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12.05.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 28447    πŸ” 6931    πŸ’¬ 477    πŸ“Œ 280
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U.S. and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days in major trade breakthrough The U.S. and China on Monday agreed to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods in a move that shows a thawing of trade tensions.

Okay, so in huge victory the likes of which has never been seen before Trump puts back on the ground the rake he stepped on four weeks ago. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/u...

12.05.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1933    πŸ” 352    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 33
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Trump Now Thinks High-Speed Internet Is β€œRacist” Trump has killed Biden’s Digital Equity Act, calling it β€œracist” and β€œunconstitutional.”

"The Act does not explicitly mention race. All it says is that people can’t be blocked from using the Act β€œon the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.”

newrepublic.com/post/195075/...

09.05.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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Whitmer, Dingell sound alarm about potential Medicaid cuts, what it means for Michigan β€œToo many people do not understand what the impact will be on our children, our seniors, our people with disabilities if they cut Medicaid,” said Dingell, D-Ann Arbor.

In Michigan, 2.8 million people on Medicaid are at risk of losing their health care under the Republican budget proposal, including 300,000 people with disabilities and 168,000 seniors.

20.03.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 631    πŸ” 204    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 5

Numerous Social Security numbers β€” including those belonging to a U.S. ambassador, congressional staffers and intelligence researchers β€” were revealed to be included in the trove of J.F.K papers released.

20.03.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8937    πŸ” 2129    πŸ’¬ 332    πŸ“Œ 134
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This would be kind of hilarious if so many jobs and lives weren’t at stake

09.03.2025 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1358    πŸ” 193    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 20
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And watch the incompetently engineered, flaming SpaceX rocket debris fill the sky like the most expensive fireworks in history.

09.03.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 22881    πŸ” 4171    πŸ’¬ 1037    πŸ“Œ 207
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ABC: β€œConcerns that DOGE might mistake legitimate payments as fraudulent was evident when Trump declared in his speech to Congress there were millions of dead people still collecting Social Security checks. But that isn't accurate.” abcnews.go.com/Politics/dog...

09.03.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 954    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 9
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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

19.02.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12023    πŸ” 4672    πŸ’¬ 1180    πŸ“Œ 461
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We’re in a timeline where I agree with Mike Pence 🀯

19.02.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8949    πŸ” 1516    πŸ’¬ 480    πŸ“Œ 130
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

19.02.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 144632    πŸ” 30141    πŸ’¬ 2304    πŸ“Œ 1521

Great! Rush his planes right to him!

19.02.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As they DOGE βœ‚οΈ programs for regular people & mass fire federal workers (largely veterans), Trump’s Tax Cuts:

-Add $4.6 TRILLION to the deficit
-$48 BILLION to top 100 firms

A wealth transfer to the top.

They don’t care about the debt, and never did. www.benzinga.com/25/02/437748...

19.02.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 713    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 16
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European Parliament member πŸ‘‡πŸ½

19.02.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 47035    πŸ” 15558    πŸ’¬ 897    πŸ“Œ 799
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Trump at Mar-a-Lago: β€œThe ballroom is in top shape. We just spent a lot of money on gold. I’ve got more gold in the ballroom than anybody’s ever had in a ballroom before.”

19.02.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 574    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 305    πŸ“Œ 79
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about war in Ukraine President Donald Trump appeared to accuse Ukraine of being responsible for the war with Russia.

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about war in Ukraine

19.02.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Last week, Michelle King, acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, reassured the public about the presence of two of Elon Musk’s staffers at the agency, which holds sensitive data on 70 million Americans, including medical records and bank account numbers.

19.02.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3335    πŸ” 504    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 27
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πŸ‘‡πŸ½πŸ€₯Republican congressman @RepMarkGreen pushes the debunked lie about millions of dead social security recipients β€” helping along the Trump/Musk attack on SS benefits

He’s sharing an NY Post article β€” related: in a different one his wife said he has β€œpushed God out of his life”

19.02.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3
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Zelensky says Trump living in Russian 'disinformation space' Donald Trump's suggestion that Kyiv started the war and the Ukrainian leader is unpopular draws a sharp response.

Zelensky says Trump living in Russian 'disinformation space'

19.02.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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We are not economists… but how does repealing EO’s that lower prices make things cheaper? 🫀

21.01.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5188    πŸ” 1746    πŸ’¬ 282    πŸ“Œ 129
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Trump woke up in a foul mood because people were talking about Elon on his big boy day.

21.01.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1671    πŸ” 228    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 17
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GOVERNOR NEWSOM to President Biden: β€œWe have to deal with the misinformation. It infects real people. It’s very damaging.”

10.01.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1055    πŸ” 202    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 10
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Happy Treason Day, Democrats! Have fun not storming the Capitol!

06.01.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6392    πŸ” 812    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 20
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Little different experience than 4 years ago, eh Rep. Tim Burchett ?

Thankfully some people still respect the peaceful transfer of power that holds this country together. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

06.01.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 975    πŸ” 254    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 7
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Trump gets the peaceful transfer of power his supporters violently refused four years ago The certification saw Kamala Harris presiding over her own defeat. Democrats emphasized the contrast to what happened at the Capitol in 2021.

Today, Trump got the peaceful transfer of power his supporters violenty refused four years agoβ€”thanks, in part, to Vice President Kamala Harris

New @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

06.01.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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Time to confirm Trump in 2017: 41 minutes

Time to confirm Biden in 2021: 14 hours & 48 minutes

Time to confirm Trump in 2025: 30 minutes

One of the parties is full of sore losers who don’t respect democracy.

06.01.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1040    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 5

The (unelected, unconfirmed, but very real) representative of the United States President-elect reacts to a policy proposal put forth by a member of Congress with basically "nyah nyah nyah nyah."

20.12.2024 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4

Cassidy notes pointedly that Trump followed Musk.

20.12.2024 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 400    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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Today's Holler: "President Musk" Brings Us Towards A Shutdown 🀨Whitson Torches Ogles & AFP πŸ”₯Coach Hawn Wins His AppealπŸŽ‰ & more

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20.12.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

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