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Emily Conklin

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Marine Scientist/Advocate/Enthusiast | I like birds | she/her | Newport, RI hyperlocal | I pay too much attention for my own good | Opinions my own |

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    an important message to elite society in general:

    this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no

    can we appreciate just how badly Johnson and Trump played this Epstein vote? total failure of a pressure campaign, delayed for months to ensure it stays in the news and immediately swamps "the Dems caved" as soon as the shutdown ends, and now it passes 427-1

    couldn't have gone worse if they tried

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  2. 615 of the estimated 3,000+ detained immigrants who were kidnapped in Chicagoland during Midway Blitz are expected to be eligible for bond this week. The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund shows up for people in detention who need bond, but it costs, at minimum, $1,500 per person. Pls help them.

    The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...

    A Midwest Bond Fund Is Helping Detained Chicago Immigrants Return To Their Families

    The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund launched in 2020 to provide bond assistance to people navigating the complex immigration legal system. That mission has become more difficult under the second Trump a...

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  3. NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

    And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has increased.

    Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:

    A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

    Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts

    A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...

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