@acegreen.bsky.social
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Pope Francis, the first pontiff to come from the Americas, died at the age of 88. Here is a collection of images from his life:
The Life of Pope Francis, in Photos
Images of the remarkable life of the first pope to come from the Americas
bit.ly
April 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Pope Francis, the first pontiff to come from the Americas, died at the age of 88. Here is a collection of images from his life:
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“The United States has benefited immensely from being a welcoming destination” for tourists, writes @juliettekayyem.bsky.social. Donald Trump’s foreign policy has endangered that reputation, and the revenue that comes with it:
Foreign Tourists Are Taking Trump at His Word
Deliberately insulting other countries is bad for the U.S. economy.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“The United States has benefited immensely from being a welcoming destination” for tourists, writes @juliettekayyem.bsky.social. Donald Trump’s foreign policy has endangered that reputation, and the revenue that comes with it:
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Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.
April 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Musk staffers are in the process of seizing control of the Peace Corps’ headquarters.
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deals are being made every day
April 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
deals are being made every day
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“Trump has governed like a late-19th-century president, with his penchant for tariffs, his unusual relationship with a major industrial titan, and his bald-faced corruption,” writes @dkthomp.bsky.social.
The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
www.theatlantic.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“Trump has governed like a late-19th-century president, with his penchant for tariffs, his unusual relationship with a major industrial titan, and his bald-faced corruption,” writes @dkthomp.bsky.social.
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The administration revealed how they calculated the tariffs. Buried in that math is a straightforward answer to a question Trump has long refused to answer: How much will his tariffs raise prices?
How much will tariffs raise prices? Trump's economists just revealed their answer
The administration revealed how they calculated the tariffs. Buried in that math is a straightforward answer to a question Trump has long refused to answer: How much will his tariffs raise prices?
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The administration revealed how they calculated the tariffs. Buried in that math is a straightforward answer to a question Trump has long refused to answer: How much will his tariffs raise prices?
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Every hundred years
April 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Every hundred years
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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“With a little imagination, we can glimpse the America that Project 2025 proposes,” writes @dgraham.bsky.social. “It is a vision that suggests Reagan was right: Freedom really is a fragile thing”:
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“With a little imagination, we can glimpse the America that Project 2025 proposes,” writes @dgraham.bsky.social. “It is a vision that suggests Reagan was right: Freedom really is a fragile thing”:
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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DOGE says they’re closing down these offices in San Diego. As always, if you need help with a federal agency, please reach out to my office.
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investi...
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investi...
March 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
DOGE says they’re closing down these offices in San Diego. As always, if you need help with a federal agency, please reach out to my office.
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investi...
www.nbcsandiego.com/news/investi...
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If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say
Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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March 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Today's news:
-EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future after U.S. aid freeze
-Draft executive order calls for closing Education Dept
-China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with U.S.
-France's nuclear shield could extend across Europe: Macron
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www.justsecurity.org/108783/early...
-EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future after U.S. aid freeze
-Draft executive order calls for closing Education Dept
-China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with U.S.
-France's nuclear shield could extend across Europe: Macron
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www.justsecurity.org/108783/early...
Early Edition: March 6, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.
www.justsecurity.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today's news:
-EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future after U.S. aid freeze
-Draft executive order calls for closing Education Dept
-China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with U.S.
-France's nuclear shield could extend across Europe: Macron
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www.justsecurity.org/108783/early...
-EU leaders meet to discuss Ukraine's future after U.S. aid freeze
-Draft executive order calls for closing Education Dept
-China says it is ready for 'any type of war' with U.S.
-France's nuclear shield could extend across Europe: Macron
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www.justsecurity.org/108783/early...
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More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened by measles. The outbreak started in a county with a vaccination rate around 80%.
Child dies in Texas measles outbreak
More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened by measles. The outbreak started in a county with a vaccination rate around 80%.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
More than 130 people in west Texas and New Mexico have been sickened by measles. The outbreak started in a county with a vaccination rate around 80%.
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Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
Entitled thief
“Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
“Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits”
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Over the years, Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
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New tonight
1. AP sues on press pool band
2. NYC sues for $80m FEMA funds
3. Judge issues preliminary injunction against anti-DEI policies
4. Judge blocks DOGE from Treasury
5. Judge denies plaintiffs prelim injunction in USAID case
6. SCOTUS rejects Gov on Special Counsel firing TRO appeal
1. AP sues on press pool band
2. NYC sues for $80m FEMA funds
3. Judge issues preliminary injunction against anti-DEI policies
4. Judge blocks DOGE from Treasury
5. Judge denies plaintiffs prelim injunction in USAID case
6. SCOTUS rejects Gov on Special Counsel firing TRO appeal
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New tonight
1. AP sues on press pool band
2. NYC sues for $80m FEMA funds
3. Judge issues preliminary injunction against anti-DEI policies
4. Judge blocks DOGE from Treasury
5. Judge denies plaintiffs prelim injunction in USAID case
6. SCOTUS rejects Gov on Special Counsel firing TRO appeal
1. AP sues on press pool band
2. NYC sues for $80m FEMA funds
3. Judge issues preliminary injunction against anti-DEI policies
4. Judge blocks DOGE from Treasury
5. Judge denies plaintiffs prelim injunction in USAID case
6. SCOTUS rejects Gov on Special Counsel firing TRO appeal
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This month, @karenhao.bsky.social spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who described how the Trump administration is pushing a new ideology and stoking paranoia. “People are terrified,” one source said, “not for losing their jobs but for losing democracy.”
‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up
Sources within the government reveal the true extent of the Trump administration’s crackdown on speech.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This month, @karenhao.bsky.social spoke with more than a dozen federal workers who described how the Trump administration is pushing a new ideology and stoking paranoia. “People are terrified,” one source said, “not for losing their jobs but for losing democracy.”
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“Whatever you think of the failures of progressive governance, ‘mess around and find out’ is not a suitable replacement,” @dkthomp.bsky.social writes. But it does appear to be the Trump administration’s current methodology:
DOGE’s Reign of Ineptitude
Slashing and burning won’t help with efficiency.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“Whatever you think of the failures of progressive governance, ‘mess around and find out’ is not a suitable replacement,” @dkthomp.bsky.social writes. But it does appear to be the Trump administration’s current methodology:
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
February 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Note: In 2024 alone, Musk’s enterprises were awarded approximately $3 billion across nearly 100 federal contracts, averaging about $8 million per day.
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So it turns out when you DON'T go woke, you go broke.
Trump's New DEI? Dying Economy and Inflation.
It's only two weeks in and Trump is Making America Broke Again!
www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
Trump's New DEI? Dying Economy and Inflation.
It's only two weeks in and Trump is Making America Broke Again!
www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So it turns out when you DON'T go woke, you go broke.
Trump's New DEI? Dying Economy and Inflation.
It's only two weeks in and Trump is Making America Broke Again!
www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
Trump's New DEI? Dying Economy and Inflation.
It's only two weeks in and Trump is Making America Broke Again!
www.forbes.com/sites/dereks...
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Now imagine this happening with your personal data.
DOGE emails went out to federal judges by mistake
U.S. District Judge Randolph Daniel Moss said judges across the country received emails from Elon Musk's DOGE.
www.newsweek.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Now imagine this happening with your personal data.