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This kind of brain drain due to the vindictive and arrogant behavior of the Trump administration makes every American less safe

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60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Such a great article. We get swept away by simplified stories that feel satisfying but don’t solve the problems. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Opinion | I Am a Drug Historian. Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Powerful white folks think discriminating based on race ethnicity is OK. Once again no reasoning or guidance to lower courts for there consistent trampling of rights

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Immigration Stops in L.A.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Disintermediating PBMs could save Americans $100b per yr

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The cost of misaligned incentives in the pharmaceutical supply chain
Abstract. Recent concerns over rising drug prices have focused on the role of pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs. While multiple players make up the pharmac
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July 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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ICE has detained multiple U.S. citizens under new rules.

Brian Gavidia was questioned by ICE. They returned his phone, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗗.

“I stated I was American. He still attacked me. We are not safe, guys, not safe in America today.”

Citizens are not safe.
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‘We are not safe in America today:’ These American citizens say they were detained by ICE | CNN
Elzon Lemus is always on the road for work, traveling to one job site from another. But since his brief encounter with federal immigration officers, he’s been on high alert.
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July 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Breaking News: Israeli military officials say they have no proof Hamas routinely steals UN aid, undercutting a claim Israel has used to limit food for Gaza.
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population.
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July 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The continued, daily violence against women is appalling.

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Opinion | What Sean Combs Got Away With
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July 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Seems timely
June 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Grift and corruption.

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Hundreds Join Trump at ‘Exclusive’ Dinner, With Dreams of Crypto Fortunes in Mind
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May 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It’s all about states rights until that is t what they want. #GOPHypocrites

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Senate Republicans Kill California’s Ban on Gas-Powered Cars
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May 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Wonder how Muslims who supported Trump or a third party feel about this?

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The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement
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May 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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For those of us in America......that actually READ some of the books they want destroyed......
May 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
How is this going to make America healthy again? #MAHA

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Trump Administration to Uphold Some PFAS Limits but Eliminate Others
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May 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is pure corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity
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May 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is blatant corruption
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress are okay with this
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
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May 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This!!!
If there’s one thing I’ve taken away from reporting on the current DOGE collection of govt data, it is that the people who’ve previously spent their careers carefully handling this information believe there is almost no limit to how it could be abused (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
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April 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Merit based hiring 🙄 Going to get us killed. But hey those women military leaders clearly are DEI hires

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Details Hegseth Shared on Signal Came From a Secure Site (Gift Article)
Information about U.S. strikes in Yemen that the defense secretary put in two group chats came from Central Command, according to two people familiar with the chats.
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April 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Friendly reminder that two "Supreme Court Justices" are COMPLETELY fine with shipping a legal resident of this country off to a foreign prison with zero due process.
April 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
All the high ranking women military leaders who the Trump administration dismissed are better qualified to be defense secretary than Pete Hegseth. So much for the charade of merit based hiring. An excellent example of gender discrimination to the detriment of the security of the American people
April 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.
April 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM