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“For me, it raises a fundamental question about Musk’s work, and I don’t think I’m alone in asking it. Is it what Musk is trying to do that makes me recoil — or is it the way in which he’s doing it?” My latest dispatch on DOGE… www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Mitch McConnell on the Ukraine war: "Blame for this human catastrophe rests solely on Vladimir Putin … If Russian forces laid down their arms, Europe would be at peace. If Ukrainian forces laid down theirs, Putin's aims would not stop … Mistaking this fact is as embarrassing as it is costly."

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The alarming order for the Clarksdale Press Register to remove an editorial the mayor didn't like shows why every state needs a strong anti-SLAPP law. I spoke to Editor & Publisher and Register publisher Wyatt Emmerich about the bizarre censorship case. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/what...

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"Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, said he and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, are discussing bringing together real-estate executives to come up with a plan to rebuild Gaza. "

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“If we only teach what makes people feel good, we aren’t teaching the full truth. The history of this country includes painful and unjust moments. It’s our responsibility to make sure students learn from that.” wordinblack.com/2025/02/eras...

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“No one knows what we are supposed to do,” said one federal employee amid conflicting and shifting directives on whether to comply with Elon Musk’s directive to list five accomplishments.

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So…a random thought. If you have people helping care for elderly parents who can’t care for themselves…check in more than you think you should. Something really really bad might have just happened…I wish it on no one.

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UPDATE: We have a new schedule for the D.C. challenge to Trump's anti-trans military EO. First, DOJ is supposed to post the guidance on the docket. Then, the plaintiffs will file a new amended complaint and preliminary injunction request, DOJ will respond, and the hearing will be March 12.

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Just catching up on this: "After a judge blocked a Trump exec order, Elon Musk shared a post with his more than 200 million followers on X that included the judge’s daughter’s name, photo & job, allegedly at the Dept of Education." Now he's also backing calls to impeach judges that rule against him.

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I'd heard a rumor that DOGE had fired all the regional directors at SEC. Seems that rumor was pretty close to the mark. All told their jobs are being eliminated. (Remember, Musk despises the SEC.) www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenaed the FBI for a trove of new materials related to Biden admin activities, including investigations around Jan. 6 and communications with Big Tech companies.

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LAPD Lt. Ensley was arrested in April for a DUI crash resulting in injury. When questioned by CHP after the crash, he said, "I didn't even know I got into a crash until you guys showed up." He said he was a 1 or "slightly buzzed" on a scale from 1 to 10. He blew over .15%

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New op-ed out today! "We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists." This op-ed was written with fierce love for our communities. That's who we serve. We will not be erased. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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New — HHS just got another email with guidance stating that they aren’t required to respond to the 5 bullets email, but if they do they should follow specific guidelines including: “Assume that what you write will be read by malign foreign actors and tailor your response accordingly.”

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JUST IN: Judge McFadden has denied the AP’s emergency motion to restore its access to WH press pool events but has ordered expedited consideration of the matter given the weighty issues at the heart of it.

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@newsjennifer.bsky.social on the gripping and impactful DOGE reporting by local news outlets: "It would be both ironic and so very American if the rich and powerful oligarchs were finally stopped by the underfunded newsrooms and working-class reporters." jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/local-news...

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Much of the chaos of the past few weeks can be understood as part of the Trump administration’s “central ideological project: restoring America’s traditional hierarchies of race and gender,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes. Call it the “Great Resegregation.”

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"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

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“Racial zoning covenants first gained traction in Modesto after the Gold Rush… When Chinese immigrants began to move into predominantly white districts, locals tried intimidation. When that didn’t work, Modesto’s city fathers in 1885 enacted an ordinance to force laundry services into Chinatown.”

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Trump administration appointees running USAID have in recent days fired hundreds of employees who help manage responses to urgent humanitarian crises around the world, according to officials and recent employees.

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‘Venture capital is killing more value than it creates,' author and tech activist Catherine Bracy argues in a new book, World Eaters. Silicon Valley needs to focus more on solving real-world problems and less on fast profit, she says.

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Steve Bannon: "The people of Israel got to understand something. The number one enemy to the people in Israel are American Jews that do not support Israel and do not support MAGA. Okay, MAGA and the evangelical Christians and the traditional Catholics in this country have Israel's back..."

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BREAKING: Pope Francis is in critical condition after suffering a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis Saturday morning.

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Firings Squeeze National Parks: ‘You Won’t Have the Full Experience’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/t... #parkchat

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We can’t call a Nazi salute a “gesture”

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WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

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TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

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Fresh off appearing on Newsmax this morning, Politico's White House bureau chief is hosting an event at CPAC 🤔

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This was just done at the University of Cincinnati. The administration are also requiring RAs to inform on any potential trans students to assign them to separate dorms.

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The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 90 cases across seven counties, the state health department posted online Friday, and 16 people are hospitalized.

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Elon Musk and DOGE are causing chaos across government — and often blindsiding and aggravating Trump's advisers. New story from @jeffstein.bsky.social, @laurameckler.bsky.social, @johnphudson.bsky.social + Jackie Alemany and me on emerging tensions in the new administration.

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Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in history, won't seek reelection next year.

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American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Jetblue Airways, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines joined a petition to try and overturn a rule that protections disabled passengers. www.scribd.com/document/829...

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Local consequences for all the DC firings. A recent UW-Madison PhD dedicating his work to keep kids from smoking is out of a job at the FDA. There are literally thousands of these stories. Dedicated expert loses job; public health to suffer. www.channel3000.com/news/it-cert...

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As you've probably seen, MO wants to create a state-run registry tracking possible abortion seekers & an "eHarmony"esque state-run adoption marketplace. Whether it passes or not, there are layers to how terrifying it is—and the surveillance systems it calls for more or less already exist:

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“Do we want a democracy that’s narrow and specifically tailored to benefit the people who already have power and privilege, or do we want a democracy that legitimately includes everyone?” 🙌👏 boltsmag.org/wisconsin-20...

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Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

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Cutting Dolly Parton’s program that helps kids learn how to read <<<<<<< www.14news.com/2025/02/19/t...

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Everyone seems to be waiting on saviors, messiahs. This is not a strategy.

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Absolutely devastating piece by @jeremystahl.bsky.social detailing the brutal harms inflicted on Americans by Trump/Musk's illegal shutdown of the CFPB. Including an 83-year-old woman with terminal cancer who may now die saddled with unfair debt. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Sen. Patty Murray: "If you receive a directive to violate appropriations laws and withhold funding for workers, what will you do?" Labor secretary nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer: "I do not believe the president is going to ask me to break the law." Murray: He's... been doing it.

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NEW: The USDA acknowledged that over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak. The agency adds it is trying to quickly reverse the firings.

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Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.

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Probationary employees are receiving termination notices today at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Notices have already started going out, per agency source.

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JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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