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(AP) — 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. #OligarchEra 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/musk...

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The federal agency responsible for traffic safety, which has been investigating self-driving technology in Tesla vehicles, will fire a “modest” number of employees, an agency spokesman said Friday.

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Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

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🇨🇿🇺🇸 "If the US goal was to wake Europe from its lethargic sleep, they have succeeded," — Petr Pavel 🇪🇺 "Europeans need to learn to make their own decisions and act as soon as possible."

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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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NEW from Gen. Mark Hertling: "When driven by political loyalty, ideological purity, or paranoia, replacing generals can weaken command structures, reduce battlefield effectiveness, and even lead to national security disasters." @markhertling.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-purge...

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Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SUES THE WHITE HOUSE to stop punishing the news agency, its clients and readers for not calling the Gulf of Mexico by the name President Trump wants // Jeremy Barr reports www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

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have been wondering about this. as long as you're a temporary govt worker, there's some logic. you don't have to upend your professional life to help on some govt task for a month or two. But now he's a top admin appointee and also CEO of major federal contractor. how is that ok?

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Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump cannot, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads a watchdog agency.

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A Mississippi judge ordered a local newspaper to take down an editorial criticizing its mayor and city council, in a move that has alarmed free-speech advocates across the country and aggravated a years-long feud between the paper and the city’s mayor.

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Republicans are really just mounting a full-on war against the First Amendment. Today Florida's new "how did this guy get a license to practice" AG filed a lawsuit against Target for the Pride merchandise it sold in 2023, alleging harms to FL's retirement fund. floridaphoenix.com/2025/02/20/f...

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Trump again raises idea of running for an unconstitutional third term www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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🇺🇦 63% of Ukrainians support Zelensky's activities, and 74% consider him a patriot, according to a study by IBIF

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Today @moreincommonuk.bsky.social releases a deep dive into Progressive Activists, the most liberal/left leaning segment of the public. It looks at who this highly engaged group are, what they believe but also why their approach maybe leading to backlash against progressive causes.

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Kash Patel is Director of the FBI. Here's what's coming... Patel will use the FBI to investigate (possibly prosecute) perceived political opponents of Donald Trump, including former Biden Administration officials, current Democratic lawmakers and anyone that criticizes the Trump Administration.

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The top criminal prosecutor in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington quit today, citing pressure by the Trump administration to open what she viewed as an improper criminal probe of a federal contract. ca.news.yahoo.com/senior-u-pro...

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BREAKING: A cadre of largely unidentified actors in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are controlling major government functions with no real oversight or transparency. We're suing to force them to comply with the law and turn over records by March 10.

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Elon’s busy schedule today is claiming astronauts were left in the ISS for political reasons, getting corrected by an ISS astronaut, throwing a fit where he calls the astronaut a slur, then complaining that we should deorbit the ISS

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In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

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CORRECTED: Elon Musk says he's "working to fix" Community Notes in response to fact-checks of President Trump's claim that Ukraine's Zelensky has a 4% approval rating.

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What Donald Trump is allowing Elon Musk and his DOGE team to do is not an audit. It is a coup. This an incredibly dangerous moment—and it is all the more dangerous if people don’t understand what is happening. https://youtu.be/jrE0DOEcbRE

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My U.S. Rep, a Democrat, held a town hall and explicitly said that THE REASON she was speaking out louder now was because she got so many calls and emails. DEFINITELY YELL AT THEM. It’s the only language they speak. It’s literally how they gauge public opinion.

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Blumenthal: "What world is he living in? It is not only contrary to the facts and the truth but utterly despicable. A disgusting betrayal of a country that has bled and fought and died for freedom ... the president's surrender is pathetic and weak."

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"even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making" "Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"

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Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

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The thing about a war is it forces people to pick a side. And Donald Trump, it seems to many in Europe, is siding with Vladimir Putin.

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🆙 There is boost of spirit in our Ukrainian social networks right now, people are calling to unite together, as it was in 2022. 🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦 It is time for Ukraine and Europe to UNITE, maybe this is our last chance… And thanks to all Americans who still support Ukraine! 🇺🇸🙏

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BREAKING: USAID contractors/aid recipients say Secretary Rubio and USAID leader Peter Marocco should be held in civil contempt for violating a court order to lift spending freeze.

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New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.

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NEW: Two weeks ago gov't IT experts warned us that the worst case scenario would be if DOGE got full admin access to agency systems. We can report at at least one agency DOGE has unfettered "god mode" access. Our latest: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday challenging the independence of the nation’s major trade, communications and financial regulators.

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🇺🇸🤔 Michael McFaul: "Trump's team allegedly has offered Putin (1) Ukrainian territory, (2) no NATO membership for Ukraine, (3) no US soldiers in Ukraine, (4) the withdrawal of US soldiers from Europe, including from frontline states, and (5) sanctions relief. Putin's return offer -- nothing."

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Here's the executive order just signed by Trump. One of the defining features of fascism is that the discretionary power of the leader always prevails over the rule of law.

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Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."

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As someone who’s in principle very much in favor of reducing the size of the federal government, I’m resigning myself to the idea that Trump’s psychotic wrecking-ball attempt is going to discredit the whole idea for a generation.

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