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Trump's new executive order intends to eliminate the collective bargaining rights of 75% of union workers in the federal government, according to estimates by Erich Wagner at Government Executive www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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A SpaceX investor testified the company prefers to avoid investors from China because it’s a defense contractor. One major exception, he noted: SpaceX finds it “acceptable” for Chinese investors to buy their shares through offshore vehicles. By @justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social

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Our Youth Deserve Protection—Not Punishment 🚨 #VoteNoToAct3 on March 29! Adultification bias unfairly treats Black and Brown kids as older than they are. Leading to ⬇️ 🛑 Harsher discipline 🛑 School pushout 🛑 Arrest for behaviors others get a second chance for

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👛 The pink tax isn’t just about overpaying—it’s an economic justice issue. #WomensHistoryMonth #EconomicJustice #GenderEquity

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More than 65 US progressive groups – including Muslim, Christian and Jewish organisations – have penned a letter to top senators, urging them to block the nomination of Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dhnr4s

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Tulsi Gabbard (R-Moscow): "I'm just as concerned about #SignalGate as you are, Senator. President Putin isn't going to pay me for information readily available on group chats for free."

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Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the U.S. government to halt efforts to arrest and deport a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

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The Senate Intelligence Committee is holding a briefing on global threats on Tuesday after the national security adviser Michael Waltz added a journalist to a group chat where Trump administration officials planned a strike in Yemen. Follow live updates.

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"Courts’ power of contempt — the inherent power to compel compliance with orders and punish actions that obstruct the administration of justice — is ultimately backstopped by their ability to jail people who defy their orders."

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There’s been violence between protesters and police in Indonesia at a demonstration against a new law allowing members of the military to hold more government roles.

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I think I like the real leader of the Democratic Party. (He's leading but maybe too far ahead for some of them to see?)

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NEW: The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.

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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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Showed up early to do some reporting in Glens Falls, NY—an Adirondack town in Trump territory—at en “empty chair” town hall for their GOP Rep Elise Stefanik, and it’s already standing room only with more people on the street.

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Every single Democratic lawmaker should be calling for Hegseth's immediate resignation right now. Not just some. Not just a few dozen. Every single one, starting at the top with Mr. Schumer and Mr. Jeffries. And the fact that it hasn't happened yet is nearly as shocking as Hegseth's conduct.

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Here are Some FACTS for those too young to know or too lazy to check.

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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.

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Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

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This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.

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The Guardian view of Labour’s cruellest trick: selling welfare cuts as compassion | Editorial

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The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE! Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin Visit www.takedowntesla.com

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Apple withdraws end-to-end encryption in the UK, just as we had feared 😢 www.theguardian.com/technology/2... There's a petition but I doubt it will make any difference you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...

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“Police officers and employees misusing access to police database now account for over half of all cybercrime prosecutions in the UK. Yet police continue to call for encryption to be weakened” – excellent article by @message4bob.bsky.social www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ah793/paper...

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I’ve cycled past this residential house on Adams Road hundreds of times, but only noticed today that it appears to have a personal astronomical observatory on the roof. As you do in Cambridge, of course.

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NEW: A USAID official told employees to come into the HQ today to clear out a safe with classified documents — by shredding or burning them. We got an email in which she says use burn bags if shredder "needs a break." An employee union is worried. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...

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Ahead of Sunshine Week, we're looking back at 10 years of The Foilies, our annual "awards" that name and shame the government agencies that thwart the public's right to information.

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And there will be space in that special place in hell for any Democrats who help the Republicans pass this bill that strips our veterans of the PACT ACT.

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People write to ask how they can help Ukraine. The country's soldiers face renewed attacks from Russia. There is a simple way to make sure that more Ukrainian soldiers survive, and to send a message that we support them: by funding armored evacuation vehicles. snyder.substack.com/p/armored-am...

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Few realize what happened at USADF (not USAID). The situation got so tense that Trump and Musk's agents threatened to call the Marshals _and_ Secret Service to resolve the standoff...by force. It turns out that what they were doing was illegal—in fact, the most illegal thing "DOGE" has done yet.

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“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.” By @andykroll.bsky.social

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I always remind myself at moments like this that the AFL rejected a police bid to unionize saying, “It is not within the province of the trade union movement to especially organize policemen … as policemen … are often controlled by forces inimical to the labor movement.” Still feels relevant 👇

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If you want to get a better measure of how many people in the US military or formerly in it will actually oppose Trump, get working on recruiting them to join this protest. #3E Don't just guess, organize, and find out.

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Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US – there are ways you can help save them

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Hundreds of law enforcement officials cheer for James Dennehy as he leaves the FBI New York HQ for the final time. Dennehy was forced to retire as head of the FBI NY division by the Trump Administration after he told colleagues to refuse to disclose the names of agents who worked on J6 cases.

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"The public is going to suffer terribly as a result of this," the source wrote to NPR. "Local field offices will close, hold times will increase, and people will be sicker, hungry, or die when checks don't arrive or a disability hearing is delayed just one month too late."

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Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) made contributions to #astronomy that are still important to the field today. Among her achievements: she was the first woman credited with discovering a comet (she found 8 in all). theconversation.com/caroline-her... #WomensHistoryMonth 🧪 🔭

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#WomensHistoryMonth

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carbon TAX

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Yes, the UK government SHOULD abandon its Carbon Capture and Storage scheme, which a. would cause a net increase in emissions b. is unlikely to work c. uses tens of billions that'd be much better spent on genuinely green projects. Let's hope it has seen sense. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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