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Just amazing: Trump grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word "equity" in its name, so he ended it. But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1950...

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Good thing we have an anti-vaccine crank running HHS

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we just straight up can't have the World Cup here honestly. or the Olympics. it's not safe for the teams, coaching staff, fans, nobody

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WSJ: “.. The classified message asked agencies, whose tools include surveillance satellites, communications intercepts and spies on the ground, to identify people in Greenland and Denmark who support U.S. objectives for the island.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/greenl...

submitted 4 days ago • 138 comments

Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States. That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.

submitted 5 days ago • 910 comments

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

submitted 6 days ago • 3104 comments

An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as * $20 MILLION * worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

submitted 7 days ago • 200 comments

Yesterday, a top Trump Administration official made an apparent threat to arrest me. Here’s my message to Wisconsinites. I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch. ⬇️

submitted 8 days ago • 185 comments

I really encourage you to listen to this. This entire incident is chilling and crosses yet another line.

submitted 8 days ago • 38 comments

BREAKING: Judge permanently blocks a Trump order targeting major law firm Perkins Coie, calling it 'an unprecedented attack' on the judicial system.

submitted 8 days ago • 15 comments

If you care about your local public radio or TV station, now is the time to act. Like with so many other things, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to undermine institutions it doesn't like. protectmypublicmedia.org

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Also, tell your local member of Congress how important public media is to you and your community. Many rural areas of the country have no other source for local news and information. Trump wants to destroy that.

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Part of the administration’s multi-pronged attack against the media.

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BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 9 days ago • 40 comments

DOGE Accounts For Nearly Half Of All 2025 Layoffs, Report Finds

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Trump to Skip Town Early—Again—as Crises Mount in Washington Another long Palm Beach weekend while fallout from tariffs and DOGE cuts worsen meidasnews.com/news/trump-t...

submitted 9 days ago • 58 comments

Remember when republicans said we couldn’t have gun control because the real solution was mental health services?

submitted 10 days ago • 40 comments

I just met with legal counsel for my constituent, Dr. Badar Khan Suri. Dr. Suri is a global conflict scholar at Georgetown who was detained without explanation by masked agents outside his Arlington home, then disappeared without due process to a prison 1,300 miles from his wife and children. 1/

submitted 10 days ago • 78 comments

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Well this puts things in perspective: WSJ reporting that Tesla Board told Musk to spend more time on company and to publicly commit to that, just as Board began to search for his successor ! www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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Ed Martin, Trump's pick for D.C. U.S. District Attorney, ghostwrote online attacks against an Illinois judge with whom he was in a legal dispute. We obtained emails that show Martin bought a laptop for the woman who made the posts and coached her on how to make them look organic: propub.li/4d1aut5

submitted 11 days ago • 58 comments

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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And in case after case, these immigrants are deported when they show up for their routine immigration appointments. We’re not talking about violent criminals.

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Also, how dumb do you have to be to believe MS-13 members get “MS-13” tattooed on their knuckles.

submitted 11 days ago • 150 comments

He acts so doggedly certain about something that’s so obviously false.

submitted 11 days ago • 68 comments

Why don’t we just put people in arenas with lions so the bloodthirsty crowds can cheer?

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If Trump can fire these 3 board members, it will effectively make the board that oversees and provides funds to NPR and PBS powerless. It's part of the Trump administration's overall plan to undermine the media.

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Another move in the Trump administration's full-scale attack against the media.

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Oklahoma citizen family traumatized by ICE raid. They weren't the people they were looking for. kfor.com/news/local/w...

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State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.

submitted 12 days ago • 281 comments

Breaking News: The Trump administration dismissed all the scientists working on the government’s premiere report on the effects of climate change in the U.S.

submitted 12 days ago • 124 comments

Peace Corps to undergo ‘significant’ cuts after Doge review

submitted 12 days ago • 61 comments

Congress returns from a two-week recess with a massive item on its to-do list: budget reconciliation. Lawmakers barely passed the plan's framework along party lines and now face an uphill battle on reaching consensus.

submitted 12 days ago • 50 comments

US DOJ Civil Rights Division essentially gone. DOJ has "made it clear the civil rights division was shifting its focus from protecting the civil rights of marginalized people to supporting Trump’s priorities." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 43 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

submitted 14 days ago • 626 comments

That’s what it is. Quotas.

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

The potential loss of the world’s greatest climate forecasting tool has ramifications for long-term safety and security. NOAA’s climate modeling systems help the Defense Department not just operate but anticipate and prepare for emerging threats. By @abrahm.bsky.social

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Threatening criminal charges on civil servants for speaking up about alarming changes in their departments is appalling. Transparency and accountability are crucial to preserving democracy. www.propublica.org/a...

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Americans, including Republicans, losing faith in Trump, new polls reveal

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I left behind an authoritarian state to move to the US. Now I see my new home falling to the same dark forces | Mona Eltahawy

submitted 15 days ago • 17 comments

Reminder that words matter. You can’t “deport” a US citizen. You might be kidnapping, disappearing, exiling, expelling, illegally removing, etc., but you’re not “deporting” a US citizen.

submitted 15 days ago • 100 comments

This is why Elon spent close to $300 million to elect Donald Trump.

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Senior lawyers at the DOJ's Civil Rights Division were reassigned to work on priorities outlined in Trump’s executive orders. It’s a stark departure from the types of work the division has taken on in the past, which included protecting voting rights. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Ahhhh.

submitted 15 days ago • 44 comments

The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy" I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below

submitted 15 days ago • 362 comments

NEW: Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee in support of Judge Hannah Dugan after her arrest earlier today by the FBI. (🎥 TMJ4 News)

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Commerce Department employees caught up in a legal battle over their mass firings are now learning that their health care coverage was cut off weeks ago, even though they were paying their premiums.

submitted 15 days ago • 684 comments