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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that DOGE is subject to government transparency laws, allowing the public to access government records—a legal defeat for the White House, which had designated DOGE as an office exempt from open records laws.

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A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

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BREAKING: Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex couples' marriage licenses, loses her appeal at the Sixth Circuit of a lawsuit she lost at trial that was brought by same-sex couples whose constitutional right to marry she violated. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Anthropic submits AI policy recommendations to the White House

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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

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"The fraud, waste and abuse is not largely in the federal workforce. It is in the taxpayer subsidizing of giant companies that make profits." #SOTU

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Trump's EO to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades the Endangered Species Act. This move is similar to instructions by Trump to use the "God Squad" to push through fossil fuel projects even if they imperil at-risk species. Experts have said this overriding of the ESA is probably illegal.

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Ignore posts claiming a House budget resolution cuts taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security payments. It isn't true.

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Our national shame knows no bounds under the Trumperate of Trump/Musk/Vance.

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Today is National Read Across America Day! Established by the National Education Association in 1998, in order to get kids excited about reading, the day also marks the birthday of phenomenal wordsmith Dr. Seuss. Which Seussian titles have you read and enjoyed? 💙📚 www.librarything.com/author/seussdr

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#science - in the light of potential enshittification of #PubMed - Ihere's an European alternative to PubMed - www.europepmc.org It's not censored or brought down by would-be-dictators.🧪

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Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️ Senator @wyden.senate.gov is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/02/28/w... What's at stake? 🧵

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Image of a library book display labeled: "It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual" The books on display are: 'On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century' '1984' 'A Handmaids Tale' 'Diary of Anne Frank' 'Parable of The Sower' 'Fahrenheit 451' 'Animal Farm' 'Brave New World'

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Shout out of gratitude for Governor Josh Shapiro👏🏻 Immediately released the following statement condemning everyone in the Oval Office who stood by or participated in the horrific treatment of a world leader and hero: President Zelensky This American stands with Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini #NAFO

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LibraryThing wishes our member a very Happy Ramadan! Ramadan Mubarak! #Ramadan #RamadanMubarak www.librarything.com/tag/Ramadan

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A reminder for these times.

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✅Yes, Dan Bongino — President Donald Trump's pick for FBI deputy director — once wrote a "cold civil war" warning to "scumbag commie libs."

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In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto from World Liberty Financial, a venture backed by Trump. On Wednesday, the SEC and Sun sent a joint letter asking for a stay of Sun's case. Yesterday, the judge granted the request.

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You've been paying into Social Security for years, maybe some of you are collecting the benefits. You have a legal right to collect these benefits and have good service. A 50% cut in the Social Security workforce is wrong. CALL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES NOW and encourage others to do so.

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My birthday was last weekend. Tomorrow is #BuyNothingDay So. If anybody wants to make a musician smile & stick to buying nothing tomorrow at the same time, may I invite yall to listen free & then purchase downloads today if you like? With zero pressure. Only gratitude. sjtucker.bandcamp.com

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If your employer self insured, share this with your management. Your CEO doesn't realize they are getting ripped off on their pharmacy benefits. Here is how www.nasdaq.com/articles/elo...

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TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout

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Greed... To pay for that, everyone earning less than $700,000 per year will see an increase in their tax bill, and access to food, healthcare, transportation, housing, education, and clean air and water will be entirely cut off for tens of millions of American children and families.

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BREAKING: At Trump administration's request, Chief Justice John Roberts grants stay putting on hold lower court order for USAID to pay by tonight about $2B in foreign-aid bills. Sets response by Friday noon. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts grants stay, pausing district court order for USAID to pay about $2B in foreign-aid bills by midnight.

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The US is intending to remove the "X" for gender on passports. I have non-binary friends and don't see why they have to pick an option that makes no sense, or how "X" harms other people. So I commented on the Federal Register. martinfowler.com/articles/202...

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Elon Musk addressed President Donald Trump's cabinet in their first meeting of his second term. He explained what DOGE is doing as it attempts to reduce the size of the federal government.

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This doesn’t count the increased costs from losing SNAP and Medicare benefits. I can’t believe most voters chose this.

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Voted for Trump, now have buyer’s remorse? The Trump philosophy seems to be his version of FAFO. Don’t buy anything on the 28th unless you absolutely have to. #Resist

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The Trump administration will require undocumented immigrants to register or face penalties, launching an online tool for tracking and enforcing compliance amid tightened immigration policies.

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Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.

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What we know about Medicare ending telehealth coverage in April 2025.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website shows they’ve suspended a scholarship program for students who enroll at land grant historically Black colleges.

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This is how Mitch McConnell should be remembered: Without him, there’s no President Trump right now—he had the chance to convict during impeachment and end it, but he didn’t. Without him, there’s no stacked conservative Supreme Court—you’d have more rights today.

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Missouri’s Handmaids Bill www.instagram.com/reel/DGRWF9m...

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We're delighted to announce that members can now share their book reviews more easily with one another, over in our discussion forums! Posting a comment and want to reference your review? Simply use our new "Attach Review" button to include it at the bottom of your post!

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Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

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American taxpayers are being warned about a new text scam where IRS imposters are claiming individuals are eligible for $1,400 stimulus checks.

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X (formerly Twitter) is reportedly blocking links to Signal, the encrypted messaging app, particularly links to Signal.me. This platform helps users connect directly with others.

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