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Republicans hid many destructive things in their budget bill.

One of them is a hefty national voucher program. $5B/yr in tax credits to subsidize private & religious schools-$20B over 4yrs. Public $$, zero oversight.

A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.”
#HandsOffPublicSchools

From MAGA to MAHA…

“Our propaganda is not about persuasion. It’s about disorientation.

Our real opposition is the media: the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with crap.” -GOP strategist Steve Bannon

The Republican budget is an attack on the American economy Everywhere you look, it delivers blows to America's economic future.

"Everywhere else you look, the Trump administration seems determined to harm our long-term competitiveness and capacity for innovation; the attacks on universities and the dramatic rollback in federally funded research will probably put a damper on our national economic dynamism for decades to come"

CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 10% in 2024 as the stock market enjoyed another banner year and corporate profits rose sharply.

CEO median pay $17.1 mm, ⬆️9.7%.

surveyed employee median income $85,419 ⬆️ 1.7% yr over yr

The S&P 500, ⬆️ 23% in 2024. Co. Profits in the index > 9%

Warren Buffett’s compensation- $405,000, only 5x that of a Berkshire Hathaway employee

Pay ratios tend to be highest in industries with low wages

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Seems chickening out is becoming a theme in the administration....🐔

Thank you Sen. Elizabeth Warren for sounding the alarm: Trump’s “big beautiful bill” will slam families with an average of $400 more a month in student loan payments.
That’s rent. Groceries. Survival.
All so billionaires can keep dodging taxes.
That’s not policy—it’s punishment.

Her stats line up with CDC data…

What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15 A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.

A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.

www.rawstory.com Pentagon power struggle puts Defense Secretary’s future at risk: insiders

Pentagon power struggle puts Defense Secretary’s future at risk: insiders https://twp.ai/4imwyb

Pete Hegseth’s own lawyer floated illegal wiretap claims—then denied he ever said it.

Trump’s inner circle is eating itself alive. Even his advisers say they “no longer have any idea who or what to believe.”

Calling it a clown show would be an insult to clowns.

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Action Alerts: Midweek Edition More Opportunities for Activism

If you’re feeling despair about what’s happening, one way to regain control is through action. Here you’ll find steps you can take to resist the Trump regime’s unlawful actions and help protect our democracy.

Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue

Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews.

Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue.

#Pinks #Voices4Victory
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COVID variant NB.1.8.1 hits U.S. What to know about symptoms, new booster vaccine restrictions As the Trump administration moves to limit COVID booster vaccines for some, here's what to know about the latest variant NB.1.8.1 and its symptoms.

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There’s a new Covid variant, and it’s here… the symptoms are similar to previous variants, but it’s more transmissible.

What we need to face now, is the fact that the trump administration WANTS another pandemic situation.

How do we know, and why would they?

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The New York Times, especially Zeynep Tufekci and David Leonhardt, helped make this outcome of needless child COVID-19 deaths a reality. They should be ashamed of themselves and ridiculed whenever they dare to show their faces in public. Pitiful pieces of anti-vax garbage.

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

“Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy rotten system.”

Meet Catholic anarchist Dorothy Day.

Day founded the Catholic worker movement and aimed to emulate Jesus by serving the poor and fighting for social justice.

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Thanks for sharing this!

“They hit us with everything. Even a fucking KAB"

The Dronho drone unit miraculously survived a KAB bomb & drone strike

They lived but their equipment is gone

Please join the Wild Hornets drones raffle to urgently rearm them

EEEpic prizes!⤵️
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Snapshot: Scott Pelley Tells the Truth The CBS '60 Minutes' correspondent did not hold back in his Wake Forest commencement address, providing another powerful and necessary pushback

“The fear to speak. In America?” CBS’ Scott Pelley asked. “If our government is—in Lincoln’s words—‘of the people, by the people and for the people’—then why are we afraid to speak?”
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Not one single comment about the service or sacrifice of US soldiers no longer with us in Trump's "Memorial Day" rant. Such an awful man.

White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims Exclusive: Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides

White House stunned as Hegseth inquiry brings up illegal wiretap claims.

Trump advisers lose confidence in Pentagon leak investigation Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Even as we fight and try to stay positive, it's critical that we prepare for the worst. We don't have time for head-in-the-sand optimism.

Here are things that are already a reality, things they're attempting to do, and some crucial steps everyone must take NOW:

So sorry,
Hope god gives you the strength to carry on. I know that’s what Bode wants you to do. There’s no love like a dogs love. ❤️

Republicans called cancelling student loan debt a “giveaway” to the working class, so Trump is restarting predatory student loan repayments to fund tax breaks that are giveaways to corporations and the super-wealthy.

This what an oligarchy robbing us blind looks like.

Spare us. Trump was buddy-buddy with Putin, then acts shocked when his dictator friend acts like… a dictator.

I just saw an electronic billboard slamming Young Kim for voting to cut Medicaid and Snap benefits. I’m glad someone had the money to do it and I hope that more go up either near or in CA40.

Obama being more Irish than JD Vance is funny lol

The Ukrainian president has more respect for America's war dead than the U.S. president.

This Memorial Day I am thinking of the lives lost in service to our country, and I encourage you to honor the sacrifices so many have made to defend our freedoms.