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Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey says he's filing an amendment to make it illegal for any one person to get unauthorized access to the payment systems at the Treasury Department. This comes after Elon Musk and his DOGE team received access to that data, including Social Security payment information.

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So, if we're supporting everything Canadian, that provides a wonderful excuse to play some Rush songs. Never a bad time for Limelight, Spirit of Radio, Freewill, The Garden, Tom Sawyer, and so many others. I recommend it. ☺️

submitted 19 days ago • 47 comments

I did not vote for Elon. And yet, now he has the authority to shut down government agencies? WHERE IS CONGRESS? Don't we have separation of powers anymore? I thought congress allocates funds for various agencies, so how does Elon have the authority to shut them down? www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...?

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If you're near greater Boston & you're a sports fan, I'll be one of the speakers at an event to promote the book "Race and Resistance in Boston: A Contested Sports History." I have 2 essays in it, & I'll join historian Doug Stark at Belmont Books for a discussion. belmontbooks.com/event/2025-0...

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I'm a media historian & an educator, and I believe that facts matter. Facts shouldn't be political. And they shouldn't be banned because some folks find them inconvenient. And yet, that's what's happening: my new blog post discusses the effort to ban Black History Month. dlhalperblog.blogspot.com

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What a privilege to talk current events and politics with my friend @bobcesca.bsky.social. We discussed autocracy, democracy, hypocrisy... and yes, we got some Rush lyrics in there too. See what you think of our conversation. www.bobcesca.com/the-bob-cesc...

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Did Gavin Newsom suck up to Trump?

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#BREAKING Hamas's armed wing names four Israeli 'women soldiers' to be freed on Saturday

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