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Trump administration locks MPCA out of $200 million in federal grants minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/21/t...

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"Only 34% approve of what Musk is doing Only 26% are OK with him shutting down govt programs And a whopping 63% don’t like Musk’s marauders gaining access to federal government databases containing Social Security, Medicare and tax information" www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

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DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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who could’ve predicted that confirming a white nationalist, christian extremist, drunk, sexual predator, tv host to lead our country’s armed forces would end in ruin

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Appearing today in The Week:

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NEW: While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for the agency they operate — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to some $40 million, ProPublica found.

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Ok here is this,👇🏽

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President Trump's mug shot is one of the first things visitors will see when approaching the Oval Office.

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As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.

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omg how did I not call this story The Dudek Abides!!!!

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New — Social Security Administration (SSA) probationary employees were told today that they have eight hours to agree to be reassigned to a field office, tele-service center or payment center and waive all rights to appeal reassignment, or they will be fired, agency source tells me.

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

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Without friends

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JUST IN: USDA confirms first H5N1 bird flu detections in rats.

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A corporate conglomerate now running the US government’s immigration detention center at the Guantánamo Bay naval base on a lucrative contract has been the subject of critical audits and a civil rights complaint, documents reviewed by the Guardian show.

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Farmers, food banks describe ‘chaos’ of USDA grant suspensions minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/18/f...

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Gov. Pritzker…”My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America — and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one,” he said. “I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my ⭐️obligations⭐️.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/19/g...

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Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe arrested over protest at city council meeting. www.si.com/nfl/vikings/...

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Okay Pence, just this one time, and because Ron posted it, I will repost it.

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3rd day in a row on the golf course while Musk runs the country. He didn’t even know yesterday that the head of the Social Security Admin resigned, and didn’t know SpaceX employees were working at the FAA/DOD, and claimed Medicaid wasn’t being cut when it’s being cut massively.

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How bad is it? Steve Bannon is suddenly the voice of reason about Medicaid.

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Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."

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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."

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The dozens of individuals who work under, or advise, Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are a real-life illustration of Musk’s web-like reach in the tech industry. But who are the individuals in Musk’s inner circle and how did they get there? Find out here: tcrn.ch/4gKMJWA

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87% Of Loud Crashing Noises Are Nothing, Report Top Experts From Other Room theonion.com/87-of-l...

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Hundreds of former US Attorneys have signed an open letter showing solidarity with current DOJ staff. "You have responded to ethical challenges of a type no public servant should ever be forced to confront with principle and conviction." www.thejusticeconnection.org/wp-content/u...

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If you currently work in the federal government, have recently lost your federal job or work with federally funded grants or research, reach out to the Duluth News Tribune with information on how changes at the federal level are affecting Northeastern Minnesota and Northwestern Wisconsin.

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JUST IN: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has fired at least 20 employees who were involved in reviewing Elon Musk's brain implant company, Neuralink. -CNBC

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Hundreds brave sub-zero weather for Presidents' Day protest in St. Paul

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Great sign!

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#NotMyPresidentsDay #3E #Protests #50501protests #TrumpMuskProtest #fiftyfiftyone #NoKingsDay #50Protests50States1Movement

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Minnesotans showed up despite -6 Fahrenheit (that's -21 Celsius) at noon on Not My President's day #fiftyfiftyone #NotMyPresident #NoKings

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AND ALSO THERE'S A COUP

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🚨🚨🚨WHY AREN’T THE DEMOCRATS HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY? Today they’re in the IRS. Today they’re in the National Archives!! I’m 80 and one woman here is 92. WHAT’S YOUR EXCUSE?

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America's image has changed, says the Singapore Minister of Defense, "from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent" www.mindef.gov.sg/news-and-eve...

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donald trump has ordered the IRS to hand over all of your personal information to a Holocaust denier who works for the richest man on Earth, who is a Nazi

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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

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You cannot fire so many people and shutter so many agencies and services and not expect things to start to go very bad very quickly. Our job is to highlight not only the chaos and cruelty of the firings, but also the devastating consequences. The public must turn on this madness and soon.

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NEW — In an alarming email last night reviewed by me, Coast Guard members learned that 1,135 members' direct deposit account routing information was compromised due to a data breach from unauthorized access. It was only discovered because an officer “reported anomalous activity” on their account.

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Can confirm mass layoffs of probationary employees underway or about to commence at National Institutes of Health (NIH), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Fish & Wildlife Service, per agency sources.

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Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

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Breaking — Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) has fired 1,000 probationary employees and put out a press release bragging about the money they’re saving.

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A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. “Gulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"

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