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Satirists of the world, this is almost too easy, but have at it: "Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) said on Fox News on Sunday that it should be easy for federal workers to detail their work accomplishments. 'You can name the five things you did last week. I can,' he said." -- Wall Street Journal

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When normal, intelligent people confront Trump cultists with their inanity, the results can be hilarious:

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Elon, look here: "Border Patrol agents sit in empty parks. Soldiers drive through fields along the base of a towering black border wall. Military helicopters roam the skies. What are they all doing? 'A whole lot of nothing,' one South Texas National Guard soldier said." www.wsj.com/us-news/thou...

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Money for billionaire tax cuts has got to come from somewhere, so.... www.forbes.com/sites/edward...

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CNN plays a clip of Russian state TV praising Trump for being "in total alignment" with Putin

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Finally, a legitimate use for ChatGPT!

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It's no coincidence that Musk's companies are soaring in value as the regulatory agencies that were investigating or suing them are being gutted. The DOGE agenda isn't about "efficiency" — it's about Musk freeing himself from any accountability so he can line his pockets.

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Well, golly, that's a strange coincidence.... wapo.st/4icZoTn

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Hilarious little example of Musk's "efficiency": wapo.st/4bjScT1

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BREAKING: Sophisticated young women are in book clubs. airmail.news/issues/2025-...

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The Trump Effect in just one month of chaos & incompetence: "China's two main goals in Europe, propping up the Putin regime and splitting the rest of Europe from the US —objectives that were mutually exclusive until now — are suddenly within reach." — Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/world/trump-...

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Unhappy anniversary. Three years ago today, Russia recognized the faux Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic. Three days after that violent charade, Putin invaded Ukraine under the guise of protecting his fellow patriots. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Bravo to Maine's governor Janet Mills for refusing to back down to this petty bigot at the microphone. (By the way, Trump lost to Harris in Maine -- 45% to her 52%)

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Musk's investment in electing Trump is paying off handsomely.

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Even the deputy head of Russia’s Security Council is shocked by how quickly Trump has prostrated himself before Putin: “If you’d told me just three months ago that these were the words of the U.S. president, I would have laughed out loud,” he said. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

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Wow: City of Clarksdale, Mississippi got a court order yesterday directing a newspaper to delete an editorial criticizing city officials -- without a hearing. Here's the TRO issuing the prior restraint:

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Meta’s new two-factor authentication scheme is a godsend. Unable to get it to work after multiple failures, I’m now free of Zuckerberg’s creepy realms!

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Who suffers for Trump's Chaos? (Hint: Everybody else.) www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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America just jumped the shark. wapo.st/3QgnosB

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“In building strong teams, embracing diversity and inclusion are key elements for success.” -- Betsy DeVos Russian novelist Vladimir Voinovich may be gone, but his satire lives on in the absurd lives of Trump sycophants. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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That “could” is doing a lot of work.

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It’s a great time to be a toxic polluter in a poor Republican town: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

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Here’s what “efficiency” means for the Dept. Of Defense’s supreme DEI hire: www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

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An engaging interview with one of my fave writers and book critics, Michael Dirda, who’s taking a step back from regular reviewing. Thanks for all the great essays on books, Mr Dirda! Free link: wapo.st/4aNZyxX Cc: @roncharles.bsky.social

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Trump's Thought Police keep reaching deeper into America: Book banning ramps up: wapo.st/3WRYF1H

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Using royalties from her novel, Barbara Kingsolver purchased a house, fixed it up and established a nonprofit recovery residence called Higher Ground. Here, in rural Southwest Virginia, women can live for up to 2 years while they get their lives back in order. s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Headline goes full Orwell. (As the article makes plain, "targets" here actually means "supercharges.") www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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One of the weirder stories about federal employees struggling to respond as quickly as possible to Trump's White fragility: www.npr.org/2025/02/05/n...

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Honestly, what is this gibberish? Is society's intolerance for expressions of racism really such a burden on business? www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

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Today's most morally vacuous passage: "Human-rights groups have accused Bukele's government of abuses, including forced disappearances, torture and deaths in custody. But these measures have made a country that once was the world’s murder capital safer than Canada." www.wsj.com/world/americ...

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To be fair, not everyone is alarmed by Trump's storm of chaos and incompetence. Dmitry Medvedev, a close aide to President Putin, tweeted, “Smart move by @elonmusk, trying to plug USAID’s Deep Throat.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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"My overall feeling — and message — is that we need the American press to be at its best right now. This is a full-on crisis, one of the worst in our history." -- by Margaret Sullivan margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/the-split-...

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Self-deluded "free speech radical" is now suing more companies for not paying him to speak on his social media hellsite: www.wsj.com/business/med...

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“Many of those interviewed broke down in tears as they described the rapid destruction of decades of work … “‘You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,’” one scientist said.

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This week's Book Club newsletter: • "What to Do When the News Scares You.” • The Author Forecast gizmo tells the weather with literature. • AI-generated book podcasts are now a thing -- a horrible thing. • Trump claims book bans are a hoax. And more: s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him. This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.

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