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“The goal is not to grow this system (of shelters),” Kotek told the House Committee on Housing and Homelessness. “Shelter is not the goal. Rehousing is the goal.” But Kotek said safe, available shelter is a necessary portion of her larger plan. More from @lmonghughes.bsky.social 👇

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OMG, Rachel on MSNBC calling out her bosses for firing the non-white primetime hosts Joy Reid and Alex Wagner

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The City of Portland has long argued Zenith Energy's land use credential is a simple administrative decision. Environmental advocates today sued the city, arguing state law requires a "quasi-judicial" process, meaning the public has sufficient notice and opportunity to comment.

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NEW - Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall Folks, I've been covering politics for a dozen years in Kansas and Missouri and this is probably the most intense, angry town hall I have ever seen www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

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NEW memo from OPM acting director Chuck Ezell saying that fed employees should respond to the 5 bullets email by the 11:59pm deadline tonight unless they had an excused absence today. Absolute madness. Full text:

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Known as the red card, a resource distributed by the nonprofit Immigrant Legal Resource Center lists tips and legal rights for immigrants who might find themselves targeted by federal agents. Demand for the cards has surged since President Trump returned to office. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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JUST IN: Judge McFadden has denied the AP’s emergency motion to restore its access to WH press pool events but has ordered expedited consideration of the matter given the weighty issues at the heart of it.

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How government leaders responded to Musk’s email

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The DOJ doesn’t know the answer to who is legally running DOGE. They say it’s not Musk. But they can’t name anyone else. That’s not a good sign.

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People who rent often have to pay hundreds of dollars in fees and deposits to secure a place, and when they leave, they might not get any money back. Some Democratic lawmakers would like to cut those costs. @jmshumway.bsky.social has the details. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/24/o...

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New: Treasury Department employees got an email demanding they reply to Elon Musk from a "Secretary of the Treasury" email address signed by a former Heritage Foundation staffer who is definitely not the Secretary of the Treasury www.404media.co/former-herit...

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NEW: The CEO of Pendleton Woolen Mills announced his retirement Monday from the 160-year-old apparel maker. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

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just a quick reminder here as to what exactly the SEC does... (hint: A LOT) www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sec....

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LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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From the UC student newspaper www.newsrecord.org/news/uc-impl...

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Trans and nonbinary folks, what questions do you have about travel and your documents right now? We are working on answers for a lot of scenarios

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People who work or have worked at HHS, NIH, FDA, CMS, CDC, HRSA and other health agencies - we want to hear from you. Researchers who rely on federal funding from any of these entities, we also want to hear from you. Reach out to us: www.propublica.org/tips/ Or find me on Signal: 347-549-0332 🔎

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Breaking news: U.S. sides with Russia to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning Moscow for the Ukraine war. Washington’s dramatic shift on the conflict marks a major break with its European allies and coincides with the Trump administration’s bid to repair relations with the Kremlin.

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Starbucks is laying off 1,100 corporate employees, its chief executive said in a letter to workers on Monday, marking the coffee chain’s latest move to restructure amid lackluster sales.

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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

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The guidance for how to deal with Musk’s 5 bullets email (deadline 11:59pm tonight) is all over the place. HHS employees have received multiple conflicting emails from leadership. DOJ and State said don’t reply. SSA, GSA, Treasury, FDIC, VA were told to respond. Total mess.

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NEW — The National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 282 just emailed its ~8,000 employee members strongly advising them NOT to reply to the “What did you do last week?” email from OPM/Musk.

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All federal workers will shortly receive an email asking what they did last week — and that if employees fail to respond, it will be taken as a resignation, Elon Musk wrote in a post on X Saturday.

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And now the Trump administration has opened an investigation of the Maine Department of Education

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“They’re trying to actually not make the government more efficient, but disrupt the government and disrupt citizen services that the American people need in order to conduct their daily lives,” she said.

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Notice how the AP is suing the White House on freedom of speech, not freedom of the press. I hope @dbauder.bsky.social will say more about this as the story unfolds. Meanwhile here is something to read on the difference between the two. www.cjr.org/analysis/thi...

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Here's our statement about the Associated Press lawsuit. Tl;dr: Godspeed! knightcolumbia.org/content/excl...

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It's official: Seven years after filing a sexual harassment and gender pay inequity lawsuit against Nike, four plaintiffs agreed to settle their individual claims. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

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every day i am grateful i don't live in the midwest anymore because i am not sure i'd be able to control myself if i saw this just out and about somewhere

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“To come to work intoxicated, drive a police vehicle intoxicated and respond to a homicide investigation intoxicated is just beyond anything that I can comprehend,” said Daniel, Mount Angel police chief and president of the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police.

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Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

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Breaking — The Social Security Administration is dissolving its Office of Analytics Review and Oversight effective 2pm today, an agency source tells me. In a meeting leadership claimed it was part of government-wide mission to “align missions better” & said it was the first of many changes to come.

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Canada scored an unusually symbolic win as it defeated Team USA in the championship of the 4 Nations Face-Off, a tournament whose intensity was ratcheted up by recently strained relations prompted by U.S. tariff threats and President Donald Trump’s calls to annex Canada as the 51st state.

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on top of everything else, the purging of any mention of DEI from government sites is a gigantic waste of time and taxpayer dollars. not very "efficient" to do this! www.404media.co/the-bigotry-...

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US President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished Department of Homeland Security data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden's administration reut.rs/3QrUQfQ

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Astonishing crowd inside Manhattan Criminal Court two hours before Luigi Mangione’s follow-up appearance. Organized chaos, people are in cordoned-off gaggles down the full length of the hall, chatting casually. Feels reminiscent of fans waiting for a concert ticket line to open.

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📬🚨 HUGE NEWS 📬🚨 Trump plans to fire the USPS governing board, merge the Postal Service into the Commerce Department. It would disrupt 55 years of non-political mail service, and threatens to upend trillions of dollars of ecommerce and the 250 year-old US mail system.

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i just finished reading Malcolm X's autobiography. i highly suggest, especially right now, everyone read it he was a prime example as to what it means to stick to your values, but to give yourself space and grace to change your mind along the way. rest in power

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Most journalists worth their salt I know have left Twitter. It's never been a great engagement tool, and the value as far as sourcing has fallen off a cliff. The actual reason people stay, fmpov: People have addictions and are afraid to leave substantial followings.

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At this point, journalists have to seriously consider not using Twitter anymore, in my opinion. (I stopped tweeting in November, for what it's worth.) I get why many are still over there -- but we all have to question why we are helping a platform that actively demonizes and censors us.

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The NewsGuild-CWA and several Guild locals joined the Society of Professional Journalists (@spj-posts.bsky.social) in condemning recent government attacks on a free press. The White House must lift its ban on @apnews.com and stop obstructing journalists from reporting news to the American people.

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Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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“[…] six defendants had all their charges dismissed. Each for the same reason: prosecutors had failed to turn over video evidence, in violation of the law.” www.opb.org/article/2025...

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For the record, it is not common for journalists to use AI to draft articles. Certainly not at reputable outlets. I helped draft STAT’s AI policy and we specifically forbid that. www.statnews.com/stat-policy-...

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Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district? I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...

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