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“Well, We are the law” King Donald to the Governor of Maine at the recent governors’ conference at the White House. Assuming he was using the royal We and has been handily appointed by God, apparently! America, America, what have you done?!

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Donald Trump isn't interested in a smaller government, he wants a weaponized government. He doesn't want fewer federal employees, he just wants them loyal to him.

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The CFPB has returned $21 billion to 205 million consumers who were scammed at the hands of predatory banks. You can root out waste, fraud, and abuse... or you can eliminate the CFPB. But you can't do both.

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In the wake of Meta’s decision to remove its third-party fact-checking system and loosen content moderation policies, Google searches on how to delete

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A bill aimed at guaranteeing the right of people born through the use of specified assisted reproductive technology to know their origins has been submitted to Japan's Upper House of parliament.

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“Common sense” is often celebrated as a virtue, but research shows it can be steeped in bias and lead us astray. A political scientist explores how populist leaders use #commonsense as an ideological weapon: https://buff.ly/4aQE9Ei (@dannagal.bsky.social @udelaware.bsky.social) #polisky

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NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe. ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.

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This guy has all your data… www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

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The Trump White House is working on an executive order to fire thousands of workers from Health and Human Services. Under the order, the FDA, CDC, and other health agencies would have to cut a certain percentage of employees. The order could come as soon as next week. www.wsj.com/health/healt...

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🇺🇸🚫 The U.S. Justice Department is disbanding an effort started after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin, - Reuters

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Hot off the presses: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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“As of Jan. 31, 2025, there are 67 confirmed active cases of tuberculosis (TB) disease in Kansas. Cases have also been confirmed in Michigan, Ohio, and North Carolina…” www.nasn.org/blogs/nasn-i...

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This is how every unconstitutional thing that Elon Musk and Trump do moving forward is going to be framed by Fox News -- that it's merely causing Dems and liberals to "freak out"

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Anonymous message from an FBI agent They are our neighbors, our friends, brothers and sisters They took an oath to protect us and the Constitution Who is protecting them now? They deserve better Our Country deserves better I am ashamed of this administration and it’s actions

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Welcome to the “NOT” Darkside..we have cookies and a dish called the #meiselas brothers 💕 @meidastouch.com @jimacosta.bsky.social #democracy #truth

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This is where we're at now, folks. This is the current state of our republic. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

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FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.

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BREAKING: Nat'l intelligence experts are ringing the alarm on the politicization of the FBI and other intelligence agencies. Hear from three of them now. This post is free, and we urge you to share it with those who may not otherwise have access to the information revealed.

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The United States is under attack. Elon Musk—who has been elected to nothing and is a deeply troubled person—is literally destroying our government from the inside and doing so without authority or consent of the governed. Working on a report on this right now. It’s an emergency.

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My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.

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"The buck stops here"- Harry Truman "I don't take any responsibility at all."- DJT

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New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

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Or another massive loan to Ukraine, against future judgments against Russia for atrocities and war crimes, with all the frozen assets as collateral. Figure it out. Get it done.

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@weissmann11.bsky.social 's stellar interview on FBI and Kash Patel... if you watch nothing else: open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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I've activated the emergency newsletter-writing system open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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The Trump administration has stripped away the legal-immigration status of 600,000 Venezuelans who had permission to live and work in the United States, Gisela Salim-Peyer writes:

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Teaching about #diversity & the fight for #EqualityForAll should never be wrong. Diana Bradford, a #Texas professor, writes about her experience taking a Montgomery #civilrights tour and how she can’t share what she learned with students because of an anti-DEI law: www.splcenter.org/resources/st...

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Some big breaking but not surprising news here

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Justin Trudeau responds:

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Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency: the General Services Administration. His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:

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So while everyone has been focusing on the dumpster fire of Trump, let's see what MAGA has been up to in the House. They have been busy introducing laws meant to restrict abortion nationwide. First up. Restricting abortion medication. (This is going to be one long thread)

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Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress

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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

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Charles Person, who was the youngest of the Freedom Riders in 1961, has passed away at age 82. With his passing, Hank Thomas is the last remaining of the original Freedom Riders. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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The 50th season of “Saturday Night Live” is starting the year off with two new episodes in January, one of which will feature Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet as both host and musical guest.

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More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

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The higher pollution levels seen in parts of Los Angeles, for example, may increase mortality by between 5% to 15% on the day people are exposed, and “that doesn’t account for lagged effects,” says UCSD's Carlos Gould. Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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A Wyoming legislator has sponsored a bill titled, "Make Carbon Dioxide Great Again".

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In LA’s Pacific Palisades neighborhood, panicked drivers stuck in traffic abandoned their vehicles in the middle of evacuation routes, leaving emergency crews unable to reach the fires. Authorities used bulldozers to push empty cars out of the way. How can we prevent this sort of chaos?

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I just received this letter from the DOJ Criminal Division. It is a reply to the @lincolnproject.us request to investigate the criminal violation of Trump promising HHS to RFK Jr - a letter sent four months ago. In combo with Trump “sentencing” today, it seems we have a king above the law.

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I’m worried that the exodus from Meta and Twitter is what they want. To isolate us from each other. Isolation is a big part of autocracy. It makes people easier to lie to and abuse. I don’t have a global answer, but I am working on building a social media space for our podcast listeners.

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