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A deeply reported piece by @drusilla.bsky.social on a shocking murder, 30 years of unbelievable court developments and the people left dealing with the fallout www.huffpost.com/entry/apanov...

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reality show host president, podcast host vice president

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Bill Pulte is Trump’s nominee to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates trillions of dollars in the housing finance system. The so-called “inventor of Twitter philanthropy” also deleted about 25,000 tweets after the 2024 election. www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-p...

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Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.

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Now leading HuffPost: www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...

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The top 10% of households ($250k+ household income) now account for 50% of consumer spending: www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government support for programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-tru...

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NEW: statement from Capitol Police on arrest of Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, seen by officers striking a woman's phone and arm, plus video of the altercation www.huffpost.com/entry/enriqu...

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Incredible survey here, conducted by one of Trump’s pollsters for an Elon-backed group, showing extending health care subsidies is far more popular with swing-district voters than extending the Trump tax cuts.

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There was a lot of sturm und drang about whether Dems were walking into a Trump-laid trap by defending USAID. Emerson poll has just 36% supporting its elimination, compared to 44% opposed. Approval of Musk as head of DOGE is just 41%, with 45% opposition. emersoncollegepolling.com/february-202...

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Lmao a Nobel Prize winner finds the solution to the global fertility collapse is for men to do the dishes and laundry more often -- more or less the precise opposite of the trad prescription Fabulous @byheatherlong.bsky.social essay www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Democrats view the coming fights over President Trump's agenda as an opportunity to put his party on the defensive and damage the president's political standing

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A fascination of mine has been the persistence of Louis DeJoy as a topic for Democratic fundraising emails, which lasted years after he had (mostly) left the daily news cycle. I have a Cory Booker fundraising email in my inbox from a month ago focused on DeJoy.

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Innovative strategy from a pro-Ukraine Republican congressman here, arguing abandoning Ukraine would be DEI.

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FTC/DOJ keeping the Biden-era merger guidelines is a win for the small handful of Dems/progressives who insisted the Trump admin was sincere about antitrust enforcement. But we’re also only less than a month into the admin, so...

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"Trump aides have been angered to learn that some ICE detainees ... were released from custody rather than deported ... Illegal entries fell during most of 2024 ... the drop in illegal crossings has left ICE with fewer easy-to-deport immigrants" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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I wrote about all the places in America where Trump got lots of votes — and his MAGA/DOGE agenda is hitting hard www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

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Two recent poll findings show the public would clearly start on the side of the judiciary in a fight w/ Trump. Pew: Just 33% of the country thinks Trump shouldn’t have to “worry so much” about Congress/the courts. Marquette: 83% say the president has to follow a SCOTUS ruling.

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New Gallup poll: 45% plurality of Dems/Dem-leaning indys want the party to become more moderate, compared to just 22% who want it to stay the same and 29% who want it to become more liberal. Big shift from 2021. news.gallup.com/poll/656636/...

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Flanagan moving quickly is smart – victories by Fetterman in ’22 and Kim in ’24 show that first-movers can get a pretty big advantage in Democratic Senate primaries.

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Trump's attacks on federal workers have led to a surge in union signups, according to AFGE. The union's goal was to hit 325K members by end of 2025 but they might hit it by end of this week. “I really want to send him an organizing award,” union prez says of Trump. www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...

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Hey there. HuffPost went through some brutal layoffs this week. A lot of folks I deeply respect were impacted. My book never would’ve happened had it not been for the editorial freedom I got at HuffPost. So! I’ll mail a signed copy to the first 10 people to give $100+ tonight. gofund.me/6391d9ff

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Same energy.

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Yesterday, I was laid off after 10 years at HuffPost. I’m obviously gutted. But once I take a breath, I’ll be open to jobs & freelance work, both in journalism and outside of it, given the state of our industry. To get in touch: [email protected] Signal: marinafang.72

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New: Trump and his allies have seized on a new and unproven legal strategy – involving state consumer-protection laws against things like false advertising – to attack media outlets. CBS's settlement talks with Trump are emboldening them. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/b...

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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

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Deaf federal workers face uncertain access following Trump’s DEIA orders www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

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The point is presumably to bury this in the Friday Night News Dump. But we have lots of new reporting in here:

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Splashed now @huffpost.com Story by @delaneyrules.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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The controversial memo caused a political uproar and confusion among recipients of federal grants.

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This stuff always baffles me. I understand the man on the street not understanding the difference between Medicare/Medicaid, etc. – but the man on the street isn’t up for HHS Secretary.

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high propensity democratic coalition go brrrrrrrr

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During Trump's first term, the USDA gave hundreds of expert agricultural economists and researchers an ultimatum: Relocate across the country on a few weeks' notice, or lose your job. The results were devastating – a generational brain drain. Trump's not done. www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

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EXCLUSIVE Feds warning Head Start providers that their funding may come late, because of review to check for "potentially unallowable grant payments" Appears to be part of Trump freeze on federal spending Advocates worried providers won't make payroll, rent etc www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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Latest from @dvnjr and me. How Dan Snyder views Commanders' run from afar: 'He f—-ing hates it' How Snyder tried to blow up the sale to Harris at the eleventh hour *Nee stuff on legal cases, his life in London, and why Jerry Jones says "It was time for a divorce.” www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...

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Two Republican proponents of the TikTok ban in the Senate throw some cold water on the idea that Trump will quickly restore the app’s availability.

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More soon re: ceasefire. As I think about Israel/Gaza/Hamas/Biden, I'm humbled to share that my 2024 feature on rare interviews with Hamas leaders has just been nominated for a Writers Guild award: awards.wga.org/awards/nomin... I'm deeply grateful to my editors—and determined to keep at this story

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Gretchen Whitmer is giving a major speech at the Detroit Auto Show this morning — on manufacturing, trade and, yes, Donald Trump I spoke with her about it yesterday, and how she’s preparing for another turn with him as President www.huffpost.com/entry/gretch...

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Democrats stuck together against Republicans anti-trans "girls in sports" bill and gave it a new name: "The Child Predator Empowerment Act" www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

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Wrote about the report -- via @politico.com -- that big Medicaid cuts were on a "menu" of proposals circulating among House Republicans It's basically the Medicaid portion of ACA repeal (1) www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...

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NEW / exclusive to HuffPost Democratic lawmakers tomorrow will launch a bid to save the extra ACA subsidies that have made coverage cheaper for millions www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-su...

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It’s important to remember that – even if the public did not disqualify Trump the way Dems would’ve preferred – very few Americans believe Trump’s rewriting of Jan 6. 66% disapprove of the insurrection. Only 29% consider it “legitimate political discourse.” 50% oppose pardons.

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