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Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.

Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.

We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

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Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

The fact that these people risked their and their families' lives to help the US to just have Trump send them to a country they have never been to is just shameful www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w... Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo

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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.

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Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

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Sam, writing about Gollum after Frodo gave him the Red Book of Westmarch

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“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so th...

We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.

“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a man in California wrote.

(Published Dec. 2024)

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A Republican dark money group blankets Virginia with deceptive mailers ahead of redistricting vote Ads targeting Black voters compare Virginia's redistricting referendum to Jim Crow.

Beginning in March, ads targeting Black voters compare Virginia’s redistricting referendum to Jim Crow.

The mailers were sent by a little-known group that received $9 million in donations from Peter Thiel, the PayPal and Palantir co-founder who is a longtime mentor of Vice President J.D. Vance.

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Love how Rep. Pramila Jayapal let Vought have it. 🔥

88 corporations, including Tesla, paid zero taxes.
Americans pay 14.5%.
Healthcare getting more expensive.
Defense failing audits.

And he wants to talk about “fraud.” She was ready.

#SheShed

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Dems Press Trump On Where Millions Of Dollars Went For Now-Dissolved Library Fund

Tens of millions of dollars in settlements that were supposed to go toward Trump's presidential library fund are now apparently missing.

"Deeply troubling," Dems wrote to Trump. "Particularly given the vast tide of corruption" that's happened during this admin. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...

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Trump has no plan to cut the $39 trillion national debt, but he does want to cut childcare. His budget director is scrambling to clarify | Fortune OMB Director Russell Vought appeared before Congress to answer questions about the request for the largest military spending boost since World War II.

There is billions in confirmed fraud within the Department of Defense, yet Trump and Vought are going after health care, childcare, and nutrition assistance.

As Congress puts together the 2027 budget, we must fight back.

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"Some of the legislation which is great that you've been talking about—there is 0 chance that that'll be signed into law by President Trump, period, full stop. And that's the reason, that's another reason why we have to put the horse before the cart, and the horse is getting rid of him."

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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

"Secretary Kennedy’s unlawful declaration harmed children,” the Judge wrote.

“This case highlights a leader’s unserious regard for the rule of law...

“Unserious leaders are unsafe."

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Yikes — “Military advisers intentionally excluded Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, WSJ reported…” www.jpost.com/internationa...

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The 2026 election interference behind this ridiculous accusation of election interference in 2020 is peak hypocrisy. 🥺

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When you’re desperate to keep your job….

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🤣People at their quirkiest can be fantastic 💞😎💞

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Humanoid robots race past humans in Beijing half-marathon, showing rapid advances By Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen BEIJING, April 19 (Reuters) – Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marath...

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It’s like we never watched “Terminator” and all of its sequels…

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💞😎💞 a palate cleanse 💞😎💞

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AUDIO: “The Strait is still closed. We will open it by the order of our leader, not by the tweets of some idiot.”

GROK tries to claim Iran’s Navy wasn’t talking about Trump here 🤔 🤥

Meanwhile ABC shares audio of Indian ships being fired on in the (Trump-caused) confusion👇🏽

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This is a natural reaction/collateral damage after the unrestrained violence Israel and the United States have been demonstrating. But…it still hurts my heart.💔

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Public Opinion, Credible Threats, and the Fezzik Principle History (and The Princess Bride) shows how to bring the Supreme Court into line with the American people.

The dramatic drop in public approval for the Supreme Court is a major issue for the institution, whose legitimacy depends on the public’s willingness to submit to its rulings. Jesse Wegman details what to do about it (with a little help from The Princess Bride): bit.ly/3OkW9jo

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Major Good News!! We are Breaking Through!! Good morning, everyone.

Major good news updates: Children discharged from the hospitals, heroes who stopped mass shootings, and so much more.

Read and watch some good news today because there is so much of it and share some of your own.

My good news? We are breaking through in ways I could never have imagined.

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“Somebody shorted the oil markets today by hundreds of millions of dollars exactly 20 minutes before Trump made his announcement that everything was going to be great. And if you see that once, it could be a coincidence. But that’s happened at least 3x… a pattern.”

The most corrupt regime ever.

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The only way we get through this, folks, is to choose humility, own/acknowledge the truth of our complicities, deeply and sincerely apologize, and commit together to change course. Anything less, and we will be inclined to turn back towards our iniquities, which in turn will be catastrophic.👇🏼

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DOJ removes top prosecutor who questioned case against former CIA Director John Brennan Maria Medetis Long told her superiors there was not sufficient basis to charge Brennan, who played a key role in the finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump win.

DOJ removes top prosecutor who questioned case against former CIA Director John Brennan www.ms.now/news/doj-rem...

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