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When I was growing up, the Columbia University football team was on an epic losing streak -- 44 games in a row! That's nothing compared to the streak they're on now.

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Is this ... the beginning of a climbdown?

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This is: (a) correct; (b) a demonstration of Van Hollen's political skills, which are stronger than most of us realized; (c) a sign to other politicians that bold action will bring outsized attention, as it has with Booker and AOC.

submitted 9 hours ago • 49 comments

You guys Elon Musk appointed the head of the IRS and President Trump didn’t even know about it.

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Two thoroughbreds under the care of (in)famous trainer Bob Baffert have died in the past two weeks at Los Alamitos. 74 of his horses died over a two-decade stretch. His 2022 Kentucky Derby winner was stripped of its title after failing a drug test. Baffert is expected to return to the '25 Derby.

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Issue No. 147 of @30newsletter.bsky.social is out! There are links to so many good stories worth reading and 150 listings for jobs, fellowships and internships in media, across sports, news, entertainment and more. Read: mailchi.mp/eccb89cc3a66... Subscribe to the newsletter here: t.co/tKOtcPQaI2

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NEW: The Trump administration is on the verge of conducting another Alien Enemies removal flight, the ACLU says in court papers filed in the middle of the night. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

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There is a hero hacking the crosswalk buttons in Silicon Valley 🤣💀

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London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

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All new research grants have been frozen at the National Science Foundation, Nature reports, as DOGE considers canceling 200 existing grants flagged for terms associated with diversity, equity and inclusion. Story by @dangaristo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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So, covid.gov now redirects to, uh, this... www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-tru...

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Mayor Adams insisted today his massive debt to Alex Spiro, his criminal defense lawyer, isn't of public concern. Ex-COIB Chair Richard Briffault disagreed, telling us: "There’s the danger or the possibility that the debt can be repaid in other ways." www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/17/m...

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Who benefits from this? Other than the windmill-hating gnomes in Trump's head?

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theonion.com/show-me-wher...

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The entire AmeriCorps agency has been placed on administrative leave

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I would simply try to avoid donations from people who were extremely good friends with Jeffrey Epstein. Just a simple, easy rule one could live by! EASY. But you know, as @hellgatenyc.com has found, Andrew Cuomo just isn't that kind of guy. hellgatenyc.com/glenn-dubin-...

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The Trump administration just ordered social media vetting of all visa applicants who have been to the Gaza strip for any length of time since 2007, per diplomatic cable leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-admi...

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Mayor Adams is wearing his “in god we trust” American flag shirt once again. But this time it’s written in Italian. He says it’s Spanish to honor the victims of a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican republic last week.

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New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner" www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

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Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.

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This is the center that funded, often with grants of just a few thousand dollars, the work of journalists in countries targeted by the Putin regime. “Making sure that they had the platform to continue to tell the truth in an environment that was trying to take that from them,” a source tells me.

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And speaking of government contracts going to Trump's allies ... www.reuters.com/business/aer...

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Marco Rubio Kills State Department Anti-Propaganda Shop, Promises 'Twitter Files' Sequel (Noah Shachtman/Wired) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

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"The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed." — William Gibson www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio just sat down for a one-on-one interview with a man who, as @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social has reported, has claimed that "Jewish influence on the West" has led to "white genocide" and once said "Hitler actually had some decent points." www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

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Turns out we should have taken him literally

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As recently as 2023, Rubio was pushing to fund, and maybe even grow, this office.

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With the Global Engagement Center shut down, the State Department is now set to investigate whether past US efforts against foreign propaganda amounted to censorship of Americans. www.wired.com/story/global...

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The Global Engagement Center, a State Department unit that called out Russian and Chinese propaganda campaigns, has been shut down.

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NEW: Rubio didn't just kill the State Department's anti-propaganda shop today. He pledged to pull a "Twitter Files" sequel about all of its so-called "censorship" of MAGA. By me in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/global...

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NEW: Rubio didn't just kill the State Department's anti-propaganda shop today. He pledged to pull a "Twitter Files" sequel about all of its so-called "censorship" of MAGA. By me in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/global...

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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help www.npr.org/2025/04/16/n...

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come on

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NEW: In the latest episode of the YouTube series I host, @lhn.bsky.social joins me to get into the nitty gritty of surveillance against protesters and steps you can take to protect yourself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL34...

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An interview with @katie-drummond.bsky.social depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/katie-drum...

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The Trump admin was ready to raid the Homeland Security Department’s civil rights and civil liberties office to fund his $200 million propaganda campaign. They changed course following our story. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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The pressure on Schumer appears to be working. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

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"Surely Donald Trump will keep his word" is one hell of a business strategy from people who get paid $2K an hour to be the planet's most savvy negotiators. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

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SCOOP --> The cop who initially attested to Abrego Garcia's alleged MS-13 membership was subsequently suspended and indicted for serious professional misconduct: Sharing case info with a sex worker. This undermines Trumpworld's smears. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1940...

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This is nuts. "According to (Vera) institute representatives, a man who identified himself as Cavanaugh said on the phone call that DOGE wants to have teams assigned to every institute and agency that receives federal funds through the congressional appropriations process." wapo.st/44pCAfc #DOGE

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The DC attorney nominee has appeared dozens of times on Russian state media www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Sometimes you don't need a family office. You need a FAMILY office ... www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

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These are not the actions of someone running for mayor in New York City. These are the actions of someone angling for something else entirely.

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"They were bigger & stronger than us" – Pistons center Bill Laimbeer They say the Detroit Bad Boys Are coming to the Garden They've been here before In fact they died here. 1992 Round 1 Game Five The Bad Boys era Ended by the 90s Knicks youtu.be/KoBzxEI0DjM

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Good to see Rutgers and Georgetown supporting this effort. Lots of liberal arts colleges and Catholic universities. Ivies remain AWOL. Embarrassing.

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What a goddamn nightmare documentedny.com/2025/04/14/i...

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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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Presented without comment.

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