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I think about this headline all of the time.

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5 former Secretaries of Defense call on Congress to exercise oversight responsibility on Trump-Hegseth firing of senior military leaders: The "dismissals raise troubling questions about the administration’s desire to politicize the military and to remove legal constraints on the President’s power."

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Musk explicitly says he wants to turn America into El Salvador where a strongman has consolidated power, undermined judicial independence, harassed journalists, and suspended constitutional rights

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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

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As President Trump’s right-hand man overseeing DOGE, Musk is alienating some Tesla fans and drivers.

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Gian Durand and James Carter will ride at the helm of this year's parade. They spoke with Karen Henderson about how they’re using their positions to educate students about civil rights history and making Mardi Gras more inclusive. bit.ly/41cIwFj

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The MOLLYs are back! We want to read your best investigative journalism! 🤠

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It's that time of year again: Submissions for the 2025 MOLLY National Journalism Prize for Investigative Journalism are now open! Submit your entry and/or help @texasobserver.org spread the word! Deadline for entries is Friday, April 11. www.texasobserver.org/molly-awards...

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Been thinking about this and her a lot recently.

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From a FOIA perspective, "the entire federal workforce should write down and email what they did last week" is extremely funny

submitted 5 days ago • 198 comments

Hell yeah New Orleans is hosting Wrestlemania April 11-12, 2026 @orlandofloresjr.bsky.social

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Bomb dogs are sniffing every float of Cleopatra before riders load up this evening.

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Good morning America- The Trump administration is beginning their cuts of Medicare benefits. Link -> www.medicare.gov/coverage/tel...

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Even though the memorial is being moved today, we will never forget. #NOLAStrong

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I miss working with @mayalmiller.bsky.social every day, but so thrilled to see her first story for @mississippitoday.org post today! Despite Mississippi’s low homelessness rate nationally, multiple bills that target homeless encampments in Jackson have moved out of their respective houses.

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The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics Commission finding.

submitted 8 days ago • 33 comments

He said he wanted to be a dictator...

submitted 9 days ago • 66 comments

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as allude to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

submitted 11 days ago • 2109 comments

No need to parse dog whistles with the advocate for Germany’s neo-Nazi party, who laments the end of Apartheid in South Africa, does sig heils in public, denigrates minorities, and proclaims that white men are inherently superior. Yes, he is. We don’t need to ask anymore, we need to deal with it.

submitted 11 days ago • 50 comments

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

submitted 12 days ago • 5657 comments

Is there any clearer example of the commercial property investor class’ grip on the media than constant articles criticising working from home

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It's the second time "The Star-Spangled Banner" drew that reaction in two games the United States has played at the NHL-run international tournament.

submitted 11 days ago • 611 comments

What a change from the game in 2023 where Canadian fans stepped in to sing the Star Spangled Banner when there was a problem with the sound. So infuriating to see a once very friendly relationship soured by the actions of a handful of people with too much power.

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Key line from ED Dept "Dear Colleague" letter: "This guidance does not have the force and effect of law and does not bind the public or create new legal standards." Ed.gov/media/109506 Letter coercively threatens fed. funding based on misstatements of law. States can't just ignore but must resist.

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According to the Houston Chronicle, public health officials in Texas think that there are likely 200-300 people now infected with measles. If confirmed, this outbreak is already out of control. H/t to @mickiemo.bsky.social for the heads up. www.chron.com/news/houston...

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📌URGENT: The Associated Press is one of the foremost news operations in the world. Without it, most media entities could not survive. 📌Well, the AP has now been barred from the White House. I'd suggest very strongly that any media that gets its news from AP takes a damn stand here in solidarity.

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Trump says he's heard Russia would "never accept" Ukraine joining NATO and so "that's the way it is. And I think that's where it's going to have to be."

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If you respond to something I post with bullshit like this, I'm going to yell at you. Caitlyn Jenner is an absolute ghoul of a person, but you don't get to deadname and misgender trans people you don't like. Guys like this need to fuck all the way off.

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Trans rights are human rights.

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S_onewall www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

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How Elon Musk and the Right Are Trying to Recast Reporting as ‘Doxxing’

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At least 20 injured in suspected car-ramming attack in Munich

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📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base. 📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.

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Re-upping this because I see media simply reporting what sheriffs say with little to no pushback. (Nor is the media reporting who these sheriffs are and what they have done! If a sheriff has been a Claremont fellow, I think that needs to be reported)

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There have been at least two major stories in which sheriffs (alongside the NSA CEO) say they need "more resources" to assist with "mass deportation." www.npr.org/2025/02/10/n...

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After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed. www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...

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Semafor is doing a “Restoring trust in news” event w Brendan Carr, who is single handedly trying to dismantle free speech and censor news organizations, and who is currently threatening a news radio station for reporting the news too specifically www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/n...

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Louisiana. Where I live.

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#carnival2025 & #mardigras2025 continue to expand across the Gulf South and beyond! Check out this new celebration in Crestview, Florida! #OurCarnivalHeritage

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