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A police officer was killed Saturday after responding to a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the suspected gunman also was killed, according to state police.

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she is right

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Also, this is a perfect example of the kind of bureaucratic layer that makes actually doing things in government sometimes hard! Do you a VA nurse spending her time providing health care or writing Elon an email about “What I Did Last Week”?

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KNOX NEWS LTE: “Trump has exceeded all expectations in corruption & incoherence. Where are our elected leaders? — @RepTimBurchett yells on tv about how his father fought in WW2, why is he so enthusiastic about giving unilateral concessions to a dictator?” www.knoxnews.com/story/opinio...

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This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized. The ADL literally had ONE JOB.

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US says revenue from minerals deal will fuel Ukraine’s postwar growth https://www.ft.com/content/b4a64be0-7ca6-43f8-b402-af6193576e32

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BREAKING: Pope Francis is in critical condition, the Vatican says, after he experienced a severe asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high-flow oxygen therapy. The Vatican says the prognosis remains "reserved," indicating a cautious outlook as medical teams work to stabilize his condition.

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“.. I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason.” www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

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Victoria DeLano is one of thousands of federal probationary employees fired in recent days by the new Department of Government Efficiency team. At the time of her firing, she said she was the only Office of Civil Rights investigator based in Alabama. www.al.com/educationlab...

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“I want you to thank me.” 💰Kristi Noem says Trump told her to spend $200 MILLION (taxpayer dollars) running ads thanking him for his immigration crackdown. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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As with so many of Trump’s actions, the president can do this but the question is whether it is right for him to do so. As far as I know this termination was completely without cause. Good people who have served their country for decades deserve respect. Trump respects no one.

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WATCH: “So far DOGE has saved enough to buy each of us 3 cups of coffee.” Economist Justin Wolfers on the DOGE DIVIDEND It’s all a trick. Their goal is tax cuts for the rich. And they never cared about the debt.

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"The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech" The president set a precedent by banning them for not writing"Gulf of America"and they rightly want that precedent overturned apnews.com/article/ap-l...

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Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, along w/ 85 education & civil rights groups, wrote in a letter to members of the Senate panel the following - “All parents and students in this country…want the best education, support, and dignity for their own children.” substack.com/@brandongill...

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Literally extortion

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BREAKING:

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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Germans have been subjected to covert Russian propaganda as well as overt American propaganda - jointly in support of the far-right www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...

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‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours

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substack.com/@brandongill...

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I think what we should remember is that Trump is known to negotiate with the aggressors. When negotiating the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Trump worked with the Taliban rather than the Afghan gov't. And now, he would rather negotiate with Russia excluding Ukraine. www.npr.org/2021/03/04/9...

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I think the most wrong I have ever been as a political scientist was when I said in a public forum in 2020 that there would not be political violence in the US (Jan 6 was 2 mos later). Tonight’s purges are a clear precursor to more future such violence. This is textbook authoritarian abuse stuff.

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JEFFRIES: “we have no leverage” SCHUMER: pulls out a lime and limply waves it around BERNIE:

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He wants Elon to hurt more people, even as his poll numbers are down not up: www.instagram.com/reel/DGTS6V4... There’s a book about leaders counting on the truth not reaching their supporters. It’s called ‘1984’ — forget “Truth Social”, it’s “Ministry of Truth Social”

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It’s a cry for help from Desantis. He’s lonely, isolated, and wants his friends back from before he ran against Trump. Maybe this will rekindle fond memories of the life they once had together as brothers in arms fighting the culture wars, and they will return to praise him.

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As it happens, Trump has gone so far off the cliff that Europe isn’t divided but closing ranks. I figured that it’ll become politically difficult for European politicians to try and suck up to him because electorates see what Trump is doing and are very angry. But it’s even better than expected:

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Judge largely blocks Trump’s executive orders ending federal support for DEI programs apnews.com/article/dei-...

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So they removed the black chairman of the Joint Chiefs in the middle of his 4-year tour, without cause, and they're seeking to replace him with a white retired Air Force three-star general who lacks the requisite experience as a service chief or combatant commander? Huh, how about that

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Today’s article discussing some current events and including the poem First They Came by Pastor Martin Niemöller #writer #dei #substack brandongillespie.substack.com/p/notes-from...

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Statement from the Musk-appointed head of SSA celebrating the deletion of research grants studying the financial security of the older adults and the disabled. Just one way that the richest man in the world is dictating societal priorities. www.ssa.gov/news/press/r...

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Authoritarian leader cult alert

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Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due Pete Hegseth supports cuts of up to 8% of civilian workforce as Trump bids to institute massive government cuts www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump just ordered the DOJ to eliminate the police misconduct database. Imagine losing your child to police brutality &finding out the officer had a violent history that wasn't tracked. That’s what happened to Eric Garners family. The officer who killed him had many complaints before that fatal day.

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holy crap .... Another Town Hall(s) Goes Off the Rails – Oregon 2nd District Edition talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/anoth...

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OREGON: “The house & senate are totally abdicating their responsibilities.” @RepBentz (R) is the latest Republican to get confronted by constituents at a town hall. (Tennessee folks— town halls are these things where senators/reps show up and you can talk to them in person)

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The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service is bracing for an attempted takeover by the Trump administration and has retained outside counsel to fight any executive order to that effect, according to two sources with knowledge of the board’s plans.

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So let's get this straight: The U.S. and Elon are now extorting Ukraine and threatening to turn off their Starlink Internet access unless they give their critical rare earth minerals to the United States? Staggering levels of corruption.

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A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Musk’s team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the group’s access is unlawful.

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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The DOGE numbers don't add up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Three things that make the U.S. the envy of the world: 1) Professionalized military with strong norm of civilian control 2) Higher education and cutting-edge scientific research 3) Ability to welcome immigrants and attract the “best and the brightest” All three are under threat.

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U.S., Ukraine near deal to grant mineral rights to Washington - The Washington Post search.app/XnWv3UQC5uVD...

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Read the real stories about what USAID cuts mean, not the Musk propaganda www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

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bad week for the stock market

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"This is something that does not belong to the president or the White House. It belongs to the American people.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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