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Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech

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Key U.S. agencies, including the FBI, State Department and the Pentagon, have instructed their employees not to comply with cost-cutting chief Elon Musk’s demand that federal workers explain what they accomplished last week — or risk losing their jobs.

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The understaffed Social Security Administration faces further cuts and office closures at the same time as retiring Baby Boomers have caused a surge in the number of people receiving benefits. https://propub.li/4ia5PX5

submitted 17 hours ago • 63 comments

The Department of Defense told its employees to pause responding to emails asking them about their accomplishments last week, as part of a directive by Elon Musk to make the federal workforce more efficient.

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BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of the 27 European Union countries will have an emergency summit on March 6 about next steps for Ukraine and Europe’s security.

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February 12, 1972 The Allman Brothers Band released their album “Eat A Peach”. The album's title came from a Duane Allman quote: "You can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution ... Every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace. #ClassicRock youtu.be/ggeab0lKz2c?...

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Any thoughts on this year’s nominees?👇

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February 15, 1975 Rush released Fly by Night. It was their second studio album and the first to include drummer Neil Peart as a primary lyricist. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #Musicsky According to this video, this is the first time Rush performed this song. youtu.be/W8IkWucQC-I?...

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Random Classic Rock Song Of The Night Showdown by ELO Jeff Lynne wrote "Showdown" in his parents' front room in Birmingham. Released as a single in September 1973, it peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #53 on the Hot 100. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky youtu.be/AU4-9NKji5U?...

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February 16, 1972 Led Zeppelin made their live debut in Australia at the Subiaco Oval in Perth. Midway through the six-show run, which marked the band’s first and only AUS. tour, Jimmy Page shaved off his beard, remaining clean-shaven for the rest of the band’s career youtu.be/AwuHPkCyKmg?...

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February 17, 1975 AC/DC released their debut album 'High Voltage'. The album featured 'Baby, Please Don't Go' a blues song 1st recorded by Big Joe Williams and 'She's Got Balls' written about singer Bon Scott's ex-wife Irene - the first AC/DC song for which he wrote lyrics. youtu.be/aejWas9R_0E?...

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Random Classic Rock Song Of The Night Cadillac Ranch by Bruce Springsteen Springsteen wrote this to energize his live shows and balance off the ballads on The River. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky youtu.be/4dG3jc6fzPY?...

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February 19, 1980 AC/DC singer Bon Scott was pronounced dead on arrival at a London hospital after a heavy night's drinking. Scott was found in the passenger seat of a friend's parked car. The official coroner's report stated that he had "drunk himself to death", after suffocating on his own vomit.

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Random Classic Rock Song Of The Night The Stroke by Billy Squier “The Stroke" was Squier's first hit. It came when he was 31 years old and already a 12-year veteran of the music industry. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky youtu.be/69fPof-ZTnU?...

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February 23, 1976 AC/DC shot the video clip for "It's A Long Way To The Top. It featured the band's then-current lineup, along with members of the Rats of Tobruk Pipe Band, on the back of a flat-bed truck travelling on Swanston Street in Melbourne. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...

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Random Rock Song of the Night Achilles Last Stand, By Led Zeppelin Robert Plant wrote the lyrics about his travels throughout Morocco, Greece, and Spain. The music was inspired by Flamenco and Moroccan traditions. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll youtu.be/HHI4W0umQKs?...

submitted 36 days ago • 59 comments

Todays daily cartoon for @newyorker.com

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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

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Pollution from Big Tech’s data centre boom costs US public health $5.4bn https://www.ft.com/content/d595d5f6-79d1-47eb-b690-8597f09b39e7

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Starmer asks US to stand by Ukraine with security guarantee as bad peace deal would be 'disaster' for all

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“Why is my information in there?” asked Kathy Gavin, one of millions of people whose data was collected by the gun industry. “Why did you need it or want it? Yes, you could use it to pummel me with postcards, but what else are you doing with it?”

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Ukraine war briefing: Volodymyr Zelenskyy praises Keir Starmer for pledge of ‘ironclad support’

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Pro Trump publication had to remind the President who is the dictator

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Rachel Maddow talks about how the country HATES TRUMP. RepubliCLOWNS, RepubliCONS, & RepubliCOWARDS NEED TO GET ON THE IMPEACHMENT TRAIN OR THEY WILL GET ROLLED OVER ! Call them now, and remind them of this. (202) 224-3121. youtu.be/X4-8TAeOnCY?...

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Bernie Sanders says it very well with his inspiring townhall speech about WHO WE ARE, and just as importantly, WHO WE ARE NOT! The OLIGARCHY can not win this fight. youtu.be/BiXs6OYBM0U?...

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Help END the INSANITY.

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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 30+ media orgs have asked the White House to restore AP's access: "Conditioning pool access to White House events on the editorial decisions of any news organization violates First Amendment principles."

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😯 Brazilian president accuses Trump of seeking to be "emperor of the world"

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