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“This is someone who made his money by ripping off American taxpayers and who shouldn’t come anywhere near a position of authority over tax dollars,” said Sen. Ron Wyden about Schuler’s appointment. “He’ll fit right in with the Trump administration.” By @peterelkind.bsky.social

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The Trump administration and the Ukrainian government were nearing a deal Friday to hand Ukrainian mineral resources over to the United States in exchange for continued security assistance, potentially easing President Donald Trump’s days of attacks against the embattled country and its leadership.

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Shockingly, it turns out that empowering the richest human being on the planet to maliciously and gratuitously heap additional misery on that planet’s most poor, hungry, and desperate people might—just might—pose a niggling political problem to President Donald Trump.

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Students in an elementary school broadcasting club in California are among the youngest winners of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

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At a recent meeting of a Central New York county’s legislature, a resident brought a petition that urged officials to protect the local undocumented community. “Visible dissent is crucial,” she said. boltsmag.org/new-yor...

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The Indigenous-led Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased land in Kentucky originally slated for the development of a federal prison. With the acquisition of 68 acres of land, the ARP aims to heal the land & community—stopping the prison from ever being built. prismreports.org/2025/02/20/k...

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The question isn’t whether Budde was right to speak up. The question is whether the rest of us will have the courage to join her.

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"In his first term, Trump failed to build a wall. He failed to marshal the resources from Congress, failed to gain a consensus of American opinion and failed at everything administrations do in a democracy to advance policy."

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With DOGE initiatives getting hung up in court, Elon Musk and Donald Trump attacked judges and flirted with defying their rulings.

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“The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up.” Some federal employees, both in public and behind closed doors, are resisting Elon Musk’s orders using whatever means they have. nyti.ms/3D4V7T2

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“Do we want a democracy that’s narrow and specifically tailored to benefit the people who already have power and privilege, or do we want a democracy that legitimately includes everyone?” asks T.R. Edwards, a voting rights organizer in Milwaukee. boltsmag.org/wiscons...

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Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, challenged President Trump during a White House meeting on Friday. The fight has thrust Mills onto the national stage, making her a folk hero to her party and a political target. Here's what to know.

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Lachelle “Shelly” Jeannine Waite was 18 years old when her older sister, Annette, found her dead in their family home in 1986. After nearly four decades, police in Phoenix, Arizona, have finally arrested a suspect.

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This is the moment DOGE started: that interview of Trump by Musk on X, last August, when they were busy laughing about firing workers -- which should have been broadcast by the Dems 24/7: youtu.be/Q9QiGyHSyAI?...

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They say ketamine is hard to OD on. But Matthew Perry, rest his soul, managed to do it. I have faith in your abilities Elon 🙏

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If you want to know the truth follow the money! Here's what you need to know about the money, project 2025, and the Trump Musk gang. www.opensecrets.org/orgs/heritag...

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‘Hotheads with guns': Chaos shuts down statehouse as Republican hurls profanities www.rawstory.com/the-kansas-s...

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Can't spell red hat without hatred. It's the new maga swastika

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This is the way. Make the Republican members of Congress worry about constituent anger. Maybe some will find the courage to stand up and prevent the unconstitutional executive overreach.

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He got impeached for less extortion than this. Why don’t any republicans have balls? Is that why they hate trans women? They have more balls than every GOP put together? They have better morals, stronger values, and higher character? More bravery in spades? I guess it’s all making sense now.

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By Invitation | Executive power Donald Trump is taking presidential power to alarming places, writes Jack Goldsmith Congress won’t check his Napoleonic instincts. Will a solidly conservative Supreme Court? www.economist.com/by-invitatio... via @economist.com

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Republican Party is dead. Their tradition of limited government, rule of law individual liberty/integrity, free markets. The Trump/musk post MAGA version is like Putins Russia, president all powerful no free speech, economic model of oligarch train support & sycophancy. youtu.be/w9h7QbwPjaw?...

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This judge is a Trump appointee, tho not one of the worst. But I don't get why these cases aren't being litigated on the threshold issue of whether a president has the authority to kill a congressionally established federal agency. Some finally are. Why not this one? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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The other day when trump tried bullying the Maine Governor it was telling when he started to say “I am the law”, caught himself and said we, “we are the law”. This is how he sees himself, as the sole authority. He told us he was going to be a dictator on day one, and here were are.

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Come for the racy headline, stay for the backstory of the aftermath of a Texas case at Fort Hood where a female soldier was bludgeoned to death and Trump responded to the funeral bill by declaring, “It doesn’t cost 60,000 bucks to bury a fucking Mexican!”

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Great write up! “We’ve been following the town halls in red and blue districts alike, where real patriotic Americans of all political parties are letting politicians know how angry they are about how Trump and Musk have destroyed America.”

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Dems should move to impeach, and put those hiding republicans on the spot. That trump/Kilmeade interview is cringe worthy to say the least. trump is psychotic, and we'll like the people of N. Korea at this rate.

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www.thelocal.fr/20250219/opi... www.thelocal.fr/20250219/opi... "Since returning to the White House, Trump has managed at least one provocative, destructive, mendacious and illegal action each day."

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youtube.com/watch?v=CKNP... We need to go “all European”… and build up production capacity in Europe… Can Trump shut down our new air force? We need to give this some serious consideration… Buy European wherever possible… also in your daily choices…

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@occupydemocrats.bsky.social we want to see the line items that they’re taking out of Medicare and Medicaid. Don’t just say they’re cutting it tell us what they’re cutting and spread the word wide.

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Victory for democracy; trump = loser. #DEI

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"Let me just tell you that I have today the highest poll numbers I’ve ever had" Statement by trump after he insulted an abc reporter yesterday. Maybe he does not know he is lying? Sure sign of cognitive decline? Maybe this should be mentioned in one of the dozens of court cases?

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FOTUS is removing all the barriers to permanently staying in the Oval Office. Agencies that provide oversight, the Military, Treasury, etc. This is how a coup begins, how democracy falls. This is how sheep are led to slaughter. Unfortunately, the slaughter of the opposition is already underway.

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Why would Trump and his live in boyfriend need to audit Fort Knox where there is said to be $435 billion in gold. Tax payer money then this? He joked on national TV “would if it’s empty.” Remember he tells you what he is going to do before he does it!

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"DOGE’s capture of the SSA began this week when Trump elevated to acting commissioner a low-level official named Leland Dudek. In a since-deleted LinkedIn post, Dudek acknowledged that he had been surreptitiously feeding information to DOGE before his promotion." www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Walmart will pay corporate employees more than their bonus target for another year, though workers will receive a slightly lower percentage than a year earlier.

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New York City sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration for clawing back $80 million that the federal government had awarded the city to house immigrants.

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Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to take part in a sweeping overhaul of the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the subject of a heated dispute between two executives at the Arizona-based cybersecurity firm where he was an intern: bit.ly/3DcfRrN

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Polls are already demonstrating public dissatisfaction with Trump-Musk’s autocratic overreach and top agenda items, yet they have only intensified their assault, and GOP lawmakers who have dared to air their concerns have done so in only the meekest of terms.

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The Russian military is sending wounded troops on crutches back to the frontlines to fight, and redeploying soldiers with significant injuries to combat roles, as it struggles with growing manpower issues, according to videos and testimony obtained by CNN: bit.ly/3Xg5Fp1

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After Raskin issued a harsh takedown of Musk, triggering a Twitter fight between the two, Raskin pressed further, asking Musk a simple question: As someone who supposedly works for the government now, will he submit to basic financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules?

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The Associated Press sues Trump administration officials after the news outlet was banned from some White House events cnn.it/4h93tXP

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I missed this earlier today: one of Michigan’s two Republican justices announced her retirement today. Gretchen Whitmer will appoint her replacement. That will likely bring Democrats’ majority on this key court to 6-1.

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President Trump is famous for loving everything gold and other trappings connoting royalty. But in a post on Truth Social, he went a step further, likening himself to a king as he celebrated his administration’s move to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program.

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European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office https://www.ft.com/content/3436a0b9-fbb0-44be-af15-681318415a5d

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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

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"Racial diversity is not only essential to create the most dynamic learning environment or the most successful economy, but also it is crucial for the integrity and survival of our multiracial democracy," @janainelson.bsky.social of @legaldefensefund.bsky.social writes.

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Many faith leaders are taking steps to protect their parishioners amid Trump's deportation crusade. For some, this means preaching to an empty church.

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Once considered a bastion for free expression, America's record on press freedoms has fallen to a historic low, according to Reporters Without Borders. Under Trump's second presidency, the press is "under siege," the group argues.

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It’s emigration, not immigration, that should worry Americans because people wanting to leave, even if a relatively small number actually do it, is a sign that this country is losing its capacity to address even its most pressing problems. newrepublic.com/article/1914...

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