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Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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⚡️Russia launches largest drone attack since start of full-scale invasion. Ukraine’s air defense shot down 138 drones while 119 decoy drones were lost out of a total of 267 drones launched by Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force said.

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Starting to dig more into the most immediate harm Elonald can do: gutting Medicaid. They tried this last time. Trump proposed monstrous cuts to Medicaid that would have uninsured millions right before the pandemic. And those cuts, I think, were even SMALLER than what Republicans are proposing now.

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The bill goes against the recommendations of the American Medical Association, which “supports public and private health insurance coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria.”

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Demon nation. This is sick

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Reckless firing of federal workers creating a crisis for this deep red state: Idahoans cherish the great outdoors. Whether it’s visiting our national forests, fishing in pristine rivers, or depending on a thriving agricultural sector, our way of life is deeply intertwined with responsible natural…

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Trump & Musk have somehow managed to frame recent events as a binary: Either you want to burn it all down, or you support the status quo It’s a false choice, obviously. But Dems/Trump critics have done a poor job articulating that failure in logic and existence of option #3: actually fix things

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Will Donald Trump make money laundering great again? Project 2025 indicates how the hard-fought gains of anti-corruption policy could quickly unravel.

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Exclusive-Chinese Lithium Company Halts Tech Exports as Trade Tensions Build: By Ernest Scheyder and Lewis Jackson(Reuters) - A Chinese company has stopped exporting a piece of equipment used to process the electric vehicle...

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Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services

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The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized while straining physicians' offices and emergency departments.

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A federal district judge on Monday refused to issue a temporary restraining order blocking employees of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing student data at the Department of Education, saying there was no immediate threat in allowing it.

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"Beware the ides of March."

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“Many federal judges who meant their oaths to the Constitution understand that the Roberts Court obeyed Trump in advance, a grievous error.”

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MAGA preacher is 'elevating pro-slavery theologians' in bid to end 'woke Jesus': Salon columnist Amanda Marcotte has conducted a lengthy interview with author Katherine Stewart about her new book titled. "Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy." During the…

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Excellent article by Ursula Faw! Thank you Ursula! politizoom.com/social-secur...

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When this guy is eventually arrested and charged for giving orders to his underlings to break the law thousands of times he will absolutely rant about free speech and I cannot wait for that

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There is no legal architecture that allows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to remake the entire federal government without running afoul of criminal conflict of interest laws. In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.

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'Frustrating': Experts push back against team Trump claim that dead people collect Social Security: President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, pushed a claim Monday on Fox News that there may be many dead people receiving Social Security payments. Experts have pushed back against…

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How many of you tech people would describe the on-boarding of someone, with a laptop and access to massive databases, with this many "as I recall," as if it is not documented? This is a Privacy Act related declaration from Department of Education. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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TOUCH THE STOVE! TOUCH THE STOVE! TOUCH THE STOVE! TOUCH THE STOVE! TOUCH THE STOVE!

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OAK RIDGE, TN: “The Trump (regime) halted firings of hundreds of federal employees tasked with working on nuclear programs - the about-face has left workers confused and experts cautioning blind cost-cutting by billionaire Musk puts communities at risk.” www.wbir.com/article/news...

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I feel like this might be the best use of an aluminum brake in recorded history.

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As elementary school kids have known for time immemorial, whoever smelt it, dealt it. In this case, the man flinging accusations of illegality is the one breaking the law.

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Trump’s latest claim that “he who saved his country doesn’t violate the law” is as dangerous as it is delusional.

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Donald Fires Hundreds Of FAA Employees After 4 Deadly Crashes On His Watch: The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people.…

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Instead Of Rare Earth Minerals For Trump, Ukraine Offers Eggs: Trump, the most transactional and morally bankrupt U.S. President ever had his bizarre request for Ukraine to turn over 50% of its mineral resources to the United States, as it offered Ukraine nothing in return. One senior Ukrainian…

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The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee crafts the budget proposal to be sent to the full Legislature for consideration. via @mainemorningstar.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/heal...

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U.S. Education Department threatens yanking funds for schools that use race in decisions rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/02/17/r...

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The news from the longtime aides — Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi, and Chauncey Parker — comes after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams.

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KNOXVILLE: “MUSK MUST GO!” 🇺🇸 Hundreds of Americans rallied against Musk & Trump’s invasion of privacy and rampage through the federal government — one of many protests across the country. Post: www.facebook.com/share/v/15xs...

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“Staffing decisions should be based on an individual agency’s mission-critical needs. To do otherwise is dangerous when it comes to public safety. And it is especially unconscionable in the aftermath of three deadly aircraft accidents in the past month.”

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So it turns out that NYC has what amounts to its own 25th amendment. And we may be about to give it a spin on the open road. link here to the city charter, search "inability committee" www.nyc.gov/html/records...

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this corruption has to stop.

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NEW: Marocco has tried shutting down nearly all USAID programs & freezing foreign aid. He’s led the charge to place nearly all USAID staff on administrative leave. Officials said they see the move as retribution against those who opposed his earlier work. By @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy

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⚡️European leaders are set to gather in Paris on Feb. 17 for an emergency summit over concerns that the U.S. is advancing peace talks with Russia without Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced on Feb. 15.

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Just wow

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60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history https://buff.ly/3Qk6nOo

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