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“Gaza is not for sale”. Hundreds of protesters have marched in cities across Morocco, rejecting Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza and build beach resorts there. 🔴 LIVE Updates ⤵️

A 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who had been missing since December was subjected to violence and torture before his body was found last week in a field in New York, the authorities said. Five people were arrested in connection with his death and charged with murder, the police said.

⚡️Zelensky calls for creation of 'army of Europe' amid US support uncertainty. "Let's be clear: We cannot rule out the possibility that America may refuse to cooperate with Europe on issues that threaten it," Volodymyr Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.

Two coders have already infiltrated the DOGE website and left their own messages on it at the time of 404’s reporting on Thursday evening: “THis is a joke of a .gov site,” said one, and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro” said another.

When SpaceX’s Starship blew up in January, Musk called it “barely a bump in the road,” brushing off the FAA’s concerns. Yet during the accident, dozens of airplanes scrambled to avoid debris. Pieces of the craft were later found on beaches and roads.

As the US walks away, Europe needs to step up for Ukraine. But does it have the will?

⚡️European leaders are set to gather in Paris on Feb. 17 for an emergency summit over concerns that the U.S. is advancing peace talks with Russia without Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced on Feb. 15.

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 16, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Top officials at the US Department of Homeland Security received a memo on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency.

Ukraine war briefing: US and Russian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainians – reports

Trump has left a void that the EU and Britain must fill together | William Keegan

European leaders to hold an emergency summit on Ukraine as Trump-Putin call strains ties.

SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.

Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3

NEW: Marocco has tried shutting down nearly all USAID programs & freezing foreign aid. He’s led the charge to place nearly all USAID staff on administrative leave. Officials said they see the move as retribution against those who opposed his earlier work. By @annamaria.bsky.social + Brett Murphy

Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

Shitshow 🤬

What could go wrong? www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

I’m just going to leave this right here…

Where did MAGA think USAID got all those bags of food from??? www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/usa...

Gratifying to see @axios.com use the data from the @justsecurity.org Litigation Tracker (and with credit given, etc.). The very kind of public education outcome we had in mind. Valuable infographic here.⤵️ Thanks to @erindoherty.bsky.social @thesambaker.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/02/12/t...

NEW This may be one of the most important cases. Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

Now read Sassoon's blistering Feb. 12 letter to Attorney General Bondi. "Although Mr. Bove disclaimed any intention to exchange leniency in this case for Adams's assistance in enforcing federal law, that is the nature of the bargain laid bare in Mr. Bove's memo." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

These lines in Sassoon's letter to the U.S. Attorney General could provide a solid basis for NY Governor Kathy Hochul to remove Mayor Adams from office.

BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration from canceling foreign aid contracts/awards that were in place prior to Trump's inauguration. t.co/2OBoBANkxW](s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...)

Wow. The NYT reports that Acting Deputy AG Emil Bove coached Mayor Eric Adams' attorneys on what to argue in order to get the charges dismissed (namely, that the charges were interfering with the mayor's ability to cooperate with Trump's immigration crackdown): www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

WATCH THIS CASE!!!!!

Same. Read this for proof…https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/9087f51c-d3bd-4002-9943-79706c6e82a3/Election%20Truth%20Alliance_Clark%20County%20N-a246330.pdf

Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

1. So he has no fucking idea why they met or what they talked about. 2. Obviously Trump thinks it’s no big deal to use the WH to conduct private business transactions since that’s what he does. America First! bsky.app/profile/atru...

I'd just like the media to act as if two unprecedently corrupt billionaires doing a denial of service attack on the Constitution were as notable as, say, discovering that Joe Biden is old.

Folks, this is my Governor- Josh Shapiro who knows how to Get Shit Done! He also knows when to call bullshit when he sees it. This is what standing up for Pennsylvanians and PA looks like. F around and find out! Thank you, Governor Shapiro!!!

Make America El Salvador

U.S.-Made HIMARS Rockets Are Raining Down On Russia’s Army flip.it/12qRfC Not for much longer.