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Militants hold 450 train passengers hostage in Pakistan

RFK Jr. said he'd "clean up corruption" as HHS Secretary. So why'd he have dinner with Big Pharma executives at Mar-a-Lago with Trump? The American people deserve to know what kind of deals might have been made at those "million-dollar" dinners.

"Vote for the bill so that the president can refuse to spend the money you just voted for" is whole other level of saying the quiet part out loud.

"The Trump administration is working to overturn a 90-year-old Supreme Court decision known as Humphrey's Executor, which serves as the backbone of agencies’ authority to operate without direct control from the White House. Here's what you should know.

In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word “gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.

This guy is so deeply corrupt. newrepublic.com/post/192150/...

The State Department planned, for instance, to purchase a $650,000 “triple-height suspended sculpture” for its embassy in Brasília. It had designs on a $55,000 “wall installation” in Malawi www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Show your inner Charlie, today.

We're asking asset managers to look into this because we want to make sure investors and workers are getting a fair deal before they decide to retire. Every worker deserves to retire with security and dignity. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

If you work for or are impacted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Department of Transportation, @jessecoburn.bsky.social wants to hear from you. Reach out on Signal at 917-239-6642.

My colleague @brianmassemp.bsky.social has called on Canada's privacy commissioner to launch an investigation into Elon Musk's X. "He has gathered considerable data from our elected officials and Canadians and we need an investigation into what could be at risk."

Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."

How much of Congress’ 6.5 billion for operations will be cut?

Republicans on the House Rules Committee have voted to advance a budget resolution that would enact painful cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance, potentially stripping critical benefits from tens of millions of low-income Americans to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

“I’ll see you and raise you one.”

UK Hits Russia with Biggest Sanctions Yet Britain just announced its largest sanctions package since Russia’s 2022 invasion—targeting military suppliers, billionaires, & 40 oil ships. Even North Korea’s defense minister got hit. Every rouble blocked weakens Putin’s war machine. Will it be enough?

[Silence.]

Murphy calls out the "Mar-a-Lago cabal" and says of the Republican spending plan, "you are taking about the most massive transfer of wealth and resources from poor people and the middle class to billionaires and corporations in the history of this country."

it's all a grift

Anyone in Alabama State Gov or with a large employer in the state ? You are getting RIPPED off by PBMs. www.linkedin.com/posts/gregre...

Wow. 20+ DOGE staffers just resigned en masse, saying they refuse to use their expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” “We swore to serve the American people... However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.”

Demand your GOP congressman cut their budget and lay off some staff. Congress spends 6.4billion/year on their own operations.

Der Spiegel cover 👀🇺🇦

Al the work that went into holding the police accountable for needlessly executing Black people is being undone. This is just the start of their revenge planning. www.axios.com/2025/02/21/d...

Formez vos bataillons

Dear business owners that voted for Trump, You could have had $50K in capital and a robust SBA. Instead, DOGE is cancelling all your government contracts and putting you out of business so he can have the contracts for himself.

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

Can everyone please call Congress, the courts, and anyone else you can think of to find out wtf this is

a view of the devils playground - demented evil at play

Man...he literally nuked them from orbit. Thank God some people still remember their duty.

ALERT!!! Telehealth is being removed as of March 31st for Medicare and Medicaid. Contact Congress by Feb 14th!!!! The disabled, terminally ill, rural patients, and others who cannot travel for office visits RELY on telehealth for basic medical care.

Elon Musk is developing a new payment platform called “X Money.” Guess which agency would be making sure that Elon’s new project couldn’t scam you or steal your sensitive personal data? The CFPB.

The new dangerous face of authoritarianism in Utah is a well-dressed, PTA-going, Pinterest-perfect woman talking about “family values.” The most extreme legislation is coming directly from women in the Utah legislature. elevatepac.substack.com/p/the-stepfo...

Oversight laws about foreign influence were already limited. Now the Trump administration is shredding them.

Great point.

SCOOP: Kash Patel—whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI—took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

NEW — I'm told FDA supervisors called employees today to stress return to office dates in apparent effort to pressure them into taking deferred resignation deal & didn't mention deadline is no longer tonight (thanks to court order). Being done by phone to avoid paper trail for unions, source says.

Pete Hegseth’s Venmo is a who’s who of defense contractors, healthcare execs, and right-wing media figures. The guy pushing VA privatization is pals with the companies set to profit from it. Corruption isn’t even hiding—it’s right there in his friend list. prospect.org/politics/202...

100% ridiculous that "We do not know if Musk has received a conflict of interest waiver. If he has and the administration is claiming the waiver is justified" Musk’s Status in Government May Violate Criminal Law open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

The Panama Canal Authority has refuted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assertion that a deal was made to allow U.S. government vessels to transit the canal without fees, clarifying that no such agreement exists and that the established fee structure remains unchanged.

new: Google just removed the pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from its AI principles www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...