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Via @jennifershutt.bsky.social: Most of the federal government’s 2.3 million employees aren’t based in and around Washington, D.C. They are spread throughout the country, often making up core parts of the economy in rural areas and sections of the nation that swing between Democrats and Republicans.

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Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: Alabama Power plans to discontinue a fee on third-party power projects that critics said would discourage the development of renewable power.

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Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: An Alabama Senate committee Wednesday approved a bill creating a conflict resolution course for middle schoolers.

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Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: Lawmakers Wednesday halted a bill that could have made parents and guardians who don’t secure their firearms criminally liable if their children bring those guns to school.

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Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: HB 35, sponsored by Rep. Russell Bedsole, R-Alabaster, would allow survivors of volunteer firefighters who die of work-related cancer to claim a death benefit award.

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Via @alander.bsky.social: The bill, sponsored by Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, would provide presumptive Medicaid coverage for up to 60 days to pregnant people before their application for the program is formally approved. A similar bill passed the Alabama House last week.

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Via @acvollers.bsky.social and @stateline.org: Alabama joined 16 other Republican AGs over the Biden administration’s addition of a gender identity-related disorder to the disabilities protected under a section of a 1973 federal law. But a backlash has erupted.

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Via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: One of the plaintiffs, a woman from Ecuador, has already been deported, the Department of Justice confirmed in a Thursday emergency hearing.

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Via @ashleymurray.bsky.social: Patel is also the author of a children’s series that depicts a cartoon Donald Trump as a king confronting opposition, including battling a fictional stolen election, even though kings are not elected.

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Via @dennispillion.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: About 2,000 low-income households in Alabama are poised to lose federal assistance to help them pay high energy bills, under an executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

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NEW: Elon Musk’s team has descended on an already understaffed Social Security Administration, which now faces further workforce cuts and closures of vital local offices. The consequences could be significant for millions of the most vulnerable Americans.

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Plus: Apple turns off end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups in the UK after pressure to install a backdoor, and two spyware apps expose victim data—and the identities of people who installed the apps.

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Last week, the White House barred AP reporters from pooled events, objecting to the wire service's references to the Gulf of Mexico in articles.

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Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to take part in a sweeping overhaul of the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the subject of a heated dispute between two executives at the Arizona-based cybersecurity firm where he was an intern: bit.ly/3DcfRrN

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Young people still living in conflict areas say they feel overlooked in a vital process that shapes the country’s future.

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“It’s unconscionable to us that trees are now a partisan political tool,” said the Rev. Brian Sauder.

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The 2025 Trans+ history workbook has taken 80+ hours of research by a team of researchers 👇 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/queeraf-and-trans-history-week-launch-2025-workbook-to-champion-hidden-trans-stories/

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“I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.”

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"What is the rationale for this, other than making life more difficult for many seniors?"

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Another booth with a yellow and black striped backdrop resembling a prison cell’s bars was called a “Deportation Center.” Attendees photographed themselves at this booth, posing beside full-size cutouts of Trump and his border czar, Tom Homan.

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"The president 'believes that every senior official in the United States should be a personal appointee of the president—so long as that president is him.'"

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DoJ investigation into cases against Trump marked by vested interests

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"Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to cut taxes for billionaires like themselves—and pay for it by gutting Medicare and Medicaid. They don't care if families have to take on crushing debt to pay for care, as long as it makes them much, much richer."

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BJP has sought an investigation into alleged US funding of $21 million for voter turnout in India and "kickbacks". The BJP's call for a probe came after US President Trump first raised the issue of the alleged funding, after he took over from former President Biden Read www.ndtv.com/india-news/d...

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Polls are already demonstrating public dissatisfaction with Trump-Musk’s autocratic overreach and top agenda items, yet they have only intensified their assault, and GOP lawmakers who have dared to air their concerns have done so in only the meekest of terms.

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This year's conference feels more like an all-male retreat

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Fresh out of prison after Trump’s pardon, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested today for assaulting a woman protesting his event.

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I want to award 🥇 those 2 women who went to protest Enrique Tarrio and shout “Fvck the proud boys”. He got arrested for striking one of the women.

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One month after being pardoned by President Trump for his role in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, was arrested again on charges of assaulting a protester at a bizarre news conference held outside the Capitol on Friday.

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Dalai Lama Revises Claim Life Only Suffering When Not Listening To Golden-Era Supertramp

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The DOGE numbers don't add up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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The art exhibition on display from Feb. 21-23 at the Line Hotel in Koreatown explores themes of Black migration and movement via various art forms.

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Breaking News: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s crackdown on diversity programs, saying it violated freedom of speech protections.

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Supreme Court won’t allow Trump to immediately fire head of whistleblower office

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Trump removed the military's top officer without explanation as the defense secretary purged the Pentagon's top ranks of five uniformed leaders.

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