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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, May 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT Republicans are proposing a federal voucher program, where your federal tax dollars could go to pay for someone else's kid to go to a private religious school. Sure, that might seem like a violation of church and state to you, but when Republicans invoke the magic words, "school choice," that tiny constitutional problem is just supposed to disappear. Lots of conservatives love voucher programs. Not just because it means that tax dollars get funneled to Christian schools, but also because voucher programs hurt public schools. They drain critical funding from the public system, a problem that is particularly acute in rural communities where public schools rely heavily on state funding. That's why even some conservatives don't back vouchers. May 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT In lieu of solving the ever-present issues at the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has shifted his focus to more pressing matters, like interior decorating. Duffy took time out of his Thursday afternoon to publicly announce that he's moving a painting of Jesus up a few floors at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT Resources to help victims and survivors of sexual assault are being denied to anyone who calls the National Sexual Assault Hotline, thanks to another bogus executive order signed by President Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network purged these resources from the list of referrals used by operators of the hotline, which was used by 460,000 people last year. The resources supported the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, women, and other marginalized groups who have been targeted by Trump and the GOP. May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency has left National Weather Service teams desperately scrambling to staff depleted operations ahead of the hurricane season. According to the National Weather Service Employees Organization, there are at least 155 vacancies that need to be filled, including forecasters essential for the around-the-clock coverage needed during hurricane season. May 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM EDT A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | Sean Duffy keeps blaming Biden for Trump's air traffic control mess May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT Cosplaying Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has requested that Congress give her $50 million from the United States Coast Guard's budget so that she can acquire a new Gulfstream V jet for her to use to travel around and perform stunts to scare immigrants. Democrats made the accusation on Wednesday at a hearing in which Noem was defending the DHS budget request for the next fiscal year, while at the same time telling Congress that she has no plans to stop shredding the Constitution. And the Trump administration confirmed to the Washington Post that the department is seeking a new jet, which would be primarily used by Noem, who has already spent hundreds of millions to try to terrify immigrants. May 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT In a Thursday earnings call with investors, Walmart revealed it will have to raise prices on some products because of the trade war launched by President Donald Trump. "We will do our best to keep our prices as low as possible. But given the magnitude of the tariffs, even at the reduced levels announced this week, we aren't able to absorb all the pressure given the reality of narrow retail margins," CEO Doug McMillon said. May 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, seems to have developed an unsettling""though unsurprising""obsession with the myth of "white genocide," parroting the same rhetoric embraced by Musk and other right-wing extremists. Grok began providing information about "white genocide" in response to inquiries on X that had nothing to do with the concept, including posts about baseball and a dog show. May 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT Remember how good it felt to witness the rare occurrence of one of President Donald Trump's immensely unqualified appointees proving to be too much even for Republicans? Seeing Ed Martin, Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., get booted for being too problematic, even for Republicans, was a delight""albeit a short-lived delight, considering that he's now the Department of Justice's new pardon attorney. May 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT ??'? 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For some bizarre reason, Trump decided to pick a fight with our closest ally""and the consequences are real. I've written often about Trump's amazing ability to hurt his own supporters with scalpel-like precision, and this kerfuffle with the Canucks is no different. Look at the county-level map of the 2024 presidential election results: May 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM EDT Canadians have had enough of Donald Trump's America, and they're showing it by selling their U.S. property, vacationing elsewhere, and severely punishing their own country's homegrown conservatives. For some bizarre reason, Trump decided to pick a fight with our closest ally""and the consequences are real. I've written often about Trump's amazing ability to hurt his own supporters with scalpel-like precision, and this kerfuffle with the Canucks is no different. Look at the county-level map of the 2024 presidential election results: |
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