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Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their jobs.

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Some Republicans are raising concerns about how reducing the federal workforce by potentially hundreds of thousands of people and canceling spending approved by Congress will affect the country — especially the regions filled with loyal GOP voters.

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Officials are "immediately suspending" approvals for a $5 billion EV charger program, according to a memo released on Thursday.

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Canada's longstanding position on Gaza has not changed and it is committed to achieving a two-state solution, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a post on X reut.rs/4hLqAIE

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not specify whether or not President Trump would allow Palestinians that want to stay in Gaza to do so under his new proposal.

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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States

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"If we fail to act now, we risk transitioning from a nation of laws to a nation where power and wealth dictate reality, where the lines between public and private interests blur beyond recognition, and where our most fundamental democratic principles become mere suggestions to be ignored at will."

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Act 699 Gives Quorum Courts the ability to proclaim their county as Pro-life. Garland County is making up its own authority to declare us "A sanctity of Life" county. Which is purely religious & violates the establishment clause. But they're voting on it anyways. Be there feb 10th. #arpx

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Trump blaming last night's tragic crash on "DEI" isn't just racist nonsense. It’s part of his divide and conquer strategy. He wants to get us so riled up against one another that we don’t look upward and see where all the power and wealth have gone.

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Time to call your senators!!! This guy is beyond unfit! #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue

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This isn’t DEI—it’s deadly short staffing. NEW: An FAA report says one air traffic controller was working two positions during the crash. “The position configuration was not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic.” Lives are at stake, and they know it.

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I'm just here to say for the 2nd week in a row, the CDC has not released its morbidly and mortality weekly report on schedule. Everyone who provides healthcare to patients in the US is less informed and less up to date as a direct result. This impacts negatively at the population level.

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Hello #arleg followers! We're tuning in to the Senate floor session right no to hear SB3-- Dan Sullivan's affirmative action bill. This is a replica of Sullivan's bill from 2023, which passed the Senate but died in the house. #arpx Context: onarwatch.org/18-white-men...

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This state legislature, & last #arleg too, they LOVE making up new laws for PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Sarah Slanders sends her kids to private school. 1 of the bill's sponsors, Matt McKee, his 4 daughters are homeschooled. But he'll make rules for YOUR kids. The "Bell to bell no cell" bill is SB142. #arpx

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Arkansas Dept. of Ed's fiasco with hiring & then firing #vouchers vendor gets a mention in @propublica.org investigation into issues with companies hired to manage voucher programs; process described as "bumpy," "convoluted." #Arkansas #arpx www.propublica.org/article/scho...

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We still have a voice. 📢 Senators & Congress kiss Rump’s butt to stay in power, but their constituents are suffering. They won’t get re-elected. Start calling & emailing—especially Republicans. We got this. 💪 #HoldThemAccountable #WeThePeople

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All this for tax cuts for the rich & corps. We drop munitions all over the place. Drumpf also ended all foreign aid. He & his hateful minions need to go. Almost every Tues. There's & election. Vote them all out. #VoteLikeYourLifeDelendsOnIt

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Speaking of healthcare, let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation.

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🔊 ' ... my brother died in vain. Everything he did to try to protect the country, to protect the capitol. What Trump did is despicable.' Listen on the Reuters World News podcast to the brother of the Capitol police officer who died in Jan. 6 riots aftermath reut.rs/3CmDhKL

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A senior DHS official said her removal was due to a range of alleged problems, including DEI initiatives and border security issues.

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www.facebook.com/share/1EGu2W... #arpx

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Best article I’ve seen about expectations from the next administration www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-well-k...

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Stop arguing with Them

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Feeling helpless, many in the Los Angeles region have rushed to help those in need, organizing donation drives and collaborating with nonprofit groups that have served the area for years.

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Let’s go!!!

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@arkansasadvocate.com's @sonnyalbarado.bsky.social on Sanders administration's ham-handed handling of Franklin Co. prison decision: "It’s been obvious that the public is an afterthought ... A model of transparency, the process was not." #Arkansas #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/01/13/l...

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Academic research shows the $180M that Gov. Sanders wants to pour into her #vouchers scheme next year would be better spent if invested in our public schools. My latest column in @arkansasadvocate.com. #Arkansas #arpx arkansasadvocate.com/2025/01/06/a...

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There were 362 cases of whooping cough in Arkansas in 2024, with 86% of those cases in people under 19 years old, according to state health officials. That's a sharp increase from 38 cases in 2023, 19 in 2022 and 16 in 2021.

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Europe’s largest pension fund sold its entire €571 million stake in Tesla partly due to disagreement with Elon Musk’s remuneration package.

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Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Homeland Security Department, chose not to deploy South Dakota's National Guard after historic flooding there last year. The move shocked residents after her earlier decisions to spend millions to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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There is a powerful disinformation and propaganda apparatus (1) for which Trump can do no wrong and (2) which, in all cases of conflict, will instantly advance a narrative, whether true or false or somewhere in between, that it’s the fault of Democrats, liberals, or the woke left.

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A nonprofit provider of pop-up healthcare clinics is searching for medical professionals who can provide free medical, dental and vision care April 5-6 at the Fort Smith Convention Center.

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My #garden is currently sleeping

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Copresidents-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk wasted no time racing to the political bottom in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles fires, stoking misinformation and racism.

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The "Pizzagate" gunman who shot up a DC pizza restaurant in 2016 because he believed a fake story that there was a child abuse sex ring inside has been shot and killed by police

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If you're on substack she reads these aloud and sends the audio file via email each day in case your eyes are busy with work.

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Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that we can’t know how things are going to turn out. Stay engaged - and one way to do this is by listening to podcasts like this and people like her. Thanks @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @politicsgirl.bsky.social

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Interesting point made here by @politicsgirl.bsky.social (that made @hcrichardson.bsky.social say "wow" 😳) that Elon Musk is always holding his child in public... youtu.be/JvI9dv1a6eg?... Reminds me of the end of Dead Zone.

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