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BREAKING: The Supreme Court reverses a lower court order and allows Trump to proceed with slashing the federal workforce through mass firings as part of his continued effort to transform the executive branch.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
SCOTUS Allows Trump To Continue Gutting Federal Government With Mass Layoffs
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court reverses a lower court order and allows Trump to proceed with slashing the federal workforce through mass firings as part of his continued effort to transform the executive branch.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
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Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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Ah yes, I remember all those boisterous 2024 campaign events where Trump and all the Trump Republicans rallied crowds and voters with their inspiring pledges to destroy storm tracking and weather forecasting in America!
USA! USA!
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
USA! USA!
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Pentagon will no longer share satellite data that tracks hurricanes overnight
Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting rapid intensification of storms.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ah yes, I remember all those boisterous 2024 campaign events where Trump and all the Trump Republicans rallied crowds and voters with their inspiring pledges to destroy storm tracking and weather forecasting in America!
USA! USA!
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
USA! USA!
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I worked at Planned Parenthood.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
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“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
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Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?
The paperwork trap: A sneaky way to cut Medicaid in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill'?
Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?
n.pr
June 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?
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The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
June 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The best way to reduce the cost of Medicaid is to name and shame big employers that pay their full time employees so little, they qualify for Medicaid
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NEW: DHS is now requesting 72 hours’ notice before members of Congress tour ICE facilities, despite federal law permitting unannounced visits. The change follows claims of inhumane conditions at ICE detention centers and Democrats' vows to investigate.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
ICE Limiting Lawmaker Access to Facilities Amid Allegations of ‘Inhumane’ Conditions
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW: DHS is now requesting 72 hours’ notice before members of Congress tour ICE facilities, despite federal law permitting unannounced visits. The change follows claims of inhumane conditions at ICE detention centers and Democrats' vows to investigate.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
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What a happy day!! 🎉🎉 ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
What a happy day!! 🎉🎉 ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
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Why is the hearing so far away? Recount all the votes cuz we know the election was rigged. Taco n his South Africkan side kick said it several times! #arresttrump
June 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Why is the hearing so far away? Recount all the votes cuz we know the election was rigged. Taco n his South Africkan side kick said it several times! #arresttrump
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Fascism breeds brownshirtism ... like clockwork. Stay safe out there, and God rest the souls of those poor victims, and deepest condolences to their families.
law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.
June 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fascism breeds brownshirtism ... like clockwork. Stay safe out there, and God rest the souls of those poor victims, and deepest condolences to their families.
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3.2 million and counting, we see you, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Indiana! Incredible turnout, amazing job showing up! Side note: 10 MAGA agitators have been arrested. Thank you to everyone helping us track them down.
June 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
3.2 million and counting, we see you, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Indiana! Incredible turnout, amazing job showing up! Side note: 10 MAGA agitators have been arrested. Thank you to everyone helping us track them down.
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Everything Scott Bessent said today was wrong. Our GDP growth has slowed, job numbers are down, and the big beautiful bill will raise the deficit by trillions. We are worse off today than we were last year, and while Bessent says it’s a distraction, Americans don’t just see—they feel—the truth.
June 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Everything Scott Bessent said today was wrong. Our GDP growth has slowed, job numbers are down, and the big beautiful bill will raise the deficit by trillions. We are worse off today than we were last year, and while Bessent says it’s a distraction, Americans don’t just see—they feel—the truth.
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"While the trade war with China failed to create jobs at home, it did boost employment in Brazil. ... Policymakers in third countries should be aware not only of the risks of global fragmentation, but also of the opportunities it can create."
#econsky #tradewars #Brazil
@emanuelornelas.bsky.social
#econsky #tradewars #Brazil
@emanuelornelas.bsky.social
The US-China trade war created jobs (elsewhere)
In June 2016, Donald Trump justified the protectionist policies during his first administration as “the quickest way to bring our jobs back to our country”. This column shows that while the trade war with China failed to create jobs at home, it did boost employment in Brazil. Regions in the country specialised in industries targeted by China’s trade policy towards the US experiencing a relative increase in formal employment and wage bills between 2016 and 2021. With tensions between major economies rising, policymakers in third countries should be aware not only of the risks of global fragmentation, but also of the opportunities it can create.
cepr.org
June 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"While the trade war with China failed to create jobs at home, it did boost employment in Brazil. ... Policymakers in third countries should be aware not only of the risks of global fragmentation, but also of the opportunities it can create."
#econsky #tradewars #Brazil
@emanuelornelas.bsky.social
#econsky #tradewars #Brazil
@emanuelornelas.bsky.social
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Read our full Broken Promises series with @opb.org here:
Broken Promises
Before building dams on the Columbia River, the U.S. guaranteed the tribes of the Pacific Northwest salmon forever. But the system it created to prevent the extinction of salmon has failed, and a way ...
www.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Read our full Broken Promises series with @opb.org here:
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“As a veteran my oath was to uphold the constitution,” he said. “That’s what I’m here to do...
"If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. You need to come out. A silent voice is just as bad as no voice at all.”
www.wave3.com/2025/06/10/t...
"If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. You need to come out. A silent voice is just as bad as no voice at all.”
www.wave3.com/2025/06/10/t...
‘They belong here’: Demonstrators in Louisville voice frustrations with I.C.E.
Signs read “Abolish I.C.E.,” “NO I.C.E.,” and “Louisville stands against I.C.E.,” just to list a few.
www.wave3.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“As a veteran my oath was to uphold the constitution,” he said. “That’s what I’m here to do...
"If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. You need to come out. A silent voice is just as bad as no voice at all.”
www.wave3.com/2025/06/10/t...
"If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. You need to come out. A silent voice is just as bad as no voice at all.”
www.wave3.com/2025/06/10/t...
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""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..."
www.wnep.com/article/news...
www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
www.wnep.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..."
www.wnep.com/article/news...
www.wnep.com/article/news...
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President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Trump upends historic Columbia River Basin agreement, bringing uncertainty to salmon recovery efforts
President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
www.opb.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
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Watched several dozen brave souls rush through the barricades to occupy the steps of the Capitol building. They are being arrested, as they knew they would be. I’ve rarely seen such courage and commitment. They served this country well today.
#GetTheMilitaryOffOurStreets #BenefitsNotBullshit
#GetTheMilitaryOffOurStreets #BenefitsNotBullshit
June 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Watched several dozen brave souls rush through the barricades to occupy the steps of the Capitol building. They are being arrested, as they knew they would be. I’ve rarely seen such courage and commitment. They served this country well today.
#GetTheMilitaryOffOurStreets #BenefitsNotBullshit
#GetTheMilitaryOffOurStreets #BenefitsNotBullshit
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U.S. taxpayers paid 40% of Israel’s entire military spending that year—so regardless of whether or when U.S. officials knew of, or approved of Israel’s attack on Iran, there is no question that U.S. support still made it possible.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...
One Certainty About Israel’s Attack on Iran? We in the US Must Try to Stop It | Common Dreams
Whatever the president or the secretary of state or any other official says or refuses to say, Washington is supplying the weapons and preventing accountability for Israel’s wars.
www.commondreams.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
U.S. taxpayers paid 40% of Israel’s entire military spending that year—so regardless of whether or when U.S. officials knew of, or approved of Israel’s attack on Iran, there is no question that U.S. support still made it possible.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/stop...
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Occupy the Capitol. Veterans for Peace and About Face say #GetTheMilitaryOffOurStreets #BenefitsNotBullshit
June 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Occupy the Capitol. Veterans for Peace and About Face say #GetTheMilitaryOffOurStreets #BenefitsNotBullshit
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“The president cannot circumvent congressional war powers and unilaterally send U.S. troops to war with Iran,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. “The American people do not want another endless war in the Middle East that will cost lives and tear their families apart.”
Tlaib Warns Trump Against Violating Constitution to Join Israel’s War on Iran
“The American people do not want another endless war in the Middle East,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
buff.ly
June 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
“The president cannot circumvent congressional war powers and unilaterally send U.S. troops to war with Iran,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. “The American people do not want another endless war in the Middle East that will cost lives and tear their families apart.”