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COLBERT, on Rep. Al Green’s removal: “Some people questioned why so much muscle was needed to remove an old man with a cane. But it turns out it was for a serious reason. When security searched him, they found that he smuggled in a spine." @latenightercom.bsky.social

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The layoffs come after 200 Sesame Workshop employees announced they want to form a union.

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my favorite economy is one of words

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“.. no company has faced as fierce a blowback from DEI supporters as Target. Customers online have protested the decision and Anne and Lucy Dayton, the daughters of one of Target’s co-founders, called the company’s actions ‘a betrayal.’” @cnn.com $TGT

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration plans to cut over 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo.

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This was incredible. > @clairempls.bsky.social asks LeBron “what it is about basketball that’s ‘musical’ — and if he considers it a form of creative expression, in light of his recent comments to Scott Van Pelt about how ‘watching basketball is like listening to music’.”

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Trump has ordered a pause to intelligence sharing with Ukraine, according to the CIA director — a move that deprives Kyiv of a key tool fighting Russia.

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just denied the Trump admin's request to block a lower court order on foreign aid funding. The move clears the way for the State Department and the USAID to restart nearly $2 billion in payments that had been halted for weeks.

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Weird, shitty, disorganized response. How are they still this bad at this? It's been four months since Election Day.

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The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm has told Republicans to stop holding in-person town halls amid the backlash to Trump and Musk's cuts to the federal government. @msnbc.com

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The US will no longer worry about civilians getting in the way of their bombs: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

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ok, so basically I'm trying to make this post go viral.

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* RUBIN: DOGE DOING 'TREMENDOUS DAMAGE' TO GOVERNMENT, US ECONOMY @bloomberg.com

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(WSJ) - The world economy could face a crash similar to the Great Depression of the 1930s unless the U.S. rows back on its plans to impose steep tariffs on imports, a senior official at the International Chamber of Commerce warned. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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Karoline Leavitt says Corey Comperatore, who is dead, will be at Trump's speech tonight

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Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."

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That’s Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.

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“.. This is a real moment where people have had enough of billionaires getting involved in our politics.” @thr.com $TSLA www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

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That’s the cherry on today’s sundae. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/n...

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MORGAN STANLEY: “.. Our most recent survey of ~2,000 US consumers .. showed a marked deterioration in consumers’ outlooks for the US economy and their own household finances. Only 38% of respondents expect the economy to get better in the next six months .. 48% expect the economy to get worse.”

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“Stop the count!” 🇺🇸

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Canada’s Doug Ford, following through on yesterday’s 25% threat. 🇨🇦 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

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* ONTARIO TO ISSUE 25% EXPORT TAX ON ELECTRICITY TO US: WSJ @wsj.com 🇨🇦

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Trump: "Canada doesn't allow American Banks to do business in Canada." Canadian Banking Association: Sixteen US banks currently operate in Canada. www.reuters.com/business/fin...

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Truly amazing the way he took 650 points off the Dow the day before he's going to address Congress and brag... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b...

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Trump wants protests, especially with violence, so he can unleash the military, crack down, declare martial law and cancel elections. He'll assume complete power. Republicans and Supreme Court will support him. I don't know why people think he's leaving peacefully. He's never leaving, folks.

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Drake hits the Triple Crown: getting dunked on at the Grammys, Super Bowl, and Oscars all in the same year.

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Nasdaq dips below its 200-day moving average .. first time below that level since 8/5/24.. The last time NASDAQ closed below its 200DMA was 10/30/23. @cnbc.com

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me rn

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While George W. Bush was president, the Coast Guard signed a contract to get admin help from a company in Virginia. It paid $144,000, and the contract was completed by June 30, 2005. Last week, Elon Musk's DOGE claimed it had just canceled the long-dead contract. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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In the last two weeks: 1. biggest drop in retail sales in nearly two years 2. biggest drop in personal spending since Feb 2021 3. jobless claims, biggest gain in five months 4. ISM Mfg prices paid, highest since June 2022

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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski rebukes Trump: "I am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing Putin, a threat to democracy and U.S. values around the world."

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> @afpnews.bsky.social 🇺🇦 www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year. “'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'" Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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Yes

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