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Elon Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly a “traitor” for supporting Ukraine—no reason, just vibes. Kelly fires back: “Defending freedom keeps America safe. Maybe leave it to those who actually get it.”

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A federal lawsuit filed by a Social Security Administration chief of staff, until they were forced out in February, is the first in-depth public account from a high-ranking government executive of how Musk’s team is operating as it leads a downsizing of the federal government under President Trump.

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Trump hugged the flag, then stabbed veterans in the back. Cutting 80,000 VA jobs won’t improve services-it’s a betrayal of those who served. Veterans kept their promise, why won’t he? Read more: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/betrayed-a...

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Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today, local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

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After less than two months in politics, Mark Carney was elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party on Sunday. The 59-year-old is a career banker, climate advocate and lifelong ice hockey fan. 55 more things to know about Canada’s next prime minister 👇

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Exclusive: Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.

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Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired as Elon Musk’s government-cutting project targets the Veterans Affairs Department. “Lots of people don’t understand how important these roles are,” a hospital administrator said.

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“I’m on the side of the workers, not the billionaire asshole bosses,” she added. “.. Musk responded to her, saying: ‘What did you get done last week?’ to which Smith responded: ‘I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota.” @theguardian.com #MNsen

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Many of the U.S. Forest Service workers fired by the Trump administration serve critical functions in the constant job that is maintaining outdoors spaces.

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Russia’s ‘3-day war’ is now 3 YEARS old—and they’re getting wrecked. 800,000 casualties, no tanks, no fleet… and now Trump is cutting Ukraine’s aid to throw Putin a lifeline. Sad! Read how Ukraine is WINNING despite the betrayals adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/trumps-lif...

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Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket but lost contact minutes into the test flight.

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The Trump administration was ordered to reinstate thousands of fired USDA workers — a blow for its effort to shrink the federal bureaucracy.

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“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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OMG, I met world-famous Gaby Moreno and watched her passionate performance at Mount Baker Theatre. She can sustain very long notes, is exquisitely in tune, demonstrates the full range of super soft to rock-out, plays guitar excellently, sings in Spanish and English and delivers a huge WOW FACTOR!

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President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday, a public confrontation unlike any seen between an American president and foreign leader in modern times. Here are key excerpts from the heated exchange.

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“Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social. “The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” theatln.tc/OBWzC38t

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@theatlantic.com asked every GOP member of Congress two straightforward questions: Did Russia invade Ukraine? And is Putin a dictator? A few said yes; one responded with an interaction with a chatbot; most didn’t respond at all.

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Ukraine 'agrees terms with US on minerals deal' - with no security guarantee for Kyiv

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NEW: A federal judge gave the Trump administration about 36 hours to pay out hundreds millions of dollars for work performed by foreign aid contractors — and is demanding details about potential defiance of his orders. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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I just joined Sen. Elizabeth Warren to call out the Administration for trying to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Since it was established, this consumer watchdog has returned over $20 billion to Americans, cut overdraft fees to $5, and cut credit card late fees to $8.

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More than 242,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for Elon Musk’s passport and citizenship to be revoked over his ties to President Trump.

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All 80 passengers and crew members on board the Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis that crashed and flipped over at Toronto’s airport are expected to survive. Two passengers described what seemed like a routine descent that suddenly turned them upside-down.

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BREAKING: All are accounted for after an incident involving a Delta flight at a Toronto airport, officials said. Reports said the plane flipped on landing.

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Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire.

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis.

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Hello. No longer posting on X, Cascadia Daily News is a privately owned, fiercely independent publication fighting to save local news in NW WA state. Follow us for breaking and enterprise news in Whatcom and Skagit counties. Read about our social media strategies from Executive Editor Ron Judd:

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The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

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Here’s what you need at home to prepare for seriously bad (but entirely plausible) scenarios. nyti.ms/410BgMO

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Pope Francis sharply rebuked President Donald Trump’s policy of mass deportation of undocumented immigrants and urged American Catholics not to lean into anti-immigrant sentiment in an open letter to U.S. Catholic bishops Tuesday.

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Irish boxer John Cooney dies after suffering brain injury in super-featherweight championship fight

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A federal judge barred the Trump administration from publicly naming FBI personnel in its review of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack prosecutions, after agents sued over concerns that the Justice Department or third-parties, such as Elon Musk, could put law enforcement officers at risk.

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King County on Friday joined other so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions in a lawsuit to be filed against the Trump administration, alleging the federal government is illegally commandeering local law enforcement and violating states’ rights.

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Officials with Washington’s Department of Natural Resources say they are unable to access more than $200 million in federal funding for wildfire prevention and response after the Trump administration moved to freeze some Biden-era spending.

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Transgender military personnel have already served this country more than ANYONE in the Trump family ever has.

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A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave.

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The hiring of thousands of federal firefighters has stalled amid a governmentwide freeze ordered by President Trump, just as agencies were beginning to ramp up staffing for the summer wildfire season, according to a firefighters’ union.

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Judge pauses Donald Trump's plan to put thousands of aid workers on leave

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Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the CDC but then abruptly vanished.

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(WSJ) - The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities .. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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The world’s richest man appears to be dismantling the government with an eye toward consolidating power and punishing his political enemies, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes. Will it work?

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AI arms race 'risks amplifying the existential dangers of superintelligence'

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Whatever DOGE is doing—it is not what democracy looks like This isn't a tech startup These are public institutions that deal with Social Security, Medicare, national defense, & provide for the well-being of the American people The people have a right to be part of that debate

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