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It is way too on the nose than trump is starting his second term to try to shake down Ukraine… again

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A profile of Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the Navy's top officer, who spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet, & whom current Defense Secretary and former Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth fired tonight.

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It's been so run through pop culture as to seem almost corny, but I need you all to understand with the deepest seriousness available to you that the "First they came for..." thing was to prepare you for this exact moment

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No one knows Medicaid politics better than Jonathan. I think what he's saying here Trump is going to back giant cuts to Medicaid that will uninsure millions, then lie and say he's just cutting waste and count on his ability to sell that lie while Democrats scramble.

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The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics Commission finding.

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Imagine how troubling it is that the only financial gain during Trump's first term resulted from the tragic loss of lives due to COVID.

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Successful defense contractor with a 51,000 square foot house? Hey Elon, I found some waste.

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I literally reported this Wednesday.

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According to Coinbase's just-filed 8-K (linked), the SEC has agreed to terminate with prejudice its lawsuit against Coinbase without payment of any monetary penalty. The 8-K does not state whether Coinbase has agreed to change any practices. In all events, a huge win for the Crypto industry.

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Not a bad first draft

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"The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech" The president set a precedent by banning them for not writing"Gulf of America"and they rightly want that precedent overturned apnews.com/article/ap-l...

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⚡️US threatens to shut off Starlink if Ukraine won't sign minerals deal, sources tell Reuters. The U.S. first raised the prospect of shutting off Starlink after Zelensky rejected the deal presented on Feb. 12. Starlink terminals are critical in securing Ukraine's battlefield communications.

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Elon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US Marshall Service

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free hint to blue state govs: automatically offer jobs in your own state's security services to the various cops, prosecutors and armed forces members that trump is unfairly drumming out. you will need people with guns who hate trump for what is coming next, and... there they are

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all of central Brooklyn is playing a game of Egg The Cybertruck with this one guy who keeps street parking in the hood

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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

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"farmers are apoplectic. In Ohio, they’re stressed about USAID contracts and USDA cost-sharing investments. They held up their end. The government made promises. Now their family farms and livelihoods are on the line. Billions of dollars are at stake. It’s all being held hostage by Musk and Trump."

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Never taken a bad picture in his life I’m crying 😂

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Doing this right before firing three top military leaders is so deranged. Source at DoD told me, “Disdain for Hegseth is a near-universal feeling even among the Trumpiest in the office.“

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in the trump administration, “merit” is pronounced “white” like how strom thrumond said it.

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

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Re-sharing – now without the editorializing! “On Friday, Penn notified department chairs that it will cut admissions across graduate programs, a decision faculty members say was made after programs had already accepted students.”

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Our new FBI Director sells a supplement that “detoxes other people’s vaccines out of your body.” Sure. Why not.

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I wonder if you can guess, without reading the headlines, which TWO people in this picture just got fired from the Joint Chiefs. Go ahead, take a wild guess. Pick two.

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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