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No porn or bullshit. No DM’s! Don’t waste your time or mine! It’s the billionaires vs us! They want to take money from kids with cancer, social security, Medicare & Medicade, your freedom! We must FIGHT for our rights, livelihood & our lives!

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18/05/2025
Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill provides massive tax breaks to billionaires while taking away food from an estimated 4 million children and about half a million seniors.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 20/05/2025
There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind. The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages. Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.
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Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 21/05/2025
Republicans are trying to kick 13.7 million more people off of their health insurance – all to give tax cuts to some of the wealthiest people and corporations in the country.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 21/05/2025
OPINION by @stevebenen.com: “When the Congressional Budget Office concluded that the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would make the poor poorer, this was a key piece of the larger puzzle.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Trump’s rhetoric about food assistance gets weird as Republicans target food stamps
Those who trust the president’s word that Republican-imposed cuts will “give everybody much more food” are in for a dramatic surprise.
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Natalie Alms @almsnatalie.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 23/05/2025
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Affordability gap: Most Americans not making enough to cover basic costs of living
The majority of Americans don't make enough to cover basic costs of living like health care and rent. It's called the affordability gap. Gene Ludwig, founder and chairman of the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity, joined "Evening News Plus" to discuss.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Trump Republicanism in action at your social security administration: "field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
in which president donald trump screws up social security for every single American because his top campaign donor may not be totally solid on the meaning of the words "forty percent": www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living. How do Trump and Republicans respond? Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP. For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
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Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 15/05/2025
At a time when we already spend more on the military than the next nine nations combined… At a time when everyone knows there is massive waste and fraud in the Pentagon… Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill increases defense spending by $150 billion. Outrageous.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025
Here is what we confirmed: After Musk’s rise to power in the U.S. government, the State Department has repeatedly coaxed, lobbied and browbeat this tiny West African country into giving business to Musk’s satellite company Starlink.
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The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 15/05/2025
‘Death sentence’: Sen. Sanders on GOP Medicaid cuts “When you throw 13 million people off health insurance, when you raise co-payments for poor people, it is a death sentence,” says Senator Bernie Sanders on the Republican plan to cut Medicaid. WATCH:
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‘Death sentence’: Sen. Sanders on GOP Medicaid cuts
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MS NOW @ms.now · 14/05/2025
OPINION: It's 'a hostage taking': Dem Rep. Jimmy Gomez on the Republican proposal to cut Medicaid Democrats are pushing back on cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and other critical programs. One of those Democrats, Jimmy Gomez, discusses the true cost of Trump’s tax agenda. WATCH:
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It's 'a hostage taking': Dem Rep. Jimmy Gomez on the Republican proposal to cut Medicaid
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/05/2025
Within the first few minutes of Tuesday’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on planned Republican Medicaid cuts—which would render more than 8 million Americans uninsured—a contingent of protesters entered the room in Washington. Here is what happened⬇️
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25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts
"You will kill me."
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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 14/05/2025
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Search all the contracts, grants and leases DOGE says it has cut
CBS News is publishing searchable databases of all of the contracts, grants and leases DOGE says it has canceled.
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 14/05/2025
The gap between what Americans earn and how much they need to bring in to achieve a basic standard of living is growing, according to a new report.
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Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 12/05/2025
The disastrous Republican reconciliation bill would cut Medicaid & the Affordable Care Act by $715 billion – throwing 13.7 million Americans off of Medicaid & the health insurance they currently have – in order to give a $1.2 trillion tax break to the top 1%. It must be defeated.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 13/05/2025
If Trump's "big, beautiful" reconciliation bill goes through, 13.7 million people will lose their health insurance & even more will become underinsured. Make no mistake, thousands of low-income & working class Americans will die unnecessarily if it passes. We must not allow it.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 13/05/2025
Why Donald Trump's medical records say more than he realizes Dr. David Kessler, former FDA commissioner, talks with @maddow.msnbc.com about how the president’s medical evaluation forms show Trump to be the beneficiary of a drug regimen made possible through the American medical system. WATCH:
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Why Donald Trump's medical records say more than he realizes
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CBS News | Breaking news, top stories & today's latest headlines @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy · 13/05/2025
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DOGE publishes misleading or inaccurate claims on its "Wall of Receipts"
Many of DOGE's claimed cuts appear to be misleading, and the potential for actual savings continues to be uncertain.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"A backlog of more than 3,000 requests has built up on Lutnick’s desk as of last week..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Trump Republicanism at its finest. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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🇺🇸Blue Dot in Red Missouri🇺🇸Antifa🇺🇸REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED!🇺🇸 @mshoemaker3.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 10/05/2025
A judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from carrying out sweeping cuts and layoffs at over a dozen government agencies late Friday, part of a massive federal cost-cutting drive led by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency. cbsn.ws/455gPlb
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Trump administration must halt some DOGE cuts at 20 federal agencies, judge rules
A judge is blocking the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE from carrying out sweeping layoffs at over a dozen agencies — at least for now.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
STUNNING story: 25-year-old DOGE aide was warned about his conflicts of interest at CFPB but participated in mass layoffs at the agency anyway, including the firings of the ethics lawyers who had warned him.
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DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 06/05/2025
THE most important political issue facing us now is our corrupt campaign finance system & Citizens United. As long as Musk, AIPAC & crypto money can buy politicians, we’re not living in a democracy. We must end billionaire control of our politics and publicly fund elections.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/05/2025
Walter Cronkite, who was described as the most trusted man in America, once said: “Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.” Paramount: Stand up for a free press and our democracy. Do not capitulate to Trump's dangerous move to authoritarianism.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 08/05/2025
OPINION: Musk demoted, Zuckerberg loses billions The top 10% now controls a staggering 60% of the nation’s wealth. @arimelber.bsky.social reports on how the market’s response to Trump's tariffs is a reminder that even in “capitalist America,” there is no “free market.”
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Musk demoted, Zuckerberg loses billions: Collapse for MAGA-tech alliance (Ari x Facebook co-founder)
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MS NOW @ms.now · 08/05/2025
OPINION: Trump scoffs at rising prices for families while his inner circle cashes in on foreign deals @jenpsaki.msnbc.com takes a closer look at how Elon Musk is benefitting from the understanding that doing business with Musk's companies is a way to curry favor with the U.S. government.
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Trump scoffs at rising prices for families while his inner circle cashes in on foreign deals
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 05/05/2025
In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.
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At Social Security, these are the days of the living dead
In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 05/05/2025
OPINION by Devin O’Connor, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: “As Elon Musk walks back his original inflated promises of savings, the Trump administration has dragged its feet on getting Congress to affirm its cuts.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Congressional Republicans don’t want the blame for DOGE’s mayhem
The White House is in a bind of its own creation.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Josh is right and this has been clear! youtu.be/MwPEnrCgxkA?...
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‘It’s all made up!’: Hayes breaks down ‘sheer lawlessness’ of Trump deportation case
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 02/05/2025
Billionaires like Trump and Musk don’t have a clue what it means for working families when it becomes too expensive to buy your kid a birthday present.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 03/05/2025
At a time of massive inequality, Trump's budget is breathtaking in its degree of cruelty. It slashes funding for health care, housing & education that the working class desperately needs in order to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires & the Pentagon. That is morally obscene.
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JoeCGiles @joecgiles.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It's not Trump's data. It's not Elon's data. It's not Putin's data. It's not the GOP's data. It's not Charles Koch's data. It belongs to all of us who have paid into Social Security our entire working lives, many of us starting before we were adults.
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MS NOW @ms.now · 02/05/2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security data
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security data
An appeals court this week decided that the Department of Government Efficiency did not need access to sensitive Social Security data to carry out its functions.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Maybe DOGE should look into this www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost $1 billion
Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies.
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Trump Schmump @trumpschmump.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"Maine Lawyers for the Rule of Law..." www.maineruleoflaw.org
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
National Law Day of Action -- May 1st Lawyers, law firms, bar associations, the general public lawdayofaction.org
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
every word of this kfor.com/news/local/w...
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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Whitaker @protime-fitness1.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The fight has just begun.
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CBS News @cbsnews.com · 28/04/2025
"These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday at a major fundraising event for New Hampshire Democrats, after he called for mass protests against the Trump administration. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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MS NOW @ms.now · 28/04/2025
OPINION by Andy Craig, fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies: Andy notes ‘the federal government can enforce its own laws but it can’t force states to help or adopt matching laws of their own.’ “Liberals are quickly learning the much maligned framework of ‘states’ rights’ isn’t always bad.”
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Opinion | Democratic states are discovering "states rights" are effective tools to resist Trump
Federalism is enshrined in the Constitution — and it's the best tool for states to fight back against Trump's power grabs.
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Protect Our Care @protectourcare.org · 27/04/2025
"We were here in 2017 when they wanted to roll back the ACA. And we're here now because we are facing this existential crisis... Without Medicaid, we would be bankrupt." —Lindsay, whose son Calvin depends on daily medications to survive, at @booker.senate.gov's sit-in. #ProtectMedicaid
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