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🔴 France steps in to share intel with Ukraine as the U.S. pauses cooperation, says Defense Minister Lecornu. PM Bayrou vows to mobilize resources to counterbalance the U.S. aid freeze.

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NEW: In a local redistricting lawsuit in Houston County, Georgia filed by the Biden Justice Department, a federal court allowed Black voters to intervene after they cited concerns that the Trump DOJ might change positions and oppose voters.

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Calls increasing across Europe to cancel all US contracts immediately and oust Star link. The Russia allied Trump government has made the US a national security threat.

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U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs. www.reuters.com/world/us/jud...

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Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

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The White House is chock-full of people who should be institutionalized in some public facilities other than the White House.

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This man!!!

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The new head of the FDA division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies.

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Getting rid of the American workers who take care of American veterans is wrong. Veterans will not take this sitting down - we can make this the newest example of Trump being forced to back down from a bad move.

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It's working! Keep it going! #TeslaTakedown

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Can't wait for the Party of Reagan to explain how Lech Walesa is a woke commie simp.

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Only been 40 days. The goal is to utterly dismantle America, sell it to billionaires, undo the world order to help Russia, privatize everything, and assume complete control and power for Trump who is never leaving peacefully. They want protests so he can crush them and declare Martial Law.

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This is what leadership looks like...

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Crockett: We had an opportunity to have a woman lead this country and I promise you, she would have led us to the promised land. But instead we got somebody that seems like he wants to take to us hell

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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. ⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

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MEUSER: You've got Trudeau saying how the president is making a dumb move. That's bad diplomacy. SANCHEZ: I'm not sure how it's good diplomacy to say that a neighboring country should be the 51st state and that you're gonna impose economic hardship to achieve that goal.

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That some within the Department of Justice are pushing to open clearly unsupported criminal investigations into political opponents is truly dangerous. It is a sign we are moving firmly into authoritarian territory. It's good that some at the Department are resisting, and I hope they continue to.

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This is unconstitutional. A violation of the First Amendment. A violation of federalism and the separation of powers. It’s unconstitutionally vague. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful. It’s unlawful.

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The central weakness of the admin position is that it is wrong.

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The good news is we will hardly feel this in Tennessee, where town halls are virtually extinct. (Marsha’s last one was 8 years ago) www.politico.com/live-updates...

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trump adviser says the veterans trump has fired from jobs in the U.S. government are "perhaps not fit to have a job" www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcn...

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Breaking News: Stocks tumbled, adding to losses that have erased Wall Street’s gains since Election Day, as President Trump's tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China reverberated through global markets.

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Annapolis protest today! #50501 #FDT

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US stock futures slid Tuesday after President Donald Trump made good on his threat to levy hefty tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

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Rideshare hailers on Uber in Austin, Texas, can now call a driverless Waymo, from Google’s parent company, Alphabet, for the first time.

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Canadian PM Trudeau announces 25% retaliatory tariffs on some US goods in response to new Trump levies, escalating a global trade war cnn.it/4knZFo6

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Freeland: "If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... your grocery prices are gonna go up, bc you know what you need to grow food in the US? You need fertilizer. 80% of it comes from Canada and you're gonna be a 25% tax on it? ... the WSJ is right. This is dumb."

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⚡️ Zelenskyy: Ukraine is ready for fast peace talks under Trump’s leadership. Proposes prisoner release, truce in the sky & sea if Russia does the same.

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American consumers and businesses stand to pay a hefty price for the tariffs President Donald Trump enacted on the nation’s top three trading partners. Here’s where they could feel the sting hardest.

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Great resource from Just Security on the demolition of DOJ norms.

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"Oregon’s only Republican member of Congress, Rep. Cliff Bentz, stood before a town hall of more than 400 of his constituents in deeply red eastern Oregon and faced a barrage of jeers..." www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

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President Trump warned international students that if they support groups the U.S. deems terrorist organizations, "we will find you, and we will deport you." It's left many student activists anxious.

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Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

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NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...

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My latest: MAGA media admitted that Trump’s agenda could cause economic mayhem. Indicators suggest it may be happening. mediamatters.org/fox-news/mag... Trump supporters promised “temporary hardship” and called for “collective sacrifice” to implement his second-term agenda

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Yup.

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Firefighters on Monday were working to contain more than 170 wildfires in North and South Carolina that have prompted evacuations, officials said. The largest fire was burning 1,600 acres near Myrtle Beach. nyti.ms/4kq36Li

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Here's how Americans are reacting to the first month of the administration, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

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DOGE continues to embarrass itself.

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"Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett came to the Supreme Court in the name of conservative constitutional restoration. They will now be called upon to engage in emergency constitutional preservation." @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social on the looming Trump-SCOTUS showdown:

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⚡️ FT: EU moves toward seizing €200bn in frozen Russian assets. France suggests confiscation if Moscow breaks a future ceasefire.

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So I guess Trump must be wearing Kevlar diapers

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