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Elon Musk tweeted 222 times yesterday www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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I've never seen it stated so plainly: Joyce can imagine herself as an author whose book event is disrupted by protestors so she opposes the protest. Can you imagine yourself as a fired federal worker or deported immigrant? Wouldn't you want people to take drastic measures on your behalf?

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This is exactly the harassment I received from an old boss when I was 6 months pregnant in Month 2 of the pandemic, about two weeks before she was able to fire me without cause.

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The identities of the men who dragged a woman out a legislative town hall in the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium on Saturday remain a mystery, with event organizers claiming no knowledge of who arranged the security detail or which company was used.

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so then it's not a cost-cutting team, is it

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One of the most prominent anti-abortion groups is publicly calling on DOGE to (illegally?) defund Planned Parenthood.

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People: hey why would you do that, that's not okay or cool at all and is associated with hatred and mass murder? This guy: Why do you hate me for being a Republican Christian patriot?!

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How...hilarious...

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Guys it is not censorship to pull down a story that was based on a Facebook post

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Another scoop from @peard33.bsky.social: DOGE installed Tom Krause at the Treasury Department. He's keeping his job as the CEO of a software company that has millions of dollars in federal contracts, including with the Treasury Department www.wired.com/story/krause...

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"Big advertisers, who had largely abandoned X after hate speech surged on the platform and ads were seen running alongside pro-Nazi content, have begun to return..Amazon and Apple are both reportedly reinvesting in X campaigns again, a remarkable endorsement from two brands with mass appeal"

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Amazon faces a potential class-action lawsuit on accusations the company violated a groundbreaking Washington law meant to protect the privacy of consumer health data. It’s the first case of its kind. #waleg washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/02/21/l...

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I ask again...what is happening to the NYT

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“Unfortunately, the already-approved funding has not been reliably available to us to access since early February,” an MPCA spokesperson said. minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/21/t...

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A source recently pointed out to me that for people who have a double-digit number of billions of dollars, economic crashes are great. Limited impact on their life, and they buy up assets at a discount.

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Now is a great time to support the AP if you can spare a few dollars.

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Oh and I retweet them all the time so you SHOULD know, but obvi @jennifershutt.bsky.social @ashleymurray.bsky.social @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @fischler.bsky.social

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“I believe that his abrupt firing puts the security of veterans services at risk” a source with knowledge of VA systems said. “Eliminating the person responsible for the security of veteran info on VA.gov erodes the quality of the service for the veteran. It’s reckless” www.wired.com/story/doge-u...

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@phillewis.bsky.social @kylegriffin1.bsky.social @chrisgeidner.bsky.social @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social @garnethenderson.com @susanrinkunas.com @perrybaconjr.bsky.social @juliannemcshane.bsky.social

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Austin has an ungodly amount of coffee shops

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Why did the U.S. Senate pull an all-nighter on the budget? A look inside vote-a-rama from @jennifershutt.bsky.social & @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC Bureau www.newsfromthestates.com/article/why-...

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🚨Help me boost this! Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grant opportunities have silently disappeared without reason. These grants are critical to serving domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, elder abuse, and trafficking victims! Where did the grants go? www.justice.gov/ovw/open-not...

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Most of the national reporters I followed are here. It's a lot of the ones with the biggest followings who can't seem to give it up. But imo, no amount of followers is worth staying on that platform.

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“I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation,” Grimes tweeted at Musk about their child's medical emergency, as Musk partied at CPAC and swung around a chainsaw on stage. www.jezebel.com/is-elon-musk...

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I have never been able to convey just how bad maternal health is down here in the Gulf, especially for Black women. But this @mississippitoday.org report? It does it, and I hope EVERYONE reads it. mississippitoday.org/2025/02/19/m...

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Trump on Putin: “He wants to make a deal. And he doesn’t have to make a deal, because if he wanted, he’d get the whole country.” Trump on Zelensky: " I've been watching him negotiate with no cards. He has no cards. And you get sick of it. You just get sick of it. And I've had it.”

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Like literally everything else going on right now — his bottom line.

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Driving through Austin, I stopped for a woman crossing the street who was carrying a big stalk of bamboo that looked like it had been freshly harvested from somewhere. Because why not

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Mother Nature plays this fun joke on me where I go places that are usually warm and for the duration of my stay it’s actually COLDER there than at home, like rn in freakin Texas

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I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

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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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Someone came off my flight to Salt Lake City violently barfing into a bucket and I relate to that on an emotional level right now

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This little pterodactyl is 6 months old today 🐣

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New paid sick leave requirement targeted by Missouri Republicans missouriindependent.com/2025/02/20/n...

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Our about-to-be next FBI director just called journalism “the most powerful enemy the US has ever seen.”

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Mitch McConnell has held a seat in the U.S. Senate for two years longer than I’ve been alive. Incredible.

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My latest: DOGE canceled a CDC contract for FDNY research work, part of a study of the links between firefighters' cancers and their response to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.

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DOGE is putting a $1 limit on government employee credit cards. Presumably part of the masterplan to save Americans a trillion dollars. www.wired.com/story/doge-g...

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83rd birthday announcement: Kentucky’s McConnell will not seek reelection, expected to make announcement in noontime floor speech. @mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/02/20/k...

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“I want our elected democratic officials to start engaging in civil disobedience,” Kluwe said Wednesday. ... “Right now, no one is willing to step up and do that. So, if I want to ask them to do it, then I have to be willing to do it too.”

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in history, won't seek reelection next year.

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I truly can't even with "A fondness for regal themes." Truly what is happening to the NYT.

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Reminding folks of the availability of this sexual and reproductive health starter pack: go.bsky.app/6WuJVjj

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