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  1. REMEMBER: The JCPOA (2015 Obama Iran nuclear deal) of was working—our intelligence, the IAEA, and our allies ALL confirmed it.

    ALL of Iran’s significant enrichment happened AFTER Trump tore it up because it had Obama’s name on it.

  2. That path to curing pediatric cancers is closing. Not because we have run out of ideas or new treatments to try, but because the Trump administration made a choice to cut funding for pediatric cancer research and undermine the institutions that once made America the envy of the world when it came to health innovation.

    nytimes.com/2026/05/13/opinion

  3. Wall Street Journal: “Over 100 U.S. ambassador posts around the world are sitting empty in the Trump administration, a vacancy rate without modern precedent and one that some current and former officials warn is hamstringing U.S. diplomatic power abroad.”

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  4. MAY 14, 2022: BUFFALO MASSACRE

    After posting a racist manifesto online before targeting a majority-Black neighborhood, a white supremacist killed ten people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York.

    zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bu


  5. MAY 14, 1969: SCHOOL LIBRARIAN’S LAWSUIT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

    Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court alleging that Alabama’s Department of Education denied her equal protection as a department employee because of her race.

    zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bl


  6. MAY 14, 1960: FIREHOSES CONFRONT FREE SPEECH IN S.F. CITY HALL

    Peaceful protesters formed a picket line at the House on Un-American Activities Committee hearings.

    zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fi


  7. MAY 14, 1913: LONGSHORE STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA

    More than four thousand Philadelphia longshoremen, organized by African American IWW leader Ben Fletcher, went on strike and shut down one of the busiest ports in the United States.

    zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lo

  8. May 14, 2020 – Trump spoke of coronavirus testing in contradictory terms while visiting a medical equipment distribution center in Pennsylvania.

    “We have the best testing in the world,” he boasted, then added, “Could be that testing’s, frankly, overrated. Maybe it is overrated.”

  9. May 14, 2020 – Perchlorate, a toxic chemical compound used in rocket fuel, has been found to contaminate water, causing fetal and infant brain damage.

    The Obama administration planned to regulate the chemical, but the Environmental Protection Agency, led by Trump’s appointee Andrew Wheeler, went against the decision, saying that the regulation was “not in the public interest.”

  10. May 14, 2025 - The Guardian reported that Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, repeatedly mentioned "white genocide" in South Africa in its responses to unrelated questions on X.

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  11. May 14, 2025 - Attorney General Pam Bondi sold $1-5 million of Trump Media stock on April 2, the same day Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement tanked the stock market; Trump Media stocks fell 13 percent over the next several days before recovering.

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  12. May 14, 2025 - Following his meeting with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, President Trump praised the former jihadist as "great" and a "young, attractive, tough guy" with a "strong past."

    The meeting came one day after Trump announced he would lift sanctions on Syria. "Syria, they've had their share of travesty, war, killing in many years," said Trump.

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  13. Silencing free speech kills democracy. They’re trying!

    We cannot allow conservative media companies with a disinformation agenda like Sinclair and Nexstar to dominate our public discourse.

  14. Funny how each day now we see new Epstein revelations and consequences--across industries, across oceans--everywhere EXCEPT in the Trump Administration.

    Come on, Republicans! Save what's left of your souls.

    The entire world is watching.

  15. Operation Epstein Coverup is consuming all the money that used to be spent on schools, food, social services, and healthcare.

    But tell us how we're winning, Donald!
    Tell us how we're respected!

    iran-cost-ticker.com/

  16. Brendan Carr continues to threaten media, wanting only “positive” coverage of Trump’s idiotic forever war.

    Silencing free speech kills democracy.

    Since Republicans won't remove Trump, we must keep pressure on “fixer” Brendan Carr.

  17. Pam Bondi and 1,000 FBI agents couldn't produce the Epstein files WITH MONTHS OF NOTICE?!?!? OMFG!

    Now Todd Blanche claims it’s all over?!?! FUCK YOU, TODD—GET YOUR ASS MOVING!!!

  18. Billionaires don't get it; they don't want to get it. All we can do is tax them to reduce their power and damage.

    'Yeah, so what?' Elites openly shrug at working-class pain caused by Trump
    rawstory.com/trump-2676873622/

  19. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has revealed another aspect of the program that could make it politically unpopular: the ‘dirty little secret’ that it may contribute to efforts to privatize social security.

    Color me shocked.

    Republican confesses to 'dirty little secret' about Trump accounts
    alternet.org/trump-social-secu

  20. "On November 21, 2025, Brooks published a column in the New York Times dismissing the Epstein files as a QAnon-related conspiracy."

    -- From my new book, "What you do when you're in the Epstein files."

  21. Voters want Democrats to take names and kick ass.

    Maine Just Delivered a Brutal Wake-Up Call to Democrats. Will It Land?
    hartmannreport.com/p/maine-jus

  22. Nothing spells desperation quite like posting OLD letters from "Christian" charlatans!

  23. The road to greatness and prosperity is paved with arrogance, ignorance, racism, self-sabotage, nepotism, alienation, starvation, indiscriminate acts of violence, drunken rapists and pedophiles, and a huge dollop of misogyny.

    — Donald John Trump, aka Dr. Jesus

  24. LOL! Grifter Mike Lindell is at it again! Please donate more so Mike can pay himself.

  25. When choosing a law firm, it's important to choose a firm that won't cave to an authoritarian dictator!