Trump is branding America. History has a word for that. There’s going to be a new “golden fleet” Trump class of Navy warships and a fighter jet named after the 47th president. If this playbook feels familiar, it should.

"AUTHORITARIAN"
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Federal judge calls RFK Jr. an “unsafe” leader in order protecting trans youth health care The broad ruling was designed to deflect future attacks on gender-affirming care for kids.

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Virginia Dems just won a major battle in Trump's redistricting war Voters don't like gerrymandering. But they seem to hate Trump even more.

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In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.

249 years later, we have this idiot.

Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.

(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)

Chicago Public Schools, CTU agree to make May 1 day of civic action; school will remain in session Chicago Public Schools has agreed with the Chicago Teachers Union to declare May 1 a day of civic action, the union and the school district said.

May Day has been declared a day of civic action in Chicago schools, which means buses will be provided for students and educators to join the rally in Union Park.

The Klamath Mountian Range rises in the distance. A few trees grow in the foreground.

Mountains beyond mountains

View of the undersides of two inkcap mushrooms. They look like tall umbrellas, perfect for a shaded repose. Green trees and blue sky are visible in the background

I would have liked to be a tiny creature lounging under these pretty inkcaps today 🍄

Testing finds toxic metals where Tesla discharges wastewater The drainage district that commissioned the testing has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, which says it is in compliance with all requirements for its state wastewater discharge permit.

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Hope feels good

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Happy National Library Week! 💙📚

House Votes to Extend Deportation Protections for 330,000 Haitian Immigrants The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to extend temporary protected status for 330,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States, after the Trump administration canceled the program. Ten ...

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Israelis in Tel Aviv Protest Settler Violence After High Court Lifts Wartime Ban on Gatherings In Israel, hundreds of people rallied in Tel Aviv on Thursday to denounce escalating attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Human rights groups say it was the largest p...

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Appeals Court Allows Trump to Resume Construction of $400 Million White House Ballroom A federal appeals court is allowing President Trump to continue building his $400 million ballroom at the White House’s former East Wing, reversing a lower court’s order from the previous day that tem...

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Joe diGenova, Who Tried to Overturn 2020 Election Results, to Lead Probe of Trump’s Critics The Justice Department has tapped a Trump loyalist to lead a Miami-based federal investigation into former federal officials who investigated Trump. Eighty-one-year-old Joe diGenova previously served ...

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Wired: Facial Recognition Technology Used to Monitor Sports Fans at Madison Square Garden Wired magazine has revealed new details about how facial recognition technology has been used to closely monitor sports fans at the iconic Madison Square Garden arena in New York. Over a two-year peri...

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ICE Reports 17 Immigrants Have Died in Custody Deaths in ICE custody have reached a record high this fiscal year, with at least 17 immigrants reported dead since January. The most recent case is of 27-year-old Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, an ...

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Cuba Confirms Meeting with Senior U.S. Officials for the First Time Since 2016 Cuba’s government has confirmed it recently hosted U.S. officials on the island, marking the first time senior American diplomats have visited the island nation since 2016. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minist...

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Japan Abandons Ban on Weapons Exports in Latest Shift from Postwar Pacifism Japan has relaxed decades of restrictions on the sale of weapons and ammunition, clearing the way for arms exports to more than a dozen countries. Today’s announcement by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi...

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Israel Continues Deadly Attacks in Gaza, Reestablishes Evacuated West Bank Settlement In Gaza, Israeli strikes have killed at least five Palestinians in ​separate incidents. With the latest strikes, Israeli attacks have killed more than 750 Palestinians since last year’s so-called ceas...

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'Easily the Worst President in U.S. History' Thomas Edsall: "The damage President Trump has inflicted on the United States and the world is so enormous and wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp." "It runs the gamut from public and private instit...

"Thomas Edsall: 'The damage President Trump has inflicted on the United States and the world is so enormous and wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp.'

'...from innocent targets of fraud to those...'"

murdered in capricious wars [addition mine].

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When a sitting U.S. president makes insulting remarks about Canada and threatens its sovereignty, I’ll criticize the United States and its administration if I bloody well please. What happens in that country has a big impact in the world, so no, I won’t “stay in my own lane.”

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Todd, Blanche
is Compromised
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“The DOJ should not work for the White House; it works for the American people.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was Trump’s former personal lawyer. He absolutely should not be the next AG.”
#DOJ #AG #corrupt

Senator #California
Robert Garcia

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Mar-a-Lago Mafia
💸💼

Jon Ossoff
is denouncing the Trump family’s crypto and global billion $$ business dealings
#Corruption

He called Trump‘s administration the Mar-a-Lago Mafia, accusing them of unprecedented corruption and using the White House to enrich themselves.

Senator #Georgia
Jon Ossoff

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

Proud he is a Coloradan,

a man in a suit and tie is holding his head and screaming . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his head and screaming .

CONGRESS DO YOUR JOB! RELIEVE HIM FROM DUTY IMMEDIATELY!! YOU TOOK AN OATH TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY FROM ALL ENEMIES.