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With Elon’s “tell us what you accomplished last week or you’re fired” emails: I can confirm that he didn’t limit himself to the executive branch. He sent them to employees of the judicial branch as well.

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starting to imagine the future "Caine Mutiny" headlines and how Gen X editors will have to explain it to Gen Z reporters...

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Jimmy Carter library abruptly cancels three upcoming book talks on civil rights history, homelessness, and climate change. It appears this is related to the new requirement to get approval from DC for all events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/a...

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apnews.com/article/mail...

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USDA launches review of Maine after Maine Governor's interaction with Trump...

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My thoughts on last nights firings

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Reacher 2028

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"It's kind of been sad, because I've been trying to prove to people that it's a really awesome truck that's not falling apart, and then mine starts to fall apart, so it's just... Yeah, it's kind of unfortunate and sad."

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I don’t even know. gizmodo.com/doge-staffer...

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Profiles in courage www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

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lancasteronline.com/business/loc...

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true story

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An unknown number of Department of Veterans Affairs employees at the department's suicide crisis line and workers who manned the phones and completed administrative tasks for Vet Centers were among those fired last week in a purge of the federal government workforce. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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“I won’t allow myself to express what deeply lies inside of how that is not the way this should work,” said board member Mark Boldizar. “I know the community will want and should expect action to be taken.” via @lancasteronline.bsky.social lancasteronline.com/news/local/m...

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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This is insane.

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1. AUDIO On Monday in Fairbanks, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) told a constituent laid off from a job with the federal gov't that there was nothing he could do to stop budget cuts imposed by DOGE and Elon Musk Begich said he was "not in a position to approve or deny the cuts"

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As the three-year anniversary of Russia's Ukraine invasion neared, President Donald Trump offered a false version of history. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

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Dark Pence is back.

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A house Republican introduced a bill yesterday to eliminate OSHA. Weird

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www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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"We will protect DOGE." This morning, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin — a "stop the steal" organizer and Jan. 6 defendant advocate — sent an email titled "Operation Whirlwind" in which he said he's personally launched an investigation into Sen. Chuck Schumer. The text:

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Federal money for Pa. bridge and rail projects in question amid infrastructure funding freeze penncapital-star.com/economy/fede...

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TRUMP: I will feast on the flesh of my enemies NYT: Trump shows new interest in anatomical and culinary sciences

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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

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US Senator Roger Wicker, head of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, commented on the talks with Putin: "No, Putin cannot be trusted. Putin is a war criminal and should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed."

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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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Here we go

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Yenor is a Claremont freak - it's understated how many fucking weirdos in the New Right came out of the DeSantis government

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This is awful and I hope everyone recovers, but we are truly in the time of learning the hard way. apnews.com/article/meas...

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Meet the Disabled Vets, Cancer Researchers, and Nuclear Techs Fired by Elon Musk slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger www.computerweekly.com/news/3666194...

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www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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This is good from the UK’s former Defence Minister & Army veteran, Ben Wallace. He dismantles Trump’s lies one by one, pointing out that he’s just spewing Kremlin talking points. Ukraine started the war - LIE US gives more funding than Europe - LIE Ukraine needs elections - LIE (🎥 LBC Radio)

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Eager to hear the case from anyone -- @mikegrunwald.bsky.social or @tamarhaspel.bsky.social or @jennysplitter.bsky.social or @danbr.bsky.social come to mind -- about whether a system that leads to 40 million + chicken deaths in a matter of months is truly "efficient"

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lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Ukrainian air defense is firing on Russian attack drones over Kyiv right now. Audible and visible. We are under another air raid alert, along with half of Ukraine.

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