Three years in. Ukraine stands strong.

Slava Ukraini.

The speech Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems should have given the day after Trump's inauguration.

quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/i-wrote-th...

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.

Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.

Funny how that works, huh?

Sources: late on Friday night DOGE staffers gained access to all of the CFPB's data systems, which hold confidential info potentially pertaining to X's rivals (Bloomberg)

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USAID 2023, $72B:

27% Economic Development
22% Humanitarian
22% Health
14% Peace and Security
4% Multi-sector
4% Program support
3% Democracy
2% Education
2% Environment

In 2023 it was 1.7% of the Federal Budget, 40% of all global humanitarian aid

This is the most comprehensive list of elections for this coming week that I've seen anywhere, and I had NO idea about most of them.

States: OK, WA, KS, DE, MN, LA, GA, NE and NY

Thanks to @ariellaelm.bsky.social for compiling.

Have a look:

ariellaelm.substack.com/p/election-d...

As they try to erase our progress, this is an invaluable resource.

Reality and perception don’t always match. Question is, as things get worse, can we get more moderates to shift their perception?