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DOW drops over 1200 points across the last two days. I wonder what could have caused that? Oh. www.nbcnews.com/business/mar...

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“We had to erase trans people or we couldn’t get our federal funding” Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure. We are all in this together, and we all go down together. I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.

New in DemLeft: DSA’s new Int'l Migrant Rights Working Group is drawing inspiration from past socialist struggles, building coalitions with present migrant justice organizations, and training local chapters to fight against Trump’s immigration agenda. democraticleft.dsausa.org/2025/02/20/5...

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International Solidarity Working Group Meeting meets again next week on Wednesday, Feb 26, starting at 6:30pm at Zao MKE Church and virtual. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/inter...

Join all four Colorado DSA chapters tomorrow for a night of festivities at Town Hall Collaborative! Trainings before the social at Su Teatro! See more details for the schedule here and don't forget to RSVP! actionnetwork.org/events/color... We can't wait to see you Saturday!

Trump's border czar Tom Homan is urging more local law enforcement agencies to support ICE's immigration efforts.

The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way

Democratic lawmakers are raising alarms about the security implications of Elon Musk's DOGE team's potentially unsanctioned access to sensitive government databases.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not specify whether or not President Trump would allow Palestinians that want to stay in Gaza to do so under his new proposal.

The president made the statement as he spoke about the 2028 Summer Olympic games that will take place in Los Angeles.

Authorities in at least three states have taken individuals into custody for allegedly posing as ICE officers. In South Carolina, 33-year-old Sean-Michael Johnson faces charges of kidnapping and impersonating a police officer after reportedly stopping and detaining a group of Latino men.

President Trump has opened the throttle on blowing through apparent legal limits, often with no clear public explanation for how their actions could be consistent with the rule of law. Here are some examples of the administration’s defiance of statutes. nyti.ms/4aKnKRP

JUST IN: Judge Lamberth has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing provisions of Trump executive order that would require moving transgender inmates from women's to men's prisons. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

BREAKING: Utah legislators abandoned efforts Wednesday to compromise on the anti-union HB267, restoring a sweeping prohibition on collective bargaining for public employees in the latest bill draft.

Since Trump’s inauguration, a posse of cocksure young engineers answering to Elon Musk have stormed through Washington DC. The young men, who are all under the age of 26, have almost no government experience.

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next leader, is “highly concerned” about recent developments in the United States under Donald Trump’s second presidency.

"Per NASA HQ direction, we are required to scrub mentions of the following terms from our public sites by 5pm ET today."

Even though Trump said during his 2024 campaign that he was not affiliated with #Project2025, evidence of the project’s agenda can be seen throughout the beginning of his second term. A politics professor explains: https://buff.ly/4jO1udE (Zachary Albert @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social) #polisky

While what’s happening in the U.S. right now may not seem as dramatic as book burnings from the past, this level of data wipe and censorship comes from the same place: eliminating public records of certain groups of people existing.

The author of "Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter" helped us understand how the world's richest man came to have such a big role in the federal government, and why he wants it.

Former USAID leaders who served under Biden, Obama, George W. Bush, Clinton and Reagan speak out about attempts to dismantle the agency.

Donald Trump’s Tariff Threats Show Why Canada Needs To Be Less Dependent on the United States, Experts Say Labour leaders say “there is no going back” after Trump threatened to launch a trade war attacking Canadian workers pressprogress.ca/donald-trump...

It’s not the first time questions came up when a president tapped a personal lawyer or ally to the Department of Justice.

Commentary: If Americans give up on internationalism, partnerships and alliances, the outcome will be a tragedy not only for mankind but also for themselves.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows.

With lawmakers either impotent or supine, the last independent check on Musk and Trump is the Supreme Court. And if the court either rules in their favor or finds its rulings against this misrule ignored, then Americans will only know government by Elon Musk, of Elon Musk, and for Elon Musk.

The move prompted alarm among former intelligence officials and experts who said adversaries could exploit the unclassified email.

Google’s parent company has removed mention of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from its annual report to the SEC and ended hiring goals for representation this week.

An Illinois teenager’s chest surgery was canceled last week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order seeking to end gender-affirming care for minors, his mother said in a court document filed Wednesday.

President Donald Trump's administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on Tuesday — not even enough time to gather her personal effects — according to two people familiar with the incident.

A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday issued a nationwide injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order that aims to limit the right to citizenship for children born in the United States, according to media reports.

Alaska chapter of nationwide anti-Trump protest brings chanting crowd to Alaska Capitol, report James Brooks, @alaska.bsky.social, and Corinne Smith, @corinne-smith.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/05/a...

On Tuesday, Donald Trump declared that the two million Palestinians in Gaza should be forced out of the Strip. Even if it isn’t more than a provocation, there will be a price for his madness, David Remnick writes. nyer.cm/dqPZx34

Heavily armed federal agents raided apartment buildings across metro Denver early Wednesday in a search for Venezuelan gang members and other migrants under the Trump administration's mass deportation effort targeting major cities.

UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal

Wednesday’s preliminary injunction is the second temporary hold against President Trump’s executive order to restrict birthright citizenship.

The nation’s largest federation of unions is starting a campaign to push back on Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who has been empowered by President Donald Trump to carry out a largely unchecked attempt to purge the federal workforce.

The largely partisan clash over whether to abolish the U.S. Department of Education came to the forefront at a Wednesday hearing by a U.S. House education panel, as rumors continue to circulate over President Trump’s plans to dismantle the federal agency.

Top officials at the Dept. of Education told staff if they accept the Trump administration’s deferred resignation package, the education secretary may later cancel it and employees would not have any recourse, potentially leaving them without promised pay.

Trump notion U.S. should control Gaza met with little enthusiasm in Congress, reports Jennifer Shutt, @jennifershutt.bsky.social, of @statesnewsroom.com, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/05/d...

Relegated to the minority in Congress and left with few legislative tools to check Trump, Democrats are seeking to rally voters against his push to freeze federal loans and grants, dismantle USAID and other agencies and allow Elon Musk to access Americans’ federal data.

A handcuffed inmate whose fatal beating by correctional officers last year sparked outrage died by homicide, according to findings of an autopsy report shared Wednesday by a lawyer for the man's family.

What’s the idea behind Trump’s shocking new Gaza proposal? | Fiona Katauskas