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USAID workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington to collect personal belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump's administration said it was cutting more than 90% of the agency's aid contracts reut.rs/4bjNLHL
USAID workers say goodbye to headquarters as Trump drastically cuts foreign aid
U.S. Agency for International Development workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington on Thursday to collect their personal belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump's administration said it was cutting more than 90% of the agency's aid contracts.
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February 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
USAID workers were allowed to briefly reenter the headquarters in Washington to collect personal belongings and clear out their desks, a day after President Donald Trump's administration said it was cutting more than 90% of the agency's aid contracts reut.rs/4bjNLHL
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A crowd representing a grateful nation applauding as USAID workers walk out for the last time after emptying their offices.
February 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A crowd representing a grateful nation applauding as USAID workers walk out for the last time after emptying their offices.
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Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."
February 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wyden: "Nobody should lose sight of what happened this morning. Trump endorsed the House budget resolution. This resolution mandates that $880b in cuts come from the House Energy & Commerce Committee ... there is no plausible way to hit that target without hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid."
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This is a private company taking over a federal agency, with no authority to do so. Why does anyone think their rights are being protected? “Two top security officials at the independent agency were removed after they refused access to” Musk employees. This is gone past “unprecedented.”
February 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is a private company taking over a federal agency, with no authority to do so. Why does anyone think their rights are being protected? “Two top security officials at the independent agency were removed after they refused access to” Musk employees. This is gone past “unprecedented.”
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This is the kind of action I’ve been looking for!
Members of Congress going into the US Agency for International Development!
February 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is the kind of action I’ve been looking for!
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🚨BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS Trump spending freeze. A big victory for @democracyforward.bsky.social and their clients. Also a win for democracy and the rule of law.
Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
www.democracydocket.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal judge BLOCKS Trump spending freeze. A big victory for @democracyforward.bsky.social and their clients. Also a win for democracy and the rule of law.
Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.
www.democracydocket.com
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Remember this day.
The last full day with a Democratic President.
We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺
The last full day with a Democratic President.
We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺
January 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Remember this day.
The last full day with a Democratic President.
We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺
The last full day with a Democratic President.
We don’t know when or if we’ll ever live another day like this. 🥺
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New: Airbnb Billionaire, Who Backed Kamala Harris, Says He Actually Voted For Trump
Joe Gebbia, who has supported Democrats for years, now insists he’s all in on MAGA and RFK, Jr. in the latest Democratic megadonor defection.
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
Joe Gebbia, who has supported Democrats for years, now insists he’s all in on MAGA and RFK, Jr. in the latest Democratic megadonor defection.
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
Airbnb Billionaire, Who Backed Kamala Harris, Says He Actually Voted For Trump
Once a supporter of Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris, Joe Gebbia insists he’s now all in on MAGA and RFK, Jr.
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New: Airbnb Billionaire, Who Backed Kamala Harris, Says He Actually Voted For Trump
Joe Gebbia, who has supported Democrats for years, now insists he’s all in on MAGA and RFK, Jr. in the latest Democratic megadonor defection.
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
Joe Gebbia, who has supported Democrats for years, now insists he’s all in on MAGA and RFK, Jr. in the latest Democratic megadonor defection.
www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...
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Guys, the @nytimes.com published this just a few months ago.
January 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Guys, the @nytimes.com published this just a few months ago.
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How is that a publication like Rolling Stone gets it right when so many other news orgs are failing at real journalism & keeping it real—and so damn obvious about it?
December 26, 2024 at 4:42 PM
How is that a publication like Rolling Stone gets it right when so many other news orgs are failing at real journalism & keeping it real—and so damn obvious about it?
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While Dems focus on whether Harris' loss was b/c she was too far right or left, we've ignored Russia's successful election interference by bomb threats in swing states. If we do nothing, we should expect the threats/violence to escalate in future elections.
www.publicnotice.co/p/election-2...
www.publicnotice.co/p/election-2...
We can't memory hole the Election Day bomb threats
Healthy democracies don't normalize this stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 26, 2024 at 4:45 PM
While Dems focus on whether Harris' loss was b/c she was too far right or left, we've ignored Russia's successful election interference by bomb threats in swing states. If we do nothing, we should expect the threats/violence to escalate in future elections.
www.publicnotice.co/p/election-2...
www.publicnotice.co/p/election-2...
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The U.S. Senate confirmed President Biden's 235th judicial nominee last week, surpassing the total number of judges confirmed during the first Trump administration.
Senate Confirmed Biden's 235th Judge, Surpassing Trump's First-Term Total
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Biden's 235th judicial nominee last week, surpassing the total number of judges confirmed during the first Trump administration.
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Funding cut after Musk attacked an agency designed to track disinformation from China and Russia.
December 26, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Funding cut after Musk attacked an agency designed to track disinformation from China and Russia.
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“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us…”
winstonchurchill.org/resources/sp...
winstonchurchill.org/resources/sp...
Christmas Message 1941
24 December 1941 Washington, D.C.Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, Churchill went to Washington with his chiefs of staff to meet President Roosevelt and the […]
winstonchurchill.org
December 25, 2024 at 1:19 PM
“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us…”
winstonchurchill.org/resources/sp...
winstonchurchill.org/resources/sp...
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Oh, honey . . . there is *nothing* shocking about any of this.
December 25, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Oh, honey . . . there is *nothing* shocking about any of this.
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MEMPHIS’ Rep. Cohen, polio survivor: “If RFK Jr. is successful in rolling back the polio vaccine’s approval, potentially millions will suffer and many will die… taking a proven medical protocol and using children as human guinea pigs is unconscionable.” www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinio...
December 25, 2024 at 1:35 AM
MEMPHIS’ Rep. Cohen, polio survivor: “If RFK Jr. is successful in rolling back the polio vaccine’s approval, potentially millions will suffer and many will die… taking a proven medical protocol and using children as human guinea pigs is unconscionable.” www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinio...
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There is nothing they wouldn't use to grift.
Trump transition team planning interfaith prayer service day before his inauguration, where participants can worship alongside Trump & Melania.
Tickets to the service will be awarded only to those who donate $100k to Trump’s inaugural ceremonies, or raise $200k religionnews.com/2024/12/23/a...
Tickets to the service will be awarded only to those who donate $100k to Trump’s inaugural ceremonies, or raise $200k religionnews.com/2024/12/23/a...
At Trump’s inauguration, reports of a pay-to-pray
(RNS) — According to a report, you can pray with Trump and Melania. It'll only cost you $100,000.
religionnews.com
December 25, 2024 at 4:56 AM
There is nothing they wouldn't use to grift.
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Maria Corina Machado is in hiding. Although her movement won the election, Venezuela's dictatorial president has not left office. Still, she told me, she's an optimist:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Maria Corina Machado is in hiding. Although her movement won the election, Venezuela's dictatorial president has not left office. Still, she told me, she's an optimist:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Kamala Harris would have raised taxes on Americans earning more than $400k per year and cut taxes for everyone else.
Donald Trump will raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400k per year and cut taxes for everyone else.
See the difference?
Donald Trump will raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400k per year and cut taxes for everyone else.
See the difference?
December 23, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Kamala Harris would have raised taxes on Americans earning more than $400k per year and cut taxes for everyone else.
Donald Trump will raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400k per year and cut taxes for everyone else.
See the difference?
Donald Trump will raise taxes on Americans earning less than $400k per year and cut taxes for everyone else.
See the difference?
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So we not only have a king, we now have a prime minister? Just as the founders envisioned! </sarcasm>
GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales: "It feels like Elon Musk is our Prime Minister ... a large part of that voice is a reflection of the voice of the people."
December 22, 2024 at 11:42 PM
So we not only have a king, we now have a prime minister? Just as the founders envisioned! </sarcasm>
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Germans expected the Christmas market terrorist to be an Islamic extremist—he turned out to be a psychotherapist with strong Islamophobic, anti-immigrant views, despite being an immigrant himself.
He’s also voiced support for the far-right, neo-Nazi AfD party—just like Elon Musk did a few days ago.
He’s also voiced support for the far-right, neo-Nazi AfD party—just like Elon Musk did a few days ago.
December 23, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Germans expected the Christmas market terrorist to be an Islamic extremist—he turned out to be a psychotherapist with strong Islamophobic, anti-immigrant views, despite being an immigrant himself.
He’s also voiced support for the far-right, neo-Nazi AfD party—just like Elon Musk did a few days ago.
He’s also voiced support for the far-right, neo-Nazi AfD party—just like Elon Musk did a few days ago.
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No one in this country voted for a Prime Minister.
On Sunday talk-show, GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales said:
“It's kind of interesting, we have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like Elon Musk is our prime minister”
“It's kind of interesting, we have a president, we have a vice president, we have a speaker. It feels like Elon Musk is our prime minister”
December 23, 2024 at 10:01 AM
No one in this country voted for a Prime Minister.
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When people focus on Trump's targeting of Liz Cheney, remember that for every high profile affluent target like Cheney, there are hundreds of people like the Haitians in Springfield. And that's even before he boots their immigration status.
December 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM
When people focus on Trump's targeting of Liz Cheney, remember that for every high profile affluent target like Cheney, there are hundreds of people like the Haitians in Springfield. And that's even before he boots their immigration status.