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Uhhhhhh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Europe can fairly easily replace American military support for Ukraine, but it will require massive investments to replace U.S. in NATO. Interesting assessments from @kiel.institute. www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Da...

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JUST IN: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 21 hours ago • 90 comments

Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

submitted 21 hours ago • 148 comments

FOLLOWUP: SECDEF Hegseth also firing the CNO, the USAF Vice-Chief, and somewhat unusually and ominously to do in the same breath, the senior JAGs of the Army, Navy, and USAF

submitted 21 hours ago • 97 comments

WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

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Donald Trump is ending the national database of police misconduct

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This is exactly how Hitler talked. It's not even a comparison or analogy, as people claim. It's a direct connection in ideology as well as a similar approach to governance and relationship to democracy. This needs to be how we talk about it. They are the ideological descendants of Hitler.

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This could be one way that the Trump administration attacks abortion access, which in red states is now largely conducted by sending pills through the mail.

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trump wants to be able to tell the USPS not to deliver ballots to blue states www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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FWIW: Here's the most recent "Supreme Court precedent" that included a constitutional challenge to "two layers of for-cause removal protections" for an ALJ. "We do not reach the remaining constitutional issues ...." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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Bruh. Bruh. This is literally singled out in Article I

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The first reaction to this news should be concern about the future of voting by mail www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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"The Indiana Senate passed a bill Monday that would define natural gas and propane as clean energy sources. Senate Bill 178 now moves to the House for consideration" www.wfyi.org/news/article...

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and within State borders, seize lands and property owned by drumpf and any affiliated / religious entities that donate to the GOP

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The Mississippi Legislature is NOT a "public body" and NOT subject to the Open Meetings Act under state law, a judge has ruled. That means a quorum of House Republicans will be able to continue to meet and make key legislative decisions in private. #MSLeg @nickjudin.bsky.social reports:

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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BIG news for Michigan Democrats: GOP Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement will resign by end of April, allowing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to name a replacement. This will bring court to 6-1 Democratic majority just over four years after Democrats flipped it.

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New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.

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New — Edward "Big Balls" Coristine of DOGE now has digital access to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency source has confirmed to me.

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Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.

submitted 3 days ago • 236 comments

Trump now stating "I signed an order creating the department of government efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge", contradicting the submission to Judge Chutkan.

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

how else did we believe our neighborhoods stay segregated?

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Just a reminder that fascists, authoritarians, dictators of all stripes destroy archives— books, museums, databases, &c— because those things provide windows onto a plurality of other ways we might organize the world. And so preserving, defending, and spreading that knowledge harms those regimes.

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Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

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NEW: The Trump administration has just told a federal judge in a court filing that it will not comply with the court's order to resume funding for USAID and State Department foreign assistance.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil former leader Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison President Lula, top prosecutor says.

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New from 404 Media: a Musk ally has demanded administrative access to Notify.gov, a system that lets the government text the public. The access would give them large swathes of the publics' personal data too. A worker has resigned in protest rather than give access www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...

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Lord, I see what you do for others www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

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I'm amused by this commentary. The wordiness! What else does Thomas have but words? Especially now. Nothing but words. His country is being rapidly dismantled by the ruling party and he wails at those who are protesting and documenting: "Your unified protest is what pushed folk to vote for Trump!"

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#ICYMI: We've added eight previously missing disclosures from Justice Clarence Thomas to our Supreme Connections database. The newly added filings, which cover 1992 to 1999, reveal more than 100 gifts or travel-related reimbursements.

submitted 3 days ago • 53 comments

So few people writing for mainstream publications are fit to diagnose or even describe our current status and they prove it by even now consistently using the right’s framing in their reporting.

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apparently 7 or 8 U.S. Attys resigning because they refused to sign off on dropping charges on a corrupt mayor has had no effect on Jeffries or, he agrees with the corruption

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AP finds that the Israeli military stored 13.6 petabytes of data on Microsoft servers, and usage of OpenAI/Microsoft tools was 200x higher than the week before Oct. 7. If there was any doubt of US tech companies and complicity in Israeli apartheid. apnews.com/article/isra...

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At the request of the Trump Admin, the Ntl Park Service removed references to trans people in this essay w/o consulting the writer, historian @wendylrouse.bsky.social. Read it here as Prof Rouse intended (and as the NPS published/maintained it until now). 🗃️ drive.google.com/file/d/1p-rQ...

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Guys, they are not trying to hide their intentions here.

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🚨 SCOOP 🚨 The acting Social Security commissioner has left the agency after a clash over providing DOGE access to sensitive data It follows our reporting that DOGE is seeking access to personal financial data at the IRS for every taxpayer, business and nonprofit.

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Nick Akerman, an ex-Watergate and SDNY prosecutor, wants to file an amicus brief opposing dismissal of the Eric Adams corruption case—and asking the judge to haul Emil Bove into court and possibly sanction him for "making improper and unethical demands." Doc https://buff.ly/416cCKD

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