Republicans Broke Democracy. Here's How to Fix It Without Them. In November 2023, Ohio Republicans watched in horror as 57% of their voters enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution.

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It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession” Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.

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Opinion | They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan.

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Live Updates: Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions in Birthright Citizenship Case

Live Updates: Supreme Court Limits Nationwide Injunctions in Birthright Citizenship Case www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Supreme Court lets DOGE access sensitive Social Security Administration information The Supreme Court agreed to temporarily lift an injunction that limited DOGE's access to Social Security Administration systems.

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Trump Is Trying to Control Congress by Taking Over Its Library Read more here.

Trump’s firing of Carla Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress, marked the first time in U.S. history that a librarian of Congress was dismissed.

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CFPB Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

Russell Vought, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell Americans’ most sensitive data, credit history, and Social Security numbers.

Sewage Sludge Fertilizer From Maryland? Virginians Say No Thanks.

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NEW: By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court LIFTS Judge Boasberg's restraining order against the deportation of migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. The majority holds that migrants must file habeas petitions where they're confined.

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Venezuelan military on alert, says it fears U.S. will use tensions with Guyana to invade Venezuelan military claims the US is getting ready to invade and increases its alert levels

NEW: The Venezuelan military says it has raised its alert level following the discovery of an alleged U.S. plot to fabricate an incident at an ExxonMobil offshore platform in the contested waters between Venezuela and Guyana to justify an armed conflict.

I Know Exactly What They Are Doing Rural foresight

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Relax guys, this is all part of the plan… #tariffs #cuts

The government already knows a lot about you. DOGE is trying to access all of it Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us – and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.

Remnants We're all elders now.

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I Know Exactly What They Are Doing Rural foresight

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Well said!

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, but only if they pay me 5 million dollars for my instant-citizenship Gold Card.💰” -Comrade Krasnov
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‘Omg, did PubMed go dark?’ Blackout stokes fears about database’s future A brief outage has focused attention on scientists’ reliance on the US-government-funded website.

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How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…

NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.

“If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.

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James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to cancel $2 billion in foreign aid The Supreme Court in a 5-4 emergency ruling Wednesday refused to halt a judge’s decision ordering the Trump administration to immediately release nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments owed under e...

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LIVE | ‘Ukraine War is OVER’ – Jeffrey Sachs Stuns EU Parliament, Challenges US-Led Order! | CLRCUT YouTube video by CLRCUT

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DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination

FDA cancels vaccine advisory committee meeting to select next year’s flu strain for no reason The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the FDA was supposed to meet next month to choose what strains of flu would be included in next season’s flu vaccine but the meeting ...

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

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Back Up Everything. Even if Elon Musk Isn’t Looking at It. (Gift Article) Readers worried after Mr. Musk and his team were given access to federal payment systems. Here’s how to back up all your data and documents.

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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

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This. Especially Senate Republicans.