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Big Balls’s past gets more scrutiny — including the internship where he was terminated. “You’re willing to risk our entire network to a 17-year-old?” one frustrated executive asked the company’s CEO in 2022. “Are you for real right now?” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/p...

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Have you noticed the press is not calling this the Trump-Vance administration? Don’t let Vance escape your attention, even though he isn’t making headlines—he’s still dangerous.

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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

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Let’s gooooo…ate down 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Analysis | On the surface, it seems racist for Donald Trump to replace the Black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff with a lower-ranking white general. But what if the lower-ranking white general was a member of Blacks for Trump?

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The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.

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that Trumpers think the US Postal SERVICE should be a profit-making enterprise exposes the fallacy in their conception of government

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The people that voted for trump do not want these students to succeed in any way.

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The Trump administration has halted a federal scholarship for HBCU students. "The 1890 Scholars Program has been suspended pending further review," a notice on the government's website said. www.livemint.com/news/us-news...

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long trombone noise

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Some House lawmakers are raising “deep alarm” over DOGE’s interactions with NASA and potential conflicts of interest in a new letter released Friday. cnn.it/3Qw2GVG

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He nails it.

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"... finally got that government job, I think, about six months ago –– well, he's laid off now. So his kid, his wife, all of that promise, it's totally gone."

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Let's be very clear that Pete Hegseth absolutely has his job because he is a white man.

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People who voted for trump wanted qualified black people to be replaced with unqualified white people...that is what they wanted.

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JUST IN: Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."

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A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one President Zelensky would accept,” according to a source familiar with the negotiations. bit.ly/4i9dXHr

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For those at the back…

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A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

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So, about all this talk of "meritocracy"... Trump and Pete Hegseth got rid of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff solely because he is black and replaced him with a white guy who is so unqualified for the post that he requires a presidential waiver under law. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Rest easy, Gwen McCrae 💙🕊🙏🏾 You may not be familiar with her & her music, but you've probably heard this song of hers. It was sampled a few times.

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At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, House Republicans faced sometimes-hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts and mass firings of federal workers that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE are carrying out.

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The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as the Trump administration prefers.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he was firing Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first female officer to rise to the Navy’s top job of Chief of Naval Operations, and would be looking for her replacement.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Another six-byline alarm on DOGE’s specious accounting. “That contract wasn’t canceled by DOGE or anyone else,” he said. “If they took credit for canceling the contract, they’re lying.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Gen-X knows 🤣

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Casually bringing this back… #OCanada 🍁

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I be minding my business & out of nowhere, this pops in my head... 🤣

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BREAKING: Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating DEI-related grants, calling the president's executive orders too vague to be enforced.

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CBC calls Trump suspension of USDA 1890 Scholars program outrageous thehill.com/homenews/rac...

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The program, established in 1992, provides full tuition, room and board to students pursuing degrees in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences or related fields. thehill.com/homenews/rac...

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A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Musk’s team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the group’s access is unlawful.

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There have never been kings in America. The monarchy doesn't start now.

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Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

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Seems legit.... We don't want to be a nation of underachieving Americans.

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With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

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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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Remembering John Lewis on his birthday (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) #GoodTrouble 💙🕊

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People that voted for trump are racist ignorant slugs...all of them, every single one of them.

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Today in 1975: Bowie releases “Young Americans” as a single — an Englishman’s bewildered take on US political life. It was the beginning of his “Philadelphia sound”, with Luther Vandross-arranged vocals and the great David Sanborn on alto. Three musical giants, now gone. #RIP 🙏🏼

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2 fucking headlines right next to each other

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Farmers overwhelmingly backed Trump—now they’re feeling the pain and speaking up. Here’s the thing: If you got grants and contracts under Biden, why vote for Trump—who did nothing for you? It’s easier to be angry than well-informed. Harris voters chose their self-interest.

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OMB director Russ Vought has officially begun carrying out his section of Project 2025. Technical thread to follow, but it’s really important - this is a major path through which the Trump administration will illegally impound funding, refusing to carry out some of our spending laws.

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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This will forever crack me up 😂😂

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There are porn stars who can't even perform this level of fellatio

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SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

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