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Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage
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Wisconsinite Aging Millennial Sports Humor Decent Human I will repost a bit because I respect the original poster and want to give them credit. Also, some of their words are just better than mine I appreciate you guys taking a moment to read this...
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Trump’s ICE raids have reduced the employment rate of US-born male workers, according to a new study. The study also found that employers have not increased wages to attract US workers. Hello? Not only is Trump’s deportation agenda patently cruel, it’s also terrible for the economy. Despicable.
Study Shows How Trump's ICE Raids Cost Americans Jobs | Common DreamsTrump's aggressive immigration raids are not only tearing families apart, but they're also destroying jobs for both immiwww.commondreams.org
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Desiree Morin looks through photos after Monday’s tornado destroyed the Menasha apartment she once called home. Now, like many others, she’s picking up the pieces.
Damage assessment teams fan out across Menasha as tornado survivors begin to rebuild their livesDesiree Morin looks through photos after Monday’s tornado destroyed the Menasha apartment she once called home. Now, like many others, she’s picking up the pieces.www.tmj4.com
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🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Kansas Supreme Court rejected Secretary of State Scott Schwab’s (R) final emergency effort to revive a strict Election Day receipt deadline for mail-in ballots right before the state’s primary. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Kansas Supreme Court deals final blow to GOP bid to throw out late-arriving mail ballotsThe ruling is a conclusive defeat for Schwab’s last-minute campaign to enforce a Republican-backed law that attempted to eliminate the grace period and required mail ballots to arrive on Election Day ...www.democracydocket.com
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🚨BREAKING: California’s top election official demanded the (DHS explain how it concluded that thousands of noncitizens may be registered to vote in the state, bluntly questioning both the department’s results and how it obtained California voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Serious doubts about the reliability of your data’: California bluntly challenges DHS over sweeping noncitizen voter claimsCalifornia has not provided its statewide voter registration list to DHS or any other federal agency. State law prohibits the disclosure of sensitive voter information, including Social Security numbe...www.democracydocket.com
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Federal judges say they are losing faith in the Justice Department’s trustworthiness, legal scholars say. “Judges simply don't believe the representations that are being made by United States attorneys,” one former federal judge said.
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” ConductProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.www.propublica.org
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Ah yes, the Milwaukee County pension scandal. Or: how a group of people gamed the system, made out like bandits, and bankrupted the County for generations to come. A true Boomer success story!
Pension scandal still haunts Milwaukee County 25 years laterTwenty-five years after the "pension scandal" upended Milwaukee County government, the reverberations continue to wreak havoc on government services.www.jsonline.com
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By the way, Trump's Ballroom that he says he urgently needs to host oligarchs at the Whitehouse, is estimated to cost around $600 million.
AnonymousHours after meeting Zelenskyy and then Netanyahu, Trump betrayed Ukraine again, ordering $400 million in congressionally approved military aid to be delayed until 2029. Since Trump took office, the US has provided little to no actual aid to Ukraine.
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No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.www.news.com.au