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POLITICS & DEMOCRACY
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Trump team is dying to Make America Sick AgainDaily Kos
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Empathy, socialism, and strange bedfellowsDaily Kos
Press freedom fireDaily Kos
A foul Musk lingers over the Paramount-Warner Bros. mergerDaily Kos
Economist sounds the alarm as Trump's 'bonkers' threats come home to roostRaw Story
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Collins decries Trump admin's 'problematic' Obamacare move as colleague says 'good start'Raw Story
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Trump made 'lead witness' in media ban case as experts see defeat: 'White House will lose'Raw Story
Man Of God Sen. Raphael Warnock Devastates TrumpPoliticus USA
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INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
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Judge Denies Efforts to End Oversight of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Racial Profiling of Latinos PersistsProPublica
The Ellisons Could Make a Killing in Big Surveillance With the Paramount MergerThe Intercept
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.The Intercept
Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties RiseThe Intercept
How a Small Kansas City Became a Critical Hub for Trump’s Deportation Regime Against Its WillThe Intercept
They Trained to Protect Immigrants From ICE. Now They’re Prepping to Defend the Midterm Elections.The Intercept
What World Is Melania Living In?Mother Jones
As Trump Banned News Outlets, His Own Media Company’s Stock Shot UpMother Jones
ICE Wiped Thousands of People From Its Database. Families Are Paying the Price.Mother Jones
JD Vance Is Coming For Your ObamacareMother Jones
Trump to Ballroom Architect: “I Am the Code”Mother Jones
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Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.
Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.
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Honestly when someone first sent me this story this morning I thought it was from @theonion.com
Aside from the naked imperialism here, and cash grab, he admits it’s a war. A war without UN or congressional approval. A war which Rubio denied was a war and claimed was a law enforcement action. Trump as ever undermines his own people’s claims. It was a war. An illegal imperial one.
Remember: Trump's attacks on the IRS were never about "efficiency."
They were about making it easier for wealthy and powerful people like him to skirt what they owe.
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