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People Magazine @people.com · 15/02/2025
The author announced on Friday, Feb. 14, that she is the mother of the Tesla founder's thirteenth child.
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Author Ashley St. Clair Says She Gave Birth to Elon Musk's 13th Child 5 Months Ago
Elon Musk has fathered his thirteenth child, author Ashley St. Clair announced on Friday, Feb. 14. She shared that they welcomed the child five months ago.
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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 15/02/2025
They may call it "work requirements" but it's just another way to take health insurance away from people so they can fund new tax breaks for the wealthy. Text MEDICAID to 888-418-5699 to call your Representative and tell them #HandsOffMedicaid! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u565QGw1INo
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Let's Cut To The Chase: Medicaid Work Requirements Don't Work
Imagine losing your health care because of bureaucratic red tape — not because you didn’t qualify, but because you missed a paperwork deadline or couldn’t keep up with rigid work reporting rules. Medicaid work requirement policies don’t work; they don’t increase employment, they don’t save states money, and they disproportionately harm people already struggling to make ends meet — especially caregivers, mothers, and workers in unpredictable jobs. As state and federal lawmakers renew their focus on these harmful policies, learn more about what we can do instead to build a fairer, healthier health system for all.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 16/02/2025
Huge thanks to Washington and Columbia Counties for the big turnout at yesterday’s town halls in Hillsboro and Scappoose. Oregonians are outraged about the Trump administration’s lawlessness. I appreciated each question about what it means and how we fight back.
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Christie Woolsey @boxers4pres.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Anti-Musk protest happening right now at the Tesla dealership in downtown Seattle. @jimbrunner.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/02/2025
This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free. (Published Oct. 2019)
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Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 15/02/2025
📢 We're still looking for volunteers and state leads to help us organize local events to #standupforscience2025! If you or anyone you know would be interested, please fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... Any questions? Feel free to DM! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall
Sky blue background with red text that says "looking for state leads and volunteers" with the stand up for science logo at the bottom right.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia that JD Vance’s speech at the Munich conference “has gone down well in Moscow.” That alone should tell you everything you need to know about the speech and what the Trump administration really stands for.
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Rachel @rachelaveryy.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Here are some within Washington state
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joydasgupta.bsky.social @joydasgupta.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Winning at foreign policy via @newrepublic.com
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GOP Senator Bashes Pete Hegseth for Dumpster Fire NATO Speeches
Pete Hegseth struggled to convey Donald Trump’s policy for Ukraine.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Lots of people are joining the Musk boycott. Across the country, Americans are protesting at Tesla showrooms, even taking free test drives just to waste the company’s time.
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Dr. Rabbithole @drrabbithole.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
More terrible news about brain drain from NIH
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joydasgupta.bsky.social @joydasgupta.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
If middle schoolers can do this, we can too @splcenter.org
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Middle school students hold walkout during Hegseth visit to US base in Germany
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
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MGA @emgeea.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
If not us, then who? If not now, then when? www.standupforscience2025.org/STAND-UP-FOR...
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joydasgupta.bsky.social @joydasgupta.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Where is DOGE when you need them??
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House Pete Hegseth Under Fire From Dems Over Alleged $49,000 ‘Emergency’ Paint Job For Government Home
The Democrats said over $135,000 was allocated for maintenance and repairs of the house, exceeding a $35,000 threshold for residences of senior military officers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.
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joydasgupta.bsky.social @joydasgupta.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Rubio’s first deal is to subsidize El Salvador’s prisons…
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Most prisoners per capita by country 2024 | Statista
El Salvador struggles with high levels of violent crime, reflected in the fact that it has the largest prison population per capita worldwide.
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down. Children would die. They’re defying the order. But the aid world is in chaos. Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Melissa Sanchez @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Just, um... yeah. "The White House referred ProPublica to the State Department. The State Department said to direct all questions about USAID to the agency itself. USAID did not reply to our emails. Much of its communications staff was let go in the last week." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
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DAME Magazine @damemagazine.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
A (re)introduction! 👋 We're DAME, an independent women-owned/led news & opinion site, covering politics, policy, culture, media, climate & more. No ads, no corporate overlords, no paywall, just generous readers who help keep us publishing. We may be small , but we're determined, now more than ever.
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