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This one turned out pretty good in my opinion. #abstractart #abstractpainting #watercolorpainting #watercolor #painting

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Via @mattvas.bsky.social and @stateline.org: The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials.

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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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The Associated Press sued three White House officials after its reporters were banned from covering events at the White House and traveling aboard Air Force One over President Donald Trump’s objection to how the news organization references “Gulf of America” in its style guide.

submitted 17 hours ago • 9 comments

The work of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is critical to those in the Great Lakes region for safety and monitoring weather, with a massive regional economy based around the lakes, including in Ohio. Now the NOAA is the crosshairs of Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump's hunger for power was clearly displayed Friday in a brief exchange with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine). But of course, his "we are the federal law" is a big change from his many, many years of campaigning on "states' rights."

submitted 21 hours ago • 105 comments

DOGE stimulus check creator came up with plan in a dream

submitted 22 hours ago • 34 comments

"It is not enough to beat your adversaries."

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President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.

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BREAKING: Supreme Court maintains pause on Trump's bid to fire the head of a watchdog agency in the administration's first case to reach the high court.

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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow joined fellow Democrats in warning about the consequences proposed Medicaid cuts could have for people across the country during a Friday visit to an Aurora health clinic.

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NOAA is best known for operating the National Weather Service, but its work stretches from the ocean bed to outer space and supports billion-dollar industries.

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The Pentagon announced that it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who don’t have “mission-critical” roles expected to be terminated next week.

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Police in Fort Worth, Texas, seized photographs from an art exhibit after local politicians decried the images as pornographic. reason.com/2025/02/21/t...

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Today’s cover of the Murdoch-owned New York Post

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Alnur Mussayev, former head of Kazakhstan's intelligence service, accuses Donald Trump of being recruited by the KGB in 1987 under the code name 'Krasnov.' An affair that has its roots in the Cold War. There is currently no proof of any of this but doubt swirls...

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The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials. via @stateline.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/elec...

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The Chinese president spoke to the bosses of the largest technology companies, such as Huawei and DeepSeek, asking them to step up at this ‘prime time’

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'I'm a teacher - read this if you think it's all holidays and 3pm finishes'

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Translation: Elon took the Resolute Desk.

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There’s been a spike in interest in earthen architecture, particularly after a photo was shared on social media showing a a backyard structure that emerged from the Eaton fire intact.

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday cut protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants, leaving them vulnerable to deportations by August.

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Now I get the concept of "Let them." Yes. Let Mr. Often, Wrong But Never in Doubt X-up that plane, then go for a transatlantic fligh. That should do it. Elon has to make the flight with him and take the whole cabinet. JD too. And by all means, keep the @APnews.com off of THAT plane!

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