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A frigid morning creates unique photo opportunities. At -5°F, Alley Spring transforms as steam rises from its warmer waters, meeting the frozen landscape. Frost-covered trees frame the rushing current, adding contrast and depth. The mix of motion and stillness captures winter’s grip on the Ozarks.

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Our new FBI director. Congrats America!

submitted 19 hours ago • 182 comments

NEW YORK (AP) — Dow tumbles 748 points, and S&P 500 has worst drop in 2 months after discouraging reports on the US economy.

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The guy who used to run social media for the NRA is now creating the same violent rhetoric for the White House.

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Holy shit! You’ve got to see this town hall. Republicans are starting to get torn apart by their own constituents. Rep. Rich McCormick: “You don’t think I’m going to stand up for you?” Woman in the crowd: “You need to stand up.” Another woman: “Don’t bend over.” 🔥

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oh boy -- Rich McCormick bailed on CNN after his ill-fated town hall

submitted 19 hours ago • 507 comments

Jessica: There was a huge drop in support for President Trump and for Elon Musk. Trump’s approval rating is down 5-7 points across four of these big polls. He’s underwater on managing the economy by 8 points. Did you see those town halls? Rich McCormick were booing him.

submitted 19 hours ago • 109 comments

Elon Musk is cratering in polls: WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup. On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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Here’s how many billions Elon Musk’s companies are making from U.S. taxpayers

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“Elon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service” www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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“Stephen King Returns to X and Calls President Trump a ‘Traitorous, Putin-Loving Dips—! Goes Double for Elon’ variety.com/2025/tv/news...

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Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it would drop a case accusing Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX of refusing to hire certain immigrants.

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you could screen Idiocracy every single day in this WH and they would still experience it as a tribute concert

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Yo DOGE, Found your waste! 👇🏼

submitted 2 days ago • 882 comments

This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.

submitted 1 day ago • 982 comments

The past ten years has just been the same clutch of morons and apologists insisting that Trump would never cross that line and then shuffling along with him to insist that he would never cross that next one.

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Crony capitalism and lawlessness on a plane we have never is already here. Just look at the SEC backing down on regulating crypto. It’s the American people being mined.

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To be fair, zero is also their IQ, and so they think it’s a high number.

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Columbus Dispatch: Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) says Trump executive orders 'getting out of control' "Congress has to decide whether or not the Department of Education goes away," Balderson asserted. "Not the president, not Elon Musk. Congress decides." www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

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Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason." www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

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know one thing, Trump isn’t going to dig Elon’s 34% approval rating dragging his ass underwater like an anchor indefinitely. Because that anchor is firmly attached to Trump.

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1) Every Republican district has been hit hard by Trump's actions, but THIS is their focus? 2) There are no transgender K-12 athletes in MN. ZERO! 3) They have to lie to vilify. 4) There will be GOP forced genital inspections of girls. This is ONLY about hate. www.startribune.com/bill-at-legi...

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Fixed it 😘💅🍔

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The Trump administration has ordered the creation of 500K more illegal immigrants by stripping temporary protected status from Haitians. Vance said he didn't care they were here legally he would still call them illegal aliens. Now Trump gets to make the law match his rhetoric.

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Here in Illinois, ten years ago we saw the consequences of a rampant ideological gutting of government. It genuinely harmed people. Our citizens hated it. Trust me – I was elected based in part on just how much they hated it.

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Last I checked there was a federal criminal statute on extortion that’s enforced by the United States Department of Jus— … oh wait, never mind

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“transactional” is such a sweet way of saying “extortive”

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🚨 Scoop: Treasury Dept agrees to block DOGE access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 🚨 IRS was preparing to try to reject this request, but was able to negotiate with the Trump admin to narrow access. Now DOGE will get the same access as academic researchers and some IT professionals, per sources.

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Enough talking, it's time to act — Polish Prime Minister Tusk called for financing aid to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets.

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EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...

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If Russia invaded the U.S. would you be fine with giving them the east coast to hasten an end to the dying? I didn’t think so.

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I think we are dealing with serious psychological and mental health issues.

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Arresting someone for calling you fascist seems an excellent approach to proving their point.

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This is straight out of the Project 2025 playbook. Tracking and surveilling pregnancy is dangerous and should be off-limits.

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This is a new level of madness. I don't know how it can be stopped

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Donald Trump firing ~7000 IRS workers will mean three things: 1) More tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations 2) More debt, since IRS agents collect a lot more than they cost 3) Fewer ways to go after big tax cheats A great day to be a billionaire in America.

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Something refreshing to hear: in a new poll Americans oppose Trump’s pardoning of violent January 6th insurrectionists by 83-14. Credit: Aaron Blake from WaPo

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omg how did I not call this story The Dudek Abides!!!!

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Two things that make America a democracy: Not having a king, and having a free press. A look inside the chilling cases from San Jose to Clarksdale that show a nation already on the brink of losing our First Amendment rights after just 1 month of Trump My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

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They’re going to try and prosecute their political enemies

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