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Mother Jones reporter. Covering corruption, foreign influence. Derrick White enthusiast. Signal: danfriedman.67

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 10h
Here's a $20 million order, paid for by CBP's Office of Public Affairs, awarded to LMD Agency for a national media campaign starting on Sept. 20. The first pro-Trump ad aired on Sept. 23. www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_A...
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70B06C26F00001137
In Progress
(11 months remain)
Unlinked Award
Awarding Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Recipient
LMD AGENCY, INC.
5950 SYMPHONY WOODS RD STE 500
COLUMBIA, MD 21044-3592
UNITED STATES
Congressional District: MD-03
Related Awards
Parent Award Unique Key
CONT_IDV_70Z02323ACGRC0001_7008
Dates
Today
Start Date
Sep 20, 2026
Current End Date
Sep 19, 2027
Potential End Date
Sep 19, 2027
$ Award Amounts
$20.0 Million
Current Award Amount
$20.0 Million
Obligated Amount
$20.0 Million
Potential Award Amount
Outlayed Amount
$0.00
Obligated Amount
$20,000,000.00
Current Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
Potential Award Amount
$20,000,000.00
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NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)Code
54 : Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
5418: Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
541810: Advertising Agencies
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SERVICES
R: SUPPORT SVCS (PROF, ADMIN, MGMT)
R7: MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES
R701: SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 7h
We underrate how nuts it is that GOP senators act like it's a given that Smith's prosecution of Trump for a plot to steal the 2020 election was some baroque partisan conspiracy. They hid from a mob on Jan 6. But now they're trying to puzzle out how the secret plot to frame Trump was orchestrated.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 13h
It takes a lot of people to move money Congress appropriated for border security into midterm campaign spots. Wonder if anyone bothered to gin up a legal assertion this is lawful as cover. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 27/09/2026
What an odd moment in United States history. A U.S. president is running an overtly political camaign advertisement, right before midterm elections, paid for by the U.S. government. Trump appears to believe he is immune from any kind of legal limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government (Gift Article)
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's important to give grace to people or AI agents blowing up Iranian kids.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not subtle stuff. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It would be fun if Zuckerberg started claiming he also doesn't know his phone number. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A White House official disputed that the ad was political, and referred to it as a 'public service announcement.'” www.wsj.com/politics/u-s...
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U.S. Government Airs Pro-Trump, Anti-Communism Ad
The unusual ad, which said it was paid for by the U.S. government, aired on Fox News in major TV markets.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
The SEC quietly published a proposal to rescind a measure that prevents private equity firms from buying access to billions in pension funds that belong to public employees like teachers and police.
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The SEC wants to scrap a key anti-corruption rule targeting private equity
Pay-to-play schemes were a way for firms to tap into public pension funds. They may soon be back.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great piece from @pemalevy.bsky.social and @ariberman.bsky.social on the Redemption-Era evils the Roberts Court has resurrected www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court.
The disaster the justices have unleashed has its roots in one of the darkest periods of our past.
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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stringer Bell "is you taking notes" dot gif
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If you are looking to read more about these topics, but with Federal Housing Finance Agency Director (and apparent Kennedy Center demolition idea man) Bill Pulte involved, check it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What was Bill Pulte’s charity really funding with this mystery donation?
It gave $65,000 to a nonprofit that records suggest is an LLC linked to Trump's legal defense.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Emailing this not as smart. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is Trump's kooky, taxpayer-financed 250th anniversary celebration over? Not fully. Freedom 250, which organized the events, says it's winding down. But Democrats don't buy it. And Trump is still citing the anniversary to justify his vanity projects. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The party’s over. But Trump’s America 250 anniversary may never end.
Through vanity projects, culture wars, and opaque contracts, the president is still exploiting the countries' birthday.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's fun to imagine what national security uses Trump will claim the military is strongly requesting he use his other vanity projects for. Jets on the golf course? But then you realize the obvious move for his National Garden of American Heroes is to make all 250 statues killer robots.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“It is unclear if Mr. Trump has ever visited a national park, either while in office or as a private citizen; his forays outdoors typically involve a golf course.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/c...
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How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks
Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Also, DOD is still dodging responsibility for US strikes killing Iranian civilians. www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/re...
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Shaheen, Schatz, Murray, Reed, Warner, Coons Statement on Deadly Iranian Wedding Strike | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ranking Member...
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Would have loved a "Roger Marshall is Not in Kansas anymore" type headline here. kansasreflector.com/2026/09/18/u.... Maybe everyone there is sick of those jokes, but c'mon, it's teed up. Put a question mark on it if you have to.
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US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/09/2026
The administration keeps closing off public spaces the president claimed to be saving. DC residents hate it.
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The Kennedy Center is just Trump’s latest hostage
The administration keeps closing off public spaces the president claimed to be saving.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Corey Mills' arms company, owner of grendade factory that recently exploded, is deep in debt. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Status @status.news · 18/09/2026
Puck's lead media reporter has gone to unusual lengths to defend Bari Weiss’ disastrous CBS News overhaul—all as the outlet pursues a lucrative deal with one of Paramount’s top investors. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/puck-cbs-n...
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Bari’s Byers
Puck's lead media reporter has gone to unusual lengths to defend Bari Weiss’ disastrous CBS News overhaul—all as the outlet pursues a lucrative deal with one of Paramount’s top investors.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"With the Kennedy Center, and DC generally, it’s hard to avoid the similarity to a creepy courtship. Imagine Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle, were he the president. If he can’t possess it, he threatens to kill it."
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The Kennedy Center is just Trump’s latest hostage
The administration keeps closing off public spaces the president claimed to be saving.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17/09/2026
A building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed suddenly in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people. Over one-fifth of buildings in Gaza assessed by a refugee council in March were not structurally sound, but residents said they had nowhere else to go. wapo.st/46YipoO
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
There's really no complicated explanation for this, or any kind of grand theory. It's just Econ 101 and he flat out does not understand it because he's an idiot.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Kennedy Center joins the Reflecting Pool, Lafayette Park and sort of the White House itself (no tours) where supposed renovations have led to indefinite loss of public access. After taxpayer funded plans/construction, these places are fenced off and closed down, not improved.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is Sakariye. He’s a 22 year old asylum seeker who had work authorization. He was driving a truck for work when he was arrested in Alabama last year.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/09/2026
Late last month, ICE reportedly put 12 Somali men on a plane and told them they were being deported to Somalia. Instead, they arrived at Guantanamo Bay, where seven or eight of them remain. Since then, the men have said they have been subjected to frigid temperatures and are shackled at all times.
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“There’s no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison,” he told me. “And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us…Washington…ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tries to put his name on it; claims he’s the only who can save it; takes it hostage; threatens to kill it if he’s rejected. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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Kennedy Center closes as Trump threatens to stop repairs over naming fight
In a chaotic day, leaders closed down the main building hours after a judge blocked another attempt to return President Trump’s name to the center.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For someone elected president twice, Trump is often an amazingly bad politician.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You could say that even Joe diGenova proved too ethical for Trump, though as with the exit of Ed Martin, an alternative theory is that Blanche is professionalizing DOJ's efforts to prosecute or harass critics putting more competent but equally unscrupulous lawyers in charge.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This news follows the ouster of Joe diGenova from overseeing the investigation. Trump and co reportedly felt Joe was moving too slow. Asked about that, diGenova told the NYPost: “If you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Ex-CIA director John Brennan subpoenaed in Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation
Subpoena is among a flurry issued in recent weeks as part of DoJ inquiry into alleged conspiracy against Trump
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The president’s son had undergone treatment to better define his jawline for the occasion." www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The targeting and vilification of an American religious group is one of the most important stories of the midterms."
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I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump’s GOP has taken it to a new level.
The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Reading about Kash Patel demanding the FBI's PR shop respond to criticism he recieved from @ifindretards, I learned the FBI director failed to appreciate the difference between views and replies. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What Does FBI Director Kash Patel Actually Do?
He spends his time complaining about online posts.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Hard to avoid accepting this as normal.
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Friends, it is dickish in the extreme to blame a paralegal when something goes wrong. And it doesn't matter whether it's true or not. Just a total dick move.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/09/2026
Lawmakers want answers about links between Freedom 250 and the president’s political operation.
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Dems ask for probe into Trump team's handling of anniversary data
Lawmakers want answers about links between Freedom 250 and the president's political operation.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sen. Roger Marshall got dozens of his own constituents arrested for unpaid medical debts. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dems want an investigation into whether MAGA operatives are using personal data from people who attended America 250 events to build lists for the midterms. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Dems ask for probe into Trump team's handling of anniversary data
Lawmakers want answers about links between Freedom 250 and the president's political operation.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Gloria Steinem. The world has lost a true pioneer and force for women rights,,, my deepest condolences to her family, friends, and team. Public Enemy will be forever grateful for her blessing and support of our track SHE GOT GAME. open.spotify.com/album/0BG4L6...
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She Got Game - Single by Public Enemy | Spotify
Public Enemy · single · 2024 · 1 songs
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Relatedly, we made this video tour of the various screwed up Trump vanity projects/sites in DC. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Take a video tour of the president’s pet construction projects in Washington, DC
The Supreme Court said Donald Trump can build his ballroom. But many other efforts are stalled.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“It can’t be the case that an agency can say: ‘Look, it’s too soon, it’s too soon, it’s too soon, it’s too soon. It’s too late!’” Professor Bagenstos said. “There has to be a moment where the agency action can be challenged.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Trump’s D.C. Makeover Projects Are ‘Only an Idea,’ Until They’re Much More
A proposed garden of heroes is following a familiar path in which facts on the ground move faster than the courts and others can keep up.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don’t think there’s really even a colorable argument that this isn’t mass murder. theintercept.com/2026/09/02/m...
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The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”
“The boat strikes are, perhaps, the most stark testament to the lawlessness of the Trump administration.”
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In fairness, you can get them for as little as $1.54 each if you buy in bulk.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Not a master criminal, Davis. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08...
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 01/09/2026
“Trump was surprised when Driscoll told him how many generals and other top officers had been fired, pushed out, or passed over for promotion under Hegseth”
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The ballroom construction is "likely unlawful" say four dissenting justices. The majority didn't rule the project is legal, but ruled the plaintiffs lack standing. Thus a probably illegal project proceeds. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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