From autism to beards, the Trump regime wages war on ‘the different’ | Will Bunch The Trump regime's disturbing views on everything from autism to transgender people have a scary "master race" vibe.

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Philadelphians show up to protest Trump, Musk and fed cuts Protesters marched from City Hall to Independence Hall voicing concerns about cuts to social services, immigration policies and human rights.

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Seriously, I would like to hear from VP Harris tomorrow condemn the pardons and the illegal actions such as birthright citizenship. She should seize the stage and defend the rule of law.

You can not be pro-cop and pro Jan. 6 pardons — so miss me with your thick blue line of idiocy and hypocrisy. (Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Let's be clear about what's happening.

Trump is freeing the violent paramilitary wing of his movement from prison in order to:

1) demonstrate that violence committed in service of his objectives will go unpunished, and

2) facilitate future acts of violence in service of his regime.

You may say that Musk's Nazi salute exploded claims that he isn't fully fascist. But I say that his awkward hand gesture led to rapid unscheduled disassembly of those claims.

"We’ve just flipped the car keys of this 248-year-old republic to a grandpa who starts...already in a serious state of mental decline, with all the guardrails of yesteryear stripped away by a corrupt Supreme Court, a feckless and increasingly useless Democratic Party, and a bended-knee elite media."

Drexel scientists have developed concrete that can melt snow on its own Drexel University researchers developing self-heating concrete aim to improve safety during icy conditions.

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Market East doesn’t need the Sixers arena to make a comeback | Inga Saffron With the right kind of planning, the east side of Center City could turn itself into a modern, mixed-use neighborhood.

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If Trump lets out violent criminals he is WEAK ON CRIME and endangering the American people. He is weak on crime and anti-police.

Trump launched a meme coin and it became worth $32 billion overnight Companies associated with the president-elect own as much as 80% of the supply.

Trump launched his own meme coin overnight and swiftly appeared to make more than $25 billion on paper for himself and his companies.

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The Pathetic Billionaires’ Club How fuck-you money can become fuck-me money

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Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/

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