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Young voters really don't like Elon Musk. His unfavorability is 54% with all voters. 67% with voters under 30. Feels important for a party that needs to win a much bigger share of young voters.

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Terrible news in the NYTimes this morning:

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This is the text of an email sent last night by a top State Dept. official to employees telling them not to respond to the OPM email that went out across the US government. Officials at other agencies sent similar emails, so there might’ve been a coordinated effort against Musk.

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💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

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www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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The US economy is currently bigger than the next three largest global economies combined. Trump is blathering about the 19th and early 20th centuries because he thinks he’s living in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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But why? It’s a mystery!

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Clive Palmer looking to coalesce the minor parties of the Right into his Trumpet of Patriots party to 'drain the swamp' #auspol michaelwest.com.au/clive-palmer...

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Good thing we are not in a race against any adversarial countries over science and technology www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

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Wait. It gets worse: "The new document states that the revenues will be directed to a fund in which the United States holds 100 percent financial interest, and that Ukraine should contribute to the fund until it reaches $500 billion....The US has allocated $119 billion for aid to Ukraine."

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There’s some mad thinking going on among UK conservative figures right now. They’re cherry-picking the parts of the Trump agenda that they really, really like - the racism, the misogyny, the anti-trans stuff, the breaking the state so it can’t operate and calling it a return to democracy. 1/2

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DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations. nyti.ms/4i1ril4

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USDA launches review of Maine after Maine Governor's interaction with Trump...

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China has called for the “complete and effective execution of the [Gaza] ceasefire agreement” and a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, says FM Wang Yi. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7nspk6

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Jimmy Carter library abruptly cancels three upcoming book talks on civil rights history, homelessness, and climate change. It appears this is related to the new requirement to get approval from DC for all events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

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another Nazi salute at CPAC

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Interesting thing for the President to say about a person who, according the government’s lawyers, “has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself” and “only has the ability to advise the President, or communicate the President’s directives.”

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The world is watching Donald Trump abandon Ukraine and our European allies to curry favor with the Kremlin. All of us — Democrats, Republicans, elected officials and ordinary citizens — must push back with every tool we have if we are to save our own democracy and others.

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“Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.”

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/w...

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Trump lies his ass off at CPAC: "77 million [votes] and it's actually much more than that, because despite that, they cheated like hell. It was just too big to rig."

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Czechoslovakia ramped up spying on Agent Krasnov (Trump) in late 1980s, seeking US intel This article is more than 6 years old Exclusive: aided by Ivana Trump’s father, intelligence service with KGB ties targeted high-level government information, files show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018...

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January 29, 2021 "Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

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Palestinian sources have confirmed to Al Jazeera that the sixth captive, Hisham al-Sayed, will be handed over to Israeli authorities without ceremony. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/dwcxlp

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This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Two Palestinian children were shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank aje.io/gbbln5

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While Trump and Musk launch chaotic initiatives one after another in the #US, #China’s deal the #CookIslands is revealed in more depth giving it Pacific access for ships. www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/c...

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Jordan Bardella, the president of France’s hard right National Rally, has cancelled his plans to speak at CPAC after Steve Bannon “proactively made a gesture referring to Nazi ideology.” In other words, Bannon and CPAC are now too extreme for the French extreme right.

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(AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fires Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Musk may cut Starlink support for Ukraine if Zelenskyy doesn’t sign the deal to give America access to rare earth minerals, negotiators have said. (Reuters) Mafia Politics.

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Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill says she will not attend St Patrick’s Day events at the White House in protest against US President Donald Trump’s position on Gaza. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/zenhdd

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For now this is performative buffoonery.

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Sen. Padilla and I will be supporting Governor Newsom’s request for federal aid to recover and rebuild from the Eaton and Palisades fires. To deny it – or place conditions on it – would be to abandon people in their time of most need. People need help. We must act urgently.

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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

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Mexico is taking a stand against the US. President Claudia Sheinbaum has warned Trump not to launch an ‘invasion’ to fight cartels. “This cannot be an opportunity for the US to invade our sovereignty.”

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⚡️EU preparing military aid package for Kyiv worth $20.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. The additional military support would supply Kyiv with air defense systems, artillery ammunition, long-range missiles, and drones.

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Trump will travel to Moscow to stand next to Putin on the reviewing stand for the May 8 Victory Day celebration, Moscow sources reveal to Le Point. This year's celebration will focus on Russia's victory over Ukraine. How many messages does the world need? (H/t John Paul Fitch)

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President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader. By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Jonathan Swan www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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"Donald Trump is not only saying no more military assistance to Ukraine, he now seems to be overtly parroting Russia's view of the war," said @sbg1.bsky.social. "I think it bespeaks a shifting role for the United States in the world."

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www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...

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BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.

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This is climate arson, yes, but also the entire value proposition of Tesla, the reason for its insane stock price, is that it would end up the Amazon of electric cars: the only real game in town. Killing off non-Tesla electric car infrastructure is a gift to Musk.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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Hackaday - It seems that in lieu of being provided with proper (encrypted) radio systems, Russian forces fighting Ukraine are using US military satellites for communication. hackaday.com/2025/02/19/t...

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Breaking: The Supreme Court has — for now — prevented Trump from firing Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel. A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 26, and the court could act at a later stage.

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Donald Trump dismisses Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron because they ‘didn’t do anything’ to end the Ukraine war amid transatlantic spat over Volodymr Zelensky ‘dictator’ rant https://www.europesays.com/1864027/ Donald Trump dismisses Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron because they ‘didn’t do …

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On Monday Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to announce a new package of support for Ukraine www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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