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FOTUS has reversed the cuts to the 9/11 first responder health program following bipartisan outcry. White House Comment Line 202-456-1111, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm ET (Disclaimer: I have not called this number since 1/20/25.) Or call 202-224-3121, 24/7/25, to call any senator or congressman.

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ICYMI Musk’s private security detail was deputized by the US Marshals Service. It means they can carry weapons, detain, arrest, and beat or shoot people whom they deem to be a threat or breaking US law. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/elo...

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The chant goes like this: Hey, Hey. Ho, Ho! Elon Musk has got to go! Protests at Tesla dealerships across the country and at SpaceX facilities are proliferating. Here’s one today in Houston, TX.

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www.politico.com/news/2025/02... FOTUS fired Chair of the Joint Chiefs Gen. C.Q. Brown tonight. In a Truth Social post, he said he was nominating retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to take Brown’s place. Cain, a retired Air Force Lt. Gen., is a partner at Shield Capital.

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Josh Weil is a single Dad, teacher, and Dem nominee in the Florida special. Trump JUST did a last minute visit to attend the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach (his district) to shore up his MAGA opponent, Randy Fine. He’s raised over $4m in 2 months. This seat is winnable! Josh is on Bluesky.

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Crossing a line Timothy Snyder substack.com/@sarafrische...

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Judge Dale Ho has delayed Eric Adams’ trial indefinitely. Briefs are due by March 7. He needs more information before ruling.

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www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p... Sen. Thom Tillis delivered fiery comments against Putin in the Senate yesterday.

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FOTUS tells governors: “Good talks with Russia, not so good talks with Ukraine.” Zelensky needs to stand firm and refuse to sign away Ukraine’s rare earth minerals rights in perpetuity. Europe will step up to support Ukraine, as we abandon our ally and abdicate our standing in the world.

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Leaders of the Proud Boys announced a lawsuit against the DoJ on the steps of the Capitol building. There was a scuffle with a counter protester. Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was led away in handcuffs. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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At a White House event, FOTUS threatened ME’s governor with withholding funding if the state does not comply with the Trans sports ban. Current federal and state law bars discrimination of people, including trans Americans. “You better comply; otherwise, you’re not getting any federal funding.”

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“ Stocks sold off on Friday as new U.S. data sparked concern among investors over a slowing economy and sticky inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 805 points, or 1.8%, bringing its 2-day losses to more than 1,200 points.” www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/...

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The acting ICE Director has been reassigned within ICE. Deportations have not kept pace with the administration’s expectations. Homan has been angry, and he’s been blaming personnel within ICE for not arresting 1,200-1,500 undocumented immigrants per day. It hovers around 800 per day.

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Luigi Mangione will appear in court momentarily. His supporters have raised over $515k for his legal defense fund. His lawyers created a website for him; he posted a statement thanking his supporters. His defense team wants access to the evidence. The judge could request a competence test.

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The FBI support staff on the 7th floor was notified via email to pack up their desks and leave before Kash Patel arrived at HQ following his confirmation. They are to be reassigned; the perception is that they were not seen as loyal. He locked his office door after bringing in his own people.

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Called Jeffries and Schumer yesterday; left voicemails. I informed them that the time for politeness, compromise, and bipartisanship was over. Republicans are at war with America, and we Democrats need to be at war with THEM! I told Schumer to review McConnell’s playbook and to act accordingly.

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This is Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin’s (ECM’s) 2/21 broadcast #resistancelive on YouTube. She transmits M-F at noon ET. Madman Musk brandished a chainsaw and displayed callous behavior toward the plight of the ~225,000 probationary workers DOGE has fired. m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLIp...

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An estimated 200k civil servants have been fired. This will create a massive unemployment problem, without the infrastructure to handle it. Job lossses will tank the housing market and cause another Great Depression. There will be no govt. financial backing to avert it and no New Deal effort!

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Adam Kinzinger asked, “Are we now the bad guys?” Sadly, the answer to Congressman Kinsinger’s question is clear: Yes, we are now the bad guys, at least for the moment. We are now on the side of the royal ideology of absolute power held by that one man, the King…” hartmannreport.com/p/yes-were-t...

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For the past 25 years, FEMA has helped develop building codes, the construction standards that help houses survive hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes. The FOTUS Administration has ordered that to stop. NPR learned that FEMA is dropping out of the latest effort to improve building codes.

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The End of the Postwar World - The Atlantic “It was Zelensky who originally proposed giving Americans access to rare-earth metals, in order to appeal to a transactional U.S. president, although without imagining that the concession would be in exchange for nothing.”

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Rep. Rich McCormick (R/GA) won 64.9% of the vote in 2024. He faced harsh backlash at a town hall on 2/20. After McCormick said that a department or agency makes its own decisions about who to cut from its workforce, one person said, “Elon Musk is deciding!” www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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A severely understaffed IRS plans to cut 6,000 workers. The IRS estimated that in 2022 there was a $600b gap between taxes that were owed and those paid. President Biden enacted legislation to add IRS agents capable of auditing complex returns. Republicans clawed back most of the money.

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Patel was confirmed on Thursday along party lines, 51 to 49. Only Collins and Murkowski voted against him. All the other GOP senators are okay with what FOTUS/Musk are doing.

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R/KY) has announced that he will not run for reelection in 2026.

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Jail the Reporters. Free the Neo-Nazis. Anand Giridharadas Fox News host Jesse Watters laid out in explicit detail how the modern right spreads its lies. After “someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, and Fox broadcasts it.”

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The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin Mindlessly slashing government agencies impinges on the health and safety of all Americans, while the layoffs weaken our economy. (Government workers, of course, live and work throughout America, not just in D.C.)

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A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined the DoJ’s request to immediately reinstate FOTUS’s EO limiting birthright citizenship. balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

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From the WSJ: Staci White said she voted for FOTUS because she wanted lower prices and to stop fentanyl from coming into the U.S. Now, with widespread federal layoffs and expected cuts, she worries her family will lose their house if her partner is laid off from his government-adjacent job.

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www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ Delta is very lucky there were no fatalities.

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