With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?

The Trump admin. hates culture, & wouldn't recognize it if it tripped over it.

"For nearly a century, America’s participation in the world’s most important art exhibition, the Venice Biennale," was curated by a "team of prominent museum leaders" who proposed...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/a...

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is preparing banks to collect citizenship data Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration expects banks to comply in collecting citizenship information from customers.

Undocumented immigrants contribute $97 billion yearly in federal, state, and local taxes. They paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022.

Bessent is galactically stupid.

www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/b...

Dunno those hand movements look pretty hypnotic I bet they're up to something NEFARIOUS

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Virginia governor, advocates remember Dr. Cerina Fairfax Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women.

Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women

Anyone else getting the sense that Trump is colluding with energy market robber barons to screw every last one of the rest of us? Anyone else starting to feel like the Second Iran War is a grift to enrich domestic and foreign billionaires at the expense of America's middle class?

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Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records - KFF Health News The administration is asking insurers that cover federal employees and retirees to hand over details about their medical visits, their pharmacy claims, and more.

So much for HIPAA privacy laws that ‘requires certain organizations that maintain identifiable health information — such as hospitals and insurers — to protect it from being disclosed without patient consent. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Wow! Victory!

Seth Moulton SCREAMS At Pete Hegseth Over Firing Of Generals!!! YouTube video by Inside politics

Seth Moulton SCREAMS At Pete Hegseth Over Firing Of Generals!!! youtu.be/YyXHwgZb4ss?... via @YouTube

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The eyewatering hypocrisy writes itself.

Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

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I think this is the most likely explanation for what unfolded after the fact. #DonaldJChrist

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Dark money needs to come into the light!

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Saved From Closure by Nonprofit

Score another win for independent journalism! Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

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I am so sorry. She will live on in your heart. Keep making new memories while you can. Letting go of a furry family member is one of the hardest things I have ever done. Take care.

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Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

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3) Project presentation- www.cfa.gov/system/files...