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In Veterans Affairs facilities across the U.S., therapy and other mental health services have been thrown into turmoil amid the dramatic changes ordered by President Trump and pushed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

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"Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Friday that none of the hundreds of Venezuelans deported by the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison is a member of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua criminal gang, the reason Washington gave for expelling them." www.reuters.com/world/americ...

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Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

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The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and U.S. officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter that lawmakers plan to send to Secretary of State Rubio.

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Young Americans’ confidence in the apparatus of government has dropped dramatically to one of the lowest levels in any prosperous country, a Financial Times analysis of Gallup data shows. www.ft.com/content/44a7...

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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: CHEERS WILDLY (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

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He warned us he'd let RFK Jr. "go wild." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

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"But these are pretexts. Universities are independent centers of ideas and often prominent centers of dissent. Autocrats are allergic to sources of dissent, so they almost invariably seek to silence, weaken, or control them." www.thecrimson.com/a...

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DOJ is refusing to answer!!!

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Breaking News: President Trump asked the Supreme Court to partially lift a nationwide pause on his executive order targeting birthright citizenship.

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Trump: "To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it."

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How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data. (@ashendruk.com @crampell.bsky.social) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250312-top...

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...

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The House just voted that “each day for the remainder of the 119th Congress shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act.” A day is not a day. Lewis Carroll, George Orwell, and Franz Kafka must all be chuckling — or weeping.

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This is really remarkable. A pardon attorney was told that Gibson was a personal friend of the President and she should recommend he be given his access to guns back. She didn't and was immediately fired. They will fire lawyers who won't bless their cronyism. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...

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gifted article... wapo.st/4iecUWZ

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Trump’s Call to Scrap ‘Horrible’ Chip Program Spreads Panic www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/t...

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The Canadian province of Ontario is imposing a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to New York state, Michigan and Minnesota to protest against US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, Premier Doug Ford said reut.rs/4bH6EEE

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/n...

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C.I.A. Begins Firing Recently Hired Officers www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

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"It is actually preferable if allies are disrespected and forced to demonstrate that they will happily eat shit and keep coming back, because it confirms their loyalty and submission to the boss. This is basic gangster shit. This is how America is run now." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/gangster-p...

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Horrifying to see South Carolina preparing for its first execution by firing squad. The inmate, Brad Sigmon, will have a hood placed over his head and a target pinned over his heart before a three-person squad fire their rifles. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Its just unreal After months of fighting the suit brought by the husband of the retired Air Force veteran shot dead by a United States Capitol Police officer as she entered the Speaker’s Lobby off the House floor, Justice changed its tune last month, according to a new court filing.

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#BREAKING: The U.S. Commerce Department is set to modify its Biden-era "Internet-for-All" program by allowing companies like Starlink to tap into federal funds intended for rural broadband build-out. Starlink could receive as much as $20 billion if the changes are approved. [WSJ, gift article]

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and there it is

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Atlanta Fed forecasts a -2.8% GDP growth for this quarter. 4 weeks ago it was +3.9%. Trump owns this. bit.ly/3Ddsxim

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...

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gifted ... wapo.st/4h3WxLc

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“Kansas Senate Republicans take up plan to rewrite constitution to elect Supreme Court justices” electionlawblog.org?p=148762

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A child died from it today. It’s been 10 years since someone has died from measles.

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When Musk’s role in govt or in FAA oversight was under consideration, perhaps it was fair to say “raising concerns about conflicts.” When he announced SpaceX would redesign the ATC system, that was at least a clear conflict. Now they’re buying SpaceX products to do it, it is just plain corruption.

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Researchers say the Trump administration's plan to slash payments for indirect costs will hamper new medical science. One example? A lab studying respiratory viruses faces losing half its staff.

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