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MUSK LOSES BIG IN GERMANY Germany’s CDU/CSU wins big, while the far-right AfD underperforms in second—despite backing from Elon Musk and JD Vance. AfD is now likely to be completely shut out of the governing coalition.

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Again, for 🇺🇸 observers looking for lessons/Narratives™️ in 🇩🇪, the story is "80% of voters rejected the fascists, the main surprise is young voters flocked to the left this year, & unlike 🇺🇸 the country held an election where votes were quickly counted & all parties accepted the results immediately"

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New — State Department employees have been instructed not to reply to OPM’s 5 bullet email, per an email I reviewed, saying leadership “will respond on behalf of the Department.”

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Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?

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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

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February 2025 update on LA Metro’s LA River path project. Draft EIR soon. Will be used by ~5,900 cyclists/pedestrians. Metro owns less than 1% of land, so they hope city/county will construct, operate and maintain project, with Metro providing funding. boardarchives.metro.net/BoardBox/202...

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Please take a moment to look through this flickr set and reply with your all time favorite photo from this album! It'll bring some joy: www.flickr.com/photos/76677...

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Ive been waiting for him to scuttle HBCUs and cut them off at the kneecaps and here it is

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That the President of the United States is a Russian spy seems problematic. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/29/trump-russia-asset-claims-former-kgb-spy-new-book?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Sadly , this is a very accurate observation... it appears that Democratic Party, like the entire country suffers from gerontocracy. We need place for younger leaders!

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A lot of regretful Trump voters are learning the hard way that voting to hurt others isn't as fun when the harm hits you.

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Sharing more townhall videos today because they’re giving me hope. THIS is good trouble! Who is this man? I want to shake his hand and buy him a drink.

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They fired the full timers who implement the lamprey control program and froze the ability to hire temp workers who dose the streams that actually control lampreys. Welcome back to the Great lakes, lampreys.

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So many memories standing by the Wilshire/La Brea intersection during the late 2010s, hoping to ride @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Rail under Miracle Mile one day 🥹 Station looks great!! Go west, young subway! 🚇🟣

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Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Donald Trump (to the extent that he cares about anything beyond his own immediate luxury) believe that extreme wealth should confer the right to rule the world directly without being subject to a representative government. Google Curtis Yarvin.

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Some photos from today's anti-Trump rally at West Hollywood in Los Angeles... Musk must go!

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Just to be clear, this dangerous, yet ridiculous, fascist propaganda is depicting Donald Trump, not as Julius Caesar, but as Caligula.

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California is building the first version of this in the US. We need to get CA High Speed Rail to the finish line; the state must commit the funds to finish the job!

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The billionaire working to strip the federal government of its workforce made the demand after President Donald Trump told him to "GET MORE AGGRESSIVE."

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People who like squirrels (🙋) can find lots of squirrel photos here, including the daily official Squirrel of the Day ⤵️

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The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

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How poignant to see loved ones frozen in time on Google Street View | Letters

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A sharp hike in the price of luxury goods in recent years has cost some brands a key group of customers.

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Normal person: "Look, a train" Transit fan: "Wellakshully, the Green Line was supposed to be a 3rd rail automated system, but they changed it to overhead wire operation, so it's more like a light rail line, but Erich calls it a light metro or S-Bahn because it doesn't have any grade crossings ..."

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Konstantin Kisin: anti-woke libertarian who reluctantly calls himself ‘right wing’

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Los Angeles' top prosecutor rejected a bid by Erik and Lyle Menendez to challenge their murder convictions, saying evidence cited by the brothers did not meet the standards required for a judge to order a new trial.

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The Los Angeles district attorney has urged a judge to deny the Menendez brothers' request for a new trial, saying he will address a separate resentencing request in the coming weeks.

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Los Angeles DA opposes new trial for Menendez brothers over parents’ deaths

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BREAKING: Donald Trump just fired General CQ Brown (left) and has replaced him with the less qualified Lt. General Dan Caine. DEI isn’t a problem if you’re white.

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If you turn on a VPN and set it to Europe, it’s amazing how much more tech companies are required to alert you to your privacy rights. It’s like night and day. So this isn’t surprising and very gross. We are getting totally abused and many people don’t even know. Make sure to follow @parismarx.com

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Who will be the next James Bond? Amazon's tough 007 decision

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Forever 21 is planning to close nearly 200 stores. https://abc7.la/41h8Yhc

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"The crowd again started shouting 'tax Elon,' 'tax the wealthy,” “tax the rich' and 'tax the billionaires.'" The county went 68% for Trump www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/local/r...

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

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Destroy the rainforest, uproot nature, and this is what you get. Brazil has been demolishing the rainforests for decades, urban sprawl is out of control, and little is really being done about it. So, here is just one small result. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Did you know LA is a hot spot for spider and insect diversity?? There are at least 3,000 to 4,000 species of crawling, buzzing and scuttling friends in the megapolis! Check out a new video I co-produced all about BUGS. I promise you'll learn something new. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Vz...

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Associated Press sues Trump officials over barred access for not using ‘Gulf of America’

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This is how it’s done.

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President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.

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A federal judge Friday paved the way for the Trump administration to move forward with plans to remove thousands of USAID workers from their jobs.

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The U.S. Postal Service stamp bearing Betty White's smiling face will debut on March 27.

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