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Even as the Trump administration continues to slash federal jobs, a number of agencies have reinstated some workers and paused plans to dismiss others, sometimes within days of the firings. Here’s a look at some of the back-and-forths so far. nyti.ms/3DqBJzY
March 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Even as the Trump administration continues to slash federal jobs, a number of agencies have reinstated some workers and paused plans to dismiss others, sometimes within days of the firings. Here’s a look at some of the back-and-forths so far. nyti.ms/3DqBJzY
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While the Trump administration cuts billions in critical foreign aid, it planned on purchasing millions in art for embassies. The administration denies it’s buying the fine art, but won’t provide any evidence to back it up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... via @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
Let Them Eat Art?
Elon Musk and his allies in the Trump administration are ending most U.S. foreign-assistance programs. But until recently, there was still money for decorating.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
While the Trump administration cuts billions in critical foreign aid, it planned on purchasing millions in art for embassies. The administration denies it’s buying the fine art, but won’t provide any evidence to back it up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... via @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
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One champion for democracy was in the room.
March 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One champion for democracy was in the room.
The heart of our democracy!
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February 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The heart of our democracy!
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Trump and Vance Rebuke Zelensky During White House Meeting: Live Updates
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February 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Yes! Good job, Montana!
February 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yes! Good job, Montana!
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Elon Musk’s musings at a 2023 dinner party about how he would gut the federal bureaucracy evolved into an operation that's given him a singular position of influence over the government. This is the inside story of the origins of DOGE. nyti.ms/3QElxOE
February 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Elon Musk’s musings at a 2023 dinner party about how he would gut the federal bureaucracy evolved into an operation that's given him a singular position of influence over the government. This is the inside story of the origins of DOGE. nyti.ms/3QElxOE
“…Yellowstone and Glacier, that may not be able to hire seasonal workers when they need to be doing so to prepare for the millions of visitors that flood them each summer. You can’t run campgrounds, lodges, clean outhouses, and maintain roads without employees.”
dailymontanan.com/2025/02/28/a...
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A quick peek into our dystopian but probable future • Daily Montanan
Columnist George Ochenski says the chaos that has begun in Washington, D.C., will crash upon Montana like a tidal wave.
dailymontanan.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“…Yellowstone and Glacier, that may not be able to hire seasonal workers when they need to be doing so to prepare for the millions of visitors that flood them each summer. You can’t run campgrounds, lodges, clean outhouses, and maintain roads without employees.”
dailymontanan.com/2025/02/28/a...
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From Opinion
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From Opinion
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
All logged out of the book of faces. Think I will avoid it all weekend.
Stay safe and resist!
Stay safe and resist!
February 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
All logged out of the book of faces. Think I will avoid it all weekend.
Stay safe and resist!
Stay safe and resist!
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Elon Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance wrongly said that it is “illegal” for judges to impose limits on executive branch officials.
Judge Rules Trump Officials Are Defying Order to Reverse Funding Freeze
Some Trump officials have said they may ignore future court rulings, which could result in a constitutional crisis.
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February 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Elon Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance wrongly said that it is “illegal” for judges to impose limits on executive branch officials.
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A US judge has blocked a policy that would have, beginning today, slashed billions of dollars of funding annually for US research institutions, including universities and hospitals.
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
‘Devastating’ cuts to NIH grants by Trump’s team put on hold by US judge
The ruling temporarily halts a policy slashing research overhead costs in 22 states, which filed a lawsuit against the biomedical agency.
go.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A US judge has blocked a policy that would have, beginning today, slashed billions of dollars of funding annually for US research institutions, including universities and hospitals.
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
https://go.nature.com/4hvSeto
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The latest --- Funding cuts are stopped in CA, IL, NY, MD, WI, NJ, etc... but not in PA, GA, AL, MO and others...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding
A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government Monday, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would “grind to a halt” studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The latest --- Funding cuts are stopped in CA, IL, NY, MD, WI, NJ, etc... but not in PA, GA, AL, MO and others...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Hear, hear!https://m.facebook.com/groups/NewRulesAndNowThis/permalink/3993347090931276/?
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February 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”
February 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Trump just said he’s calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says “The US will take over the Gaza Strip”
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