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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/08/2025
Israel’s security cabinet was set to convene on Thursday to discuss expanding the country’s military campaign across all of Gaza, despite growing domestic opposition to a move that could lead to the killing of more Palestinian civilians and may endanger the lives of Israeli hostages.
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Netanyahu Weighs Expanding Gaza Military Operation Despite Warnings
The Israeli security cabinet is to discuss the proposal on Thursday. Critics say that extending the offensive would endanger the lives of Israeli hostages and kill more Palestinian civilians.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/08/2025
News Analysis: President Vladimir Putin of Russia sees direct talks with President Trump as essential to achieving his ultimate aims in Ukraine. He believes that a meeting with Trump, rather than just progress on the battlefield, is his best chance for securing a victory in the war.
nyti.ms
For Putin, Trump Summit Is Key to Securing Ukraine Goals
The Russian leader sees direct talks with Trump as essential to achieving his ultimate aims in Ukraine.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 23/07/2025
A 2019 report commissioned by Texas estimated flood prevention needs would cost over $30 billion. Since then, state lawmakers have allocated just $1.4 billion. By Lexi Churchill and @lomikriel.bsky.social, w/ @texastribune.org
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Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding
Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"In the letter, the signatories warned that National Science Foundation grants now underwent a 'covert and ideologically driven secondary review process'...” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/s...
nytimes.com
Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
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Clay Ranck @clayranck.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This anecdote from @radiofreetom.bsky.social about his mother’s service to our country and how Pete Hegseth is denigrating it is powerful stuff.
Today is my late mother's birthday. She enlisted in the Air Force and served during the Korean War. She came from a poor family, and had to leave the military when her father was dying. But she was deeply proud of her service in America's armed forces; I remember watching her march in uniform in hometown parades. She would be heartbroken—and furious—-to know that
more than a half century after her service, the message to the women of the United States from the current commander in chief
and his secretary of defense amounts to a sexist warning: Feel free to join the military and serve your country-but know your place.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
July 22, 2025
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July 22, 2025
First thing this morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X a statement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying that under Bondi’s direction, he had talked to the lawyers for Ghislaine M...
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
He thinks we’re too stupid to figure out the $1T in Medicaid/CHIP cuts and the additional $350B in reductions far exceed Republicans small ‘gift’. Hospitals will close and people will die because of it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2025
New in PN: Goodbye, separation of church and state "Now only churches get the benefit of not paying taxes *and* get to work to influence elections. Not because Congress changed the law. Just because the executive branch threw it in a random court filing. That's not how democracy is meant to work."
publicnotice.co
Goodbye, separation of church and state
Churches now have extra special speech rights, thanks to Trump.
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John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
In other words, the Trump administration has given carte blanche to all OEMs to violate any emissions standard they wish, to any degree—because all penalties for doing so, dating back *4 years*, are now zeroed out. The blatant contempt for public health + climate change rises even more. (1/2)
detroitnews.com
Trump regulators to zero out fuel economy fines dating to 2022
The action, contained in a letter to automakers, comes after passage of a Trump-backed bill that ends penalties for companies that miss standards.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Wow. What a sign that criminal case against Abrego Garcia may be politically cooked up. "Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons" Schrader spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was chief of the criminal division
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Abrego Garcia indictment led top federal prosecutor in Tennessee to resign: Sources
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Lisa Farrar @lisafarrar.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Heather Cox Richardson ❇️ Podcast ❇️ 5/22/2025 "This bill highlights a truism: In the United States, racism has always gone hand in hand with the concentration of wealth among the very richest people." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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May 22, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/05/2025
The Trump Justice Department is failing to hold Boeing accountable. After two planes crashes and 346 deaths, Boeing gets a slap on the wrist. This deal sends a dangerous message that, under President Trump, corporate executives can put profit over safety and never face justice.
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Boeing Strikes Deal to Avoid Criminal Responsibility for 737 Max Crashes
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
File under: Not white enough
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
So the White House story is now: “We didn’t mean to threaten Harvard, because we didn’t mean to send the threatening letter we sent, but when Harvard rejected the threats we made but didn’t mean to make, we decided to threaten them twice more.” The country is now run by thugs and idiots.
nytimes.com
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/04/2025
Breaking News: Trump officials blame a mistake for setting off the tectonic confrontation with Harvard. nyti.ms/4ioHtIT
The open gates to Harvard are pictured. Headline reads: "Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard." Photo credit: Sophie Park for The New York Times.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Ooops! Ooopsie! Did we do that? We didn't mean to do that. Definitely don't blame us for doing that. Oops! Day one funding freeze Oops! Ebola Oops! Nuclear security workers Oops! Bird flu Oops! PEPFAR Oops! HHS firings And on and on and on... Now this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...
nytimes.com
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard (Gift Article)
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
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John Vibes @johnvibes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
WSJ Editorial page welcome to the resistance?
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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 12/04/2025
As of today, it is cheaper to import a fully-built computer than it is to import the parts and build it in the U.S. Just an incredible strategy to bring assembly lines back to the U.S.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer.  So much for "Make America Healthy Again." www.theguardian.com/environment/202…
theguardian.com
Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.” @timmiller.bsky.social @thebulwark.bsky.social
fortune.com
Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets
The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team was established in 2021 and prosecuted major crypto-related felonies.
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Senator Martin Heinrich @heinrich.senate.gov · 10/04/2025
Protecting our public lands also protects our wildlife. This #WildlifeWeek and beyond, let’s be intentional about conserving our wildlife and the habitats they depend on for future generations.
Graphic: Keep Public Lands In Public Hands
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We found the voter fraud!!!!!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Now this…is not good.
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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan @houlahan.house.gov · 09/04/2025
Your wallet is being cleaned out by expert pickpockets. This is criminal. Literally criminal. I call for an IMMEDIATE investigation into who knew what, when, and what they did with the info. You can bet the Admin and many here in DC are considerably richer tonight than they were this morning.
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TofuNYG 🏈🏳️‍🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
$721m to help Louisiana protect itself from Natural Disaster, gone Red Rural Recession. www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...
fox8live.com
Louisiana officials lament Trump administration’s cuts to FEMA grant programs for storm impacts
Hundreds of millions in expected project grants evaporating
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The Real Josh Weil @therealjoshweil.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We're out here visiting polling places and talking to voters across the district! Make sure you get out to vote today! joshweil.us/vote
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/03/2025
FEDERAL SPENDING SURGES Despite chaos caused by Trump, Musk, and DOGE, federal spending is on pace to come in 7.4% higher this year than last. The federal government has spent $1.893 trillion in 2025 as of March 26, compared to $1.763 trillion at the same date last year. 1/
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Despite Musk’s claims, Trump administration spending on pace to surpass Biden’s
The U.S. Treasury is on pace to spend 7.4% more in 2025 than last year.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/03/2025
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/03/2025
This means I now have negative 4 security clearances
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
This is SO much worse than Hillary‘s emails—it’s not even in the same universe. Don’t let them make that bullshit comparison. She wasn’t sharing war plans. She wasn’t in an unsecured text group sharing classified documents and state secrets. She was actually qualified for her job and not a traitor.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
She must want Musk deported.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 25/03/2025
Trump's Social Security nominee just lied to the Finance Committee, claiming he hasn't been involved in any DOGE plans to gut Social Security. My office has a whistleblower that says otherwise. We brought the receipts.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 25/03/2025
This administration claims to be all about transparency, but they won't answer a simple question for the American public. They do not care about you, and they sure as hell don't keep America safe.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 25/03/2025
BREAKING: BISIGNANO LIES UNDER OATH @wyden.senate.gov: Were you involved in discussions about DOGE or any of the operations, personnel or management decisions with those working at Social Security? Bisignano: No, sir. Wyden: That sounds like a reassuring response. Unfortunately, it's not true.
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Elliott Lusztig @elliottlusztig.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Peak MAGA would be insisting that there was no classified information on the chat and then, when Goldberg publishes the chat, prosecuting him for releasing classified information. All without blinking.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Yet Republicans lost their minds over Hillary’s emails.
A tweet from Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) reads, "Pete Hegseth texting out war plans like invites to a frat party." Below is a screenshot of a tweet from The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) stating that American war planning usually takes place in secure facilities, but the Trump administration planned strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/03/2025
Wyden: "I'm of the view that there ought to be resignations, starting with the national security adviser and the secretary of defense."
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Mario Nicolais @marionicolais.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Here is the rub: if they insist nothing was classified, then @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social is well within his rights to publish the entire chat, unedited. And given that he is an excellent, professional journalist, I am sure he has the receipts. #Signalzi www.rawstory.com/karoline-lea...
rawstory.com
'So bad at this': Karoline Leavitt mocked after insisting 'no war plans' sent to reporter
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was trashed online after claiming that no "war plans" were discussed when a journalist for The Atlantic was included in a secret war-planning chat about re...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/03/2025
Cait Conley, 39, a U.S. Army veteran and former national security official, announced on Monday that she is challenging Rep. Mike Lawler, a second-term Republican in a swing district in the suburbs north of New York City.
nytimes.com
Cait Conley, a Democrat, Enters House Race in Mike Lawler’s District
Cait Conley, a former National Security Council official, will run for the seat held by Mike Lawler, a second-term Republican, in a Hudson Valley swing district.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025
While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
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This is why Canada has plenty of eggs — and the U.S. doesn't
While the U.S. grapples with an egg shortage caused by avian flu, eggs remain plentiful and affordable in Canada. There are reasons for that, including that egg farms there tend to be smaller.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Yep. Federal records. You're supposed to protect them, not delete them.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Forty-two percent of men ages 18 to 29 have invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrency, compared with 17% of women in the same age range, Pew said. Interestingly, just 17% of all U.S. adults say they have invested in, traded, or used a cryptocurrency, according to the 2024 survey
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/03/2025
West Virginia has banned foods containing most artificial food dyes and two preservatives, citing their potential health risks. It's the first state in the U.S. to ban virtually all artificial dyes from foods sold statewide.
nytimes.com
West Virginia Bans 7 Artificial Food Dyes, Citing Health Concerns
At least 20 other states are considering bills restricting the use of certain food dyes and additives.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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