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Nursing homes face 2 threats: Trump's Medicaid cuts and his immigration crackdown Understaffed nursing homes rely on an immigrant workforce. Cuts to Medicaid and a tough immigration policy amount to a double whammy for the long-term care industry.

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US retail sales barely rose last month after consumers splurged in March to front-run tariffs U.S. consumers spent slightly more at retail stores last month after ramping up their shopping in March to get ahead of tariffs.

US consumers barely increased spending at retail stores in April after boosting March purchases to get ahead of tariffs.

Gardening update: Time to harvest Purple Dead Nettle and Dandelion’s for tea.

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#FiftyFiftyOne Make The Billionaires Pay🇺🇸

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. RESIST!

He’s a Superstar

Can you say… INSIDER TRADING!

We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president

Beautiful!

Head Start advocates brace for possibility of Trump eliminating funding A Trump administration document, cited by news reports, proposes eliminating funding for Head Start, which is dedicated to early child care services. An advocate says the move would be "catastrophic."

A Trump administration document, cited by news reports, proposes eliminating funding for Head Start, which is dedicated to early child care services. An advocate says the move would be "catastrophic."

Charlie Angus never disappoints. Listen to our latest interview on the MeidasTouch Podcast!

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. RESIST.

Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.

I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.

Remind you of anyone?

No sound sorry :( but Mentor Ohio! 20 minutes after it started. So proud of my hometown!!!! (25 miles east of Cleveland) @50501movement.bsky.social @ohio50501.bsky.social #humanrights #protest #ohio

The CFPB Has Been Gutted The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.

This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

🧵 THREAD: Senator Van Hollen gave a heartfelt 40-min press conference at Dulles Airport telling the story of his trip to El Salvador & the condition of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I've broken it up into 10 major points. 👇🏼 Feel free to bookmark & share.

🧵 Part 1: What he accomplished in El Salvador

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Amazing turnout.

144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.

An absolute must-read from @stevevladeck.bsky.social this morning:

“Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.”

YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway Scott Galloway on getting rejected — and then accepted into UCLA

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RFK Jr is an idiot!

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Sunday thought Fighting the regime’s cruelty

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How China went from courting Trump to ‘never yield’ tariff defiance The combative approach marked a hard turn for Beijing, which had tried to avoid a spiraling trade war.

China has put civilian government officials in Beijing on 'wartime footing' and launched a diplomatic offensive to rally other countries against Donald Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4cs24uu

After weeks of creating chaos and confusion, Elon Musk’s DOGE is backtracking on their decision to cut phone services for Social Security.

We need to keep pushing back against the Administration’s attacks on Americans’ hard-earned benefits.

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...

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More than 20 people killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the city’s acting mayor said.

BREAKING: More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the acting mayor says.