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@ekmcd.bsky.social

Washington State resident, transplanted from Silicon Valley,a poster child for Dunning-Kruger.

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Senator Bernie Sanders
@sanders.senate.gov

The Pope is exactly right. No society can survive when one man becomes a trillionaire while the vast majority struggle to just survive — trying to put food on the table, pay rent and afford health care. We can and must do better.

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Senator Bernie Sanders
@sanders.senate.gov

For generations doctors have understood that germs — like bacteria or viruses — cause infectious diseases.   Yet we now have an HHS Secretary casting doubt on the germ theory — the foundation of modern medicine. That’s not only unacceptable, it is dangerous. RFK Jr. must resign.

theguardian.comRFK Jr does not just reject vaccines. He rejects science and must step down | Bernie SandersKennedy is unfit to be our nation’s leading public health official because he rejects the fundamental principles of modern science

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The New York Times
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com In firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, Trump risks breaking something bigger than the reliability of our data, writes the Nobel-winning economist George Akerlof. “If we can’t believe the numbers, how do we believe anything?”

nyti.msOpinion | Why Trump’s Meddling in the Bureau of Labor Statistics MattersMost children learn at some point that flipping the board doesn’t make them the winner.
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@ekmcd.bsky.social

How is it antisemitic in the US to protest Israel's treatment of Palestinians in Gaza but not so in Israel? Maybe it's about human rights and not the religion of the country's leadership.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians marched in silence outside the Israeli Defense Ministry, holding portraits of Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war on Gaza.

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@ekmcd.bsky.social

We deport children who are US citizens who have a parent in the US who tried stopping the deportation. But we keep a non-citizen child in the US after deporting the child's parents who wanted the child to be deported with the mother. How does this make sense? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/w...

nytimes.comA Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter?The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.

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Senator Bernie Sanders
@sanders.senate.gov

Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, let’s steal some of their policies. In Denmark: - Health care and college are free.   - The starting wage is $22/hr. - Paid parental leave is 1 year. - Paid vacation is 6 weeks.   - All workers get pensions.

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David Frum
@davidfrum.bsky.social

Trump has ample warning from financial markets of how harmful his tariffs will be. He is proceeding anyway, because the only way he can feel alive and fulfilled is by intentionally hurting people.

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@ekmcd.bsky.social

Another arrogant voter who thought what Trump said was great, FOR OTHER people, not her. As Bugs Bunny used to say, "...what a maroon..." 'MAGA junkie' breaks into tears after DOGE eliminates her job: 'I expected better' www.rawstory.com/doge-job-cut...

rawstory.com'MAGA junkie' breaks into tears after DOGE eliminates her job: 'I expected better'A self-described "MAGA junkie" from West Virginia tearfully recanted her vote for Donald Trump after her job was eliminated by the Department of Government Efficiency.Jennifer Piggott, of Parkersburg,...

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Al Jazeera English
@aljazeera.com

The lawyers of a Turkish national and student at Tufts University, Rumeysa Ozturk, have filed an emergency motion requesting that the US government produce her, after she was arrested by masked US Department of Homeland Security agents. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/imv1dz