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Recession Indicator?

First, the good news. The bathwater has been disposed of.

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

Grok rn

Find your closest rally on Saturday and go. You can tell your kids where you were on the other side of this. Outnumber him everywhere. www.nokings.org#map

Marco Rubio just announced 10 more people were sent to be imprisoned in CECOT. They were flown there from Gitmo to be imprisoned potentially for life based not on any crime for which they were convicted, but on unproven allegations of gang membership with no due process. This is not lawful.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

THEM: you look tired ME: I am tired THEM: oh right because of the… ME: the horrors yeah THEM: right right, that’s right

Sen. Andy Kim says he's prepared to support a government shutdown to Trump administration lawlessness

A coalition of 18 state attorneys general file suit over Musk’s staff accessing the Treasury payment system, the largest data breach in American history. ag.ny.gov/sites/defaul...

Hearing nonsense that Ds are threatening a shutdown. False. Entire matter is in GOP hands. What's happening is that Rs are coming hat in hand to Ds for help because they can't agree among themselves. Ds shld have a simple demand. No help until the criminal conduct stops.

i really hope democrats are listening to @jvl.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...

This is not a U.S. Marshal, Federal Protective Service, or any other federal law enforcement officer. This is a private security guard from Triple Canopy. He has no authority to block members of Congress who have oversight of the EPA from entering the building.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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This multi-year, multi-country analysis shows that right-wing populist politicians spread more online misinfo than their mainstream counterparts and explains how “the rise of political misinformation is associated to the recent wave of radical-right populism.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

BREAKING FROM THE FED — MONEY IS OVER — "BANKING SYSTEM IS SOUND BUT WE WILL NONETHELESS BE TRANSITIONING TO A PRECLASSICAL GIFT ECONOMY OVER THE NEXT 48 HRS" SAYS YELLEN, NOCKING AN ARROW INTO HER BOW AS SHE SPIES A BOAR FROM HORSEBACK

I am unprepared for how stupid this year is going to be.

Just because you put a donut on a fancy plate doesn’t mean it’s worth an hour of federal minimum wages.

they are going to do the tariffs and fly the country’s economy into the side of a mountain

I don't care what RFK Jr. says or thinks about chronic disease or whatever. Nothing could outweigh the damage this guy could do to national health. @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social has dug up a slew of new outrages. There's no end to the dangers he poses.

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Americas Costanza Era

Americas Costanza Era

Chilling. Internal email that led to identifying Pete Hegseth as potential "Insider Threat" in National Guard.⬇️ It was clearly due to his tattoo "associated with Supremacist groups." On air, Hegseth has FALSELY claimed the reason was for a different (religious) tattoo. apnews.com/article/trum...

Doctors and public health officials are horrified, but one group is celebrating Trump’s picking Kennedy for HHS: the anti-vaccine movement he leads. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Times are rough, here’s my dog.

Excellent piece. “You are the media” feels like the right lens - assumes that societal problems are easy to solve therefore institutions must be corrupt. No facts all vibes.

Has anyone checked on Quora recently? Really unsure what is happening here.

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