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there are tens of millions of Americans who broadly think of Donald Trump as “the guy who is good at money/business”, in large part because he starred in a popular reality TV show that presented him as a business expert, a job he accepted in part because his actual businesses were failing

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elon musk: "I am literally hitler" the new york times: "elon musk experimented with a new tone on thursday. some critics fear authoritarianism."

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President Donald Trump on Thursday again raised the prospect of serving an unconstitutional third term, asking a crowd at a White House event whether he should run again. The Constitution’s 22nd Amendment limits presidents from holding the office more than twice.

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The head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. resigned after declining to comply with a Trump administration demand to freeze the assets of a multibillion-dollar Biden administration environmental grant initiative, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

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“This is simply the end.” "We might lose the lead on an entire field of research." Sweeping layoffs, funding freezes and executive orders by President Trump have provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners, who fear that science itself is under siege.

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Denmark MP Rasmus Jarlov: "[US] has taken no casualties in Ukraine ... paid 4% of US defence budget for one year and that was too much for them ... they will surrender to Russia. We can not trust such spineless people ... If Russia invaded Poland tomorrow, they would make excuses and do nothing."

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In between all the other craziness last week, I recorded an episode of Fresh Air with Tonya Mosley about Trump's actions, the scope & limits of legitimate presidential power, & whether this is a "constitutional crisis." It's airing today. @nprfreshair.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3Zzv...

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Most of the cases are among school-aged children; at least thirteen patients have been hospitalized.

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One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE is about government efficiency. It's about narcissistic, resentful destruction: The Death of Government Expertise. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The very first thing he did was a Nazi salute.

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This is extraordinarily dangerous. Tomorrow, the legacy media will ask Republican officials about this. Those officials will lie and obfuscate. And the legacy media will move on. That is part of the crisis we face.

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uhhh kinda feels like maybe they should publish those birds flu studies? www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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Nick Schifrin reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "walks back his statement yesterday that a negotiated settlement is not likely to end with Ukraine in NATO."

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The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Elon Musk, is rapidly trying to cut and reshape the federal bureaucracy despite questions about the legality of their efforts. NBC News is working to track what DOGE is doing. Here's what we know so far:

submitted 9 days ago • 42 comments

god this guy is an idiot. like, a stone cold idiot who sincerely believes that war fighting and preparedness is about having the biggest dick

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The VDH didn't use its enforcement authority to compel Richmond to comply with the recommendations of an EPA report on Richmond’s water treatment plant issued in 2022.

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Social media and AI had great potential to provide benefits to society. Humans have significantly more potential to immediately find the worst uses for them.

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Trump and Musk keep justifying their moves as combating fraud, but they have been unable so far to point to much of anything specific that’s actually fraudulent, by Aaron Blake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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A public State Department procurement document for fiscal year 2025 listed the purchase for $400 million. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.

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Net Favorability of (X) Agency: NOAA: +50% USPS: +47% EPA: +37% CFPB: +31% USAID: +16% CIA: +15% DOGE: +4% YouGov / Feb 11, 2025 / n=1595

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In a blistering statement, the American Bar Association describes "attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize" diversity initiatives as "wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself." https://buff.ly/4bb7dqp

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Fifteen measles cases — mostly in school-aged children — have been confirmed in a small county in West Texas with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state.

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Because Virginia AG Jason Miyares chose party loyalty over Virginians' wellbeing, this order unfreezing medical research funding doesn't apply in VA. Miyares refused to join the suit on medical research, and the order only applies to plaintiff states. We need leaders willing to stand for Virginians.

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The Trump administration plans to reduce the indirect funding NIH provides to colleges such as VCU for research. Virginia Tech's president says "Lives will be lost" as a result/.

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A strain of bird flu spreading among dairy cows in Nevada has infected a dairy worker in the state, the CDC says.

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One person has died and three others were injured after an arriving midsize jet hit a plane on the ground near Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday, authorities say.

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Breaking news: The Trump administration cut billions in biomedical funding. Researchers say it imperils work on cancer and other illnesses.

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Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."

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This “Trump saves the Afrikaners” saga is wild. So Trump made that EO in which he commits to “the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination,” and Afriforum — an Afrikaner rights group — is like no thanks, we aren’t refugees and we aren’t leaving lmfao

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Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.

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Across the country, health clinics and nonprofit organizations largely serving rural and low-income patients have found themselves unable to access previously allocated federal funds.

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The Trump administration’s federal hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of thousands of seasonal federal firefighters, creating a potential shortfall of firefighters ahead of the next fire season.

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Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.

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AG Pam Bondi ordered a halt to a years-old federal law enforcement effort to combat secret influence campaigns by China, Russia and other adversaries that try to curry favor and sow chaos in American politics.

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Russ Vought wants to “traumatize the federal workforce.” He’s a key Project 2025 author. He’s a big part of the reason why Head Starts, Community Health Centers, and other essential federal programs are having a hard time accessing funding. I vote HELL NO.

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45 of America's 50-largest metro areas have added jobs over the last year! Fastest: Richmond (+3.1%), SLC (+3.0%), Charlotte (+2.7%), Indianapolis (+2.4%), & OKC (+2.2%) Slowest: Columbus (-0.6%), Milwaukee (-0.4%), Memphis (-0.3%), Minneapolis (-0.2%), & Chicago (-0.0%)

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President Trump has ordered agencies to halt funding for many climate and infrastructure projects. That's created uncertainty for communities expecting tens of millions of dollars for everything from solar projects to electric school buses. via @wbur.org

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