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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/04/2025
The Trump administration is set to cancel tens of millions of dollars in grants to scientists studying environmental hazards faced by children in rural America, among other health issues, according to internal emails written by senior officials at the EPA.
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E.P.A. Set to Cancel Grants Aimed at Protecting Children From Toxic Chemicals
The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 21/04/2025
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts reut.rs/4cHdnz3
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
In a move to change cultural attitudes about childbearing, the Trump administration may soon start bestowing mothers of six or more children a special medal. Here's a not-so-fun fact: This idea was popularized in Nazi Germany.
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Trump may soon offer a motherhood medal, an idea popularized in Nazi Germany
He wants to be known as the 'fertilization president.'
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/04/2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
Pete Hegseth is pictured wearing a blue suit, looking to his left. A headline reads: "Pete Hegseth Said to Have Shared Sensitive Attack Details in Second Signal Chat." Photo by Eric Lee/The New York Times
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/04/2025
Hitler used tariffs to “liberate” Germany from a globalized world order—careening the economy backwards, Timothy W. Ryback writes.
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Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards—and drove up the price of eggs 600 percent.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 20/04/2025
Trump's Ukraine envoy is making piles of cash with a pro-Putin oligarch. Great scoop from @timkmak.bsky.social and the team. open.substack.com/pub/countero...
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Scoop: Trump envoy’s conflict of interest: a Russia-linked business partner
Steve Witkoff, Trump's Special Envoy, has a serious and unreported conflict of interest in Russia-Ukraine negotiations: his relationship with Ukraine-sanctioned businessman Len Blavatnik.
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
First they came for the criminal illigal immigrants, then all immigrants, then anyone... American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen. www.nbcnews.com/news... 1/2
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American doctor receives email from immigration officials telling her to leave the country immediately
Dr. Lisa Anderson, 58, was born in Pennsylvania and is a U.S. citizen.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“Every public official associated with Trump’s defiance of the courts (including his vice president, JD Vance) should be impeached, convicted and barred forever from holding public office.”
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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Opinion | The Supreme Court Can’t Save America, but Here’s What It Can Do (Gift Article)
The justices and the American people must hold the line together.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I gift this NYT piece by David French, so that all can read. “Millions of Americans are desperate for a quick and effective response to Trump’s attacks on the Constitution. But the election foreclosed that possibility. The courts — even if they have the courage — lack the power to save America.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Chris Krebs is America’s next profile in courage. The entire nation should support this honorable and courageous fellow citizen.
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Judge Luttig @judgeluttig.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The President of the United States fears only those who do not fear him.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/04/2025
DOGE IS HACKING THE US GOVERNMENT—building a ‘master database’ of our sensitive info from the IRS, Social Security, HHS & voter rolls. No oversight. No safeguards. Just a surveillance machine waiting to be weaponized. They claim it’s about “efficiency” and tracking immigrants. It’s about control.
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scarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The media demanded Biden personally solve a shortage of baby food formula and kept after him for weeks about it while Trump's FDA isn't even bothering to warn people about E. coli outbreaks and it won't even be a story by tomorrow.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
JUST IN: @aclu and @democracyfwd ask Boasberg to reimpose nationwide TRO on Alien Enemjes Act deportations. They also want to refile habeas corpus claims in DC for the roughly 130 men deported March 15 despite Boasberg's order to turn planes around. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16/04/2025
I just met with the Vice President of El Salvador as we fight for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. I’m speaking to the press now with the latest on our efforts. Tune in here:
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Senator Chris Van Hollen is live!
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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onion person @junlper.beer · 14/04/2025
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
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‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
no criminal record no gang ties no tattoos active pending asylum case **19 years old** sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ice deports Venezuelan teen despite reportedly knowing he was not a target
Merwil Gutiérrez sent from New York to El Salvador prison although family says he has no criminal history or gang ties
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA! “Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
washingtonpost.com
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/04/2025
Trump to Fox on deporting Americans to a gulag in El Salvador: "We want to do it. I would love to do that."
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The House of Representatives just passed the SAVE Act, a bill that could block millions of American citizens from voting. Here's what you need to know from @gbedekovics.bsky.social:
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote. www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump defying a 9-0 Supreme Court decision is the reason I say "if we still have free and fair elections in the United States" when I talk about 2026 midterms.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump has just hung the "now open for business sign", saying he'll do specific (tariff) favors for specific companies. CEOs will see massive gains from lobbying, and huge costs from criticizing the White House. It's an effective way to suppress criticism. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0. If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14/04/2025
The Supreme Court told Trump to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The Trump administration is publicly mocking the high court now and refusing to comply with court orders. Here’s why ⤵️
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Why Trump and His Admin Are Publicly Mocking the Supreme Court
Donald Trump was told by the Supreme Court to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but he would rather set a disturbing precedent.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14/04/2025
Nayib Bukele said he won't return a man the U.S. mistakenly deported, while Trump teased sending American citizens to El Salvador's torture prisons.
rollingstone.com
Trump and Bukele Bond Over Human Rights Abuses in Oval Office Meeting
Donald Trump and Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele discussed the U.S. deporting people to El Salvador's prisons in the Oval Office on Monday.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14/04/2025
Legal experts agree that sending American citizens to prison in El Salvador would be flagrantly illegal under both U.S. and international law. Two sources have confirmed that the Trump administration is discussing this idea.
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Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 14/04/2025
Days after the Supreme Court ordered Trump to “facilitate” the return of a man his administration illegally shipped to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador — allegedly the result of an “administrative error” — Trump’s administration is saying it has no responsibility to actually bring him home.
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Trump Admin Tells Judge It Doesn't Have to Bring Back Man It Illegally Shipped to El Salvador
The Supreme Court ordered Trump to “facilitate” the man's return after his “illegal” deportation to El Salvador. The admin says it doesn’t need to.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
“.. ‘This is their M.O.,’ Mr. Mahdawi’s lawyer, Luna Droubi, said. ‘They just continue to hide the individual to the point where their attorneys can’t quite understand or identify where to file.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/n...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/04/2025
Courts generally proceed on the assumption that government officials have acted properly. But the Justices shouldn’t be played for fools, Ruth Marcus writes: the Trump Administration has repeatedly squandered its entitlement to the presumption.
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Will the Supreme Court Stop Donald Trump?
By defying the Justices’ ruling on a man mistakenly sent to El Salvador, the Administration has shown that it is not owed the deference typically shown to the executive branch.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/04/2025
The Trump administration is pretending to comply with the Supreme Court’s order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo—while refusing to actually do so, @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/k6OLmbC3
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
You are not worried enough about this
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/04/2025
El Salvador won’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, Trump is not only refusing to bring him back—he is lying about the Supreme Court ruling compelling him to do so.
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El Salvador Won't Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Trump Won't Bring Him Back
An extremely chilling back and forth in the Oval Office
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Its true that America citizens can’t legally be deported. It’s equally clear that this administration doesn’t care about what the law says. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump floats legally questionable proposal to deport U.S. citizens
Trump has suggested that "homegrown" criminals who have been convicted of certain crimes should be deported — a policy that legal experts say is "pretty obviously illegal."
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14/04/2025
Trump is defying a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling against him. The Constitutional Crisis is no longer some abstract idea, it's right here staring us in the face.
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Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
1/ the person in question has not committed a crime 2/ there is zero evidence he is a “terrorist” 3/ the Supreme Court has ordered his return. This is out and out Fascism.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14/04/2025
Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
What we saw today was two jumped up thugs and their bootlicking sychophants laughing at the US Constitution, the supreme court, and the idea that anyone can stop them from doing anything they want www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here
The Supreme Court told the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador’s infamous CECOT prison. So far, the administration is pretending to comply while re...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14/04/2025
No one should be above the law, most especially the President. Ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return isn't just cruel; it's unconstitutional. They're saying the quiet part aloud — if they get away with it now, they'll do it to anyone.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Utah!! "The arena has a roughly 15,000-seat capacity, according to the university. An estimated 1,000 more packed the arena floor, and about 4,000 crowded outside the arena..." utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/04/13/b...
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Bernie Sanders, AOC and the ‘Fight Oligarchy’ tour cheered by 20K in deep red Utah • Utah News Dispatch
Bernie Sanders and AOC brought their "Fight Oligarchy" tour to deep red Utah, where they were cheered on by 20,000 frustrated Democrats.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Exclusive: Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half. A document obtained by POLITICO shows plans to zero out or substantially reduce spending on many programs, including ones that promote democracy.
politico.com
Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half
A document obtained by POLITICO shows plans to zero out or substantially reduce spending on many programs, including ones that promote democracy.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio
Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights
and due process rights.
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8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee
camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for
the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date
of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of
International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025.After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for
Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States.
22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and
empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia
University Buddhist Association and led it for two years.
23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at
Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and
identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful
permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to
Palestine. Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles
regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi
appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and
kill his best friend in the West Bank.
27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University
Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose
views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that
more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding
through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully.…and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his
speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a
peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all.
25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who
made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against
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antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to
justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator
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Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Presidents Trump of the U.S. and Bukele of El Salvador said Monday they had “no basis” to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported there last month. No basis? Trump is treating federal law and federal court orders as mere trash. apnews.com/live/donald-...
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Live updates: El Salvador’s president says he won’t release wrongly deported man back to US
President Trump is hosting Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, at the White House. The nation is holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported from the U.S.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
(D)igging (O)wn (G)rave (E)fficiently
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