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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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Vice President and recently converted Catholic J.D. Vance was rebuked by the pope himself for using Catholic theology to justify mass deportations and isolationism.
Pope Slams JD Vance’s Fake Christianity in Searing Statement
Pope Francis called out JD Vance’s made-up Christian reasoning for Trump’s cruel immigration policies.
newrepublic.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Vice President and recently converted Catholic J.D. Vance was rebuked by the pope himself for using Catholic theology to justify mass deportations and isolationism.
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Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island
Since returning to the presidency last month, Donald Trump has called for Canada to become the 51st US state, suggested he might take over the…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
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A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying he had no knowledge of any plans for dismissals.
Sen. Durbin accuses FBI nominee Kash Patel of directing bureau firings
Kash Patel, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, was accused of directing firings of senior FBI officials from outside the agency.
wapo.st
February 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A top Democratic leader weighing Kash Patel’s nomination for FBI director accused him Tuesday of directing a purge of career officials and later perjuring himself in Senate testimony by saying he had no knowledge of any plans for dismissals.
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An analysis of more than 185,000 tweets by New York Times staffers show their posts got less opinionated — and less frequent overall — after a management memo asked the newsroom to scale back takes.
If you ask New York Times reporters to spend less time on Twitter, will they? (Spoiler: yes)
An analysis of more than 185,000 tweets by New York Times staffers showed they got less opinionated — and less frequent overall — when a management memo asked the newsroom to scale back the takes.
buff.ly
February 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
An analysis of more than 185,000 tweets by New York Times staffers show their posts got less opinionated — and less frequent overall — after a management memo asked the newsroom to scale back takes.
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We may have wanted justice, or at least transparency into how these networks operate. But instead we’re getting impunity, to be meted out by the world’s most reprehensible goons. https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents
Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World
Trump’s one-time aide-de-camp and bagman for corrupt foreign regimes is returning to his old stomping grounds, rolling back precious progress against a world of kleptocrats.
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We may have wanted justice, or at least transparency into how these networks operate. But instead we’re getting impunity, to be meted out by the world’s most reprehensible goons. https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents
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Economist Paul Krugman says Trump's tariffs, tax cuts, and deportations won't bring down grocery prices and will harm working-class Americans.
Nobel economist Paul Krugman says Trump's policies will leave his blue-collar base feeling 'brutally scammed'
Economist Paul Krugman says Trump's tariffs, tax cuts, and deportations won't bring down grocery prices and will harm working-class Americans.
www.businessinsider.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Economist Paul Krugman says Trump's tariffs, tax cuts, and deportations won't bring down grocery prices and will harm working-class Americans.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to do away with Meta’s third-party fact-checking service was presented as a sweeping cultural change across the company—but apparently, it will apply only in the United States.
New Details of Meta’s Rule Change Give Away Zuckerberg’s Whole Game
Mark Zuckerberg is only trying to please one person.
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to do away with Meta’s third-party fact-checking service was presented as a sweeping cultural change across the company—but apparently, it will apply only in the United States.
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🔺 JUST IN: Donald Trump would have been convicted at trial for attempts to overturn the 2020 election if he had not been re-elected, a report by the special counsel Jack Smith has said ⬇️
Donald Trump would have been convicted if he’d lost, say Jan 6 prosecutors
Special counsel Jack Smith explains decision to pursue case on election subversion and the storming of the Capitol
www.thetimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🔺 JUST IN: Donald Trump would have been convicted at trial for attempts to overturn the 2020 election if he had not been re-elected, a report by the special counsel Jack Smith has said ⬇️