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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 16/03/2025
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If Vladimir Putin himself had invaded America and come up with a plan to destroy our economy and wreck the cohesion of our society, he could not have done better than Donald Trump has done on his own with the help of Elon Musk.
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Letters from A Psychotherapist @jemoyer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Little Fury Fellah @elnosnusk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
In case you doubted that he’s a russian asset, know that VOA was instrumental in keeping the hope of freedoms alive in the Soviet Union and is hated with a passion by putin for exactly that. This is no accident.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 04/03/2025
We pre-bunked the lies and attacks on federal workers that Trump will likely make while addressing Congress tonight. Remember: Trump's attacks are an attempt to erode the public’s faith in the federal government and the services it provides. Don't let it work! www.epi.org/blog/trump-w...
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Trump will likely continue attacking the federal workforce in tonight’s joint address to Congress
Tonight, President Trump will deliver an address to a joint session of Congress where he will outline his political agenda for the next year. Among many other topics, the president is expected to high...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 04/03/2025
After the most disastrous first month of any President in history, Trump will do everything he can to distract you tonight. He will try to convince you that culture war issues are important. None of these things lower gas prices, improve job numbers, or put food on the table. Don't take the bait.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." —FDR, 1937
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump’s goal all along was to end military aid to Ukraine. That’s why he offered a “peace deal” with no security guarantees and set up that fight with President Zelenskyy knowing no sane leader would accept it.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/03/2025
Does anyone really believe Elon Musk says these things at random, without a plan for what’s next?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This flew under the radar, but Trump says his administration won't enforce an anti-money laundering law that requires corporations to disclose information on who really owns shell companies to the Treasury. "Drain the swamp."
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'This Is Grim': Trump Admin Moves to Gut Anti-Money Laundering Law | Common Dreams
The U.S. Treasury Department will no longer enforce a "beneficial ownership" reporting requirements that are aimed at curbing money laundering and shell company formation.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
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The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
The IRS is drafting plans to try to cut its workforce of roughly 90,000 people in half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/03/2025
The Trump administration effectively shut down a global air quality monitoring program and U.S. embassies will no longer publish data on local pollution levels. In many places, it was the only reliable source of such information.
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U.S. Embassies Halt Air Quality Monitoring Abroad
Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliable source of such information.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The Los Angeles Times has removed its new AI-powered “insights” feature from a column after the tool tried to defend the Ku Klux Klan
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MAGA Newspaper Owner’s AI Bot Defends KKK
An AI-generated summary tried to offer “different views” on the hate group.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/03/2025
At tonight’s State of the Union, Trump will have one goal: to distract. His policies are wreaking havoc on the economy and upending American lives, and he will lie, blame, and distract to avoid any bit of responsibility. Don’t fall for it.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Trump's "golden age of America" so far... -Inflation ⬆️ -Stock market ⬇️ -Thousands of layoffs -Consumer & worker protections gutted -Diseases spreading -Federal funding illegally frozen -$10 million+ spent on golf -An unelected billionaire lining his pockets at our expense
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
And now this…👇 Angry yet?! This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/03/2025
The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 400 federal properties it says it could close or sell, including the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building, after deeming them “not core to government operations.”
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FBI and Red Cross headquarters are among more than 440 federal buildings listed for potential sale by Trump Administration
The list includes the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which serves as FBI headquarters, the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, the Old Post Office building, where President Donald Trump once…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/03/2025
President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.
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Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?
President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/03/2025
Intense storms could bring damaging winds, large hail and the potential for tornadoes in the South, forecasters warn, as Mardi Gras celebrations prepare to take over New Orleans, Louisiana, on Tuesday.
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Severe Storms Expected in the South, Potentially Disrupting Mardi Gras
Forecasters warn of intense storms that could unleash damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I was trying to teach Orin a lesson about the world today and I asked, “what percent of earth’s land is our country.” And he stood there and thought for a second and said, “Like three percent?” And I was like, “well, pretty much yeah 😒.” He’s getting too old, I need new tricks.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If it walks like a Nazi, talks like a Nazi, and salutes like a Nazi… Keep the online pressure up, friends. And boycott Tesla. Find out more about local protests at teslatakedown.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Remember this: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
He’s such a dicktator.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/02/2025
Republican “free speech” = they get to say racist slurs in public while you get arrested for protesting them.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/02/2025
The Republicans are taking health insurance away from their own voters to pay for a tax cut for themselves. They will do everything they can to distract everyone from this one undeniable and damning truth.
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God @thegodshow.com · 28/02/2025
Maybe Donold won’t release the unredacted Epstein list because his name is all over it? Just a thought.
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God @thegodshow.com · 28/02/2025
So the Republican senators and congress are all gonna go along with abandoning an ally because Krasnov said so? is that right?
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
what a day
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
SCOOP: The Ebola outbreak in Uganda, which had seemed to be in retreat, has claimed a new victim: a four-year-old boy who died on Monday, according to a State Department cable viewed by The New York Times. nyti.ms/4h5Qfed
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A 4-Year-Old Boy Dies of Ebola in Uganda as U.S. Pulls Back on Help (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in Uganda.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/03/2025
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 28/02/2025
How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This would also have a chilling effect on tax compliance. Many undocumented immigrants pay taxes using Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). If their tax data were used against them, it could discourage compliance, reducing tax revenues and driving more people to work off the books.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If this law is violated, it would set a dangerous precedent, undermining the confidentiality protections that apply to all taxpayers.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Trump administration is demanding the home addresses of 700,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally from the IRS. The IRS is resisting this request, as complying would directly violate federal tax privacy laws.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 01/03/2025
WOW Just watched the clips of the Orange Buffoon embarrassing our nation in front of one of the bravest men alive; President Zelenskyy. Words don't get it, but surely this is one of this nations most shameful days. Unbelievable Please accept our most humble apologies
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a trench with his soldiers at his back.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If the IRS were forced to disclose taxpayer information in violation of Section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, it would set a dangerous precedent that could, in theory, be used to justify the release of anyone’s tax records—including those of high-profile individuals like Musk and Trump.
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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
To go along with our piece today, we published an extensive list of folks associated with DOGE. It builds off and adds to the strong work that Wired, WaPo, ProPublica and other pubs have been doing. The public has a right to know who is dismantling the government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government
The Times identified 49 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/03/2025
The board of Virginia Military Institute voted on Friday against extending the contract of Major General Cedric Wins, the college’s first Black superintendent.
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The First Black Leader of Virginia Military Institute Is Ousted
The college’s board decided not to renew the contract of its superintendent, Major General Cedric T. Wins, who led diversity efforts and removed a Confederate statue on campus.
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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
After a meeting between Pres. Zelensky and Pres. Trump ended in disaster, an administration official said the U.S. might cut off all aid to Ukraine completely -- even canceling arms shipments already authorized and paid for www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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Flow of U.S. Weapons to Ukraine Has Nearly Stopped and May End Completely
The Biden administration saw the $67 billion in military assistance it provided to Kyiv as essential. Trump sees any further aid as leverage.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Additionally, the FBI returned at least some of the materials it seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and private club during a court-authorized search in August 2022.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
We just received word that the DOJ has begun removing data detailing criminal charges and convictions related to Trump loyalists. This started with records from the January 6th insurrection, but additional records are now being erased. We will keep you updated once we have more info.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
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Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/03/2025
The firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are “going to affect safety of flight, safety of shipping, safety of everyday Americans,” Admiral Tim Gallaudet, who was acting NOAA chief during the first Trump term, told the AP. “Lives are at risk for sure.”
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Firing workers from US weather and oceans agency risks lives and the economy, former agency heads warn
NOAA's 301 billion weather forecasts every year reach 96% of American households.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/03/2025
The FBI on Friday gave President Trump the boxes of materials the bureau had seized during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2022, the White House announced.
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F.B.I. Returns Materials Taken From Mar-a-Lago to Trump
Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/02/2025
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
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Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
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God @thegodshow.com · 28/02/2025
That press conference was the most disgraceful act of betrayal I’ve ever seen.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 01/03/2025
Exclusive: The head of the US military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army was forced to retire, officials say reut.rs/4kmUsgA
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Exclusive: Trump administration pushed out US military health agency head, officials say
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters.
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