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WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may not use federal benefits or funds to coerce parties to surrender their constitutional rights. This is what the Administration is doing ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

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SCOOP: Much of the IT and cybersecurity infrastructure underpinning the US health system is in danger of a possible collapse following a purge of IT staff and leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), four current and former agency workers tell WIRED.

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"Our country is being run by a small group of people who have an enormous amount of money — and they dominate our politics. It's almost as if bribery has become utterly legalized," says director @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social. His latest project, "The Dark Money Game," debuts on HBO and Max this week.

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If Brussels does not take urgent action against the illiberal member states that are allied with Moscow, Europe will end up being taken over by the Russians from within - just like the United States www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Circle up

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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.

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We just filed our opposition to the Trump administration’s grossly inadequate declarations regarding its preservation of Signal messages. We’re asking the court to compel the government to provide more details or to allow for limited discovery. americanoversight.org/following-re...

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This is so great and well-deserved. Nice work, Wikipedians. and go @mmasnick.bsky.social for getting the money quote. Paul, Weiss brought this all on themselves with their craven cowardice. Ugh.

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JPM calls it “the fastest Momentum unwind in 40 years .. erased 2 years’ worth of gains and accelerated investors’ late-cycle positioning into Defensive / Low Vol ..”

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“None of this is normal”

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Breaking News: Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was convicted of embezzlement, jeopardizing her plan to run for president in 2027.

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‘Entirely unsurprising’: Jen Psaki on Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to military meetings and selecting his brother for Pentagon job www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx9...

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“F___ing liar”: Illinois senator rips Pete Hegseth, calls for his resignation after military plans leak www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgqy...

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"IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA" "in about eight weeks DOGE managed to lose the U.S. government — more or less light on fire — more than half of what goes to all non-defense discretionary spending..." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

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This administration is incompetent and endangering our troops. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared war plans in an encrypted chat—including a journalist—two hours before strikes on the Houthis in Yemen, the White House confirmed.

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I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.

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Reports are coming in that Trump-era ICE agents have arrested even American-born citizens during raids. If you’re just heading to work or the grocery store, how would you prove you’re an American? This is getting out of hand—Americans have a right to privacy.

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Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick explains that elderly people who would complain about not receiving their Social Security checks are fraudsters.

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They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.

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I don’t want to exaggerate my powers of prediction but I posted this ten years ago:

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We have overcome near-death experiences before. We shall overcome this one too. Not by denying we are in a constitutional crisis. We are. But we can and will prevail if we face the truth unflinchingly and never abandon the long twilight struggle against evil. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

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The trade war threatens to decouple the world’s top LNG buyer and seller. China hasn’t imported LNG from the US for 40 days, the longest gap in almost two years. #EconSky

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Flashback: authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiatt on how to fight autocracy in America. open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

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The National Association of Letter Carriers is holding rallies across the country this Sunday, March 23, in support of the USPS and against efforts to privatize or dismantle it. Check the map to find one near you or check with your NALC Local. FIGHT LIKE HELL! www.nalc.org/news/fight-l...

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"So far they look like this: 1. Prices will come down right away 2. Actually, reducing prices is hard and will take a while 3. Sorry, but we need a painful economic detox 4. Hey, there’s more to life than consumer goods 5. ????" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-stages...

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COMMENTARY: All in all, Donald Trump and his motley crew of special envoys, family members and presidential pals seem keener to converge with Russia on broader geopolitical issues than really press Vladimir Putin hard on Ukraine.

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"Chinese state media are celebrating President Donald Trump’s move to gut Voice of America..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump’s trade policies and bellicose rhetoric have been canceling trips to the United States, depriving the U.S. tourism industry of billions of dollars at a time when the economy has started to appear wobbly.

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That is both messed up and disgraceful! You can’t just delete history! Arlington National Cemetery has removed information about prominent Black, Hispanic, and female service members, as well as topics such as the Civil War, from its website.

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President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world.

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It’s the economy, stupid. In the midst of the Democratic Civil War and unwinding of the republic a key fundamental is growing problematic for Trump and the country: The economy. Does it still matter? open.substack.com/pub/greattra...

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The provision of the 14th amendment that the Supreme Court unanimously wrote out of the constitution existed for a reason. Its drafters knew what would happen if you allowed insurrectionists back into power.

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Not sure when the penny is going to drop that this dude means what he tweets, does and sig heils www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/t...

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"The White House ordered a stop to the background check investigations after they deemed the process too intrusive..." abcnews.go.com/Politics/sto...

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Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

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This is going to be important: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

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THIS!!!

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The president issued an illegal order to bully and silence a Seattle-founded law firm for taking cases and clients he doesn't like. We led an amicus brief with 20 other AGs to support efforts to stop his order and defend lawyers' rights to represent clients without fear of reprisal.

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Measles continues to spread in West Texas and New Mexico, with more than 250 people infected — many unvaccinated school-age children. These maps and illustrations show the spread of the virus in the U.S., and how infections can run through a community.

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