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The Trump-Musk Regime is reportedly planning to cut as much as 50% of the IRS workforce. Make no mistake: this will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163 billion a year. Hello?

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New, from me: you were told that the threats to free speech came from wokeness. Some compared it to Maoist China. Now we are witnessing government power being used to silence dissent and censor ideas. Now we know what real society-wide chilling effects look like. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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Tesla sales in… Germany: Down 60% in Germany and 76% in February Australia: Down 66% in January and February China: Down 49% in February Norway: Down 44% in January and February Portugal: Down 50% in January and February www.carscoops.com/2025/03/tesl...

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Raskin: "This is what Viktor Orban has done in Hungary -- to clear out the civil service with real expert professionals and people devoted to the public interest and replace them with a bunch of party hacks and sycophants to the dear leader."

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A new “European Movement Canada” is being built. 🇨🇦🇪🇺 "Canada must not be a spectator to history. Strengthening our relationship with Europe now is an investment in the stability and prosperity of our shared future.”

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“Even a first-year law student knows that the federal government cannot dictate the viewpoint and curriculum of a private Christian school, yet here was a federal prosecutor opening an inquiry into a Jesuit school’s protected speech.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...

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Breaking: DHS detains Palestinian student from Columbia.

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President Trump declined to rule out that the U.S. economy would contract this year and enter a recession, saying that his sweeping economic agenda could cause short-term turbulence that he believed would drive future prosperity

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This is why we should NEVER entrust any public need to a single individual. Some things must remain our collective responsibility. If we don’ learn this we will be badly screwed. flip.it/dIwy3g

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US defense companies might never be trusted again on.ft.com/3DtQQZs

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“Scientists are already considering moving trials to other institutions, which will mean veterans are no longer first in line for participation, and could cause millions of dollars in research funds to go to waste…” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...

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Trump is a Russian asset.

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These guys lie so easily — especially Senator Rick Scott, who presided over the biggest Medicare fraud scam in history (but never saw the inside of a prison cell)

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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...

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During his campaign, Donald Trump promised to deliver great wealth and lower prices. Today, his administration is urging Americans to return to subsistence agriculture. wapo.st/3DtWRFw

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🇫🇷 Mirage 2000 jets could become Ukraine’s key aerial radar jammers as U.S. support for F-16s halts under Trump. With American aid frozen, Ukraine may shift electronic warfare to French jets. www.forbes.com/sites/davida...

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President Trump has backed Ukraine into a corner by pausing U.S. weapons shipments and intelligence, but the defenders aren’t completely helpless against Russia.

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🧪 #MEdsky flip.it/w7j3wZ Most people do not understand why this is a terrible idea. I will try to lay out just a few reasons. 1. this is settled science. A Danish study in over 500,000 people showed a non-statistically significant 8% LOWER risk of autism in vaccinated people. 1/5

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Scathing, and rightly so. www.thefp.com/p/trumps-cry...

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It’s spreading … Norway and Tasmania now Abandoning allies has consequences

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Trump wants to control all federal firing & hiring. He wants to be able to reduce & refill the ranks of career fed'l employees. It's soft coup (non-military) happening before our eyes, but too many people aren't paying attention. Read about it here: joycevance.substack.com/p/humphreys-...

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“Voters may resent egg prices more than damage to our democratic norms. So what may preserve American democracy is not popular revulsion at the historic damage that Trump is doing but alarm at the myriad banal impacts on our daily lives because of Trumpian mismanagement.” search.app/F2W16hNv8irL...

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The crypto industry spent $119 million getting Donald Trump elected, and it's already gotten its money’s worth — even before this newest scam.

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‘They brought it on themselves’: a new low in US-Ukraine relations

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Facts

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Over the last three years, the head of a small charter school network that serves fewer than 1,000 students has taken home up to $870,000 annually, a startling amount that appears to be the highest for any public school superintendent in Texas. By @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head. So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

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Fact-check: True

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“What’s transpired over the last three or four days just takes it to a whole new level of cruelty and inhumanity and, frankly, a whole new level of stupidity in doing this is the most non-strategic way.” Tens of thousands of people will die as a result of this action. www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a...

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If Britain needs to replace Trident in the future, we can't rely on the Americans 🇬🇧🇺🇸 It's time to pivot to Europe and look to France to cooperate to upgrade Britain's nuclear arsenal US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say

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Federal prosecutors who investigated Eric Adams put on leave by Justice Department Also put on leave were the prosecutors who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and former crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried. abcnews.go.com/US/federal-p...

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“The Trumpists are no longer in their majesty. They control the executive, the Parliament, the Supreme Court and social networks. But in American history, the freedom fighters have always prevailed. They are beginning to raise their heads.” — Claude Malhuret, to the French Senate (March 4, 2025).

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ICYMI: Trump has dropped investigations and enforcement actions against 89 lawbreaking corporations, including: -42 cases at the CFPB -15 cases at the DOJ -6 cases at the EEOC -7 crypto cases at the SEC It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

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apnews.com/article/trum...

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July 1987 Moscow USSR. Trump is 41 years old, he flies to Moscow at the invitation of the USSR Ambassador to the USA Dubinin Returning from Moscow, the bankrupt suddenly receives loans from 16 banks and without bargaining buys "The Plaza Hotel" for $407.5 milliona record price for a hotel 🤔🤔🤔

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🇺🇦Supporters of Ukraine have unfurled the world’s largest Ukrainian flag on the White House ellipse, pushing for the U.S. to continue its aid against the Russian invasion: “Do not abandon Ukraine!”

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Three days ago, Donald Trump openly threatened to kill all of ‘the people of Gaza’ and it wasn’t even a story. No consequences. The media, the world, just moved on.

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⚡️ US to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe. The U.S. has told its allies that it does not plan to participate in military exercises held in Europe beyond those already scheduled in 2025, Swedish media outlet Expressen reported.

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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

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"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies" From Graeme Wood www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

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It’s going to be a 4 long years.

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DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America. Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.

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“Over the past 25 years, the world has bent to the vision of one man,” Franklin Foer writes. Vladimir Putin derailed not only the transition to democracy in Russia, but the transatlantic democratic order that followed World War II.

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“Frightened for the safety of their families.” America, 2025.

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Quick little health-related thread: There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates. I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor.

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of course

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"As she has expressed her disappointment over potentially losing her dream job, some members of her mostly conservative family have unfriended her on social media. Others are giving her the silent treatment. Nearly all favor such cuts even if she’s a victim of them."

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A week after Ohio Senate Republicans passed a bill that would overhaul the state’s marijuana law, Ohio House Republicans introduced their own proposal. Their version would keep home grow and tax levels the same, but reduce THC levels and redirect most tax revenue.

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This is the disturbing story of how a handful of neo-Nazi influencers groomed a teen from Slovakia to become a killer. Here's our latest investigation with @frontlinepbs.bsky.social and the Investigative Center of Jan Kuciak. THREAD 👇 (Note: This thread mentions suicide.)

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