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IRS refuses to publish report. Ahead of the midterm elections, the Trump regime is withholding detailed information that illustrates how King Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act hurt millions of Americans. The data from the IRS was originally scheduled to be released in July & updated in September.

newrepublic.comTrump Hides IRS Report on How His Tax Cuts Have Ruined AmericaThe IRS is refusing to publish a report on the real impacts of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Replying to @propublica.org

4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.

Congress has explicitly prohibited the construction of any “building or structure” on grounds of the federal government in the District of Columbia, “Yet Congress has not passed any law resembling ‘express authority’ for the Executive’s construction of it.” 🖕Congress apple.news/ABjzEuIJUStC...

apple.newsSupreme Court Lets Trump Keep Building White House Ballroom — BloombergThe US Supreme Court let President Donald Trump keep building his new White House ballroom for now, brushing aside conclusions by two lower courts that he is probably violating the law.

#Trump this is outrageous!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents

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North Korea is good. Canada is bad. Coal is good. Solar is bad. Measles is good. Vaccination is bad. Child rapists are good. Childcare is bad. Pointless wars are good. Universal healthcare is bad. Anyone supporting the unrelenting chaos of the #GOP deserves zero respect. #RemoveTrump

Of course, the WSJ misses the point. Doesn’t mention the ACA subsidies disappearing, or the Medicaid cuts. I pay for my own healthcare. It’s $3000 a month. I get a good deal for a crappy PPO plan. Screw you WSJ for putting GOP in power. #Trump stocks.apple.com/A3jitPqhtTnq...

stocks.apple.comU.S. Workers Are Paying More for Healthcare, and Next Year Will Be Worse — The Wall Street JournalFor 2027, employers face their biggest health-insurance increases in at least two decades

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NEW: Congress appropriated $1 trillion for defense this year, more than twice as much as the combined budget for agencies overseeing health, veterans affairs, education, housing, agriculture and justice. We’re setting out to report on how this public money is being spent.

propublica.orgThe $1 Trillion Black BoxThe U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...

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"Last year, Trump tried to send kids alone to Guatemala in middle of the night, before judges halted him. But if there are no lawyers present, such eleventh hour rescues become impossible. That appears to be the point of the let’s-eliminate-the-competent-lawyers scheme." — @anatosaurus.bsky.social

publicnotice.coStephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kidsThat it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.

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Doctor here-Story time: I received a call today from a sick friend in another state, & I recognized it as a neurological emergency sent him to ER. Likely diagnosis: Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis, which can cause blindness. 1 of the authors of original 1990 diagnostic criteria: Anthony Fauci MD🙌🏻🫡

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Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years. Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸

Tell me again how 1.7 billion of their money was a bad idea? “The costs of the war to the United States, estimated at $132 billion overall, are still being tallied as a 60-day period for further negotiations begins. Here is what we know.”

A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...

act.standupamerica.comDon’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...

And the rest of us are going to be picking up the bill for all of these people losing their health insurance.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

“It’s hard not to think that the cruelty of the policy is the point. Adding work requirements to Medicaid is part of a massive shift in our safety net in this country under this administration to make it as small and hard to access as possible.”

Trump uses wartime powers to commit to $700 million investment in coal industry - The Guardian So sick of this dystopian reality where they’re ramping up dirty technologies, to power the AI that will either kill us or replace us.

Good job people in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, etc., for fucking us all and handing over public lands to the richest people so they can mind it or make it into their own private playgrounds. #8647

Mother Jones@motherjones.com

A controversial land swap orchestrated by the mega-rich could be “a harbinger of what’s to come” for public lands under Trump. From our colleagues at @floodlightnews.org:

WTF!!! Handmaids Tale. The HHS seems to want to shift taxpayer dollars away from contraception and toward counseling men on erectile dysfunction, testosterone levels and sperm motility, each of which merits three mentions in the new guidance, while IUDs and birth control pills earn none. 🤬

Rome Burns Nero attends the gladiator games

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

The President of the United States and the Secretary of State are attending a UFC event tonight as negotiations with Iran collapse in Islamabad—raising the risk of a massive war restarting. 📸 Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS

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Buttigieg: "The big thing that's different now is that in many periods in American history, you have inflation and then the administration does things to reduce it. Right now, we have the administration actively making prices higher."