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"Chinese state media are celebrating President Donald Trump’s move to gut Voice of America..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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NASA announced plans for the astronauts’ return via SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft five months before Trump returned to office. A planned White House welcome for the astronauts could highlight the awkward relationship between Trump, NASA and DOGE.

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A federal judge ordered the Education Department to restore some federal grants that were terminated as part of the Trump administration’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Trump just booted the Dem members of the FTC, the latest in a string of firings at agencies designed to be insulated from the White House. “The president just illegally fired me,” FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya wrote in a post on X.

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More than 140 years ago, landscape architect Horace W.S. Cleveland pitched his idea for a continuous “green necklace” of parkway encircling Minneapolis. The missing link that has persisted for years is now the focus of a renewed effort by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.

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"Something has not smelled right from the start with this whole Trump-Putin deal-making on Ukraine. I just have too many unanswered questions. Let me count the ways," writes our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social.

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Tesla is now trading below its lowest price on seven of the nine days MTG bought shares. (The lowest possible price she could have paid: $209.64.)

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Chicago crowd tonight was incredible. Important for everyone to be spending time with each other right how. It may not feel like it right now, but we’re gonna win.

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You should laugh at anyone who says the president should have unlimited power because he was elected. His power has to be limited because he's the president. This is fifth grade level social studies

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Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith have been denied information on how many VA workers lost jobs as part of Trump budget cuts.

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Walz: There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA.

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Holding Musk Accountable: Rep. Ro Khanna on Stopping DOGE's "Unconstitutional" Power Grab

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Kara Swisher is one of the great tech reporters of this age — Ezra Klein invited her to speak with him about Elon Musk, DOGE, and the initial days of the second Trump term.

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Late to this, but Trump reported My Pillow owed Trump Media $6,100 for ads as of Aug. 2024. Curious to see if this receivable appears on Trump's next disclosure.

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President Donald Trump said Friday he will announce next week “reciprocal tariffs” affecting all U.S. trading partners, a potentially massive shift in the nation’s approach to foreign trade.

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As the Trump DEI purge widens, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered restrictions on what books schools serving military families can teach, according to a memo obtained by The Post.

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Breaking News: New York State officials ordered the temporary closure of all live bird markets in New York City and nearby counties to curb the spread of bird flu.

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Ivanka Trump was proud to work with USAID to advance women’s economic empowerment in 2019, a message her father echoed.

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"Pam Bondi is the first attorney general in history to have been a lobbyist for foreign governments. She also just disbanded the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Wired’s coverage these last two weeks has been exceptional. Truly the best kind of reporting. A worthy place for your subscription dollars.

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Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump said his administration would consider making the Federal Emergency Management Agency “go away,” representatives of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency were at the agency and reviewing the grant programs.

submitted 39 days ago • 38 comments

As is customary

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We’re looking to document changes in the physical appearances of federal buildings during the transition to the Trump administration. Use this form to send us photos of what you’ve seen.

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“They told us they would smash the institutions that safeguard our democracy. And that is exactly what they are doing,” the author @katherinestewart.bsky.social writes. “Many Americans chose not to believe what they were saying. Will we now believe what we are seeing?”

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One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment. I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face. And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.

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A dispute over Lake Minnetonka water rights at a single property has become a pitched legal battle drawing in Orono politicians, administrators, attorneys and private residents for more than seven years.

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“I didn’t expect a Trump win to cause me to lose my job, but that’s what happened...” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Local law enforcement in Minnesota can’t legally hold people in jail for the sole purpose of turning them over to federal immigration authorities, according to an opinion released by Attorney General Keith Ellison this week.

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12/20/2024: Intuit, owner of TurboTax, donates $1 million to the Trump Vance inaugural. 2/3/2025: Elon Musks says he deleted the division that created the IRS's Direct File, a free alternative to Turbo Tax Sources: lda.senate.gov/filings/publ... x.com/elonmusk/sta...

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"In hindsight, the first year may have been the entire ballgame — even if no one quite knew it at the time..." Really good explainer by Zack Beauchamp here. Worth reading: www.vox.com/politics/398...

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Don’t mess with @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social

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A federal judge barred the Trump administration from publicly naming FBI personnel in its review of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack prosecutions, after agents sued over concerns that the Justice Department or third-parties, such as Elon Musk, could put law enforcement officers at risk.

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Twin Cities stores and restaurants that rely on immigrant customers say sales are down. Some regular Latino customers are increasingly fearful and avoiding public life as rumors about ICE raids and general harassment swirl.

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A fire tore through a large commercial farm in Ohio this week that housed hundreds of thousands of chickens raised to lay eggs, another blow to a state egg industry already reeling from a bird flu outbreak.

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Breaking News: President Trump said he planned to take control of the Kennedy Center and intended to fire several board members and install himself as chair.

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President Donald Trump on Friday night announced he was revoking the security clearance for Joe Biden, eliminating the ability of the former president to continue receiving classified briefings.

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