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“If approved, this merger would give one family control over CBS, CNN, and TikTok—and the Ellisons have already promised President Trump that they would make sweeping changes to CNN.”
Control Free Speech and push their ideologies on us.
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“Trump is abusing emergency authorities and wasting taxpayer resources through unprecedented abuse of the Defense Production Act to promote his politically favored fossil fuel projects.”
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WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
Tennessee is currently facing a massive $58 billion transportation and infrastructure maintenance backlog, and the Republican supermajority has no plan to fix it.
But Tennessee Democrats have a solution, and it’s The Pot for Potholes Act.
#FlipTNBlue to pass this legislation.
Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds. n.pr/4mGExLF
Pope Leo XIV said that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace.
Joseph Schwartz’s case is the latest in a string of health care fraud pardons by Trump.
The president also granted clemency to nursing home magnate Philip Esformes, convicted of a $1.3B scheme, and Judith Negron, convicted in a $200M fraud case.
California prohibits ballots from leaving the custody of election officials — but that didn't stop a sheriff from seizing 650k ballots cast in last year's redistricting referendum.
Now, these officials are left wondering what to do if the same events play out in this year's midterms.
One has gone bankrupt twice. Another was sued for allegedly framing an innocent woman. A third lasted only three weeks in a police officer job.
All were hired during ICE's unprecedented hiring spree, an AP investigation finds.
In his second administration, President Trump’s family members are expanding their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions of dollars and prompting fresh concerns about influence peddling and conflicts of interest. https://to.pbs.org/4tTfPdh
"These days, I’m feeling more aligned with Catholicism than I have since my first communion. I’m not alone in that," writes @sulliview.bsky.social.
We the people deserve better!!
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💥Remember the accusations Republicans made against President Obama? Trump’s just going to give Iran $20 billion.
“INSULTING” - families of employees killed in the deadly Hickman County explosion last year demanded $150 MILLION from Accurate Energetic Systems.. instead they got $50 Gift Cards to Walmart and T-shirts with a picture of their deceased loved ones. 😳🤔
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⚡️NEW — We asked the TN-5 Democratic candidates for Congress if they support cutting off aid to Israel, as AOC, Tucker Carlson, Jon Favreau, and even J Street now say we should.
3 of the 4 responded. (Only Chaz Molder did not)
Full responses: tnholler.com/2026/04/do-t...
All 8 Tennessee House Republicans just obediently voted to keep Trump’s war with Iran going: @RepHarshbarger @RepOgles @timburchett @RepDavidKustoff @DesJarlaisTN04 @RepChuck @MattForTN @RepJohnRose
@RepGolden was the lone Dem to oppose it. It failed by 1 vote. 🤔
