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One of the things Trumpism does is open the door for unintended consequences

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Exclusive: Some US government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters reut.rs/4h2A55r

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It’s been six days since Chief Justice Roberts’s “administrative” stay in the foreign aid cases. That almost certainly means (1) someone’s dissenting; (2) the Court is trying to reach a compromise; or (3) both. Hard to be sure which it is, but the continuing pause is itself producing plenty of harm.

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Hi — quick question: How is this legal? www.wired.com/story/people...

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China said it would develop a package of major projects to tackle climate change as it moves to bring its carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060 reut.rs/4inJRQp

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MEUSER: You've got Trudeau saying how the president is making a dumb move. That's bad diplomacy. SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.

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Trump thinks vegan is pronounced VAY-gun and Uganda OOO-ganda The list Trump is giving of supposed wasteful spending that is actually just spending Musk did not understand in the first three seconds he looked at it is actually only revealing that Trump does not know how to pronounce most words

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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽

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Trump again confirms that DOGE is "headed" by Elon Musk, which undermines the administration's position in a few of its court cases against DOGE's effort to access agency systems.

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The speech has been interrupted with so much booing that Trump had to stop and Johnson had to call for order Johnson is threatening to have people arrested or physically removed from the room I am not making this up, this is serious now

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Dem Congressman Al Green being removed from the chamber by the sergeant at arms on Speaker Johnson's instruction. Wow.

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We’re cooked

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Al Green is removed

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"We have accomplished more in 43 days" than other administrations in 8 years, and he's right. in the sense, that they have done more damage, harmed more poor kids abroad, undermined more laws, fired more civil servants including veterans etc etc

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With Elon Musk and some congressional Republicans calling for the impeachment of judges because … they ruled against the Trump administration, today’s “One First” looks at the history of federal judicial impeachments—and why their rarity has been a good thing: www.stevevladeck.com/p/128-impeac...

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JD Vance claims that efforts to suppress misinformation and hate speech "are going to destroy Western Civilization. They're gonna destroy Europe, and they would destroy the United States of America if we allowed them to fester. Thank God we have a president now who believes in free speech."

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The head of the FBI's New York office has retired, weeks after he pushed back on a request by President Donald Trump's administration to provide a list of agents who worked on the investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol reut.rs/41Fcljj

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DIXIE: “It’s pettiness coming directly from the speaker.” @GinoBulso killed Rep. Dixie’s bill to make Nashville the Hot Chicken capitol of TN without hearing it — @tnhousegop leadership clearly retaliating for 12 Dems walking out on Gov. Lee’s state of the State weeks ago.

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Hangs on to this tweet for when he announces yet another farmer bailout

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KEILAR: Can you guarantee that veterans benefits and care will not be affected by these cuts? REP. GREG MURPHY: No, I can't guarantee anything

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China's Commerce Ministry vowed to retaliate against fresh US import tariffs set to take effect later in the day, reiterating its stance that the Trump administration was trying to ‘shift the blame’ and ‘bully’ Beijing over fentanyl flows reut.rs/3F1U7j4

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(🧵) How Elon Musk betrayed America: a thread from a Musk biographer and former federal criminal investigator. Please share widely, here and elsewhere. This will be long. Author bio: www.sethabramson.net/bio Latest book: sethabramson.substack.com/p/proof-of-d...

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Rep. Harshbarger: “There’s been a mandate to the president from the American people. Am I correct?” Town Hall Crowd: “NO!!”

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Given an easy opportunity to criticize Putin, Gabbard immediately pivots to bashing Zelenskyy

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Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.

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Last nights cartoon 🥲

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Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

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#SCOTUS has been holding the government’s emergency application here “in abeyance,” but that was seeking to vacate the TRO that had temporarily reinstated Dellinger. Now that Judge Jackson has issued a permanent injunction, this case should have to go back to the D.C. Circuit first.

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As Trump slashes programs for regular folks (because “wE’rE BroKe”) he is insisting on spending billions on a crypto strategic reserve which will only help enrich himself and his oligarch donors. A heist in broad daylight.

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At a summit in London just two days after Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed with Donald Trump, European leaders offered a show of support to the Ukrainian president and agreed to draw up a peace plan reut.rs/3Xppt9v

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Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social.

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I’m pretty sure this is what voters want from their elected officials www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Chris Murphy: "It appears as if America is trying to align itself with dictators, that Donald Trump wants us to have our closest relationships with despots all around the world, because that makes it easier for him to transition American into a kleptocratic oligarchy."

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