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“A WaPo analysis of the data found that many of the canceled contracts were already complete, meaning canceling them didn’t yield any money back because they had been fully paid out — and indeed, 417 of the deals on DOGE’s list indicate that they saved $0.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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There’s something happening in this country.

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Funny how you don’t hear a peep from Vance et al about free speech in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and other illiberal US allies.

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‘The idea of a “population transfer”, another term for ethnic cleansing, has gone from a fringe position in Israel to the political mainstream.’ A.S. Dillingham on the similarities between Indigenous and Palestinian dispossession, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

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I’m sure it’s a coincidence that so many of the general officers that Trump is firing are either minorities (Gen CQ Brown) or women (Adm Lisa Franchetti, Adm Linda Fagan). This is what anti-DEI means in practice. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Be the People... in-sights.ca/2025/02/15/b...

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This is like opposing a joint resolution declaring that the Sun sets in the West America doesn’t just look like an idiot here, we look like goddamn Flat Earthers

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@glennkessler.bsky.social fact checks Trump’s offensive falsehoods about Ukraine. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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George Packer: Contesting Musk’s algorithmically boosted lies on X with the tools of a reporter is like fighting a wildfire with a garden hose. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Rahm Emanuel: President Donald Trump and his appointed officials are… helping Moscow’s and Beijing’s explicit intentions to replace the U.S.-led international order. If they are successful, China will emerge as the globe’s dominant superpower. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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The bonus will be that all the Mars-goers die of space cancer www.shesabeast.co/mars-radiati...

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gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

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hello world, 15 mins old

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‘All “raw” data, as Nick Barrowman has observed, is already “cooked”. But not to make false idols of “the data” is one thing. To expunge the libraries of the CDC is another.’ Alexander Fella on what blocking access to CDC data does to health research: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

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Trump’s envoy is the only person in the administration to praise Zelensky in recent days.

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“As the United States and Russia begin talks to end the war, Moscow is pressing its advantage on the battlefield by closing in on Dnipropetrovsk, one of Ukraine’s largest regions and one with a major industrial base.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/w...

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“In my recent conversations with USAID colleagues, I have heard anger, confusion, and disbelief that the United States would abandon its programs and promises.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-human-...

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NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.

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Lord knows I’m not a constitutional scholar not even a lawyer (and I’ve yet to check in with @kateshaw.bsky.social) but a legal regime in which “you can do crimes if you’re buddies with the president or praise him publicly” is on its face a violation the equal protection of the laws.

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SCOOP: Kash Patel took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries. He did not respond to questions about this. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

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This is fascism.

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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The time for action is now. Call Chuck Schumer’s office and demand he start mocking Donald Trump by repeating everything Trump says in a dumb guy voice

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Tastes like hypocrisy www.politico.com/live-updates...

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That NED has now been denied access to its congressionally appropriated funds, in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, is a troubling indicator of how the Trump administration is undermining democracy at home while aligning with authoritarian regimes abroad. wapo.st/40XP5LO

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A Chinese website celebrated the downfall of this “infamous” outfit. A Kremlin official wrote that NED’s “activities have been recognized as undesirable in Russia,” and that it “has long been engaged in subversive operations around the globe.” wapo.st/40XP5LO

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