@AlecMacGillis Lifelong bureaucrats would be difficult to employ outside of another bureaucracy
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pondering the moment after this one
California, USA Se unió Mayıs 2018
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"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior VP at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store in Falls Church, Va."
nytimes.com/2026/04/21/us/…
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@SenWarren Do you ever build anything? You just complain about those who do build and create. Like a tick complaining about the blood pressure of their host
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The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger isn't a done deal.
State attorneys general across the country are stepping up to stop this antitrust disaster.
We need to keep up this fight.
philip lewis@Phil_Lewis_
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros shareholders approve $81 billion sale to Paramount in a mega merger that could vastly reshape Hollywood.
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The Trump family has made $4 billion off the presidency.
Crypto: $3.02B
Persian Gulf deals: $425.8M
Qatari jet: $150M
Legal fees/merch: $127.7M
Mar-a-Lago: $125M
Corporate deals: $91M
Hanoi hotel: $40M
Truth Social: $25M
Don Jr: $19.6M
Unprecedented kleptocracy.
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This is bad for America. The news should not belong to the oligarchs.
philip lewis@Phil_Lewis_
NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros shareholders approve $81 billion sale to Paramount in a mega merger that could vastly reshape Hollywood.
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@TheGrayRider @BuzzPatterson Open during work days only. You have to get really drunk to legislate.
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Did you guys know that Congress has their own liquor store? They order booze and have it delivered to their offices. Eric Swalwell rang up some BIG totals!
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@RichardGrenell Insane. I rewatched True Detective, season 4 recently and noticed the whodunnit set in Alaska, was actually filmed in Iceland using an Icelandic crew. Coppola shot in Romania. Demme in Pittsburgh and Jacksonville.
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They are literally supporting the guy who will chase their jobs away.
Pop Crave@PopCrave
Tom Steyer has been endorsed for California Governor by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. The IATSE is one of the largest unions in the entertainment industry.
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@Twolfrecovery It was interesting and surprising to hear Chad Bianco say exactly that last night in the debates.
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I'll keep saying it until everyone believes it. This is a drug and mental illness crisis. They're sick with a disease and need treatment.
jj smith@war24182236
🎥April 23 2026 5:31am location 6th & Market st Downtown San Francisco This is San Francisco’s open drug market. It has never been shut down since the last administration all the way up to this administration. There is no plans to shut it down, but was so interesting about this look at all the wheelchairs. where do they come from? Who pays for them?
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This merger is bad for New Yorkers three times over. Thousands of jobs at risk here in the city. Streaming bills going up as competition disappears. And two of America’s most powerful media companies under one roof, deciding what you watch and what you hear.
Today, as Warner Bros. and Paramount shareholders vote, New York City is on record: this merger should be stopped.
David Dayen@ddayen
Hollywood has organized around blocking the Paramount-Warner Brothers merger. @HaroldMeyerson writes that putting a film treasure up for sale was unwarranted and reveals the eclipse of enterprise capitalism by shareholder capitalism. prospect.org/2026/04/20/dea…
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OPERATION GANGSTER’S PARADISE:
@FBILosAngeles executed 30 pre-dawn raids arresting 30 alleged members of the Mexican Mafia in Southern California.
Alleged murderers, drug dealers, and racketeers all taken down.
This group is also known as “La Eme,” the “gang of gangs,” known to control nearly every Hispanic street gang in the California region.
Well done to our agents, great partners and teams who executed brilliantly.
This @FBI continues to break violent gang operations all over the country 🔥
nypost.com/2026/04/23/us-…
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@BarackObama Painting this time of prosperity as a ‘rough patch’ is peak Obama
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Hope isn’t blind optimism — it arises in the face of uncertainty. If you look at our history, we’ve gone through some rough patches. But we tend to come out on the other side of them stronger than before.
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Is Eric Swalwell an ALCOHOLIC? I took this close up photo of Swalwell at this Jan 9 Town Hall. Swalwell’s FEC disclosures show a staggering number of BOOZE DELIVERIES, including over 100 separate charges with alcohol delivery company Drizly!
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With Eric Swalwell out, Xavier Becerra sees boost in California governor's race abc7.com/post/californi…
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Lefty Starbucks office workers refuse to move from Seattle to new hub in deep-red Tennessee: report trib.al/AYDyGrK
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@marcjoffe It’s the reason Kaiser, dignity, sutter, blue cross flood the airwaves during sporting events. Prosperous businesses
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Big hospitals aren't going broke: they just claim poverty to get more taxpayer dollars.
Great new research from Paragon.
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@eurofounder Don’t worry about it. Don’t pay the bill and nothing will happen. Hospital will write it off as a loss and be reimbursed. They’ll send you letters but will drop it after awhile.
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My wife collapsed in our hotel room in New York today
“Call an ambulance, I can’t breathe” she was screaming
My heart dropped
If she ends up in an American hospital we are financially ruined
I went on the Lufthansa app to book a flight back to Frankfurt, but unfortunately pilots are on strike today
“Please I’m begging you” she was lying on the floor
I sighed and called 911
She is now in surgery as apparently her appendix “almost burst”
I am extremely scared
This is going to cost us at least $100,000
She could have received much better care, for free, in Germany
I will never visit this barbaric country ever again
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Tom Steyer is unquestionably the best candidate for the environment and he has my support for governor.
Betty T. Yee@BettyYeeforCA
Fewer cars on the road means lower emissions, cleaner air and healthier communities. But government needs to help make that sustainable choice an easy choice for commuters, seniors, students, and people with disabilities, with efficient, cost effective systems.
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@SenecaSpeaks21 Because neighbors living in harmony is a Threat to Democracy!
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Can a "progressive" please tell me why THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER WAS PAYING KLAN MEMBERS TO MANUFACTURE RACIAL INCIDENTS?!?!?!
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@SenBrianJones @AbbyNormalSF Press releases and EO’s that he never implements define Newsom
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Give me a break. Newsom is honoring crime victims this week while his party just killed our bill to keep violent sex offenders from walking free at 50. Funston. Vogelsang. Klemp. Real monsters. Real victims. And Democrats blocked us again. A press release does not protect anyone. We have been fighting for these victims for years while Newsom signs the laws that let their attackers go free. #FixCalifornia
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@BarackObama @ObamaFoundation Nothing quite as vain as believing you can ‘save the earth’
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The young people in our @ObamaFoundation Leaders program give me hope. One of those leaders, Luisa Neubauer, is working to fight climate change and recently traveled to Antarctica.
This Earth Day, I hope you'll check out her incredible story.
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@festive2018 @GavinNewsom Better make it quick; she believes only 5 more years before world ends.
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@GavinNewsom We need to start grooming our next candidate which should be AOC. She is ready.
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Correct.
Trump’s presidency effectively ends this November.
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