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Melania Trump doesn’t want to play the role of first lady – but she doesn’t mind making $28m | Arwa Mahdawi

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Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily let President Donald Trump keep freezing foreign-aid payments while the US Supreme Court weighs whether to lift an order that would require disbursement of as much as $2 billion.

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China’s solar industry expects installations to drop in 2025 after an unprecedented surge in additions last year left power grids racing to keep up.

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When you take a step back, it’s genuinely stunning how far any of this is from anything Trump campaigned on. It aligns perfectly w Project 2025 of course, but in terms of Trump’s public rhetoric, this was totally absent.

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The Trump administration has canceled an upcoming meeting of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee, a move that could complicate efforts to produce flu shots in time for the upcoming season.

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The US is destroying climate progress. Here’s a strategy to win over the right | Erin Burns

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www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

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Ukraine war briefing: Kim Jong-un vows ongoing support for Russia’s ‘just cause’

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Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

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They’re absolutely going for it. Doesn’t mean they’re going to be successful, and in fact I think it’s like shooting the moon, but everyone needs to understand what they are attempting.

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SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:

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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.

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Good local reporting from Georgia Public Broadcasting about how the USAID shutdown will cost millions to Georgia peanut farmers. www.gpb.org/news/2025/02...

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Elon Musk will dispatch a DOGE team to Parkersburg, West Virginia, next week, where it will gain read-only access to the US government’s central accounting system.

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This is like the Secretary of Agriculture sending out an email saying “cease all meat inspections”

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Sam Nujoma: The revolutionary leader who liberated Namibia

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"if Musk’s team has been granted security clearances, as the White House insists, it would most likely be with minimal to no vetting, a process that usually takes months..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

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“...'the most consequential security breach' in American history." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...

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Trust me, bro.

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