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In just one day: Trump gives Putin his first presidential call since 2022 and invites him to the U.S. Hegseth says Ukraine will not join NATO or regain territory Moscow rejects Kyiv land swap offer Gabbard, accused of pro-Putin views, sworn in as DNI www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Breaking: For the second day in a row, the AP reporter on pool duty who tried to attend a POTUS event was blocked from entering the Oval Office. The reporter was there to cover the swearing-in ceremony for Tulsi Gabbard.

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This new EO signed today appears to create DOGE as a shadow government across the entire federal government. Each agency/dept will be assigned a DOGE minder who will work with the Secry or Director and essentially be in charge of all new hiring and/or firing. People have been saying the Elon is ...

submitted 11 days ago • 390 comments

“I talked to Bobby Kennedy Jr., and he agreed not to drop off any more dead bears in Central Park.” - Susan Collins

submitted 12 days ago • 796 comments

Here’s the order. It’s that bad. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

#gulfofmexico

submitted 11 days ago • 33 comments

President Trump banning the Associated Press from an event over their usage of "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America" may seem more absurd than alarming, but Trump's attacks on the free press are no joke.

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Russell Vought is the architect of Project 2025, the force cutting NIH funding. But it's thanks to NIH-funded research that Vought’s daughter had access to some treatments. “We’re extremely grateful to live in a nation that leads the way on medical innovation,” Vought's then-wife wrote in 2021.

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The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.

submitted 11 days ago • 216 comments

A top government official backing punitive measures against a foreign country he’s simultaneously negotiating a business deal with is a major conflict of interest. But for Elon Musk, who, with a net worth of $400 billion brings to Washington the wealth of a nation-state, it's only one of many.

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Is there anyone out there that is mapping any delayed or cancelled federal payments ? Would be really interesting to see which towns and cities are going to be hit

submitted 12 days ago • 2275 comments

This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!

submitted 12 days ago • 252 comments

Since Donald Trump was inaugurated, his Administration has taken 33 climate-backtracking actions. Most of these have been aimed at either boosting fossil-fuel production or crippling programs that might reduce fossil-fuel use.

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Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is on its face a violation the equal protection of the laws.

submitted 12 days ago • 1185 comments

Trump has spent literally half of his presidency at Mar-a-Lago.

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Egg prices are surging, gas prices are up, and planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. And this is what the White House is focused on.

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👀 DOJ acknowledges making two significant errors during a court hearing last week on efforts to dismantle USAID 1) It said only 500 employees had been placed on leave. Actual number was 2,140. 2) Said only future contracts were stopped. Existing contracts were also stopped.

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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

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