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maddow.bsky.social
"46% of Head Start funding goes to rural areas, often in places without any other child care option..."

www.axios.com/2025/04/16/h...
Advocates worry over possible cuts to Head Start
The decades-old federal program provides childcare, nutrition assistance and other services to the nation's poorest families.
www.axios.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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davidfrum.bsky.social
The United States sent possibly innocent men to a foreign prison without a hearing ... and put a convicted felon who led a violent coup against the Constitution in the White House.
April 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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swgeneralmills.bsky.social
Elon's "efficiency" is a complete and total SCAM.
April 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"In addition to the check delays, Mayes said her office has received complaints about other Social Security disruptions..."

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April 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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joyannreid.bsky.social
Donald Trump is so full of it ... he chickened out on the tariffs just like he's now pretending he always meant that Congress was in charge of doge.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 6
Tons of fucking chaos for nothing. Art of the deal, baby!
New York Times: The White House has released President Trump's executive order on Canada and Mexico and the language makes clear that he is suspending the tariffs - not pausing them. The order effectively abandons tariffs on goods that are covered by the trade pact Trump signed into law in his first term.
March 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
Dellinger leads the agency that “investigates whistleblower retaliation and enforces ethics laws like the Hatch Act. It is not related to the similarly named special counsel offices within the Justice Department that prosecute politically sensitive criminal cases.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judge temporarily reinstates fired ethics watchdog
Hampton Dellinger filed a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump illegally dismissed him last week.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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charliesavage.bsky.social
Senator Richard Durbin says he has info from "multiple sources" & meeting notes indicating that Kash Patel has secretly helped direct the FBI purge (via Stephen Miller to Emil Bove), and asked for an IG investigation. Says if true, Patel may have perjured himself. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Senator Accuses Kash Patel of Covertly Directing F.B.I. Dismissals
A top Democrat demanded an investigation and suggested that the nominee, Kash Patel, may have lied under oath, citing what he described as multiple sources.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Rep. Riley Moore says Republicans are looking to pay for more tax cuts with cuts to mandatory spending -- that is, Social Security and Medicare
February 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Wait, I thought Trump could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.
February 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Having sidelines law enforcement, Musk is unchecked. His whim has taken on the force of law within the federal government. Only the courts stand in his way. And so far, they are holding. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
Elon Musk Hollows Government So Trump Can Refill It
From Marc | In more than 30 lawsuits filed against the new administration, the government has not won one on the merits.
www.democracydocket.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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jwherrman.bsky.social
Elon Musk's government rampage is also a massive bailout happening in plain sight: For X, for Tesla, for xAI, for the man himself nymag.com/intelligence...
But a little help certainly wouldn't hurt, and it's what Musk's attachment to Trump - not to mention a perception that he is operating with authority and impunity - is starting to deliver. Behind the scenes, it's informing the price of his company's debt. Last August, the Wall Street Journal reported that the $13 billion borrowed for Musk's acquisition was "the worst merger-finance deal for banks since the 2008-09 financial crisis." In late January, the Journal reported that banks are hoping to offload $3 billion of senior loans - the safest ones, in other words — at "90-95 cents on the dollar," which obviously isn't ideal but could be a lot worse. "Musk's recent rise in power and alliance with President Trump," the Journal suggests, "have seemed to help change the narrative around X's fortunes." Similarly, several advertisers that fled the platform - which, again, is not just full of stuff that's objectively touchy for big cautious consumer brands who have millions of customers who are Not So Sure About All This, but also run by a guy who told them to fuck themselves after they left - are coming back. Some, like Apple and Amazon, are doing so out of what appears to be political expediency, a sort of shadow president equivalent of throwing a million-dollar token into Trump's inauguration slush fund. Others, however, might suddenly be taking Musk's longshot lawsuit against former advertisers claiming an illegal boycott - amended to include Nestle, Tyson Foods, Shell, and others over the weekend! - a little more seriously than they did a few months ago. Providing coding assistance is one of the few early ways Al firms have figured out how to make real money, and they also invest a lot in acquiring or licensing non-public training data. Musk owns xAI, an OpenAI competitor that is mingled with X in the form of Grok. It's raised a bunch of money, hired a bunch of talent, and made big steps to catch up with its more established competitors, including OpenAI, which Musk co-founded, split from, and has since been antagonizing. Every big AI company is hungry for data and losing money; even within that context, xAI has a lot of catching up to do, especially now that OpenAI is getting its first government contracts. You know what might help with all that? A vague, broad push in Al across the federal government spearheaded by people who have worked at Musk's companies. Or maybe a right of first refusal for a wider range of tech and software contracts across agencies? Petabytes of government-sourced training data would be a bonus.
February 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
February 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
This is EXACTLY what happened in December in the standoff over the funding bill. It’s because Musk is far far vigorous and wily and potent than Trump is.
proptermalone.bsky.social post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · Feb 6
something that stands out for me at the almost-2.5-week mark is that Musk priorities are actually happening and Trump priorities are not.
February 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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democracydocket.com
Wondering what states have the most active voting rights lawsuits?

1. Georgia (22)
2. Pennsylvania (21)
3. North Carolina (18)

Democracy is on the docket. Stay updated by checking out our litigation database.
Court Cases
Learn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on.
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February 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ctra26.bsky.social
a poster that says celebrating black history month on it
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February 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Tomorrow morning Democracy Docket premium members will receive my weekly tip-sheet. This week, how the legal profession needs to step forward to fight against Trump’s great replacement.

Join now for $10/mo to receive straight to your inbox. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
February 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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indivisible.org Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Feb 3
TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
This is the moment we’ve always been headed towards. If the President refuses to follow a court’s order we are in deep crisis. The GOP has courted this disaster.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Feb 3
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.

Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
ctra26.bsky.social
a group of people sitting in front of a blue background that says happy black history month
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February 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ctra26.bsky.social
a poster for african americans and labor with a fist in the middle
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February 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years: cnn.it/4aGX4kU
He’s the first Black American to compose a full opera. It’s finally being staged after 138 years. | CNN
For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled with a collective sense the audience was about to witness history.
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February 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
This would be a good time for all the Republican Senators, Representatives, Governors, State AGs, and Judges I've heard say how pro-law enforcement they are during the course of my career to speak up.
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
This is such a terrible headline, I hesitated to share because I don't know what to say other than legacy media is broken. Games and puzzles have replaced fearless journalism.

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February 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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elienyc.bsky.social
It was so much simpler for Trump and his people when they could put all these documents on a pyre.
jessicavalenti.bsky.social Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Feb 1
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

I'm trying to save them.

You can find the deleted docs at cdcguidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.
Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin
The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.
CDCGuidelines.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Speaker Johnson doesn’t want us to see what’s in that House Ethics report on Matt Gaetz.

Does he not know about the Streisand Effect?!
November 15, 2024 at 9:20 PM