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NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

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Whole lot harder for officers to disobey illegal orders if you fire their attorneys...

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This is how it’s done.

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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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WOW "Seven western Wisconsin Republican lawmakers did not appear at an event hosted by the Wisconsin Farmers Union in Chippewa Falls Friday as farmers from the area said they were concerned about the effect that President Donald Trump’s first month in office is having on their livelihoods." ⤵️

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How exactly can Trump withhold federal funds? I learned so much from this 🧵

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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This is in fact a real picture and it will work nicely in the ads next year about the military families devastated by Elon's illegal firings.

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Today's "Stranger Than Fiction" award goes to...

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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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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Here come cracks in the Red Wall…

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UVA's Board of Visitors meets tomorrow to discuss cutting gender-affirming care. You deserve to know your rights. The Virginia Human Rights Act is clear: No one can discriminate against Virginians based on their gender identity in places of public accommodations. That means schools & hospitals.

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Musk, Zuck, & RFK have given Dems a gift. It’s open hunting season on the Big Businesses making kids sick and Dems should lean into the fight.

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Bridgerton led me to believe that palace intrigue would be sexier

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NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.

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Literally the opposite of what the Founders intended in every possible way.

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I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork} www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

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MTA to Feds: Drop dead

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it appears Delaware Dems and the (also Dem) governor are attempting to rip up Delaware corporate law so they can give 55 billion dollars to Elon Musk, with a bill written by Elon's own lawyers www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/...

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UPDATE: Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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Academics who dunk on AI also run the risk of alienating students. Our students will find useful applications on their own — I have — and they’ll stop trusting teachers as credible sources. There are ways to highlight risks without writing off AI as useless and looking foolish in the process.

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The most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.

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We are gathering the real stories of Americans affected by the outrageous actions of Trump, Musk, and their DOGE minions. Send us your story.

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That’s how you write a headline, people.

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A bright light for journalism 🗞️ 38 news outlets have sued Virginia for restricting remote access to court records to lawyers, but forcing watch dogs to show up in person at local court houses. Here’s to more sunshine in VA! ☀️

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Zelenskyy says Trump 'lives in disinformation bubble' with discord sowed by Russia www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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When asked to compare Democrats to an animal, disaffected voters in focus groups often choose ostrich, turtle, or koala. This is why.

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A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.

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Jim Jones, the head of the food division at the FDA who oversaw the agency's banning of the food dye Red No. 3, just stepped down — citing widespread cuts across the agency that he said will make it hard to implement the types of changes the Trump admin is seeking. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Friday morning. UVA Rotunda. See you there, Charlottesville.

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Some tech companies are delaying or pulling their IPO listing plans as the Trump administration’s tariff announcements and rapid-fire regulatory changes have created market uncertainty and volatility.

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