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NEW: A flurry of lawsuits against DOGE are based, at least in part, on the Privacy Act of 1974. @ericgeller.bsky.social reports on how this law could or could not succeed in blocking DOGE's access to sensitive data. www.wired.com/story/privac...

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BREAKING — USDA says it accidentally fired officials working to combat bird flu and says it’s trying to rehire them www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog... by @allansmith.bsky.social

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NEW: You need to update Signal to protect against a Russia-developed phishing technique that uses manipulated QR codes to link your Signal to an attacker’s device, thus giving access to all your messages going forward. @agreenberg.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/russia...

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NEW: The director of data science and engineering for what is now known as the US DOGE Service has resigned. "If DOGE truly was concerned with efficiency, they wouldn’t have fired experts in procurement," she writes, "who prevent waste up front." This is by @makenakelly.bsky.social

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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

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Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."

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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

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Here’s the proper peace plan!

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Dark Pence is back.

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Whitehouse: "Remember Trump-Russia? The Mueller report said there was Trump-Russia. The bipartisan Senate intelligence report said there was Trump-Russia. Repeated trials brought in evidence showing Trump-Russia. There was, is, and forever shall be Trump-Russia."

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NEW: WIRED can confirm that Edward "Big Balls" Coristine is now listed as a staffer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is exactly what it sounds like, along with another DOGE technologist. This is by @kimzetter.bsky.social

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👇🏻

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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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Some bozo on Twitter named "Insurrectionist Barbie" said that "most of our major cities look like Third World countries." This is what our three largest cities look like vs. an actual third-world country.

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In a Fox News interview, Trump picked the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Philadelphia Eagles. Before the start of the third quarter, Trump had already left the Super Bowl stadium, with the Chiefs trailing by 24 points. The Eagles went on to demolish the Chiefs by 40-22. Trump was wrong yet again.

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Brilliant! It’s everyone’s country! Cheers for this performance!

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hey, i voted for the economically literate candidate not this guy: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Shackled prisoners on $1 million military flights from India to Brazil, a new tent city at Gitmo and overhyped ICE raids: Trump's mass deportation is a cruel TV reality show puffed up by fakery to scare people It's still inhumane and alarming. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

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Tweet of the Night 🏆

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I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

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Wait … they … 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 ???

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You wouldn't dismantle the agency that protects consumers for corporate abuse and scams unless you wanted your rich buddies to be able to abuse and scam consumers.

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👇👇

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Triple Canopy is the security company, working for Elon Musk, that is denying access to senators and representatives to federal buildings. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_...

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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency

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This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

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THIS

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