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Trump is spending… -$95M for “D.C. Beautification,” including $5M to paint bronze horses gold -At least $300M to construct his ballroom -Nearly $15M to repaint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Meanwhile, millions of Americans can’t afford groceries, gas, or healthcare. Priorities.
It should be clear by now that Trump does not actually care about "election integrity." If he did, he wouldn't have made cuts to the government agencies tasked with protecting our elections from foreign influence.
Brennan Center@brennancenter.org · 2w agoThe Trump administration has left this year’s congressional races more susceptible to manipulation by China and Russia by curtailing relevant agency budgets and dismissing necessary personnel. bit.ly/4pmBCJb
Investigations are ongoing but just four corporations control 54% of the fresh-cut salad industry, including Taylor Fresh Foods. Market concentration —> more pricing power —> higher profits —> more spending on lobbying and campaign donations —> more deregulation See the dangers of monopolization?
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 2w agoTaylor Farms, the lettuce supplier at the center of our explosive diarrhea outbreak, has spent millions to oppose food regulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans:
The Trump-Vance administration wants us to celebrate inflation rates that are *higher* than when they came into office. They promised to lower costs and keep us out of war, then did the opposite.
Pre-war: (1) The Strait of Hormuz was open (2) No US naval blockade (3) No fighting on multiple fronts (4) Iran had enriched Uranium Post-war Iran has: All of the above plus $25 billion of assets. More credibility than the US. A more radical regime. The Art of The Total Surrender.
Osterholm on hantavirus: We’re missing ‘main point of this outbreak’ "Respiratory person-to-person transmission is not new with the Andes hantavirus," CIDRAP Director Michael Osterholm points out www.cidrap.umn.edu/m... Photo: Chris Cooper / University of MN
Leading with strength, generosity and compassion has been good for Americans and the world, but Donald Trump has abandoned these values. It’s no surprise when it’s what he’s doing at home too — abandoning working Americans to enrich himself and his billionaire buddies.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues. About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
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There's nothing more fundamental to our democracy than the freedom of speech and the freedom to speak out about our government.
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE: -Amazon -AT&T -Booz Allen Hamilton -Caci -Charter Communications -Comcast -Dell -Ecolab -FedEx -General Dynamics -L3Harris -Motorola -Thermo Fisher -UPS Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8mo agoHere’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…
MAGA CULT.... STILL WORSHIP HIM! FUCK THEM ALL!
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
Wall Street’s biggest banks are not ruling out a $20 billion bailout for Argentina. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent still won’t say whether U.S. taxpayers will be left holding the bag. The American people deserve answers, and Trump’s foreign bailouts must end.
“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” — Leia Kahl, as she was overwhelmed by immigration agents’ tear gas. Leia’s age: 2. Via @natashakorecki.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
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First, Trump made us pay higher coffee and beef prices to support a convicted coup-plotter in Brazil. Now, he wants American taxpayers to bail out his friend Milei in Argentina. Trump should stop raising prices for Americans and giving away our money to his corrupt buddies.
US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei
Scott Bessent says ‘all options’ are on the table to support the country through period of market volatility
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