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Pointing to protesters, but not ICE agents, Trump demands arrests of those in masks The president wants protesters in masks to be taken into custody, but immigration enforcement agents in masks are apparently fine.

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

"Lindsey noted climate.gov is housed in the science division of Noaa, not its public affairs division. “It does seem to be part of this sort of slow and quiet way of trying to keep science agencies from providing information to the American public about climate.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

While it will be a shame if climate.gov is deprecated, the site cannot be trusted as a peer-reviewed source of scientific information if it remains live, because the content will be dictated by the Administration.

Remember, #AltGov
accounts can speak the truth while official fed accounts cannot.

Shackled and Transferred: Florida’s Handling of Immigrant Teen Sparks Outcry Child Welfare Officials Hand Over Foster Youth to ICE, Raising Alarms About Trust and Trafficking Protections

A 17-year-old Honduran foster child—identified only as Henry—was removed from his foster home in Pensacola in shackles and transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reporting from the Miami Herald.

Thank goodness! Think about how many kids have been fatally shot in school by Judy Blume books!

Boeing shares fall 8% after Air India plane crashes Shares of planemaker Boeing fell 8% in premarket U.S. trading on Thursday after an Air India aircraft with 242 people crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad.

Shares of planemaker Boeing fell 8% in premarket US trading after the Air India aircraft crashed minutes after taking off from India's western city of Ahmedabad reut.rs/4kAdAHn

I don't get it, how does a person with 10 posts have a million followers? 🤔 #followers

Casar proposes canceling Musk’s government contracts if he stays with DOGE past May - NewsBreak Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) made calls during a House Oversight Committee hearing to cancel Elon Musk’s government contracts if he exceeds the 130 days allotted

“The news is he's seeking this multi billion contract for Trump's golden dome, trying to get Starlink contracts at the FAA. The word is out that he tried to get a $400 million contract just recently for Tesla at the State Department, and then he got caught doing it." share.newsbreak.com/cwkn7l4z

US stocks underperform rest of world by widest margin since 1993 Investors fear Trump’s tariff blitz will lead to US stagflation while weak dollar adds to woes

"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."

www.ft.com/content/f3a7...

People feel so bad about the economy because of tariffs and inflation that consumer confidence sank to a 13-year low - NewsBreak President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have largely impacted how consumers feel about the economy.

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index survey had the sharpest decline in confidence from consumers between 35 and 55 years old and households earning at least $125,000 per year. AND a confidence drop was seen among ALL political affiliations. share.newsbreak.com/cuvro2gj

Newsfeed cleanse activity: find the kitty in this picture 📸

A Map of Protests April 12-18 An extensive list of (almost) every protest this week.

Check out this awesome round up of protests and other resistance actions happening April 12-18!
thepeopledissent.substack.com/p/a-map-of-p...

Congratulations, Republicans! Your fear of pronouns is tanking the economy. | Opinion - NewsBreak Sometimes, it feels like Republican Party wants to be hateful more than they want a healthy economy.

🫠 "Sometimes, it feels like Republicans want to be hateful more than they want a healthy economy." Congratulations, Republicans! Your fear of pronouns is tanking the economy. | Opinion
Source: USA TODAY
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Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’ - NewsBreak Abigail Disney previously said the need to tax rich people like her “has never been so dire.”

AGREE? 🤑
Disney heiress says any billionaire who can’t manage to share their wealth is ‘kind of a sociopath’
Source: Fortune
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Hostile Government Takeover - EDM Remix AGiftFromTodd, Vinny Marchi · Hostile Government Takeover (EDM Remix) · Song · 2025

I am willing to listen to this on REPEAT with "hyper-focus" 🫡
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YouTube video by AGiftFromTodd - Topic Hostile Government Takeover (EDM Remix)

Little bit longer version 🐈‍⬛
youtube.com/watch?v=PuWV...

Viral ‘Hostile Government Takeover’ TikTok Gets Turned Into Best-Selling Dance Banger This week's Trending Up looks at AGiftFromTodd's "Hostile Government Takeover" topping the iTunes chart, as well as a new Yeah Yeah Yeahs synch.

Been listening on repeat
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Batty Kat says Good morning! #hostlegovernmenttakeover

Trump administration’s cuts cancel food deliveries to Harvesters - NewsBreak The food bank, which provides food to pantries and other hunger outreach groups in Missouri and Kansas, will not get scheduled shipments of milk, eggs, ch

This is really going to hurt a lot of people in Kansas.

Trump administration’s cuts cancel food deliveries to Harvesters
Source: The Wichita Beacon
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Lutnick urges Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, raising ethics questions The commerce secretary’s promotion of Tesla was the latest move by a Trump administration official to bolster support for Elon Musk’s car company.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urged Fox News viewers to buy Tesla stock, an apparent violation of federal ethics rules that prohibit officials from endorsing products or businesses.

Trump’s Erratic Behavior Is Freaking CEOs Out, Ex-Official Reveals Donald Trump is apparently fielding calls from CEOs concerned by his economic policies.

Children’s toys, shoes, beer and alcohol, and crude oil were all hit in Trump’s 25% tariff hike on Canada and Mexico, alongside an additional 10% tariff on China.

Car manufacturers BMW, Audi, Nissan, and Mazda were also affected, as was American-owned Ford.

The repercussions here are profound. Any firm providing assistance to groups or individuals this administration targets or considers an enemy — immigrants, fired workers, journalists — now risks revocation of security clearances, a bar from federal courtrooms, and other crippling penalties.

My 18 year old kitty got a shave and a bath. He's feeling good about it ✨️

Here are some birdhouses I made in remembrance of Aunt Suzie. ✨️🐦

Here are some birdhouses I made in remembrance of Aunt Suzie. ✨️🐦

Here are some birdhouses I made in remembrance of Aunt Suzie. ✨️🐦

Andrew Tate, facing rape and trafficking charges in Romania, is back in the U.S. The Tate brothers have been allowed to leave Romania, where they were charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group to sexually exploit women. They arrived in Florida on Thursday.

www.npr.org/2025/02/27/n...

Both the New York Times and the Washington Post reported today, the big winner from all the cuts to the government has been Musk himself, who has eliminated the agencies that were scrutinizing his businesses. #fraudsters