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House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

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If we’re serious about more efficient government and better everyday life in America - which we all should be - that means actually improving government, not cutting health care for poor people and slashing support for veterans.

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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.

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Who is DOGE? In fact, there are two DOGEs: the repurposed US Digital Service, now known as the US DOGE Service, and a temporary organization within it called, naturally, the US DOGE Service Temporary Organization, which is tasked with carrying out the DOGE agenda. Confused? Let us break it down:

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BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Rep. Dexter is one of the fourteen members and counting who have said they support impeachment, per the @operationanti-king.bsky.social tracker. citizensimpeachment.com

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Russian missile strike devastated Nataliia’s apartment, where she had lived for 22 years. She managed to get out after the attack, but still doesn’t know whether her husband survived.

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Law firms targeted by Trump are fighting back. There's only ONE way we win this battle for Democracy: Fight for our rights and NEVER back down. The mantra must be "Fight!" collectively. We need that mindset to hit critical mass...and until it does, every person or entity that gives in..screws us all

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Is a US recession on the horizon amid Trump’s tariffs? | Jeffrey Frankel

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NICHOLS: “Trump’s plan now is to end the fighting quickly by selling out Ukraine and its people to Putin… Trump is not a fair broker: He is acting as a de facto Russian ally and making demands as Moscow’s proxy.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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@chrisdjackson.bsky.social

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Plan to welcome.. is more like it

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Two law firms were in court today fighting President Trump's executive orders targeting them because of their work challenging his policies. Trump's attacks are a threat to everyone's ability to hold the government accountable. We commend these firms for fighting back.

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🇩🇰 Denmark has allocated €42.5 million for the purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine, the country’s Ministry of Defense announced.

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A three-judge panel in a North Carolina court blocked a Republican scheme to gain power over the state’s election board — the agency charged with running elections and enforcing campaign finance laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Another case of "you do realize that's worse, right?" It is flatly illegal for DOD to be doing anything like this on its own rather than merely providing support to a domestic civilian agency like DHS. Their putative defense here is saying the military kidnapped people all on its own.

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After calling 77yo Black Dem Al Green “boy”, @RepHarshbarger (who lied about protecting Medicaid) refuses to apologize — and taunting those who think she should. Reminder: not having enough humility and grace to apologize is a weakness, not a strength. www.thedailybeast.com/al-green-res...

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Sadly inevitable. This traitorous, Putin grovelling orange turd has reaffirmed just how far 🇺🇸 has fallen in this total betrayal of a brave ally.

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The Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services—Jim O’Neill—is a co-founder of the Thiel fellowship. As in Peter Thiel. 1/

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Trump’s meme coin soars after he asks top 220 holders to dinner

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Today is Day 12. Still 0 deals.

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Russia is being thoroughly crushed by Anonymous. Glory to Ukraine, glory to Georgia, and glory to the free people of the world. #OpGeorgia #OpRussia There is obviously way more that’s being done, but that’s best left known between the legion and the orcs. 🤫🤐

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“Since Putin is clearly set on continuing the war while dividing the West…threats (by America) to walk away only incentivise him to carry on. It is a counter-productive approach in defiance of all recent experience of bringing peace talks to a successful conclusion.” A must-read: virg.in/4jCtvUE

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It’s hard for me to believe this is a “radical, leftist, socialist, commie” way to think.

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Exclusive: The EPA's fight to freeze $20 billion in already-distributed funding has “significant legal vulnerabilities,” a top government attorney warned via email politi.co/44CMZnS

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“John, I want to pitch an episode. It’s about a pop star who’s also a predatory landlord and also went into space.” “Come on, we do the research so we have grounded sto — oh fuck you weren’t kidding.”

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com MUST stay on 5 days a week past 100 days. Her coverage (and that of @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com) are truly the only must see TV news right now. And Democracy is at stake.

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Confirming what we got yesterday at FWS. We still don’t know what to expect in terms of a reorganization or what our reduction targets may be. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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👇🏼

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The higher-ed accreditation EO has 2 major goals, which should be opposed to each other. The first is to crack down on mainstream higher ed; the second is to get a lot more lenient about "alternative" versions of higher ed, many of which are going to be scams

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"I am a Liberal and I am against this sort of thing."

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💬 "Yesterday’s Russian maximalist demands for Ukraine to withdraw from its regions, combined with these brutal strikes, show that Russia, not Ukraine, is the obstacle to peace. Moscow, not Kyiv, is where pressure should be applied," says FM Sybiha.

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I have spent the week with someone who has dementia and let me tell you it is an ironclad argument for the power of music, especially popular song. Go listen to your favorite songs. Learn the words. Sing along. They will keep you company to the very end.

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A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst with top secret security clearance was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday for selling classified military information to a foreign national who was most likely connected to the Chinese government, federal prosecutors said.

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I agree with every word of this powerful bipartisan brief against taxation by proclamation — here, by the unconstitutional imposition of tariffs by President Trump without clear authorization by Congress: search.app/XXmqoDZ84LM7...

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Every accusation a confession

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Walz: An hour by hour day by day basis, the President has chosen, chosen to throw our economy into turmoil. We are talking about a guy that slapped a 10% tariff on an island populated only by penguins. It would be funny as hell if it wasn't true and stupid.

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Y’all, I think I found that welfare state the right wingers keep crying about

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Donald Trump wants celebrities to kiss the ring. Bill Maher did: who’ll be next? | Emma Brockes

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Walz: "This is how government is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be one old man in the Oval Office sending out middle of the night tweets that shock markets into free fall. It's not supposed to be a bunch of 20 somethings unelected and firing everyone. It's not supposed to be chaos."

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BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands. It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.

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Republicans are counting on us to ignore what’s happening in the states they control. They are banking on us not having the resources or the will to fight for voting rights. They want us to be resigned and demoralized while their voter suppression machine grinds on.

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BREAKING: 12 states sue Trump in the U.S. Court of International Trade to block his massive tariffs, accusing him of illegally imposing tax hikes on Americans and violating the Constitution.

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🚨 BREAKING: Death toll in Kyiv climbs to 9 after massive Russian strike—63 injured, including 6 kids, according to Ukraine’s emergency service. Search operations for people under the rubble are still ongoing.

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Trump is once again speaking on behalf of Putin, blaming Zelensky and not Putin for his inability to resolve the conflict. He doesn't care about the people of Ukraine or their sovereignty. He just wants to get credit for ending the war.

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Checking in. This past week or so has been filled with a lot of good byes. The brain drain is going to immense. We’re losing our most senior and experienced staff and our newest most motivated too. Some Offices have essentially been eliminated. Please share your stories if you feel comfortable.

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If DOGE is forcing its way into our private data, it's forcing itself into our private lives. We're suing for access to government records to understand how DOGE is threatening our personal information.

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Walz: Here in Minnesota, freedom means several things. It means freedom from hunger and poverty. That means freedom to worship or not. It means the freedom to be who you are anyway you choose, and that is a birthright..

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Trump ahead of signing executive orders: "We're signing some important legislation." (That is not how EOs work)

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