 25% of the corporate donors to New York City’s annual Pride festivities have either canceled or scaled back their support this year, citing economic uncertainty and fear of retribution from the Trump administration.
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NEW: The Trump administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable standard firearms to fire rapid bursts of bullets, a move that critics say “effectively legalized machine guns.”
Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns
Gun control groups condemned the move as “a dangerous backroom deal spearheaded by Trump’s general counsel” that “effectively legalized machine guns.”
nbcnews.to
May 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
NEW: The Trump administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable standard firearms to fire rapid bursts of bullets, a move that critics say “effectively legalized machine guns.”
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During President Trump’s tour through the Middle East, the White House released daily lists of the dozens of deals it said he had secured during his visits.
However, at least half a dozen of the contracts were announced before Trump even took office in January, according to a Post review.
However, at least half a dozen of the contracts were announced before Trump even took office in January, according to a Post review.
Trump is taking credit for Middle East deals that predate his presidency
Trump has been escalating pressure on leaders in the Middle East to up their investment in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
During President Trump’s tour through the Middle East, the White House released daily lists of the dozens of deals it said he had secured during his visits.
However, at least half a dozen of the contracts were announced before Trump even took office in January, according to a Post review.
However, at least half a dozen of the contracts were announced before Trump even took office in January, according to a Post review.
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Many of the major changes Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service pushed at Social Security have been abandoned or are being reversed after proving ineffective, while others are yielding unintended consequences and badly damaging customer service and satisfaction.
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Many of the major changes Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service pushed at Social Security have been abandoned or are being reversed after proving ineffective, while others are yielding unintended consequences and badly damaging customer service and satisfaction.
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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At least three citizens under the age of 10 have been deported from the U.S. without due process. This should shock everyone, regardless of how you feel about any particular immigration policy. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
At least three citizens under the age of 10 have been deported from the U.S. without due process. This should shock everyone, regardless of how you feel about any particular immigration policy. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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#BREAKING: Supreme Court holds that Trump administration must attempt to “facilitate” the return of Wilmer Armando Abrego García from El Salvador, but remands to the district court to sort out exactly what the administration can and must do going forward:
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s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
#BREAKING: Supreme Court holds that Trump administration must attempt to “facilitate” the return of Wilmer Armando Abrego García from El Salvador, but remands to the district court to sort out exactly what the administration can and must do going forward:
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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The so-called SAVE Act—a naked Republican voter suppression bill—has been passed by the House.
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history. This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it.”
Stop it in the Senate.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history. This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it.”
Stop it in the Senate.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The so-called SAVE Act—a naked Republican voter suppression bill—has been passed by the House.
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history. This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it.”
Stop it in the Senate.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history. This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it.”
Stop it in the Senate.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...
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Featured story: In February, the Observer identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist X account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical deta...
www.texasobserver.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Featured story: In February, the Observer identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist X account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, and courtroom observation.
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Or -- just hear me out here -- you could PREVENT the disease entirely with a reliably and demonstrably safe vaccine and not have to treat anything!
(Also measles is viral -- symptoms are literally the only treatable aspect of it, which, I dunno, maybe an HHS secretary should know)
(Also measles is viral -- symptoms are literally the only treatable aspect of it, which, I dunno, maybe an HHS secretary should know)
RFK Jr on measles: "We need to do better at treating kids who have this disease, and not just saying the only answer is vaccination."
April 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Or -- just hear me out here -- you could PREVENT the disease entirely with a reliably and demonstrably safe vaccine and not have to treat anything!
(Also measles is viral -- symptoms are literally the only treatable aspect of it, which, I dunno, maybe an HHS secretary should know)
(Also measles is viral -- symptoms are literally the only treatable aspect of it, which, I dunno, maybe an HHS secretary should know)
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Leading scientists at the US National Institutes of Health were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz. Among them is Dr. Richard Youle, known for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease.
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson’s Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz.
wrd.cm
April 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Leading scientists at the US National Institutes of Health were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration’s latest firing blitz. Among them is Dr. Richard Youle, known for his groundbreaking research identifying mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease.
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The political appointees on the Interior Secretary's staff have been asked to do some unusual things for taxpayer-funded roles, including ensuring a daily supply of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. From @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social
The Cabinet Secretary Who Likes His Cookies Fresh-Baked
The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.
www.theatlantic.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The political appointees on the Interior Secretary's staff have been asked to do some unusual things for taxpayer-funded roles, including ensuring a daily supply of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. From @ashleyrparker.bsky.social and @michaelscherer.bsky.social