🦋Maria

She shamefully voted for this despicable bill while trying to secure an exception for Alaska to protect Medicaid—rules clearly state that can't happen. #MurkowskiTraitor

Job growth held steady in May, but new signs of economic trouble emerge U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is “booming,” he’s wrong.

"U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is 'booming,' he’s wrong..."

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

Did staffing cuts at weather service affect Kentucky’s tornado response? Due to staffing shortages, the National Weather Service in Jackson no longer has overnight staff. But NWS and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear say the office was staffed Friday night and early Saturday.

"Some National Weather Service offices, including Jackson, no longer have overnight staff from midnight to 7AM.

All three Kentucky offices - Jackson, Paducah and Louisville - are short-staffed.

There is no meteorologist in charge at any of the three offices..."

www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

“The notion that I or any of my colleagues ‘body slammed’ armed federal officers is absurd. DHS is lying because they know their agents were out of line.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

So What About Everyone Else at CECOT? Many have been asking about all the other people unlawfully disappeared to El Salvador, and who is fighting for them.

NEW: Abrego Garcia is getting a lot of attention, but many people are asking about the rest of the men being unlawfully held in CECOT. Here's what's going on with them. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/so-what-ab...

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse Brady McCarron, spokesman for U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., confirmed Dugan was arrested at about 8 a.m. at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and is in federal custody.

BREAKING: The FBI has arrested a judge who helped migrants avoid ICE. This judge is a hero. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...

Headline reads “Trump goes after websites that raise money for his enemies,” with a subheadline about ActBlue raising nearly $400 million since Trump took office. Link to the Verge article in the thread .

⚠️ First, Trump targets sites like ActBlue that help fund his opponents.

⚠️ Next, it’ll be the voters themselves.

And we better take that seriously.

Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Dismantle Voice of America The judge also ordered the government to halt its efforts to shut down two other government-funded outlets, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

"The Trump administration is 'likely in direct violation of numerous federal laws,' the judge wrote in his ruling..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

Bernie Sanders, AOC and the ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour cheered by 20K in deep red Utah • Utah News Dispatch Bernie Sanders and AOC brought their "Fight Oligarchy" tour to deep red Utah, where they were cheered on by 20,000 frustrated Democrats.

Utah!!

"The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..."

utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...

This right here 🔥

“If there was market manipulation, it is a crime. Someone needs to go to jail… I want the documents. I want the Signal chats too, because I don’t trust them — that they weren’t sharing all this information across their Signal chats.” – @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Supreme Court says the government must facilitate the RETURN of Abrego Garcia from El Salvador to the United States. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

No. You’ve been watching stock market fraud.

What a day. What a country! 💪

I needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.

“Fear has a way of being contagious… courage is also contagious.” — Kamala Harris

Man, I miss her.

Just a reminder that Grubhub is a Bezos/Amazon joint. Delete your Grubhub app and leave them behind. 🙏💙

I’m filled with humility to be able to witness this historic moment. We are minutes away.

Opinion | RFK Jr. Is Already Vindicating His Critics Shrinking HHS makes sense, but giving power to antivaccine crusader David Geier doesn’t.

Wall Street Journal editorial board:

"Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..."

www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...

Spelling and grammar are woke.

Give me it. ❤️

Of course they lied to Congress. And now there's no one in the DoJ that will do anything about it. Keep calling them out on their lies. We're the only check on them now.

Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump (Gift Article) The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.

Senior partners at Keker, Van Nest & Peters, a firm of 115 lawyers, write: "partners at big firms — who often earn millions a year — must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession & the rule of law itself is at stake. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.

Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.

We’re not just “mad” at Chuck Schumer—we’re terrified. Terrified that he’s about to hand over our Social Security, healthcare, disaster funding, and cancer research money to Republicans without putting up a real fight. Just like @schumer.senate.gov did with the GOP CR—and got nothing in return.
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they’re running out of things to get from trump

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.

Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA"

"in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..."

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...