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Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the FDA who oversaw the agency's banning of the food dye Red No. 3, just stepped down — citing widespread cuts across the agency that he said will make it hard to implement the types of changes the Trump admin is seeking. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

On Monday, thousands of protesters across the country hit the streets to tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk “No kings on Presidents’ Day” in response to the barrage of alarming actions—from legally questionable executive orders to mass firings—taken by the administration since the inauguration.

DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. By Wednesday morning, DOGE had updated its list to show $8 million in savings, though it did not acknowledge the error or explain how it might affect its calculation of total money saved. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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The budget resolution released Wednesday by the House Republican caucus contains no concrete details, but it codifies a GOP strategy that should surprise absolutely no one. Take a peek:

More than 150 scientists compiled a report on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife. Now they’re trying to publish it, against the White House’s wishes.

What could possibly go wrong now that Elon Musk has gained access to all US Treasury payments? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Starting today, Donold’s idiotic 25% tariff hike on imports from Canada and Mexico (and 10% on China) is set to make life more expensive for every American. Even his own voters are furious over what they voted for. Let’s break down this economic self-own.

If you searched “transgender” on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website the day before Trump took office—you’d find helpful information. If you make the same web query on the CDC.gov now, those webpages bring you an error message: “The page you’re looking for was not found.”

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At her first White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed that the Trump administration had paused $50 million in funding for “condoms in Gaza.” There is no evidence to support the claim that the United States was going to send $50 million in aid for “condoms in Gaza.”

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“A genuine catastrophe.” Experts weigh in on the very real threat of RFK Jr. as the next Health and Human Services Secretary

President Trump's funding freeze is a good reminder to get acquainted with Russ Vought, the bureaucrat furiously working to realize the Trump administration's authoritarian dreams Read @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social's profile:

A federal law enacted in 2022 stipulates that the president must give Congress at least 30 days before firing an inspector general, as well as reasons for the firing—none of which occurred in Trump's sweeping Friday night purge.