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NEW: Elon Musk issues ultimatum to federal employees Saturday, saying that employees must respond to an email justifying the work they completed this week, or resign.

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This military purge is about Trump installing loyalists in every senior role, just as he filled his cabinet with sycophants and enablers willing to carry out his dangerous and illegal orders. This won’t end well for our country.

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Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR. By @hansilowang.bsky.social

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‘It’s blackmail’: Ukrainians react to Trump demand for $500bn share of minerals

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The president has limited enforcement of the FACE Act — created to safeguard abortion providers and patients — and pardoned 23 people who were convicted of the federal charge.

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Republican lawmakers sound antsy about cutting a program that benefits many of their own constituents.

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BREAKING: President Trump fires the country's highest-ranking military officer amid a wave of top brass dismissals at the Pentagon.

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State-by-State Impact if USAID Cuts www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-...

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Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was established by Benjamin Franklin in 1775 when the Second Continental Congress appointed him as the first Postmaster General.

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Front page of today's New York Post.

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See Mika fact-check Trump on Ukraine as Zelenskyy knocks his ‘disinformation’ www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

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The federal government has historically discriminated against Black farmers. The recent funding halt from the Trump administration presents yet another hurdle to those who have spent decades fighting for equity in farming.

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Canada is waking up to the fact that the US is no longer a dependable partner. oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...

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Ottawa purchases 500,000 doses of bird flu vaccine for people at higher risk, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #H5N1

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NC’s Sen. Thom Tillis: Putin is ‘the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime’ www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

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A federal judge ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing it to proceed with mass terminations of probationary federal workers. The administration has already dismissed 6,700 employees from the IRS, with plans to lay off an additional 50,000 workers from the Defense Department next.

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More than 200 TSA employees fired in Trump's push to cut federal workforce www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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IRS starts mass layoffs, with 7000 expected to lose their jobs www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Political appointees with deep ties to Musk now sit in key leadership positions across agencies that comprise the federal government’s personnel, technology, property and acquisition operations.

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Georgia congressman confronted by angry crowd over support for Trump’s agenda www.ajc.com/politics/mcc...

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Federal career workers: We appreciate you and your work. You don't deserve this mistreatment. Here's a file with lots of resources if you are facing illegal termination. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Governor Beshear, please run for the Senate. We got your back. Every reasonable adult has got your back. We need you. @govandybeshear.bsky.social

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Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Zelenskyy and the war in Ukraine

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The ‘west’ is over. In the Trumpian era, Europe is on its own | Alexander Hurst

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

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“We are the checks and balances,” says federal worker Chris Dols, who is organizing protests against mass government layoffs. Dols calls on the broader labor movement to get involved in opposition to DOGE’s power grab.

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WOW. Trump sucking up to war criminal Putin is so bad that even Mark Levin, one of the biggest sycophants on Fox News, couldn't remain silent

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As the US officially designates six Mexican cartels as terrorist groups, Mexico's president warns the United States against any violation of its territory.

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“You can’t keep blaming a certain segment of the population when things go bad if that segment of the population has historically and systemically been kept out of those professions.” Read more from Carron J. Phillips on the weaponization of DEI.

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Latest: In his first meeting with staff, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that he intends to address the possible overmedication of children and the risks of antidepressants, according to an employee in attendance.

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NEW — “No immigrant is safe, not even those that serve in the United States Armed Forces. Whether you’re a member of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, Coast Guard or Space Force, if you were not born in the U.S., you are a target.” thetriibe.com/2025/02/blac...

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Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republican members on the Jan. 6 Committee, isn't afraid of Trump—and neither are we.

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The mothers met in a Whatsapp group. They have vowed to fight until their sons, who they say have not committed crimes and do not have ties to gangs, are released.

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According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

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New from my team at the @brennancenter.bsky.social on the disastrous effects the SAVE Act would have on American elections. The short version? The way tens of millions of Americans interact with elections would be totally upended 🧵 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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Musk is pouring $1.5 million into Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race.

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The Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,000 workers today in the middle of tax season, a source tells CNN: cnn.it/3X5Ngvi

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The DHS will use polygraphs to question employees about communications with the media or nonprofit organizations in an effort to root out members of the resistance.

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Sweeping layoffs. Funding freezes. Executive orders. The Trump administration has provoked outcry among federal researchers and their university partners for undermining decades of research into rare disorders and their potential cures. nbcnews.to/3QmKePd

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