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“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

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One weird trick to finding political gossip yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/one-weird-...

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“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed,” said Amy Paris, who had been working to help reform the US organ transplantation network. “That is the scariest thing in the world.” New: @anniewaldman.bsky.social @deldeib.bsky.social

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"I’ve had luck landing jobs and interviews through those resume portals that seem like a black hole and I’ve also gotten opportunities through people I know." yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/my-first-b...

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NYT: "The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes". www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Searches for "oligarchy" in the U.S., 2004-present

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again: "ICE operates by Vampire Rules" is an objectively true and also funny statement

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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.

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Remember when John Roberts gutted the Medicaid expansion because he said the offer of medicaid money was too coercive to the states bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

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Usually when states go to court alleging federal coercion in violation of the 10th Amendment there is not a literal video of the President doing it.

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Breaking: The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials in federal court for banning AP reporters from some of President Trump's events, the Oval Office, and Air Force One. Here's my full story: www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/m...

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Entire first season of an Amazon Bond show is going to be about eight guys, none of whom are named James or Bond, in the final episode M appears and can be seen telling one of them his new name is James Bond but we don't see which one. Then Amazon spends six months on market research.

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Trump: "I did ask Elon because he knows more about computers than anybody I know. I said, what do you think of the voting system? He said, computers are not meant for voting. It's too many transactions taking place too quickly."

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yeah, um, actually I do need to know one thing

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NEW: The Trump administration has decided to close the Pentagon briefing room to journalists when no briefing is underway. It takes another potential workspace with WiFi and room to do live TV hits away from journalists in the building. No reason was provided.

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Project 2025: 35% complete in 32 days in office www.project2025.observer

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How to interview someone in a foreign language yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/how-to-int...

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Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

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A James Bond TV show for a streaming service in 2025 is gonna be insufferable. Just 10 episodes of a guy that doesn't call himself either James Bond or 007 yet and then in the final episode, he orders a martini, shaken not stirred, and we all politely clap and Season 2 takes 5 years to come out

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Singer of Canadian anthem at 4 Nations Face-Off deliberately changes "O Canada" lyric from "in all of us command" to "that only us command" to protest Trump’s 51st state remarks, publicist confirms to The AP: apnews.com/article/cana...

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NEW: Get ready for delayed tax refunds, long hold times + dropped calls with the IRS, thanks to Trump illegally firing more than 6,000 employees there today. *Except if you're a wealthy tax evader. You will now "feast" as the IRS strains to function. www.huffpost.com/entry/irs-ma...

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Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.

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A coffee table book about all of Taylor Swift's boyfriends, which songs they are mentioned in, why they are a jerk, etc. The last chapter is called "Blank Space" and has nothing in it.

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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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"For most of America, Washington, D.C. is not a real place; it’s just a shorthand for the federal government — less a city than a synecdoche. Now, it's paying the price for that attitude." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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How do you write a good email newsletter subject line? yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...

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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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couldn't one of these be like about a new movie or something

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New — Social Security Administration (SSA) probationary employees were told today that they have eight hours to agree to be reassigned to a field office, tele-service center or payment center and waive all rights to appeal reassignment, or they will be fired, agency source tells me.

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SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Just got out of jail. Only forty four left to go to catch John Lewis’s record. Remember - peaceful civil disobedience. Don’t comply in advance.

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President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

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NEW: @wired.com can confirm that two DOGE members—Edward "Big Balls" Coristine and Kyle Schutt—are now listed as staff at CISA, the agency tasked with protecting US cybersecurity and keeping hackers out of critical infrastructure. @kimzetter.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/doge-c...

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New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.

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“The ‘Paddington’ movies take his experience as an immigrant seriously.” @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social writes how Paddington has become a symbol of the value of immigration and a more expansive idea of nationality. READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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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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Ok, but real talk? The sort of low-engagement persuadable Trump voter you need to flip is not going to sit through a serious policy argument, and would not understand it if they did. “He’s calling himself a king” they can understand. So run with it.

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Here’s some great advice for reporters covering school board meetings.

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How do you cover a school board meeting? yourfirstbyline.substack.com/p/how-to-cov...

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Prediction: An American pushing back against all this in some way will win the Nobel Peace Prize in the next five years.

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"Paddington in Peru" teaches a timely lesson about immigration that Americans need to hear too www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Are you a recently dismissed federal employee? MSNBC.com is looking for first-person pieces about what you were working on, why you joined the government, etc. We're interested in hearing from air traffic controllers, USAID employees, and everyone in between. Contact me at jdow.92 on Signal.

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