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Donald Trump is ending the national database of police misconduct

FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly — and we should probably listen.

Murphy: "There's no separation between the Kremlin & the White House right now. The White House is a full-time Kremlin propaganda operation..there's a real probability American troops are going to have fight abroad to protect the global world order & our allies & perhaps American sovereignty itself"

Wow. The US is now officially a dictatorship. So quick. Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order stating that “only the President and the Attorney General can speak for what the law is.”

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

High noon. Jan 20th.

Starter Pack 7.

While we’re banning books… Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar. Be. Like. Finland.

🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵 Ever run across a term like Overton window, Gish gallop or Streisand effect and wonder what the hell it means? Then this thread – with definitions of some fairly obscure terms – is for you. Read on.