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  1. 7 hours ago

    Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, tried to get taxpayers to pay a) $70,000 for two desks and b) $100,000 a month for a private jet membership

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  2. 11 hours ago

    Republican lawmakers in Kentucky are proposing tax cuts for the wealthy, and tax increases for the other 95 percent. The bill is on Governor Matt Bevin's desk

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  3. Apr 4

    Think Trump's decision to send the National Guard to the border makes sense? Look at this chart (h/t )

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  4. Apr 4

    they did neither though. as pointed out, in the last 12 months USBP apprehended 253,141 immigrants—or fewer than 700/day.

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    The answer, by the way, is that they have done neither in the past year. In the last 12 months for which data is available (3/17-2/18) USBP apprehended 253,141 immigrants—fewer than 700/day. (Beginning of last yr was abnormal and apprehensions creeping up — but not _that_ much.)

    you can apprehend more than a thousand people a day or you can apprehend 300,000 people per year, but you can't do both because simple math
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  6. Apr 4

    you can apprehend more than a thousand people a day or you can apprehend 300,000 people per year, but you can't do both because simple math

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    Apr 4

    We got an anonymous Sinclair anchor to walk us through what it’s been like over the last month -- and how people should actually be channeling their anger at the company (hint: it doesn’t involve tweeting)

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  8. Apr 4

    Great time to read about how Ben Carson is actually doing exactly the opposite, using HUD to scale back the enforcement of fair housing laws

    A lot to reflect upon this morning. I remember where I was when I first heard of MLK’s assassination. And now to be the Secretary of carrying out a mission that he died for, fair housing for all, is an honor I couldn't have imagined 50 years ago.
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  9. Apr 4

    Actually, just read this New York Times report, appropriately titled “Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement”:

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  10. Apr 4

    Exhibit B: This is no secret. Carson even decided to get rid of the words “inclusion” and “free from discrimination” from HUD’s mission statement

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  11. Apr 4

    Exhibit A: Just last week, he said he wants to delay a rule that would require local governments to share their plans to integrate racially divided neighborhoods

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  12. Apr 4

    Reflect on this: Under Ben Carson, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has systematically tried to scale back the enforcement of the fair housing laws, or, in Carson’s words, the “mission that he [MLK] died for”

    A lot to reflect upon this morning. I remember where I was when I first heard of MLK’s assassination. And now to be the Secretary of carrying out a mission that he died for, fair housing for all, is an honor I couldn't have imagined 50 years ago.
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  13. Apr 4

    strangely fitting exclamation for someone whose name is attached to at least 6 different bankruptcies

    When you’re already $500 Billion DOWN, you can’t lose!
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  14. Apr 3

    wow so they invented taxes

    This startup lets neighbors pool their money to invest in their communities
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  15. Apr 3

    When you couple this with his endorsement of Sinclair forcing broadcasters around the country to read a scripted piece to camera, the intention is crystal clear. And terrifying.

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  16. Apr 3

    Trump's repeated attacks against Amazon are disturbing because he's carelessly spreading a falsehood (that the Post Office loses money doing business with Amazon). BUT they're even more disturbing, because it's obvious that what he's actually going after is independent journalism

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  17. Apr 3

    .: "We rate this claim False"

    I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy. Amazon should pay these costs (plus) and not have them bourne by the American Taxpayer. Many billions of dollars. P.O. leaders don’t have a clue (or do they?)!
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  18. Apr 3

    bourne /bôrn/ noun 1. a small stream, especially one that flows intermittently or seasonally 2. a limit; a boundary 3. a goal; a destination

    I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy. Amazon should pay these costs (plus) and not have them bourne by the American Taxpayer. Many billions of dollars. P.O. leaders don’t have a clue (or do they?)!
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    wanted to share some of the stories my colleagues and I have been doing at about the teacher's walkouts across the country. 1. Why These West Virginia Teachers Went on Strike.

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  20. Mar 30

    It’s weirdly fitting that a White House that‘s into old, debunked policies is also into a frat game that was popular ten years ago

    “They played a drinking game in the office called “Icing” to celebrate the deputy director’s 30th birthday. Icing involves hiding a bottle of Smirnoff Ice...and demanding that the person who discovers it, in this case the deputy director, guzzle it.”
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