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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Senate could vote on legislation next week aimed at blocking demolition of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. A draft bill has bipartisan backing from the top appropriators who oversee Kennedy Center funding. rollcall.com/2026/09/24/a...
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Appropriators push to protect Kennedy Center from demolition
The Senate could vote on legislation next week aimed at blocking demolition of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without congressional approval. A draft bill has bipartisan backing fr...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Congressional Democratic leaders filed a lawsuit Thursday aiming to prevent the Trump administration from following through on alleged plans to send agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the polls this fall. rollcall.com/2026/09/24/s...
rollcall.com
Schumer, Jeffries sue to block federal agents at polls in November
Congressional Democratic leaders filed a lawsuit Thursday aiming to prevent the Trump administration from following through on statements that they are considering sending armed federal agents to poll...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A review of analyses covering more than 3 million participants has found that the long-debated link between Tylenol use in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children largely dissolves when researchers filter out lower-quality evidence. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
forbes.com
There’s No Link Between Tylenol In Pregnancy And Autism, New Review Finds
An umbrella review of more than 3 million participants finds the apparent risk shrinks toward zero as study quality rises.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Increasing vertical integration in healthcare has led to many patients being forced into more-expensive options by their insurer. kffhealthnews.org/news/vertica...
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The Market Forces Quietly Adding Thousands to Patient Bills - KFF Health News
The true cost of “vertical integration”: patients directed to a higher-priced location for procedures. Or forced to buy from their insurer’s wholly owned pharmacy, which may not stock the drug prescri...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
RFK Jr lied to Congress at his confirmation hearings, that a 2019 visit to Samoa had “nothing to do with vaccines.” Under 18 USC § 1001, making materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to the federal gov't - including Congress - is illegal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thousands of employers are keeping tabs on the whereabouts, productivity and communications of workers... A vast array of digital tools still are being used to track locations, collect data on task completion rates, and access work-issued smartphone and laptop cameras. apnews.com/article/empl...
apnews.com
As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it's good to know the ways your employer is watching
Employers are increasingly using technology to monitor the whereabouts, productivity and communications of workers.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
While representing District 87 in the Florida House, Caruso backed what is now known as the 2023 Florida Capital Sexual Battery law. The legislation allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty for adults convicted of sexually battering a child under the age of 12. www.newsweek.com/republican-w...
newsweek.com
Republican who backed death penalty for pedophiles faces child sex charges
Palm Beach County Clerk Michael Caruso, a DeSantis appointee, was immediately suspended from office.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
FTC has obtained a permanent injunction preventing Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Henkel), the manufacturer of the industry-leading Loctite brand construction adhesives, from acquiring Loctite’s main competitor, Liquid Nails.  Rare example of a Trump agency upholding the law! www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
ftc.gov
Statement on FTC Win Blocking Loctite, Liquid Nails Construction Adhesive Merger
The Federal Trade Commission secured an important victory in the fight to lower the cost of housing construction materials for Americans by preventing German multinational Henkel AG & Co.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s civil rights lawsuit against Harvard that accused the school of ignoring antisemitism. He ruled the alleged incidents didn’t amount to an ongoing violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. thehill.com/homenews/edu...
thehill.com
DOJ’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s civil rights lawsuit against Harvard University that accused the school of turning a blind eye to antisemitism.  U.S. District …
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Generic drugs represent 90% of US prescriptions, while only being responsible for 12% of drug acquisition costs. Of that 90%, nearly half of US generics are manufactured in India. These tariffs, if implemented, will be catastrophic to US patients. www.forbesindia.com/article/news...
forbesindia.com
How Indian Pharma Is Preparing for Trump's Tariff Threat
India supplies 35 percent of US generics, while the US generates 30-50 percent of revenue for Indian drugmakers
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agency • ORR shared > 460,000 leads with ICE since January 2025 • Children now spending an avg of ~200 days in custody • Care of migrant children was protected from ICE enforcement www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agency
More than 12,000 people have been arrested ‌by U.S. immigration authorities following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement during President Donald Trump’s second term.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
CNBC-TV18 reported that Donald Trump claimed on social media that import tariffs on Indian generic drugs would begin on 1 Aug. 2028 starting at 100% and increase to 200% on 1 Aug. 2029. Based on his history, Trump might change this plan tomorrow if not sooner. www.cnbctv18.com/market/sun-p...
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Explained - How Donald Trump's tariff announcement impacts Indian Pharma companies - CNBC TV18
Multiple Indian companies have manufacturing presence in the US. Aurobindo Pharma has a substantial local manufacturing footprint, along with companies such as Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Lupin, Cipla a...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
FDA provided an update regarding the sample of lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico which was reported positive on July 18, 2026. ...FDA laboratory experts re-reviewed the sample results and have concluded that the finding ...should be considered a false positive. thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
FDA: Taylor Farms lettuce cyclospora finding was false positive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday said that a follow-up review of a lettuce sample collected from Taylor Farms determined it was a false positive for cyclospora, the parasitic i…
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Please sign the linked petition requesting that prediction markets (such as Kalshi) be prohibited from accepting bets on the outcomes of clinical drug trials. The potential for corruption, as well as interference with clinical studies, is staggering. www.change.org/p/ban-predic...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Ban prediction markets from betting on the outcomes of life-saving clinical trials.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This is a new low, even for Orange Shitler. In the face of his own ICE SS storm troopers having paused the deadly "traffic stop" immigrant murders, Trump calls for the killings to resume. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
Trump says ICE can’t give up traffic stops: ‘Important and effective’
President Trump on Wednesday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue utilizing traffic stops, calling the tactic one of the agency’s “most important and effective…
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
FDA is proposing to revise their drug establishment registration regulations, which, among other things, would require API manufacturers who do not ship directly into the USA, but whose active ingredients are components of products sold in the USA, to register with FDA. www.fda.gov/news-events/...
fda.gov
FDA Proposes Rule to Modernize Drug Manufacturing Registration
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would create a streamlined registration pathway for distributed manufacturing establishments that operate as a si...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Nutritional advice from GoodRx regarding certain foods falsely promoted as "healthy." www.goodrx.com/well-being/d...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
FDA has published notice of future Proposed Rule that would essentially ban direct-to-consumer pharma ads by eliminating the "brief summary" of safety information and instead requiring the full statements - which would be prohibitively expensive. RFK Jr did this! www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eA...
reginfo.gov
Statement of Need:
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
President Donald Trump and his family continue to dominate the field when it comes to corruption, with two new scandals exposed just within the last 24 hours. newrepublic.com/post/212458/...
newrepublic.com
Two Major Trump Corruption Plots Revealed in Just 24 Hours
Donald Trump—and his sons—have found new ways to profit off the presidency.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The SAVE program can help election officials conduct voter list maintenance, but only if used prudently alongside established, trusted practices for maintaining accurate voter rolls. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
brennancenter.org
Watch Out for False Voter Fraud Claims Fueled by SAVE Program
The federal government’s SAVE tool is prone to error, and its misuse risks disenfranchising Americans and eroding trust in elections.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
VT Senator Bernie Sanders has reported on numerous and highly concerning anti-vaccine actions ordered by Secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The information was provided by former Centers for Disease Control Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry. www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releas...
sanders.senate.gov
NEWS: Sanders Releases Internal HHS Emails Demonstrating Secretary Kennedy’s Politicization of CDC, Interference with Vaccines » Senator Bernie Sanders
WASHINGTON, June 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released internal emails from the Centers for Disease ...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Opinion piece from The Hill listing Trump's "greatest hits" of recent corrupt actions and grifting. Listing them all would take up too much space! thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
Trump’s reign of grift and graft is without parallel
There are so many examples that it’s hard to know where to begin.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The number 250, which the Trump administration wants to use on a $250 bill with the president's face on it, is slang for “idiot” in Chinese. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
snopes.com
Why Treasury's proposed $250 Trump bill was met with laughter in China
The Mandarin word for the number 250 has numerous derogatory connotations, all of which have amused Chinese speakers.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
On June 4, 2026 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of generic drug maker Hikma in deciding Amarin Pharma's suit accusing Hikma of induced patent infringement in connection with Hikma's generic equivalent to their drug Vascepa® (icosapent ethyl). law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/...
law.marquette.edu
The Skinny-Label Case: A Unanimous Supreme Court Sides with the Generic – Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Summary - the linked article discusses a trend among 'MAGA' Trumpublicans to hate people who do not fit the Christian Nationalist mold -- such as homosexuals and Muslims. But as the cliché goes, such MAGA haters are simply stating the quiet part our loud. rollcall.com/2026/06/03/g...
rollcall.com
The GOP push to ‘love thy neighbor’
When Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles posted Tuesday that “homosexuality has no place in America,” it wasn’t the first time he declared a certain group of people didn’t belong in the U.S. The difference this...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Associated Press and KFF Health News gathered this data via analysis of thousands of habeas corpus cases filed on behalf of ICE detainees during the current Trump administration. DHS reported that 51 people have died in detention since the January 2025. kffhealthnews.org/courts/ice-i...
kffhealthnews.org
Festering Infections to Untreated Cancer: ICE Detainees Describe Medical Neglect Across US - KFF Health News
Immigrant detainees have told courts across the nation that detention officials have failed to treat or stabilize their conditions, from pregnancy to prostate cancer, suggesting that systemic lapses i...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
The Trump Administration’s Assault on Immigrants Degrades the Rule of Law www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
americanprogress.org
The Trump Administration’s Assault on Immigrants Degrades the Rule of Law
By repeatedly breaking the law and resisting accountability—infringing on constitutional rights, disregarding statutory limits imposed by Congress, and defying binding court orders—the Trump administr...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"The probe is the latest move in the department’s ceaseless, and somewhat strained, efforts to meet Trump’s demands to target his long-standing personal foes." www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/p...
cnn.com
Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources fam...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is beyond outrageous, even for Trump. He is in a position to influence, let alone have inside information about, decisions of Executive Branch agencies like FDA. In the early 2000s Martha Stewart was sent to prison in connection with insider trading. Fair? kffhealthnews.org/health-indus...
kffhealthnews.org
Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs - KFF Health News
New ethics disclosures show the president invested in Eli Lilly and a company that manufactures injectable devices as his health agencies implemented policies that benefited them.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan newrepublic.com/article/2094... via @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com
The Justice Department Sides With the Ku Klux Klan
The administration’s vindictive targeting of the Southern Poverty Law Center is yet another mask-off moment.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
RFK Jr plans an FDA meeting in July to promote unapproved and untested peptides, marketed as supplements. He previously claimed FDA was pharma's "sock puppet." If he had a functioning brain, or was qualified for his job, he'd realize the sock is on the other foot now! apnews.com/article/pept...
apnews.com
FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and other MAHA figures
Federal health officials will meet this summer to consider easing restrictions on a controversial group of drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Article from "The Conversation" advising patients having financial difficulty due to expiration of ACA subsidies to health insurers, and / or healthcare cost inflation, to discuss alternatives to expensive prescriptions and procedures with their physicians. theconversation.com/health-care-...
theconversation.com
Health care sticker shock has become the norm, but talking to your doctor about costs can help you rein it in
Three questions can help patients get a better handle on drug and health care options. But many Americans still hold back from asking providers for information.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trump is imposing 100% tariffs on some imported branded drugs under Sec. 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act. 16 Big Pharma firms having signed Most Favored Nation pricing agreements are exempt until Jan. 20, 2029. Other exemptions / reductions are provided. www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/trump...
fiercepharma.com
Trump slaps 100% duties on imported drugs but leaves plenty of exceptions
For more than a year, the biopharma industry has had to swiftly react to various tariff threats from the Trump administration. | The president has rolled out a 100% tariff rate on patented pharmaceuti...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
No one gets freakier than repressed right-wing "Christian" Nationalists. You go girl! nypost.com/2026/03/31/u...
nypost.com
Exclusive | Kristi Noem weighs in on report husband lives cross-dressing double life: ‘The family was blindsided by this’
Kristi Noem is “devastated” by salacious allegations her husband Bryon lives a double life in which he dabbled in cross-dressing and chatted online with fetish models.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The SAVE America Act is Jim Crow’s comeback The burden of the law would deter millions of eligible Black voters from voting, as well as new voters and women (as many as 69 million married women) who do not have documentation that would be required under this bill. thehill.com/opinion/cong...
thehill.com
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Iran did not rebuild its uranium enrichment capability following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against it last year, U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday. time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Tulsi Gabbard Contradicts Trump on Key Claims About Iran War
The U.S. Director of the National Intelligence contradicted one of Trump's key justifications for going to war against Iran.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Washington (United States) (AFP) – US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war. www.france24.com/en/live-news...
france24.com
Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment, US intelligence finds
US intelligence concluded Wednesday that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donal...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Yet another story of 4th Reich gratuitous cruelty and Gestapo tactics. Last week a mother and hearing-impaired son went for their regular check-in with immigration officials. Instead they were detained, deported, and not even permitted to obtain the son's hearing aid. thehill.com/homenews/577...
thehill.com
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
This Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Issue Brief examines issues that may impact consumers who access drug discounts through TrumpRx, particularly those with private insurance, and sets out key policy questions going forward. www.kff.org/patient-cons...
kff.org
TrumpRx: What's the Value for Customers? | KFF
In February, the Trump administration launched TrumpRx, a government website that provides prescription drug discounts to consumers. This brief examines issues that may impact consumers, especially th...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
From the Penn Program on Regulation (excerpt below): Actions taken by the current EPA and Trump will make regulators less informed. This is especially unfortunate because... this is precisely the time when society needs regulators to be more informed. www.theregreview.org/2026/02/09/c...
theregreview.org
The Opposite of Smart Regulation | The Regulatory Review
The federal government is moving backwards in its regulatory analysis and decision-making.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Opinion piece written by former Federal prosecutor in SDNY regarding the numerous recent refusals by grand juries to indict lawfare targets of Trump 2.0. This is evidence of the overtly political and egregious misuse of the system in support of Trump's retribution tour. thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
NY Times / Kaiser Family Foundation article regarding the Trump administration's drug advertising enforcement initiatives. This is a rare issue on which RFK Jr and his appointees and Congressional Democrats agree, and have the opportunity to work together. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
nytimes.com
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Opinion piece from Washington Monthly proposing that Trump's poor polling and failure on the economic issues he promised to improve, provide a good opportunity to win back Black and Latino voters for the midterms, while pointing out Trump's racist history. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/10/d...
washingtonmonthly.com
Donald Trump Is Really Racist
Trump not only traffics in racist rhetoric, but also racist policies, and we should not shy away from pointing out the harms.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Important point -- the author of this piece supported Trump in his first term. I hope many former Trump supporters now see the light and will vote accordingly. 'Trump’s first term once felt defensible to many, myself included. I was a committed MAGA supporter.' thehill.com/opinion/whit...
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I DID THIS! -- Donald J. Trump • The Trump tariffs amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,000 in 2025 and $1,300 in 2026. taxfoundation.org/research/all...
taxfoundation.org
Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs
The Trump tariffs are the largest US tax increase as a percent of GDP since 1993 and amount to an average tax increase per US household of $1,500 in 2026.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
MAGA Inc., the main super PAC supporting President Trump, has raised $305 million since the 2024 election. The sum is completely unprecedented... and comes almost entirely from donations of $1 million or more. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
brennancenter.org
Pro-Trump Super PAC Raises Record-Breaking $305 Million
MAGA Inc. has relied on multimillion-dollar donors to raise an unprecedented amount in support of a lame duck president.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I DID THIS -- Donald J. Trump The fact that this disgustingly racist post was taken down after massive public outcry does not mean Trump should be "forgiven" or this despicable racism should be excused. If Trump didn't actually post it, one of his flunkies who thought it would be OK with Trump did.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
See linked discussion of birthright citizenship. The claim that the 14th Amendment was only intended to grant citizenship to formerly enslaved is false. The first Supreme Court decision on this in 1898 (U.S. v Wong Kim Ark) affirmed birthright citizenship. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-ori...
talkingpointsmemo.com
The Originalists Are Getting the Birthright Citizenship Case Spectacularly Wrong
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Entertaining review of the recent Melania infomercial. Note to the reviewer -- don't be so reserved, tell us how you really feel! 😁😂🤣 cineramafilm.com/2026/02/02/m...
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Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is - Cinerama Film
Melania (review) - media like this, that is so unashamedly propagandistic, needs to be called out for what it is.
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ando-19958.bsky.social @ando-19958.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
U.S. District Judge Fred Biery on Saturday morning issued a ruling demanding the release of 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy Liam Conjeo Ramos and his father by Tuesday from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, the Express-News reports. www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-n...
sacurrent.com
Federal judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos
5-year-old Liam Ramos being detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 20. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery on Saturday morning issued a ruling demanding
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