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Russell Vought, now a key figure in the DOGE, is openly challenging the constitutionality of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. He claims the executive branch has the authority to withhold funds even after Congress has appropriated them, essentially saying the president, not Congress,

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Mike Johnson and Russ Vought Continue to Lie About Medicaid Cuts House Speaker Mike Johnson and OMB Director Russ Vought denied that people will lose Medicaid coverage under the Republican budget. Experts disagree: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Another Republican caught using bots to push their agenda. If you’ve felt like the internet has been flooded with hate and misinformation, it’s not just a feeling. It’s part of a pattern.

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“President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are sowing chaos in our communities, using intimidation tactics against both citizens and non-citizens in a reckless and dangerous manner."

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We will need to name and extensively shame any college or university who does this. @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social , since you have refused to sign the AACU letter that other schools have signed, you are a prime suspect. Surely admissions will be affected. From: www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...

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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

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headline construction masterclass

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We will need to name and extensively shame any college or university who does this. @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social , since you have refused to sign the AACU letter that other schools have signed, you are a prime suspect. Surely admissions will be affected. From: www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...

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While Trump has seen some success in the Supreme Court, a recent study found that he lost a whopping 96% of his cases in lower federal courts, with judges across the political spectrum ruling against him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump’s war on workers and immigrants continues. These dragnet raids aren’t about enforcing the law or upholding the constitution — they are meant to instill fear. We must stand together to protect due process and workers.

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The Trump administration is deporting people in direct violation of court orders, and calling it an “administrative error.” That’s not just unacceptable. It’s unconstitutional.

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The entire point.

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Please read, this is important. Sorry it’s long. Trump’s move to have Elon Musk step aside wasn’t a retreat. It was a distraction. With Musk’s name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasn’t. It’s just changed hands.

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Why did Dartmouth hire a head lawyer who is unqualified, argues against birthright citizenship, uses racist language, and is full-on MAGA? The same school, not incidentally, with a President who won’t sign the letter that almost 700 other schools have signed, objecting to TACO overreach.

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A big win! A panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just blocked the Trump administration’s push to move forward with massive layoffs. The court denied the government’s request to overturn a lower court ruling, meaning the layoffs can’t happen, for now.

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The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,

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This week saw the uneasy GOP coalition of MAGA fascists, tech bro corporate oligarchs and religious extremists begin to fracture, led by Trump who personally attacked Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society. Pass the popcorn and check out my write-up, link in the replies.

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@dartmouthcollege.bsky.social president @sianbeilock.bsky.social insists to alums that she's fighting Trump's attacks on higher ed - yet hires a Stephen Miller ally as general counsel

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Why did Dartmouth hire a head lawyer who is unqualified, argues against birthright citizenship, uses racist language, and is full-on MAGA? The same school, not incidentally, with a President who won’t sign the letter that almost 700 other schools have signed, objecting to TACO overreach.

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BREAKING: The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Trump administration's request to overturn a lower court order that blocks the reorganization of the federal government. This latest win is the most significant challenge to President Trump's authority.

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This is so spot on. Trump hates being called a TACO, so you wouldn't want to share it or anything...

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The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration the green light, at least for now, to end a humanitarian program. The program provided temporary residency to over 500,000 immigrants from countries experiencing war and political upheaval.

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Hey remember when the President of Harvard had to step down because Christopher Rufo found a citation error in her thesis?

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Trump Always Chickens Out – or Taco for short.

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It’s been around since 1983.

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Well, this isn’t going to be good. Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency meant to protect whistle-blowers and enforce ethics laws in the federal government.

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This didn’t age well for @jaketapper.bsky.social or @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social Makes me embarrassed to be a Dartmouth alum.

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How many lives did Elon Musk upend/ruin/end? We're supposed break out our tiny violins because he's "disillusioned" and is sad that DOGE became a "whipping boy?"

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Yeah pretty good summary.

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The Trump administration has just canceled a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna that was meant to develop a bird flu vaccine.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he may ban government scientists from publishing in top medical journals, the latest move in the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on scientific institutions.

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I cannot express how angry I am at DOGE's rampage of destruction--living in the DMV you constantly meet brilliant people just summarily dismissed from govt--and meanwhile Musk gets his soft focus coverage of how SAD he is about how he's been treated, and Third Way blames trans people for Dem losses.

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The White House structured DOGE via a series of executive orders that installed teams in agencies across the federal government. Those teams will continue like termites.

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