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Via Kyle Cheney: JUST IN: The #Trump administration is asking #SCOTUS to immediately block a lower court’s midnight deadline to pay $2 billion in invoices for foreign aid work done by State Departments/USAID contractors. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25546029-24a831/

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👀 Via Anna Bower: BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts grants stay, pausing district court order for #USAID to pay about $2B in foreign-aid bills by midnight.

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#NorthKorea has deployed more troops to #Russia, says Seoul spy agency — AFP

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👍🏻 Via Angry Staffer: Consumer confidence down. Unemployment up. Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to make 6 nuclear warheads. Are we great again yet?

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👍🏻 Bloomberg: No matter what metric you’re looking at, US inflation is moving in the wrong direction again

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“Three mainstream political parties in #Austria have agreed to form a government that excludes the far-right Freedom Party.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/austria-government.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes

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Fifth #norovirus outbreak hits Holland America ships since December - UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/02/26/ZH/9821740620243/

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🤦🏻‍♀️Tate brothers en route to 👉🏼Florida👈🏼 after being allowed to leave Romania 🤦🏻‍♀️“Trump has called the brothers' detention "absolute insanity."- https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/02/27/Romania-Andrew-Tristan-Tate-leave-for-US/7691740655818/

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#ProLifeMyAss and beyond. Way beyond: “USAID workers will be given 15 minutes to clear their workspaces as the agency gets dismantled #Trump and #Musk have moved swiftly to shutter the foreign aid agency” https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/27/trump-doge-usaid-clear-workspaces/

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LATimes: “Trump admin escalating battle w #California over future of gas-powered cars in US, plotting legis maneuver w congressional GOP to strip CA of decades-old authority to establish a national fuel-efficiency standard...invoking Cong Review Act to end the waiver giving CA sway over mileage […]

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“ Dozens of DOGE [sic] "receipts" saved no money at all and actually killed contracts meant to boost efficiency. In fact, many of the receipts published by #Musk's DOGE aren't even receipts.” […]

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“Stupid” and “shortsighted” don’t begin to describe this: “FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.” #Vaccines #ProLifeMyAss […]

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👍🏻🤦🏻‍♀️ “First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, indicating that cracks may be forming in America’s long-solid labor market.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/economy/us-jobless-claims-layoffs?cid=ios_app

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😢 Omg #RIP “Gene Hackman and pianist wife Betsy Arakawa found dead at home with their dog The Oscar-winning star of The French Connection, The Conversation, Superman and The Poseidon Adventure has died, along with his classical musician wife” […]

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Keep ‘em coming “3 judge panel at conservative-leaning 5th Circ Court of Appeals reversed lower court ruling that #PlannedParenthood could be liable for nearly $2 billion for defrauding #Medicaid. 👉🏼Unanimous ruling overturns a decision by Texas U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk […]

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OFFS, seriously #Musk? SERIOUSLY?

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Via Anna Bower: A new DOGE-related executive order provides that “all credit cards held by agency employees shall be treated as frozen for 30 days from the date of this order…”

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I can’t believe I have post this to the universe, but, people: Trump & his thugs have SAID they intended to destroy the govt & democracy OUT LOUD, in Project 2025, and in speeches (JD Vance), and more! Why is this just now dawning on so many of you? It’s been out there for years. They’ve […]

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✔️ Via Joyce Vance: Today is a really good day to do something. Read the Constitution. Have a talk with a stranger about DOGE. Volunteer at a food bank. Be kind to people. Whatever you do, don’t just throw your hands up in the air & assume Trump gets away with it all. We are still a rule of […]

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Thank you @HousingWorks and the AIDS activists taking direct action at congressional offices today to save PEPFAR, the U.S. aid program that provides lifesaving HIV treatment to over 20 million people living with HIV worldwide. #StopKillingUs #stopproject2025 Photos from @dear_white_staffers

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Yep- not surprised.

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The embrace and protection of Andrew Tate at the highest level of US government tells you everything you need to know about this rotten administration. They worship at the altar of abusing women and girls. Their version of morality supports sex trafficking under the guise of camming

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Maybe next DOGE will identify government subscriptions to the @washingtonpost.com but decide that they should be subscriptions to X instead. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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PLEASE read. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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Keep ‘em coming “2nd fed judge on Fri paused #Trump exec order halting fed support for gender-affirming care for #transgender youth under 19...temp restraining order after Dem AGs of Wash. state, OR & Minn. sued Trump admin last wk. 3 drs joined as plaintiffs” #LGBTQ www.npr.org/2025/02/15/n...

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“Team from DOGE [sic] developed step-by-step plans for carrying out #Trump order to purge DEI initiatives from fed govt—& over next 6 mos intend to expand campaign dramatically..aims to target staffers not in DEI roles & employees who work in offices estab by law to ensure = rts” 🎁 wapo.st/4jVWqEd

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“Europe will be consulted – but ultimately excluded – from the planned peace talks between #Russia, the US and Ukraine, #Trump special envoy for #Ukraine revealed on Saturday.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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“ #Ukraine rejects #Trump request for half its rare mineral wealth  The offer & Ukraine’s consid of it rippled through Eur diplomatic circles not only for its audacity but bc the war-ravaged country appeared to be seriously considering how to reach a deal” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The utter idiocy…🤦🏻‍♀️ “ #Trump admin wants to un-fire some nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them The indivs, who work in agency that overseas nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thur & lost access to their fed govt email accts” www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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"When the dictator, er, President does it, that means that it is not illegal"

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Paging @marcelias.bsky.social

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The silver lining epitaph: "He galvanized a nation, just not his own!" 🇨🇦

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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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I hear the nagging question you ask inside your head a few hundred times a day: "Is it me, or has a huge portion of this country lost its mind?" It isn't you. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-gasli...

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The layers! #landscapephotography #photography #landscapes #grandcanyon #arizona

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The lead prosecutor on the Adams investigation - Hagan Scotten - resigns from SDNY. “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion [to dismiss Adams charges]. But it was never going to me.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Everyone in the country should be sending this question to their senators and house reps. We are in serious danger.

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She’s right.

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AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

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Read the letter of resignation from SDNY AUSA Hagan Scotten, Bronze Star recipient, former clerk to Chief Justice Roberts. Bravo! 👏👏👏

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Been a tough day No, Snugs is just fine! Don't worry about this sweet boy

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Federal prosecutors resign after being told to drop charges in NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0yxIgYlI?s...

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