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(Bloomberg) - Car owners are missing their monthly payments at the highest rate in more than 30 years. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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“And the Razzie for Worst Editing goes to ..” 🥇

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WAPO: “.. The Army Corps of Engineers colonel responsible for releasing water from two California reservoirs at President Donald Trump’s direction in January knew that it was unlikely to reach the southern part of the state as Trump had promised, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.”

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Of course, we wouldn’t want this litigation to get in the way of .. oh, let’s say, .. your pending merger with Discover. 🤡 $COF www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/u...

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Monday - Roll back tariffs Tuesday - Reinstate tariffs Wednesday - Roll back tariffs Thursday - Reinstate tariffs Friday - Roll back tariffs Saturday - Golf Sunday - Golf

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Somewhere, Jeff Bezos is angrily clicking “track shipment” to see what happened to his new editorial page.

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"several federal judges in the Washington D.C. area had received pizzas sent anonymously to their homes, which is being interpreted by law enforcement as a form of intimidation meant to convey that a target’s address is known." www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...

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Look how many words VA Secretary Doug Collin’s uses to say he’s going to cut more than 70k jobs at the VA and service and quality won’t be affected at all. youtube.com/watch?v=juRR...

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Apparently Tesla isn't selling any cars which also means it's not selling carbon credits. It made 2.7 billion in carbon credits last year. Carbon credits is largely what has kept the company afloat

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Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.

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“The crypto caper is a perfect encapsulation of the bold-faced graft at the heart of the new Trump presidency: Uber-wealthy elites are poised to cash in, while ordinary people get hosed. And public policy will be designed to encourage this exact outcome.”

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Remember last month when everyone realized that Trump's legal "settlements" with Meta and X showed a clear roadmap how a President can "legally" accept bribes by suing companies for frivolous reasons and then "settling" for millions? Anyway. Unrelated: www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/b...

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Keep a list. 19 Democrats including, Chuck Schumer, backed MAGA Republicans in making corruption, tax evasion and fraud easier. They voted to repeal the rule requiring cryptocurrency bros to adhere to the same tax reporting rules as stock brokers. #3E #EndOligarchy

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Shame @booker.senate.gov and @kim.senate.gov. Shame.

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I guess all this time the right's talk about "beta soy cucks" was aspirational?

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Trump's tariff policy is basically: "I'm going to touch the stove." "That's a bad idea." "I'm touching it anyway." gets burnt "Okay, that was a bad idea." five minutes pass "I'm going to touch the stove again."

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REPORTER: How concerned are you that the large-scale federal government layoffs will weaken the labor market? TRUMP: The large-scale fentanyl what?

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RFK Jr. is poised to begin a catastrophic brain drain at NIH www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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All the union leaders who supported Trump (like Sean O'Brien) should have to answer some painful questions about Trump rescinding collective bargaining rights for TSA agents.

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NEWS: Trump admin disbanded two independent food safety committees this week. One was about to finish digging into the outbreak of bacteria in powdered infant formula. Then they were going to look into the listeria outbreak in deli meat. Details 👇 w/@margaretmanto.bsky.social

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💥 BREAKING: A spokesperson from Perkins Coie, the law firm that President Trump targeted yesterday in an Executive Order, messaged me today: “We have reviewed the Executive Order. It is patently unlawful, and we intend to challenge it.” www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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“The most anti-veteran administration ever”

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Crazy for so many Dems, such as Durbin who prompted this subtweet, to get 230 so wrong when they could just have an edifying conversation with Wyden about it whenever they want.

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NBC News confirms: Two federal prosecutors who worked on the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were placed on leave by the Justice Department. @msnbc.com

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The Commerce Department just made it easier for states and municipalities to use government subsidies to buy Musk’s Starlink internet service. When Musk's many ethics conflicts are tallied up, it will make Warren G. Harding’s Teapot Dome scandal look like a game of checkers.

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I heard this a few days ago from someone who has known and worked with Trump in NY real estate: That he literally has great difficulty reading. For instance why an aide was explaining to him what each Exec Order said—"Oh, that's a big one!"—before he did the Sharpie-sign. Would explain a lot.

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This speech is so divorced from reality that were a normal person to exhibit similar behavior they would be institutionalized.

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Ronald Reagan began the practice of introducing people from the gallery in 1982, when he recognized Lenny Skutnik, who had bravely saved people after a plane crashed into the frozen Potomac. In 2025 Trump calls out Elon Musk.

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1/2 Two of many markers-of-our-times moments in abysmal MAGA rant last night. ——"We won't forget it," to the Chief 'Justice' who gave him sweeping immunity, after running out the clock for months and months on the Jan 6 case; ——Addressing a sitting US Senator as 'Pocahontas' from the dais.

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My years of studying French (thanks Ms. Power in 7th grade! Ms. Gregory in grades 10-12!! Mr. Rossi in between!) all finally paying off. This is great.

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@bartlettb.bsky.social and I are not exactly policy-and-principle allies over the decades. But 100% agree with him on this. We're seeing something like Mao's Cultural Revolution, or Year Zero in Cambodia. Facts and "knowledge" don't matter to those in charge.

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Jeffrey Lord and Rick Santorum now in a diner somewhere in Pennsylvania, both thinking, "But what about me?" (Niche comment for those watching CNN a dozen years ago.)

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So reassuring to know that Elon's team is now in charge at the FAA.

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Elon should put some of his SpaceX people on it. His rockets only blow up 50% of the time.

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NEW: The National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods is (or was) an advisory committee housed within the USDA which provides outside expert advice to advance food safety across the US and across different levels of govt. It was ordered disbanded this afternoon.

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I really wish reporters would fully understand why Trump loves tariffs so much. He believes there should be no international trade at all. He thinks he can force all the world's manufacturing to move to the US. He really does. He's not sophisticated. He's not "negotiating." He's a moron.

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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!

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Interesting. New contracting memorandum from Secy of Defense says military contracts shld stop including language that bars contractors from running segregated facilities.

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FAA workers threatened with firing if they ‘impede’ Elon Musk’s SpaceX federal deal www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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I hope it passes!!

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Barry the Blue Tit. Photographed yesterday. #birds #ukbirds #wildlife #nature

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Cracking views of the female kingfisher down on Regent's Canal today in lovely soft early morning sunshine. #LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #birdphotography #regentscanal

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Gotta love that face #owl #bird #shorty #birdsinflight

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The flash of a Wren in the hedgerow, feeling the warmth in a ray of sunshine, spotting your first butterfly of the year... What's one small joy you've noticed this week? 💚 #ThoughtfulThursday

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Strix nebulosa, The Ghost of the North #bird #birdphotography #owl #owlphotography #owlsofminnesota #greatgrayowl

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Another shot from January's Arizona trip...is it me or is this girl a little chubby? Do #birds get chubby before they lay eggs? I'm intrigued... #photographersuniited #photographersofbluesky

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Sandhill Crane 2024 #Birds #photography #nature #SandhillCranes #AntigoneCanadensis

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“Happy Thursday!” - this #BlueJay #BlueJaysOfBlueSky #bird #wildlife #nature #photography

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