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The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service. “It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”

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The fired staffers were tasked with making sure medications given to animals work well and are safe.

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There is no legal architecture that allows Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, to remake the entire federal government without running afoul of criminal conflict of interest laws. In other words, there's no way that his role is legal, constitutional, or compatible with democratic governance.

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Why aren't we treating Russia as if they have lost the war? Because they sure as hell didn't win. Decades of corruption wrecked Putin's forces so they couldn't even reach Kiev without their trucks getting bogged down because their tyres burst. Time to destroy the Russia - Crimea bridge. #Treason

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A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.

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Nic Robinson calling Russian nonsense "uncompromising" rather than deluded. Russia is coming to the table because his puppet Trump is desperate to help his master, Putin. Trump only has power because we listen to him.

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I just saw this image and it sums up Trump. He is betraying the West, Ukraine and America. #r4today

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"The sheep like the shade, plus the solar panels increase grass yield and protect sheep from predators," said Pearce. Meanwhile, Pearce revealed farmers and shepherds reap their own set of benefits, as "sheep eliminate the need for herbicides or costly grass cutting on the solar farms."

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After Raskin issued a harsh takedown of Musk, triggering a Twitter fight between the two, Raskin pressed further, asking Musk a simple question: As someone who supposedly works for the government now, will he submit to basic financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules?

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"We seek a strong and lasting peace in Ukraine," French President Emmanuel Macron said. "To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, and this must be accompanied by strong and credible security guarantees for the Ukrainians."

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The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it? | Zoe Williams

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‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk’s purge is cutting more than costs, say experts

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Thousands of protesters opposing President Trump’s agenda took to the streets on Monday across the U.S., derisively calling him a “king” on Presidents’ Day for his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers and to fire prosecutors and independent watchdogs. nyti.ms/3CQA2LX

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The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union. cnn.it/42Ymbxy

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The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.

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The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans. Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/

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As elementary school kids have known for time immemorial, whoever smelt it, dealt it. In this case, the man flinging accusations of illegality is the one breaking the law.

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No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.

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Brian Gibbs had no clue Friday would be his last day at his dream job. The education technician park ranger at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa reported to work, only to be terminated on despite receiving an exceptional performance evaluation in the fall.

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⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says. "Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.

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So, Google Calendar has removed Indigenous Peoples Month. Who here still supports the Native community? 🖐🏾

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Nails it. “a government of the radicalised online right, for the radicalised online right, by the radicalised online right”. They don’t care about actual freedom, the type Ukrainians are dying for. Their bag is composing tweets about largely imagined attacks on freedom of speech, for the likes

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

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Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/s... 🧪

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That’s nothing. I found 13 contracts awarded to SpaceX since December totaling $77M. 1/

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40% of the world's dirty money is laundered through London and UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The govt can combat it with Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO). Since 2017, only SEVEN UWOs have been issued. ZERO prosecutions and convictions. Contrast it with attacks on little people.

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UK fails to improve on record low ranking in global table of corruption. More corrupt than Japan, Seychelles, Estonia, Uruguay, Hong Kong, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Singapore. Want to hire legislators, get govt contracts, launder money, escape regulation enforcement ... UK is the place.

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newrepublic.com/post/191394/... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to withdraw Army recruiters from the nation’s top Black engineering event has ushered blunt criticism from military leadership.

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I was trying really hard not to comment on this but to infer that the swathe of legal migrants who come to the U.K. to wipe arses, pick fruit, and care for our elderly are non contributory to society is palpably cuntish. Then you see who he writes for and you realise he’s by default a shitquisling

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starting to believe that the people who campaigned to usher in a millennia of white supremacist fascist oligarchy were not as committed to the principle of free speech as the media had led voters to believe

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Great point.

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#climate #recycle #wtf How is it even possible to sell plastic tubs filled with chocolate but the tubs cannot be recycled ? #Mars #cadburys #tesco should all hang their heads in shame for producing and profiting from planet wrecking goods. #labour www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Me sending a voicemail by yelling into an envelope

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So, I shared this with my daughter, the librarian. And dog gone it. She went and ordered 4 copies each of 10 Tuskagee Airmen history books for her library patrons, students and peripheral staff.

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Looks like there’s a sale on at Westminster.

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