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We’re all a little confused, disheartened, and yet… focused. So I recorded a message for all of us: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/a-message-...
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"The most brazenly corrupt thing a President has ever done. Not close.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Where’s @schumer.senate.gov and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social ? Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident of NY—your constituent. You weren’t part of the delegation that showed up—so what are you doing to make this right and to stop innocent people from being snatched off NY streets w/out due process?
THIS is what we mean by showing up. Reps Carter, Thompson, Pressley and Sen Markey, went to a detention center where Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk are being held w/out due process. They didn’t just stand up for their own constituents—they stood together for all because there’s power in numbers.
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The Trump regime is now targeting Act Blue, the platform Dems use to raise money. “An authoritarian crackdown on the opposition” www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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A developing political scandal in Florida has put Gov. Ron DeSantis on the defensive. Republican lawmakers are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a campaign.
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So proud of our colleagues for fighting!
Fearing that government information about vaccines & vaccination policy may be corrupted under an anti-vax health secretary, some public health leaders are exploring how to safeguard the enterprise of vaccinations in the United States. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/v...
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The staff is knifing Pete every night now
BREAKING WaPo: Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal — the commercially available messaging app — on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, illustrating the extent to which he has integrated use of unclassified communications into his work. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This has to be the most brazenly corrupt act in the history of the American presidency. Trump is holding a contest to see who can pay him the most money and the prize is direct access to the president It is literal pay-to-play
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Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office. Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wife has been forced into hiding after the Trump administration posted her address online.
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Every day that the incompetent Pete Hegseth remains in his defense role, the less safe America becomes.
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Donald Trump made nearly $240M off of inauguration donations from billionaires & corporations—and we have no idea where the money is going.
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Pete Hegseth PANICKED as DAMNING UNEARTHED VIDEO Resurfaces YouTube video by Keith Edwards 🚨Some very funny bits! - EB www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zli-...
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Abrego Garcia has never even been charged with a crime. Donald Trump, in contrast, has been convicted, by a jury, of 34 felonies.
Leavitt lies about Abrego Garcia: "He is a foreign terrorist and criminal MS-13 gang member ... shame on Senator Chris Van Hollen and the entire Democrat Party who wasted Easter Sunday going on every TV show in the country to advocate for the return of an illegal criminal gang member."
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
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I’m old enough to remember when conservatives got mad because they thought women were having babies to get cash
The Trump administration is assessing ways to persuade women in the U.S. to have more children, as a movement grows on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values. Some pitched ideas include cash baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes. nyti.ms/4jh3UAR
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Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.
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Trump’s Education Department will begin collection next month on federal student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for up to 5.3 million borrowers. That change will mark an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic.