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vivian huelgo @vivianhuelgo.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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The Hidden Danger of Cutting Medicaid #substack #shorts
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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vivian huelgo @vivianhuelgo.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
There's a line between a rebrand and a misnomer, and they've crossed it.
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vivian huelgo @vivianhuelgo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
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It's Happened Here
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. 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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Amanda Fischer @amandalfischer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I mean one note of irony is that they tried to illegally fire the ethics attorneys that police these conflicts
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Carrie A Lee @carriealee.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
He is gearing up to invoke the Insurrection Act, if that wasn’t obvious.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, has fired 1,300 employees and cancelled more than $2 billion in federal research grants. cbsn.ws/4daiCrv
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How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health
Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 29/04/2025
In a letter signed by 39 House Democrats, lawmakers are slamming policy proposals the Trump administration is reportedly considering that aim to raise birth rates in the United States. bit.ly/4iK86Iz
Text reads: “Women are not mere vessels for childbirth  as contemplated in The Handmaid’s Tale." — From a letter, signed by 39 Democratic women lawmakers, in response to proposals considered by the White House for raising birth rates
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/04/2025
"Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized," Doug Emhoff said in reaction to the Trump administration firing him and senior Biden White House officials from the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. nyti.ms/3GxToqH
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 29/04/2025
Vanita Gupta and Peter Keisler, top DOJ officials under Biden and G.W. Bush, point to the damage done by law firms' deals with the Trump administration. thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
news: The Trump administration tried to fire several board members of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. They sued to stop it. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sues White House to Block Board Firings
The media organization said that the White House emailed three of the company’s five directors on Monday, telling them that their positions had been terminated.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun assisting Trump's 'mass deportation' effort, sources and records show www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally, according to two people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by The Washington Post — dramatically broadening the scope of the Trump administration’s government-wide mass deportation campaign.The U.S. Postal Inspection Service, a little-known police and investigative force for the mail agency, recently joined a Department of Homeland Security task force geared toward finding, detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional reprisals.

Immigration officials are seeking photographs of the outside of envelopes and packages — an Inspection Service program known as “mail covers” — and access to the postal investigation agency’s broad surveillance systems, including Postal Service online account data, package- and mail-tracking information, credit card data and financial material and IP addresses, the people said.
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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · 29/04/2025
A Haitian woman who was among those held in allegedly inhumane conditions has died after more than 10 weeks in immigration custody. At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
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Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/04/2025
Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute. We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5
Several emails dated October 21, 2016.

Ed Martin writes: "Go slow and steady. Not too much of a flood. Make it organic. Email his comments to others and say 'is this right?' Direct message him and play sweet/dumb ... 'i am not a lawyer but how can this happen?' And 'john and roger and others are grieving their mother's death ... can't this wait?'"

A reply back from Priscilla Gray says "on it."

Another email from Martin says: "Turn up the heat with others on his page. Call what he did unfair and rigged over and over. He's doing it like hillary does ...."

And a third email reads: "Go back on his page and write 'your ruling puts anne cori and her co plaintiffs in charge of the entity they sued, Eagle Forum. How can the anne cori and the plaintiffs now be telling the lawyers for defendant eagle forum how to defend themselves? That is not justice but a rigged system. So, you gave them eagle forum by rigging it so anne cori is lawyer for both sides. Shame on you and this broken legal system.'"
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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
President Trump’s first 100 days get a failing grade. He broke his promises to working people — attacking our unions, undermining our contracts, and abandoning our communities. The labor movement is standing strong because working families deserve better.
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Jim Hoover @jimhoover017.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
I actually love this idea. Let the Vatican have him.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/04/2025
Since 2011 or so, Hungary has been what is known as a “hybrid regime”—not a totalitarian dictatorship, but not a real democracy, either. Is the same thing happening in the U.S.? nyer.cm/YxWG7w0
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 29/04/2025
As of the 2024 class, only 8 percent of inductees are women. Six classes, including the Hall of Fame’s inaugural cohort in 1986, have included no women. www.instagram.com/p/DJCXON8pCB...
Image of the group Salt N Pepa with text below the image that reads: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is (very) slowly honoring more women Later this year, more women artists will join what has been criticized as an old boys’ club.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
When you are seeking Senate confirmation, being "friends" with a January 6 rioter known for dressing up as Hitler is bad. But lying about the relationship in sworn answers to senators' questions may be worse.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal. Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration. See how this works?
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Good Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
Marisa said she is eft with nothing BUt questions.
"What if I would have been armed," she 2 said. "You're breaking in. What am 1 supposed to think? My initial thought was we were being robbed-that my daughters, being females, were being kidnapped. You have guns pointed in our faces. Can you just reprogram yourself and see us as humans, as women? A little bit of mercy. Care a little bit about your fellow human, about your fellow citizen, fellow resident. We bleed too. We vork. We pleed justlike anybody else bleeds. We're scared. You could see our faces that we were terrified. What makes you so much more worthier of your peace? What makes you so much more worthier of protecting your children? What makes you so much more worthy of your citizenship? What makes you more worthy of safety? Of being given
the ight t that they took from me to protect my daughters?"
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
190 rural hospitals in 34 Medicaid expansion states are at immediate risk of closure. Congressional Republicans' plan to slash Medicaid could push them over the edge. New from @kierrajones.bsky.social, @nzmurphy.bsky.social, and @andreaducas.bsky.social:
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Medicaid Cuts Would Threaten Rural Hospitals
190 rural hospitals in 34 Medicaid expansion states are at immediate risk of closure. Slashing Medicaid could push them over the edge.
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Alex Leff @alexleff.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
NPR's reporting shows the contracts DOGE has terminated and spending it has frozen largely reflect policy disagreements with the Biden administration rather than waste, fraud or abuse. www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
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What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days?
One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
BREAKING: Two sources tell NPR that DOGE employees have gained accounts on classified networks that hold nuclear secrets. The Department of Energy denies the story: "This reporting is false," a spokesperson told NPR in an emailed statement. www.npr.org/2025/04/28/n...
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DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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David Fahrenthold @fahrenthold.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
NEW: After USDA cuts aid to food banks, one charity in WV tries to make lunch out of craisins, crackers and vegetable soup. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/u...
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After Trump Aid Cuts, Food Banks Scrounge and Scrimp
In one of the country’s poorest areas, the quantity and quality of government deliveries have dropped, forcing one charity to make do with thin soup and dried cranberries.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 29/04/2025
Good news to end the day: The House just passed my bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act and now it will be signed into law! This bill will provide victims of online abuse with the legal protections they need when intimate images — real or deepfake — are shared without their consent.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/04/2025
Columbus Day is still a federal holiday — though some no longer want to celebrate the Italian explorer, and many jurisdictions also mark Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Why Trump is talking about bringing Columbus Day 'back from the ashes'
Columbus Day is still a federal holiday — though some no longer want to celebrate the Italian explorer, and many jurisdictions also mark Indigenous Peoples Day.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/04/2025
Breaking News: Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the framework of a roughly $254 billion state budget agreement for New York, ending a monthlong stalemate.
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N.Y. Budget Deal Includes School Cellphone Ban and Public Safety Changes
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $254 billion state budget agreement that includes tax credits. A measure to restrict mask wearing was watered down.
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vivian huelgo @vivianhuelgo.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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The Courage To Stand Up To Trump
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Sinners dropping just 6% in its second weekend merits a much bigger headline than its $48 million opening. It is actual box-office news--news as in "This never happens." Just a giant thing, for Ryan Coogler and for the future of original material.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/04/2025
A recent group statement showed that U.S. academic leaders, at first reluctant to oppose President Trump’s moves to control higher education, are beginning to unite.
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Emerging From a Collective Silence, Universities Organize to Fight Trump
A recent group statement showed that the nation’s academic leaders, at first reluctant to oppose the president’s moves, are beginning to unite.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
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Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
At least two of the 365 grants have since been restored. Nonprofits call it a "devastating blow."
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/04/2025
“The Trump administration is asking us to reimagine America as a country that not only does not value public service but actually torments its public servants,” @elainegodfrey.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/U64UnPy2
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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
"One of the judges fired was in the middle of an asylum hearing and received notice via email and had to abruptly leave the proceedings" www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Trump fires more immigration judges in what some suspect is a move to bend courts to his will
Congressional members warn that bottlenecked courts will be hurt as Trump administration fire immigration judges, demand that Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi explain
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This is unconscionable. Where are the members of Congress speaking about this? Esp the ones who call themselves Christian (yeah, I mean Speaker Mike Johnson). Does the media even ask about it?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/04/2025
Trump’s appointees often seem to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social writes. They “perform near-daily tone poems to a certain type of MAGA masculinity, publicly pantomiming their professional responsibilities.”
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Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet
The president’s appointees often appear to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs rather than actually doing them.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Your now regular reminder that threatening the sovereignty of a NATO ally, while 🇷🇺 is illegally occupying 20% of 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇳 is eyeing 🇹🇼 & illegally seizing territory in the S. China Sea, is not only shameful & obscene, it is also a massive national security risk that should immediately end a presidency.
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
This is of course bizarre and crazy, but since it's the US's National Security Council, it's not something to read and just say, "wow, that's just nuts!" THIS insanity shouldn't just scare Americans. Given the power of the US it should scare the whole world. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council
Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
“It’s hard to see how Trump would have acted any differently if he were a Russian asset than how he has acted in the first 100 days of his second term.” Huh. You don't say. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...
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How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
Many of President Trump’s actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.
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Deepak Gupta @deepakguptalaw.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/b...
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Emails and testimonials from workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau document the administration’s efforts to lay off 90 percent of the employees.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Team Trump is cutting money for deaf kids. “Pediatric deafness is a neurodevelopmental emergency. Without support, deaf and hard of hearing children do not learn to communicate, which has cascading effects on brain, language, social & occupational development.” www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...
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Funding Cuts to Deaf Education Impact Disabled Students & Families
Across the country, from rural Utah to Florida, students who are deaf or hard of hearing will face dwindling access to critical support services
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
“If we don’t understand what’s happening and why it’s happening, you can’t be adapting. … You’re just going to suffer,” said a member of NOAA’s scientific advisory board. “We’re going to see huge impacts on infrastructure and lives lost.” New, @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
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White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 26/04/2025
The nominee for U.S. Attorney in D.C. is a Jan. 6 conspiracy theorist and celebrant who praised a white supremacist Hitler-lover as an “extraordinary man, and extraordinary leader.” Are there no Republicans who will oppose this disgraceful nomination? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Video casts doubt on Ed Martin’s apology for praising Nazi sympathizer
Trump’s pick for top D.C. federal prosecutor said he didn’t know about the man‘s antisemitic statements. But they had discussed the allegations on podcasts.
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Spontaneous applause for Ukrainian President Zelenskyi at the funeral of Pope today in Rome. russia wants to convince us that we're all alone in this fight. We are not. Video: Acyn Twitter.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
As discussed in the video, here's the passage in DOJ's criminal complaint where the case falls apart. As I discussed on CNN, it points to a criminal complaint that's not designed to have the charges stick. Instead, DOJ's actions look designed to create a (false) public narrative about judges.
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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
"Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he campaigned 'all over the country' for Donald Trump last year after the Republican presidential nominee promised to pardon him during a meeting at his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to a voicemail obtained by @bridgemi.com." By @simon.schuster.press
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Kwame Kilpatrick: I went to ‘work’ to elect Trump after he ‘promised’ a pardon | Bridge Michigan
In a voicemail, the former mayor says Donald Trump promised a pardon during his first year in office and asks a lawmaker to put in a good word on his behalf. Now, Kilpatrick says there is no ‘quid pro...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/04/2025
Trump’s appointees often seem to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social writes. They “perform near-daily tone poems to a certain type of MAGA masculinity, publicly pantomiming their professional responsibilities.”
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Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet
The president’s appointees often appear to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs rather than actually doing them.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 26/04/2025
Today, we honor and mourn Pope Francis, who led the Catholic Church with humility and hope. He leaves behind a legacy of humility, compassion, and dedication to peace that will continue to inspire us all.
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