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      I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
  certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
        
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      The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. 
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
        I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
        
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      Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
    
      
          Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’
          Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels
        
          
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      Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?
TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
        TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want
      Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
    
        
      A brave young woman asks JD Vance: “When you talk about too many immigrants here, when did you guys decide that number? Why did you sell us a dream? You gave us the path and now tell us we don't belong here? Why do you have to be Christian to be American?”
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      You work too hard to pay more for healthcare because of Republican games.
    
        
      JD Vance, the second most powerful person in the country, makes a flatly racist comment about immigrants and barely any mainstream news orgs are writing about it? Kudos to my employer, USA TODAY, for unflinchingly allowing me to share my views. 
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Vance seems to think segregation is 'acceptable' if neighbors don't speak English | Opinion
          Vice President JD Vance has added a flatly segregationist twist to his broadly unlikable personality.
        
          
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      "Ms. Monahan, 61, paid $439 a month for her coverage in 2025. 
When she went to shop for next year’s plan, she learned that the monthly cost would jump to $1,059 for the same plan with an annual deductible of $7,100..."
Thanks, GOP congress! Thanks, Trump!
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          When she went to shop for next year’s plan, she learned that the monthly cost would jump to $1,059 for the same plan with an annual deductible of $7,100..."
Thanks, GOP congress! Thanks, Trump!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h...
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases
          
        
          
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