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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The Trump administration will withhold more than $65 million in federal grants from magnet schools in three large school districts, it said, after they refused to overhaul their policies regarding transgender and nonbinary students or to change their DEI programs.
3 School Districts to Lose $65 Million Over Gender and D.E.I. Policies
The federal Education Department accused New York, Chicago and Fairfax, Va., of discrimination and said it would pull federal funds from their magnet schools.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Health officials are investigating whether the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya is circulating in New York after a woman tested positive on Long Island in a preliminary screening. The last time the debilitating disease was known to have been transmitted locally in the U.S. was about a decade ago.
Mosquito-Borne Illness Rarely Seen in U.S. Is Suspected on Long Island
Chikungunya, which is endemic in parts of South America, Africa and Asia, may be the cause of a woman’s illness.
nyti.ms
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Make Sure Everyone Knows 😊💙

HOLY S**T look at this: Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott just quietly disclosed stock trades a year late – worth $26 MILLION – on companies HE LEGISLATED. 😳 This is corrupt to its core, and he's hoping no one will notice. You know what to do.
August 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.

PERFECT for skateboarding! 😇
May 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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A few weeks ago, chemical lobbyists asked the Trump administration to shut down an EPA website showing the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities.

The EPA just took it down.
The Government’s Chemical Disaster Tracking Tool Just Went Dark
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.
www.levernews.com
April 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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The U.S. has spent $40 million to jail about 400 migrants at Guantanamo Bay

Early costs of the enterprise emerged over the weekend along with a statement from five senators who toured the base Friday and urged the Trump administration to “immediately cease this misguided mission.”
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
The disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by five senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This is 100% a Make the Confederacy Great Again EO. It's all abt resurrecting the statues of the generals who committed treason to join the Confederacy. I almost admire the word play audacity in the service of evil in their use of the phrase "false reconstruction" to describe their goal.
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers.
Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers
It’s the latest effort in his drive to disempower the federal bureaucracy.
www.politico.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The latest crazy just proves what we all know. They are discussing everything on Signal to avoid any discovery or FOIA or archival laws. So illegal but here we are.
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms.

This is it.

This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks
The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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"Which channels a private company chooses to carry is not part of the regulatory agency’s mandate.... And yet Carr concluded his letter by ordering YouTube executives to contact his office so that they can come in for 'a briefing'...”

www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
Trump’s Media Pit Bull Is “Off the Leash”
FCC chair Brendan Carr has already inspired widespread fear (and loathing) among media elites and free press advocates. And he’s only been in the job for two months.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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FRIGGIN' WILD: In email obtained by TPM, White House claims that the Appointments Clause of the US constitution conflicts with Trump's "inherent authority" ...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate  talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate
The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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White House, via GSA, announces plans to sell off most of the central buildings which constitute the HQs of the American republic, including FBI HQs, HQs of DOJ, HHS, Dept of Labor and many others. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/looti...
Looting Watch
In case you didn’t hear the GSA today announced it’s going to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that featured sewage and an effort by one of the nation’s greenest cities to take on the Environmental Protection Agency.
Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
The justices found the EPA cannot impose generic prohibitions against violating water quality standards.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A list of newly-emptied federal buildings being sold off, including the Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn, Md. As promised in Project 2025, we can kiss social security goodbye.

www.gsa.gov/real-estate/...
Non-core property list
Learn about our lease cost avoidance plan and its successes.
www.gsa.gov
March 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Today, a reporter from the Russian state news agency TASS gained unauthorized access to the Oval Office. How does one gain unauthorized access to the Oval Office? Meanwhile, AP and Reuters were blocked.
February 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office for President Trump’s sit-down with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters were barred from the high-level meeting.
A Russian state media reporter gained entry to the Oval Office for Trump-Zelensky sit-down | CNN Business
A member of Russia’s state-owned news agency gained access to the Oval Office on Friday to cover President Trump’s sit-down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – even as the AP and Reuters wer...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:50 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
Huge layoffs at NOAA - the folks who keep us safe from hurricanes, floods, blizzards, and tornadoes.

apnews.com/article/nati... Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Those rumors that the Trump/Elon superfan running the Social Security Admin will announce cutting 50% of the staff are apparently true. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/50-cu...
50% Cuts at Social Security Administration, According to TAP
I’ve spent the last 24 hours trying to confirm or refute pervasive...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM