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NEW: Nice Democracy you have here…

The Trump Admin has a pressure campaign to help Elon Musk’s biz.

In Gambia, officials got a veiled threat of losing U.S. govt funding.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
May 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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The two intelligence officials were fired because of their opposition to the president, Gabbard’s office said, without offering examples.

“The director is working alongside President Trump to end the weaponization and politicization of the intelligence community,” the office said.
Gabbard fires 2 top intelligence officials, changes who preps Trump's daily brief
The firings, which were first reported by Fox News Digital, follow the release of a declassified memo from the National Intelligence Council that found no coordination between Venezuela's government…
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May 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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The Supreme Court on Thursday weighed whether to allow President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship to temporarily take effect in most of the country, even if they might ultimately be found to violate the Constitution. to.pbs.org/4kkrdtI
LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court is weighing whether to allow President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship to temporarily take effect in most of the country, even if they might ultimately be found...
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May 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Elon Musk has said he wants to "delete" the CFPB. One of his employees is working to do just that -- pulling double duty as a DOGE employee involved in efforts to unwind the consumer watchdog. @propublica.org's Jake Pearson has the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
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May 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Renewables were 92% of new power added in 2024. Low carbon sources now accounts for 41% of worldwide electricity.

Though, I can’t help but look at this graph and think about how much better it would look if we weren’t retiring nuclear plants so much faster than we’re building them.
April 21, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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I’d like to have a word with the people at the Voter Protection Project who are alienating voters by paying for obviously manipulative texts that no one signed up for because they have given their consultants the singular metric of “number of dollars raised per text message sent.”
April 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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a book review full of hopium.
March 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so.

As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in…
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March 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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NEW: A seventh voting House Republican has signed on to co-sponsor a resolution that Congress "should take all appropriate measures" to make sure the USPS remains an independent government agency and "not subject to privatization" — Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
March 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM