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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/10/2026
The disappointing jobs numbers come one month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections, at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. to.pbs.org/3TiX9XT
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Disappointing 29,000 jobs added in September as unemployment ticks up
Friday's jobs report is the last one that will come out before the Nov. 3 elections that will determine whether President Donald Trump's Republicans maintain full control of Congress.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/09/2026
The Lincoln's extended deployment drew the nation's attention following reports of crew stress and poor mental health, as well as supply shortages, including food and hygiene products. to.pbs.org/4xLc0bx
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8 sailors attempted suicide on Lincoln carrier group's long deployment, Navy leader says
Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy's to...
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 27/08/2026
DEVELOPING STORY: A Florida grand jury investigating the Hope Florida scandal found that key members of the DeSantis administration engaged in a “sophisticated scheme” to divert $10 million of a Medicaid settlement into a political activities and the Republican Party of Florida.
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Hope Florida grand jury describes public money ‘misused for political purposes’
The not-yet released reported was obtained by CBS News Miami and detailed wrongdoing but also an inability to bring criminal charges.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10/07/2026
Federal officials are refusing to release the name of the ICE officer who fatally shot a Mexican man during a traffic stop in Houston, and scrutiny of the shooting is growing especially after authorities said the man killed was not the person ICE was trying to find. to.pbs.org/4vZbMxv
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Federal officials refusing to release name of ICE officer who fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
Scrutiny of the shooting is growing after authorities said the man killed was not the person ICE was trying to find.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/07/2026
Lured to Russia by promises of employment, hefty sign-up bonuses and citizenship, African fighters are instead thrown to the front line as disposable manpower, deployed as human bait. to.pbs.org/4b3dNjG
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Lured by Russia, African soldiers end up on deadly front lines of Ukraine war
By some estimates, Russia has taken 1.5 million casualties in its war against Ukraine, including a half million killed since the war began. Now, as Russia runs out of recruits, it is bringing in merce...
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
BREAKING: "Trump said that his children have access to ‘inside information’ due to his presidency," per RollingStone
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 30/06/2026
Katherine Fernandez Rundle got blasted on social media after photo showed her fiancé’s Taycan in fire lane at Roasters ‘N Toasters in Pinecrest.
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Miami state attorney ‘regrets’ fiancé parking his Porsche in fire lane at lunch
Katherine Fernandez Rundle got blasted on social media after photo showed her fiancé’s Taycan in fire lane at Roasters ‘N Toasters in Pinecrest.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 24/06/2026
The Hard Rock in Davie will stay open.
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After more than 30 years, Hard Rock Cafe at Bayside is closing for good
The Hard Rock in Davie will stay open.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
BREAKING: "The White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for Vulcan Elements. About 3 months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company,” per Propublica.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 03/04/2026
More than 13,000 immigrants who were living legally in the U.S., waiting for rulings on asylum claims, suddenly faced so-called third-country deportation orders, destined for countries where most had no ties, according to the nonprofit group Mobile Pathways. to.pbs.org/3OfRi2Q
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Asylum-seekers stuck in limbo as U.S. orders them to countries they've never been to
More than 13,000 immigrants who were living legally in the U.S., waiting for rulings on asylum claims, have faced so-called third-country deportation orders, destined for countries where most had no t...
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
BREAKING: Oracle has reportedly begun layoffs, with 30,000 employees likely to be fired, per the Deccan Herald.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/03/2026
The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base. to.pbs.org/4tfu6Rg
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Iranian attack on Saudi base injures U.S. troops as more American forces arrive in the Middle East
The number of American service members wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 24/03/2026
President Donald Trump, who has long railed against mail-in voting — including Monday, when he called it “mail-in-cheating” — used the method himself in a Palm Beach County special election happening today.
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Trump, who calls mail-in voting ‘cheating,’ just voted by mail in Palm Beach County
President Donald Trump, who has long railed against mail-in voting — including Monday, when he called it “mail-in-cheating” — used the method himself for a special election in Palm Beach County.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 19/03/2026
In divisions of the State Department that typically would handle the Iran response, numerous veteran diplomats with decades of collective experience were fired, retired or were reassigned — replaced by more junior officials or political appointees. to.pbs.org/4drnAlC
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How State Department cuts of Middle East experts affect U.S.'s handling of Iran war
In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs would ordinarily be at the center of the geopolitical fray.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 18/03/2026
Residents in Northeast Ohio reported a loud boom Tuesday morning as a suspected meteor fell from the sky. The fireball could be seen hundreds of miles away, and the American Meteor Society said it received reports from Wisconsin to Maryland.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 17/03/2026
More than 6,400 people are being held in California’s detention centers, as of ICE data last month.
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Nearly 70% of California immigrant detainees have no criminal conviction
More than 6,400 people are being held in California’s detention centers, as of ICE data last month.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 11/03/2026
President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a disused military base in Qatar. to.pbs.org/4b2jKxM
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Afghans stranded for a year by Trump's refugee freeze now caught in new war
President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a d...
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
An old tweet from Trump is circulating:
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
BREAKING: Campaign records show Ohio Sen. Jon Husted took over $100,000 from Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Les Wexner, including months before voting to block release of Epstein-related documents, per TiffinOhio
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 30/01/2026
DeSantis administration officials knew about aviation safety issues and budget overruns by the Florida State Guard almost a year before those accusations became public this month, but fired the informant who warned them, records obtained by the @orlandosentinel.com show.
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Warned of Florida State Guard concerns, DeSantis administration fired whistleblower, records show
The fired guard employee, a retired Navy pilot, has filed a wrongful termination claim. He is one of a number of former guard commanders who’ve detailed problems with the agency.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Trump reportedly flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet at least eight times in the mid-1990s, according to an email the Justice Department released:
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 05/12/2025
Legal experts explain what to do during an immigration stop in Key Largo, when to remain silent, request a lawyer and how to document possible unlawful detainment.
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After Key Largo detainment, experts weigh in on what to do during an immigration stop
Legal experts explain what to do during an immigration stop in Key Largo, when to remain silent, request a lawyer and how to document possible unlawful detainment.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 18/11/2025
From Opinion: Columnist Scott Maxwell writes that cronyism has gotten so costly in Florida's university system that Florida Atlantic University is now paying one politically connected lawyer $925 an hour, and New College is spending $494,000 per degree awarded.
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The costs of cronyism at Florida universities | Scott Maxwell
Columnist Scott Maxwell writes that cronyism has gotten so costly in Florida’s university system that FAU is now paying one politically connected lawyer $925 an hour, and New College is spend…
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/11/2025
In one 2011 email about Trump, Epstein wrote that “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.” www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/11/2025
The late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, according to newly obtained emails released Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee. 🧵
A PBS News image of a quote from an email. The email, written by the late Jeffrey Epstein, discusses Donald Trump.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 01/09/2025
Deputies are asking the public for help in tracking down the SUV that killed a woman Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Miami’s Brownsville neighborhood.
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Deputies need help to ID car linked to Miami hit-and-run crash that killed woman
Deputies are asking the public for help in tracking down the SUV that killed a woman Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash in Miami’s Brownsville neighborhood.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
BREAKING: US law to ban politicians from trading stocks is being pushed back against by the White House, per Axios.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 19/07/2025
Gov. Ron DeSantis has used this same disaster pipeline he used to build “Alligator Alcatraz” that he’s used for years to funnel billions of dollars to contractors with political ties to himself and the GOP. Reporting by @sundogwriter.bsky.social
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Florida’s disaster pipeline funnels millions to politically connected contractors
The state’s emergency rules allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to suspend state laws and a competitive bidding process to award millions of dollars from an account he alone controls.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The 2003 birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein reported on by the WSJ, bearing Donald Trump’s name and found in an album compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell, features the outline of a nude woman and a strange dialogue between Trump and Epstein. Trump notes, “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 17/07/2025
The move is the latest by the Justice Department to fire lawyers without explanation, which has raised alarm over a disregard for civil service protections designed to prevent terminations for political reasons. to.pbs.org/3GOt8J3
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Justice Department fires Epstein and Diddy prosecutor Maurene Comey
There was no specific reason given for her firing from the U.S. attorney's office in the Southern District of New York, according to one of the people.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired the DOJ's personal ethics adviser, Joseph Tirrell, after the Epstein files debacle, per POLITICO
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 14/07/2025
Despite political claims, the Miami Herald finds many Alligator Alcatraz detainees aren’t criminals | Opinion
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Miami Herald report on Alligator Alcatraz confirms what we suspected | Opinion
Despite political claims, the Miami Herald finds many Alligator Alcatraz detainees aren’t criminals | Opinion
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 11/07/2025
When the @orlandosentinel.com started investigating the payments, the DeSantis administration sent a threatening, unsigned  “cease and desist” letter, demanding the Sentinel stop contacting the recipients of Hope Florida money.
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 08/07/2025
Scott Maxwell writes: Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign donors are cashing in at Alligator Alacatraz, where the governor used an "emergency" declaration to skirt competitive bidding rules for $450 million project.
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Maxwell: DeSantis spending orgy at Alligator Alcatraz benefits donors
Scott Maxwell: Campaign donors cash in at Alligator Alacatraz as Gov Ron DeSantis uses ’emergency’ declaration to skirt competitive bidding rules for $450 million project
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 08/07/2025
The children were last spotted in the area of the 12800 block of Southwest 242nd Street on Monday.
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Have you seen Ivy and Devin? A Florida missing child alert has been issued
The children were last spotted in the area of the 12800 block of Southwest 242nd Street on Monday.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/07/2025
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions.
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Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at U.S. hospitals, but many now face visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration's travel and visa…
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Look at this. Representative Rob Bresnahan sold Centene Corporation on May 15th, 2025. Two days ago, it fell 44% after earnings. Centene is the largest Medicaid managed care organization in the US. He voted to cut $1 trillion in Medicaid spending through the Big Beautiful Bill. Unusual.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Trump's "Big, Beautiful" has $1.1 trillion in health cuts and 11.8 million losing care, per CBO
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/07/2025
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The Senate’s version of Donald Trump’s tax cut bill will cost the bottom 20% of taxpayers an average of $560 a year while giving an average boost of $6,055 to those at the top end, per Bloomberg.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 30/06/2025
Isidro Perez is the fifth person to die in ICE custody in Florida since January
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Cuban man who lived in the U.S for 60 years dies in ICE detention in Miami
Isidro Perez is the fifth person to die in ICE custody in Florida since January
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
I was today years old when I learned about this. Why is nobody talking about this? 💊 This is great what he is doing, unlike most billionaires... 👍🏼 @mcuban.bsky.social
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Look at this. Senator Markwayne Mullin filed more than $400,000 in stock trades. He bought L3Harris, $LHX., a drone manufacturer. Yesterday, Trump signed an executive order to increase US-made drone production. Mullin is on the Armed Services Committee.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Look at this. Representative Rob Bresnahan said he would ban stock trading when he got into Congress in January. Since then, he's traded 530 times.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Asked about Medicaid and SNAP cuts killing people, Senator Joni Ernst replied: “Well we all are going to die.”
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South Florida Sun Sentinel @sun-sentinel.com · 27/05/2025
Feted by Gov. Ron DeSantis as a hero for helping defeat Florida’s marijuana amendment in November, an anti-drug advocate is now embroiled in the Hope Florida controversy after her nonprofit moved money from the charity to a political committee.
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Feted as a Florida hero, anti-drug advocate now embroiled in Hope Florida controversy
Amy Ronshausen was named a “Florida hero” by Gov. Ron DeSantis for her work helping to defeat a ballot measure that would have legalized marijuana.
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 20/05/2025
The body camera footage of two additional state police officers who were on the scene of a Biscayne Bay boat crash that killed a teenage girl — and were in close proximity to the vessel’s operator George Pino — was deleted, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed Tuesday.
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Two more FWC officers’ body cam footage from Pino boat crash deleted, agency says
To date, the FWC has confirmed that the footage from four officers who responded to the Sept. 4, 2022 crash was destroyed.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
A Mexican Navy ship just hit the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, per Reuters
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
BREAKING: This is unusual trading by a politican. Representative Greg Landsman sold up to $50,000 of United Health, $UNH, on 03/26/2025. Since, $UNH is down 53%, and it was disclosed that the DOJ was investigating $UNH for possible Medicare fraud. He sits on the House Subcommittee of Health.
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Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
BREAKING: Congress member Julie Johnson literally sold stock right before Trump's tariff news. She sold hundreds of positions, right before the market dropped. She sold on March 31, April 1, and continued to sell on April 6th. She literally SOLD BEFORE liberation day. Insane.
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