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“Faultlessly playing the role of worst American at your hotel”… Marina Hyde on JD Vance. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Do you have a tip for the Guardian US investigations team? You can send us a Signal message at: + 1 646 886 8761

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"Right now, the right wants a word that stings, and the R-word does the trick"... a timely and insightful essay by Justin Kirkland about how extreme Republicans have no qualms about demeaning the disabled www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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FPL say its perfectly safe, but a nuclear power plant in Florida vulnerable to weather extremes, and operating decades beyond its original shelf life. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Anybody remember how democracy dies in darkness? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

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"...when you really need him to engage with the boring/terrifying realities of parenthood, he’s going to be dicking around on a conservative conference stage with a chainsaw": @theguardian.com's Marina Hyde has thoughts on Elon Musk and his parenting "skills" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"The unsubtle exercises in ring-kissing and genuflection demonstrate that... Trump’s control over the Republican party is now all but absolute": the incomparable David Smith on the toadies and suck-ups who put the sick in sycophancy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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They protested the construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline, now they face serious charges including abduction and "conspiracy to defame the reputation of a business"... alarming and necessary reporting by @ninalakhani.bsky.social on prosecutors' extreme tactics www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"It goes without saying that everything the US president had said was complete doggy-bollox" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Lame duck governor/failed presidential candidate Ron DeSantis still able to wreak havoc by installing cronies and grifters in Florida's universities. Incisive commentary by @dkroberts.bsky.social floridaphoenix.com/2025/02/17/f...

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If you're a federal worker impacted by any of the Trump executive orders, Elon Musk's OPM/DOGE efforts and firings, please reach out to us On Signal 518-727-7964 Email [email protected] www.theguardian.com/securedrop

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I spoke with director RaMell Ross and #USF anthropologist Dr Erin Kimmerle about the stunning Oscar-nominated movie #NickelBoys. This is the true story behind such an amazingly powerful film (and Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Important accountability reporting by Ramon Antonio Vargas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Another Napoleon quote is “The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The tide is high (but this ain't no upbeat Blondie song) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Michael Moore has thoughts. They are worth a listen www.michaelmoore.com/p/overwhelm-...

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First Marco. Now polio. 🤷 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This man was a hero to so many people. One of a kind. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

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If we’re renaming bodies of water based on petty grievances, I propose that this be renamed the Kendrick Lamar passage.

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It's only rumored that Google Calendar is retaining events such as Hitler's birthday, Donald Trump Descends the Golden Escalator Day, and Confederate Flag Memorial Day. Reporting by the Guardian's Marina Dunbar. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The craziness continues. Honestly, it’s a struggle to keep up right now with this madness, each day brings new foolishness and fuckery, but I assure you every one of my @us.theguardian.com colleagues will be with you every step of the way to help us get through. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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FBI folds and hands over names of agents who fear Trump retaliation for January 6 cases www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Donald Trump fired me on Monday from my job as a member of the bipartisan Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board – a job he nominated me for twice," writes Travis LeBlanc for the Guardian US. "He also fired every other board member who is not a registered Republican."

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SCOOP: The US Treasury claimed a DOGE's Marco Elez didn’t have ‘write access,’ when he actually did. Sources tell WIRED that his ability to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded, days after officials said it didn't exist.

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If we do somehow manage to survive the next four years, there’s always this to look forward to! www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Washington Democratic congressman Mark Pocan has filed legislation called the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy Act, aka the Elon Musk Act www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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An excellent Guardian exclusive by @darakerr.bsky.social: Trump admin manipulating old press releases to con people into believing it's conducting a ton of deportations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Thousands of ICE press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Bezos is bowing down to Trump in a way a bunch of billionaires are bowing down to Trump"... reporting from The Guardian's Phoebe Weston. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"Desperate deeds proposed, and desperate deeds done"... Texas congressman filing impeachment articles against Trump over Gaza : www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"A couple of kinks in that slinky"... Republicans mostly silent on (or bewildered by) Trump's "problematic" Middle East plan, while cheerleaders see a money spinning Mar-a-Gaza www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"Trump is the new Julius Caesar – 'I came, I saw, I conquered,' – and has no need to fear the Ides of March having already neutered the Senate. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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This about the 359th new development involving the Trump administration today. The pace is relentless and deliberately designed to leave heads spinning, which is why it's important for us to capture EVERYTHING they do. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The Senate finance committee has voted to advance Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination as the next secretary of health and human services, with Republicans unanimously backing the controversial cabinet pick in a crucial test ahead of a final floor vote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The Proud Boys never paid up, and now they've lost their good name 😐 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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It's all good, Rubio's got this, nothing to see here... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Trump is more mafia kingpin than king…” The great Sidney Blumenthal gets the measure ofcthe felin in the White House www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"Just a bunch of BS, and then anger when those lies are confronted"... an artful analysis of Trump's air crash press conference "drivel", by the @newrepublic.com's Daily Blast podcast newrepublic.com/article/1909...

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So what's up with the Democrats? My Guardian colleague @joolia.bsky.social sends greetings from "New Vichy", the Trump-dominated capital city formerly known as Washington DC www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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"... an administration that regards America as a pure meritocracy where systemic racism is a myth and the poor can pull themselves by their bootstraps. It must have just been a coincidence that on Thursday the message was delivered by four white heterosexual men". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Oh dear, DeSantis seems to be receiving a little pushback. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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