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This is horrible for the future of American science and innovation and economic wellbeing and all the things Pitt is not a small institution It has nearly 10K grad students It is where Salk discovered the polio vaccine

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The cars keep lurching to the far right.

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(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. #OligarchEra 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/musk...

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@npr.org FBI director saying he’s coning for the media, and no reporting on it??? www.reddit.com/r/MAGANAZI/s...

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another Nazi salute at CPAC

submitted 4 hours ago • 694 comments

Doing this right before firing three top military leaders is so deranged. Source at DoD told me, “Disdain for Hegseth is a near-universal feeling even among the Trumpiest in the office.“

submitted 19 hours ago • 90 comments

On Wednesday I was the first to report Leland Dudek was on the verge of losing his job at the Social Security Administration when he was suddenly promoted to acting commissioner by Elon Musk. Thursday I published a story with more details. I’ll let you guess if I got any credit in this Post story:

submitted 8 hours ago • 68 comments

The most notable thing about this clip from the president's address to the governors is the way Maine Gov. Janet Mills stood up to Trump. And the second most notable thing is the absolute stone-faced silence from the other governors in the room. www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...

submitted 22 hours ago • 69 comments

Kyle’s strength shows why the rest of the 4th estate is so weak.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

A full-on purge of the military leadership, targeting women and people of color. This perfectly captures where we are: An escalating authoritarian takeover of the state, combined with an aggressive program to re-segregate the spheres of influence and power and restore complete white male dominance.

submitted 8 hours ago • 35 comments

It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.

submitted 1 day ago • 102 comments

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect. https://ja.ma/3X711tB

submitted 10 hours ago • 5 comments

“The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine's access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations.”

submitted 10 hours ago • 382 comments

This was published last October www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 13 hours ago • 229 comments

Here’s what is going on. When you start firing the military’s top lawyers, that means you are getting ready to order the military to do unlawful things. Trump replaces those JAGs with men who will justify any future unlawful and unethical actions that he wants the military to do.

submitted 20 hours ago • 61 comments

In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

submitted 9 hours ago • 175 comments

Why did Hegseth just fire every top military branch lawyer? What did they refuse to sign off on? A Pulitzer awaits the reporters and outlet who can tell the public.

submitted 19 hours ago • 559 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 21 hours ago • 451 comments

Of the Chiefs of Staff, vice chiefs of staff, and judge advocates general of the three branches, Trump fired all the women and Black people.

submitted 19 hours ago • 198 comments

Trump pardoned the sentence of arguably the single biggest drug trafficker in American history on his second day in office!

submitted 1 day ago • 949 comments

Every liberal "paper of record": maybe the fascists have a point Eater: Know your rights

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

2 fucking headlines right next to each other

submitted 1 day ago • 80 comments

Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

submitted 1 day ago • 74 comments

BREAKING: The Department of Energy said DOGE firings of nuclear safety officials were non-critical staff. That is not true. In fact, one of the officials who was locked out of his work accounts was Acting Chief of Defense Nuclear Safety James Todd.

submitted 1 day ago • 70 comments

There are a lot of things one could say in response, but what jumps out is the complete amnesia this requires about Trump’s first term.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

submitted 1 day ago • 2151 comments

Whether in the courts or by way of pressure on the Trump Administration, DEMAND evidence of these claims of fraud and waste. You’d think Trump would be running to Congress & to court to show what they’ve found, and yet…crickets 🦗

submitted 1 day ago • 230 comments

With a measles outbreak growing in West Texas, and cases popping up across the country, experts say vaccination is your best protection. And it's not just for kids. Some adults may need a booster.

submitted 1 day ago • 175 comments

It’s journalistic malpractice — to the extent that’s a thing any more — to talk about this Ed Martin letter without clarifying that every expert, other than administration hacks, thinks that Garcia’s statement was not remotely plausibly a true threat. It’s simply ludicrous.

submitted 1 day ago • 57 comments

Saw a poll last night that 27% of Canadians view the US as an enemy country. Then a Canadian friend sent this after last night’s hockey game.

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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

submitted 1 day ago • 275 comments

This is a useful tracker of moves Trump has taken that are probably illegal and which have already been halted by judges. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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The first nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal police officers has been shut down by Trump — deleting a resource experts said improved public safety by helping prevent bad officers from jumping to new agencies and starting over with clean records. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

really underappreciated how despite being the main character of politics for literally the last decade, for a lot of people Trump is still the guy from The Apprentice

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Why is this so hard for news orgs? www.status.news/p/cbs-evenin...

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I don't think people really get how these employee purges are just going to break the culture of public organizations for a very long time.

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Now why do you think it is that DOJ dismissed charges against SpaceX WITH prejudice but Emil Bove plans to hold charges over Eric Adams' head for almost four more years? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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The Eric Adams case was "filed to make deportation harder; that’s why they did it,” says Pam Bondi, introducing a new rationale for dismissing the charges. As a reminder, the investigation began in 2021. The indictment was handed down on Sept 26, when Kamala was a few points up in most polls.

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Asking questions about DOGE is a thoughtcrime on Musk's X.

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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: "Inspectors general are a headache for everyone. You know why? Because they're investigating every agency and they find stuff! Including waste and fraud and abuse! They wouldn't be firing them if they cared about waste, fraud, and abuse."

submitted 2 days ago • 327 comments

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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One of the first targets here will almost certainly be blocking the mailing of abortion medications like mifepristone. If I'm right, it'll be a the biggest blow to reproductive freedom since the repeal of Roe.

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"Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king. So I would like to know—rather, the people would like to know, what you, Congressman, and your fellow congressmen are going to do to rein in the megalomaniac in the White House."

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

CISA is down 167 employees so far (I understand more to go) and reportedly NIST is about to be set on fire. NIST operate National Vulnerability Database and lots of other things. https://www.wired.com/story/the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-braces-for-mass-firings/

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments