
Stephen Elpop
@ElpopGolf
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SlavaUkraini. https://t.co/wOgvGP3nf8.Laugh. Not necessarily in than order. Errare humanum est Stafford UK
Joined December 2013
The Trump administration is using *footnotes* to control agency spending in secret despite a court order requiring transparency. This is not okay. Taxpayers deserve to know where their money is going. https://t.co/KQLO79vMY7
citizensforethics.org
OMB should not be doling out funds behind closed doors and must make public the contents of legally binding spend plans that apportion fund. Full transparency is critical for effective oversight.
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The Trump administration said that its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices for Americans by cutting off agriculture’s labor supply.
washingtonpost.com
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
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Maybe someone can cite the section of federal law which allows a President to move unused Pentagon funding into military pay for a new fiscal year - without Congressional approval.
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child. She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck. This is not about immigration enforcement. It's about terrorizing Americans.
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The White House’s list of “$8.8 trillion” in supposed “investment announcements” under Trump is filled with vague pledges, vague statements that aren’t even pledges, pledges that aren’t even about investment in the US, and inflated numbers:
cnn.com
President Donald Trump keeps claiming he has secured “$17 trillion” in investment this year – or even more than that.
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Trump Spends Back-to-Back Weekends at His Golf Club as Shutdown Continues Two weekends, two shutdown golf trips https://t.co/hIhnICgiWY
https://t.co/hIhnICgiWY
meidasnews.com
Two weekends, two shutdown golf trips
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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify family. Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time. He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
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REMINDER: American businesses and consumers will pay the 100% import tax https://t.co/fAE7RWZkMl
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She was later released without charge - so what justified the use of force?
cnn.com
Videos show federal agents detaining a WGN TV station employee in Chicago on Friday. In the footage, she could be seen on the ground with two agents holding her arms behind her back. She has since...
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🧑🌾 WASH POST: “The Trump admin said its immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and risking higher food prices by cutting off labor supply… threatening the stability of domestic food production & prices for 🇺🇸 consumers.” https://t.co/5nCY7XGY7H (cc: @rustygrills @GovBillLee
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The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.
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The Republican House has worked 12 out of the last 79 calendar days.
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BREAKING: MIT rejects an offer of federal funds in exchange for agreeing to the Trump administration's education agenda, the first university to do so.
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"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.
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According to an analysis from the health policy research group KFF, without the ACA subsidies, average out-of-pocket premium payments are expected to double, from $888 a year to $1,904.
nbcnews.com
The subsidies are a key sticking point in the government shutdown: Democrats in Congress say that in order to secure their votes to reopen the government, they must be extended.
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A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.
nbcnews.com
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
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Federal workers speak out about the financial hardship they're experiencing during GOP government shutdown: "Very stressful and honestly I pray that it doesn't roll into those many days. There's already a strain... I think the blame is on Trump and the Republicans"
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The corruption and self-dealing is staring you in the face. Hello?
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Food bank line filled with military families wrapping around the block. Shameful on so many levels. 🇺🇸 #TrumpShutdown
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