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Trump has ordered that large areas of America’s forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species while doing so and raising the prospect of chainsaws razing some of the most ecologically important trees in the US.

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New pro-Trump group, the State Leadership Initiative (SLI), is “writing the blueprint for dismantling bureaucracy in every red state.” Nate Fischer—a founder of New Founding, which is backed by DOGE advisor Marc Andreessen—is an SLI co-founder. The board includes Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/

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The far-right Claremont Institute wants Trump to order federal workers to undergo "re-education" and "deprogramming" via Claremont's training courses. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

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Howard Lutnick, Trump’s billionaire buddy turned commerce secretary, has confirmed that the administration was simply lying to MAGA supporters about not touching Social Security and Medicare.

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Crowds are massive in Silver Spring, Maryland…the home of NOAA. People chanting, “Save NOAA Now!” and “We will not weather the storm.” Make your voices heard and keep it up. #NOAA #NWS Severe Weather is on its Way. And so is hurricane season. 🌀 🧪

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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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"The order could allow the Trump administration to make mail voting — which was used by tens of millions of voters last year — more difficult. Trump has repeatedly said he’d like to end the practice, falsely claiming it allows for widespread fraud." www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

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The former Social Security chief has warned that Elon Musk’s cost-cutting spree could cause a system breakdown within the next 30 to 90 days.

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Zelenskyy's country is at war. Russia, "has not ceased to commit various barbarians, from bombing civilians, to torturing people in basements, to kidnapping children. This goes on and on and on, every day." @timothysnyder.bsky.social's first Substack video, on Friday's WH failures, is a must watch:

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It’s about more than just the $1.5 billion that USAID owes to contractors and grantees. It’s about whether the federal government is obligated to honor the contracts it signs after the work is already completed

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“[Trump] is being played. And he's being played like other presidents have been played, like other leaders have been played, through that same playbook of Putin's,” says H.R. McMaster, the president’s former national security adviser.

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Trump’s State of the Union should have been about peace-he promised to get that done before he took office while campaigning. His idea of peace turned out to be forcing Kyiv to take responsibility for Russia’s invasion, give up resources & accept occupation. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

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Look at all these beautiful people! Lines along both side of the street. Chanting, honking, drumming. There were only 6 ppl here 2 weeks ago! Tesla protest Brooklyn. @bkindivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @teslatakedown.com #teslatakedown

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This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.

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Democrats should make sure as many people see this as possible: that Trump's #1 adviser wants to destroy Social Security. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

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youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

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Here’s how the $300B in Russian sovereign funds frozen in Europe can still be used to give Zelensky the cards Trump told him he didn’t have in that vomitous Oval Office display by Putin’s puppets, our president and his agent provocateur Vance www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company. It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create. They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms. I’m happy to invest and/or help

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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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It begins. Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will NO LONGER HELP THE US NAVY. A petrol giant in Norway has announced a ban on fuel sales to all US forces following Donald Trump's treatment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, it has been reported.

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Horrific: One of the USAID programs Trump just terminated was set to deliver lifesaving treatment to hundreds of thousands of starving kids abroad. Much of it is now sitting in a Georgia warehouse. Rubio's promise to preserve urgent assistance was a lie. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/1921...

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Eliminating 18F while saying you're trying to modernize government using technology is like eliminating doctors while saying you want to improve health care... Oh wait they're also doing that www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

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The Trump administration confirmed it's reviewing whether to pull $590 million in funding that Moderna received in the final days of the Biden administration to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in people.

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Facts matter.

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FOTUS and JD aren't used to their lies being directly contradicted by the facts - usually to preface questions from journalists speaking truths to them - like President Zelenskyy did today.

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On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.

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This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history.

submitted 4 days ago • 558 comments

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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Fire / Rehire / Expire

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200+ people. Standing room only. And a shared love of democracy. Last night was Indivisible Chicago Northwest’s first event, and it was a wild success! They've awoken a sleeping giant. ✊ @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social

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Trump’s supporters have lost more than $12 billion in a month after the value of his cryptocurrency collapsed. $Trump, a so-called “meme coin” unveiled on January 17th, three days before Trump’s inauguration, has lost more than 80 percent of its value since its peak on January 19th.

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“[W]hat is intended is a system run by and for the oligarchs in which any investigation into their activities or attempts to regulate them could be answered with a technological shutdown of government altogether.” By Jared Sexton Yates jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-birth-...

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Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump's "reckless" firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other senior officers, and called on Congress to halt any confirmation of their successors. They accused Trump of seeking to make the U.S. military an instrument of partisan politics.

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Trump and Vance yell and trash talk Zelensky while sucking Putin’s dick. That’s where we are at. A century of global leadership vaporized in a month.

submitted 4 days ago • 1131 comments

We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: A new Tea Party movement is rising—but this time, not from the right. Americans are waking up, demanding lawmakers respect the rule of law, separation of powers, and the Constitution. This movement is within the Democratic Party—and I'm here for it.

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🚨Sen. Duckworth invited Elon Musk to our town hall yesterday to hear from Veterans affected by DOGE. He chose to ignore their stories. Cowards run from accountability.

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The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.

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This is how foreign leaders should deal with Trump. Don’t coddle him, don’t flatter him, call him out for his lies, his stupidity, his whiny victimhood, and his narcissism.👇

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Semafor reports on CEOs belatedly awakening that Trump's predatory economic ideas will capsize the US economy. www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

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Trump’s Ukraine aid numbers seem to be pulled out of thin air. They’re both reversed (Europe has spent more than the US) and wildly incorrect (nobody is giving anywhere near $350B). My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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The US has given Ukraine a lot of support since the war started, but taken as a share of GDP, we only come in at 17th place. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart

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If you include aid that’s been promised but not yet allocated, Europe is putting twice as much money towards supporting Ukraine. My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social chart

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Consumers already seem worried about policy madness, and they ain't seen nothing yet

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As Krugman said on Ati Melber earlier, the govenment has not been lavishly funded as it was. Republicans have forced penny pinching for decades. It simply doesn't have the redundencies or resilience to overcome this random DOGE wrecking ball. It's going to break down in some very important ways.

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