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All of this is teeing up what some legal experts worry could be a constitutional crisis. Or, to put it simply: what happens when the Trump administration blatantly defies the courts? www.democracydocket.com/analysis/wha...

"A robotic tortoise ... was sent to spy on a family of chimpanzees. While doing its job, the tortoise found itself adopted by one juvenile of the troop who was so excited by his find that he kept it as his own." #weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #news #animals laughingsquid.com/chimpanzee-a...

The AP provides a model of effective press resistance open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup.... Hey, @nytimes.com, @cnn.com , @washingtonpost.com, How come you are standing up for the AP? Only concerned about "your" first amendment right? Come on, be better.

Elon Musk Is Faking It open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug.... Maybe is he stopped lying, he would be less depressed and would not have to drop so much ketamine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

February 12, 2025

Dear Canada and Mexico, We’re so, so sorry. — Sane America

NEW: USAID source says staff are scrambling to save archived copies of US regulations before they're gone & are being actively locked out of systems, including a publicly available database of USAID documents. WIRED has built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains.

BREAKING NEWS: Starting Tuesday, nearly all imports from Canada and Mexico will be charged a 25% tariff, while goods from China will be charged a 10% tariff.

NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A

So, according to this article in a military publication, there are not as many men being recruited because they are not meeting the standards, not because the standards have been lowered for women. Imagine that. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Is this a democracy? WTAF. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/north-c...

Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...