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Infuriating Infuriating Infuriating WRONG

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“The costs of dismantling agencies, dramatically politicizing state capacity, and demeaning the idea of public service will still be counted long after Trump has departed the scene,” Donald Moynihan writes:

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A federal judge has extended the order keeping Elon Musk's DOGE out of Treasury Department payment systems, ruling that the Trump admin's process for granting access to the sensitive data was so flawed and haphazard that it was likely illegal.

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Wait. It gets worse: "The new document states that the revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States holds 100 percent financial interest, and that Ukraine should contribute to the fund until it reaches $500 billion....The US has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine."

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wrote about The Situation www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

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Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR. By @hansilowang.bsky.social

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Among those Trump and Musk fired at the FAA: - Lawyers who help keep drunk or reckless pilots out of the skies - Air traffic control support staff - Employees who track potential new flying hazards like cranes - Staffers who medically clear pilots to fly www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, researchers can finally see the end of the epidemic in sight. But thanks to the Trump administration’s executive orders, it’s unclear when—or possibly even ever—this breakthrough medicine will see the light of day.

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The Trump administration is stripping away support for scientific research in the US and overseas that contains a word it finds particularly inconvenient: “climate.”

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Gallup's latest polling shows Trump's net approval on -6 and negative ratings on handling of all issues, including immigration and the economy. news.gallup.com/poll/656891/...

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Took a deeper dive into Gallup poll/article by Megan Brenan, quoted by @maddow.msnbc.com. Couple of things jump out. ➡️ The majority of Americans DISAPPROVE of Trump. ➡️ Trump holds the two LOWEST disapproval ratings of all presidents at this stage in a term. 1/2 news.gallup.com/poll/656891/...

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Predictably, Trump's approval numbers are falling. His mini-me is even worse. I gifted this so you can read it. wapo.st/3Qrqyd9

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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

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Trump's base may be locked in, but independents are turning away & the cracks are showing 50% of independents disapprove of Trump’s presidency & overall disapproval jumped from 43% to 49% in a MONTH This is what happens when you govern by chaos

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Oh my God if this is true

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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Maddow: All of this absolutely historically unprecedented. No president has ever come out of the gate with numbers like this ever before. And it is across the board

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Great resource

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NEW: “The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by President Donald Trump, the Justice Department confirmed.” Because who cares about accountability in law enforcement, amirite? www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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"I think there's real risk of a generation or more of data being lost." - Dr. Michael Greicius, neurology professor at Stanford University, on the damage Trump's cuts to NIH research will do to progress on a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, adding as much as 20 years to the timeline.

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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Again I am begging people in the media to note the legality of these actions in their headlines or blurbs. A post office is literally written into the constitution.

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The U.S. president has now chosen to throw America to Putin’s side and is more than willing to see this war end on Russian terms. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Did you catch this? In one of his first official acts, RFK Jr. shows that he’s no longer an environmentalist and that he’ll put Trump’s right-wing agenda ahead of his vow to make Americans healthier.

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Food head at FDA quits citing Trump administration’s mass staff cuts The head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit in protest over sweeping staff cuts that he warns will hamper the agency’s ability to protect public health. Jim Jones, who joined the agency in Sep

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As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from illegally firing the chair of a board that protects federal workers from unfair employment practices like politically motivated firings.

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Court refuses to lift injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship ban; JD Vance to address CPAC – US politics live

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How incompetent is Muskrat and DOGE? They just fired the newly hired future director of the NIH center for Alzheimer’s research just because she was still in her probationary period.

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I didnt think it possible to respect @marcelias.bsky.social more than I already did. This is truth to utterly corrupt and corrosive power.

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The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

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Did Judge Chutkan give Trump a win by refusing to grant a temporary restraining order against Musk? Not at all. She was actually helping to protect the case and ensure that the law and the Constitution catch up to Musk’s unprecedented interference in the end. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/20/o...

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The cuts would be as drastic as sequestration in 2013, the law passed by Congress that forced the armed services to cut $56 billion in a matter of months.

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BREAKING: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will NOT allow the Trump admin to end birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants.

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Civil rights organizations sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over a series of executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs and gender discrimination protections.

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Same, except 71 years.

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@carlquintanilla.bsky.social for the slam-dunk!

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How TF is this saving money?

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Under Biden, these abusive fees were capped at $5. The Trump administration wants to strip away protections so financial giants can continue this predatory tax. This is what happens when billionaires and their bought-and-paid-for politicians run the show. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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