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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
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After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.

The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.
idahocapitalsun.com
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Alphabet
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Amazon
Apple
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Booz Allen Hamilton
Carrier
Caterpillar
Coinbase
Comcast
Google
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
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Microsoft
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OpenAI
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Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?
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it’s the most diverse institution in america which is why they are trying to resegregate it.
The “oh well he was in the military, of course he’s racist” type arguments are getting on my nerves, condescending bullshit from people who have no idea how big and diverse the military is
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Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
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When White House released plans for the ballroom, Trump told reporters the 90,000-square-foot addition would be “built over on the east side and it will be beautiful.”

“It'll have views of Washington Monument. It won't interfere with the current building,” he said.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump waltzes into ballroom controversy with 'two geniuses' and an East Wing demolition
As pictures of the White House demolition began circulating, critics expressed outrage as the nation’s preeminent historical structure stood gutted.
www.usatoday.com
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Is Illinois a red state? Did Trump put the screws on UI and get a deal? No. They just did this because some vague sense of needed to be in compliance … or they wanted to? Yes.
U of Illinois System Bans Consideration of Race, Sex in Hiring, Tenure, Student Aid https://bit.ly/3L4duuL

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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U of Illinois System Bans Consideration of Race, Sex in Hiring, Tenure, Student Aid https://bit.ly/3L4duuL

#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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As Paul Weiss, Paramount, anyone who has capitulated to Trump has learned — it never ends. You are giving up your principles and (at least in the case of law firms and universities) reason for existence, and you are getting nothing in return other than letting Trump know you will give in.
This is the statement the Department of Justice in the Trump administration released in regards to the University of Virginia's capitulation to authoritarianism.
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This is the statement the Department of Justice in the Trump administration released in regards to the University of Virginia's capitulation to authoritarianism.
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He wants appreciation for ruining their lives.
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FYI :“Destruction of federal property is a federal crime. 18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines the crime as willfully injuring or committing any depredation against U.S. government property. If the damage exceeds $1k it is a felony with a fine, up to ten years in prison or both.”

Awaiting law enforcement.
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Right-wing essayist Helen Andrews is blaming *women* for the destruction of enterprising business spirit and the rule of law, while businessmen are groveling to a male president who is destroying the rule of law. www.thebulwark.com/p/right-gran...
The Right’s New Grand Unified Theory: Blame Women for Everything
Helen Andrews’s latest screed is short on rational facts, long on mushy feelings of misogyny.
www.thebulwark.com
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“We’re also working with the military on it.” Trump says after claiming the government isn’t paying for the Liberace infested gold oligarchy ballroom that “they’ve wanted” for at least 150 years —

Siri, who pays the military?
Both the Republican led Senate Intelligence Committee report and the Mueller report prove Russia provided massive assistance to Trump in 2016 and the latter report shows there were massive Russia-Trump campaign contacts. Those are facts. I hate liars.
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Trump the White House's East Wing: “It was never thought of as being much. It was a very small building, and rather than allowing that to hurt, a very expensive, beautiful building that frankly they've been after for years…In order to do it properly, we had to take down the existing structure.”
Keep in mind that, after a trial, a Colorado trial court found that Trump engaged in insurrection, and the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed. The US Supreme Court reversed on jurisdictional grounds, but it did not rule that the Colorado courts were wrong in their finding.
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To be crystal clear: trump is talking about taxpayers paying him millions of dollars as some sort of restitution because he was investigated for sending a mob to the US capitol on Jan 6th to overthrow the 2020 election. That might just be he most f*cked up thing he’s done since Jan 6th…
Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."
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Trump: “Wall Street Journal is fake…It said that I gave Ukraine permission to shoot missiles deep into Russia. I didn't do that.”