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CBS News quietly updated their story. I still don’t understand how WaPo could’ve reported it first if I was the one who “uncovered” it, but I guess it’s an improvement.
The Rwanda arrangements were first reported by the Washington Post, which also cited work by independent journalist Marisa Kabas, who had uncovered the recent deportation from the U.S. of an Iraqi national to Rwanda.
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President Trump lashed out at Powell for not acting sooner to lower interest rates. The president's own tariffs make that more difficult, by putting upward pressure on prices.
Trump calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's 'termination' in blistering attack
President Trump lashed out at Powell for not acting sooner to lower interest rates. The president's own tariffs make that more difficult, by putting upward pressure on prices.
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Scolds
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President Donald Trump said that he asked if El Salvador could build more prisons to jail as many American criminals as possible — US citizens included
Trump Wants El Salvador to Build More Prisons to Jail Americans
President Donald Trump said that he asked his counterpart Nayib Bukele if El Salvador could build more prisons to jail as many American criminals as possible — US citizens included.
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The executive targets his opponents w/bogus investigations. His government disappears people w/out due process and vanishes them beyond reach. He usurps legislative power, controls public funds at will, & consolidates power. Loyalty is expected — or else.

Authoritarianism isn’t coming. It’s here.
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Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
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I just want to reiterate that the White House Press Secretary — predictably but notably — lied through her teeth about this when asked.
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by John Holbein — Reposted by: William J. Brown

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Like this paper? Here's another that will be right up your alley.

Here, the authors merge voter files & online resumes to create a dataset of 34.5M people.

They show that Dems & Reps choose distinctive career paths and employers. This leads to a lot of partisan segregation at the workplace.
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by William J. Brown

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Best academic dunk I’ve read in a hot minute, thank you @joho.bsky.social sciencebasedmedicine.org/laptopclassb...
A Review of “In Covid’s Wake”: According to Laptop Class Professors, the Heroes of the Pandemic Were Laptop Class Professors
The authors of the Great Barrington Declaration prevented fair and honest discussion by constantly spreading fake information. The authors of a new book don't care at all.
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things can possibly get worse from here
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen

It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world

It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
Haley Britzky @halbritz AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID. "They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.
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I can’t compete with this
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Voters don't like when politicians use partisan attacks. But... they think the other side does.

"*I* may not thrive on partisan hostility, but others surely do."

This continues the cycle, leading to a breakdown in political trust and civility.
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mcuban.bsky.social
Young men don't open bank accounts. They are too expensive. They download coin base or Robinhood app and buy crypto. That's their savings

If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
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incandenzak.bsky.social @incandenzak.bsky.social · Mar 25
This is legit the dumbest thing I've ever seen him say
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by Adam Bonica — Reposted by: William J. Brown

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Wondering why Democrats keep selling out your values—and our democracy—in the name of ‘moderation’? Is it because the party leadership is too old, or too conservative?

Turns out, it’s the same problem.
Title: The Growing Generational Divide Transforming the Democratic Party in Congress Subtitle: Data Shows Democratic Legislators Becoming More Progressive With Each Generation A scatterplot showing the ideological scores of Democratic legislators across different generations, using data from the DIME dataset. The x-axis represents ideological scores, where lower values indicate more liberal positions and higher values indicate more conservative ones. The y-axis categorizes legislators by generation: Silent, Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z. Each point represents an individual legislator, while vertical black bars indicate the median ideological position for each generation. Notable legislators are labeled, including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Maxwell Frost, Jim Clyburn, David Scott, Joe Manchin, Henry Cuellar, Jared Moskowitz, and Jake Auchincloss. The plot illustrates a trend where younger Democratic legislators, particularly Millennials and Gen Z, are more progressive compared to older generations. At the bottom, a note states that the data comes from the DIME dataset, with ideological scores derived from campaign contributions. It clarifies that individual points represent legislators and the vertical bars show group medians.
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Reposted by: William J. Brown, Anton Grau Larsen, Raphaël Soubeyran

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wow. they're like actually braindead
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