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The Trump Justice Department is pushing U-Va. to fire its president because he has not in its view adequately dismantled DEI programs, the latest effort by the new administration to dictate how universities run their campuses. Mike Schmidt @michaelcbender.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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It comes as no surprise that Stephen Miller is tied to Peter Thiel’s Palantir, considering the alignment between their white Christian-nationalist and neoreactionary ideologies, both of which are infiltrating the government in an active attempt to dismantle and replace democracy with dictatorship.
Damning Report Exposes Stephen Miller’s Shady Ties to Palantir
Palantir has been snapping up massive government contracts to increase surveillance capabilities.
newrepublic.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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ABC’s Jay O’Brien is reporting that republicans in Congress were briefed ahead of the strikes, but that democrats were not briefed until after the attack was underway.
June 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Trump has not called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the assassination of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman.
www.startribune.com/trump-attack...
Trump has not called Walz after Minnesota shootings, attacks him as ‘grossly incompetent’
President Donald Trump had not called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz by Sunday afternoon in the aftermath of the assassination of House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman.
www.startribune.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Say what now
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Grateful for the takes of the prostate cancer + Ukraine + immigration + crypto experts on X, but this is an interesting read from a physician who has also studied how the health of political leaders is managed and relayed to the public. www.statnews.com/2025/05/19/b...
I’ve reported on presidents’ health for 53 years. No public evidence suggests Biden's doctors mishandled prostate cancer testing
Some are criticizing Biden’s team for not testing him earlier for prostate cancer. But overtesting is a particular concern for all men, including presidents.
www.statnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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SCOOP: A young man with no government experience who hasn’t even finished his undergrad degree is working for Elon Musk’s DOGE at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and has been tasked with using AI to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Matt Bai: If the ADL thinks Trump’s thuggery is protecting Jews, it’s wrong
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | If the ADL thinks Trump’s thuggery is protecting Jews, it’s wrong
The Anti-Defamation League should loudly oppose the unlawful roundup of pro-Palestinian activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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* CHINA IS SAID TO RESTRICT COMPANIES FROM INVESTING IN THE US 🇨🇳

@bloomberg.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Turns out the world‘s richest man is just not that popular, maybe that would change if he gave money to things like childhood cancer research instead of cutting it
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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"Roberts’s immunity ruling not only gutted Smith’s case against Trump, it also sent a clear message: If Trump won the election, he could freely engage in even more egregious crimes. As later events would demonstrate, Trump got the message loud and clear." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social
John Roberts created a monster. It's about to eat him.
The Supreme Court faces an existential dilemma of its own creation.
www.publicnotice.co
March 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Zelenskyy: I don't know what history books will write about me it's not my purpose or goal. I want to see my kids walk the streets without hiding.

Growing up during the Cold War, I never imagined the US would turn its back on a country invaded by Russia.
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
March 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX

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Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump (Gift Article)
Elon Musk’s role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies. Supporters say he has the best technology.
nyti.ms
March 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election.
apnews.com/article/wisc...
Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election
A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to “activist judges.”
apnews.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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The civil servants Trump is firing are those on the front lines helping us all. Trying to save lives and livelihoods. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Trump honored a cancer survivor. The boy's doctors now face his budget cuts.
President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress amid proposing vast cuts to medical research.
www.usatoday.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Well said!
March 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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NEW: HEALTH ALERT

Measles has been confirmed in Washington state.

An infant in King County has been identified as the first confirmed case of measles in Washington this year. This follows an alarming increase in measles cases in other regions of the United States.

The King County infant,…
February 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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DOGE recommendations have driven the Trump administration to begin axing employees at NOAA — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

NOAA is considered one of the world’s premier centers for climate science and weather forecasting.

While the Trump administration claims that no…
February 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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This.
TASS was in the room. Reuters and AP were not. That tells you all you need to know about who the target audience was.
March 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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🚨 Five former Secretaries of Defense have signed a letter demanding Congress hold immediate hearings regarding the firing of senior military officers.

No doubt 🤡 and his band of Russian asshat assets will use their bully pulpit to bully them.

Let’s not be bystanders.
@votevets.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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we may be one of the few pubs that got this headline right

Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump And Vance Ambush Zelensky In Prelude To Betrayal
President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance moved to betray a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Is this how the USA surrendered to Russia? This and the obscene ruckus in the White House today?
February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM