J.R. McGrail
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court puts Trump plan to dismantle Education Department back on track, allows layoffs of nearly 1,400 employees.
July 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court puts Trump plan to dismantle Education Department back on track, allows layoffs of nearly 1,400 employees.
Supreme Court requires a quorum of six justices to conduct official business. Dems one Justice away from not showing up and grinding the whole thing to a halt.
July 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Supreme Court requires a quorum of six justices to conduct official business. Dems one Justice away from not showing up and grinding the whole thing to a halt.
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Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
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They called him "El Hombre” — he moved cocaine by the ton. Last year, Columbian officers nabbed him after U.S. law enforcement taught them advanced skills on tracking fugitives. Now that program is shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Trump’s aid freeze hampers anti-narcotics programs in Latin America
The U.S. aid freeze has upended anti-narcotics efforts in Latin America, with programs in Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador affected.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They called him "El Hombre” — he moved cocaine by the ton. Last year, Columbian officers nabbed him after U.S. law enforcement taught them advanced skills on tracking fugitives. Now that program is shut down.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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I’m gonna scream
"There are actually questions about whether a verbal order carries the same weight as a written order" -- Leavitt on court orders and Trump's compliance (or lack thereof) with them
March 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m gonna scream
How long before Musk's Tesla forced to sell gas guzzling internal combustion versions of its cars to appeal to MAGA?
March 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How long before Musk's Tesla forced to sell gas guzzling internal combustion versions of its cars to appeal to MAGA?
How long before Musk's Tesla forced to sell gas guzzling internal combustion versions of its cars to appeal to MAGA idiots?
March 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How long before Musk's Tesla forced to sell gas guzzling internal combustion versions of its cars to appeal to MAGA idiots?
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need you to constantly remind yourself that the average normal person has no idea that any of the stuff we are rightly getting upset about is going on. they dont know. and we need to do everything we individually can to make them know.
March 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
need you to constantly remind yourself that the average normal person has no idea that any of the stuff we are rightly getting upset about is going on. they dont know. and we need to do everything we individually can to make them know.
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Was it Mr. Lutnick—the Baghdad Bob of trade negotiations for the United States—who said that Canada wasn’t showing that we were grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Was it Mr. Lutnick—the Baghdad Bob of trade negotiations for the United States—who said that Canada wasn’t showing that we were grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
Are you kidding me? You’ve threatened our nation, and now you’re saying we’re not being grateful?
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We used to laugh out aloud at shit like this.
March 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We used to laugh out aloud at shit like this.
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In the words of Christiane Amanpour, “Never in the history of modern diplomacy — war, peace whatever — have I ever, ever, ever seen anything like it.”
Trump is seriously out of his mind.
deadline.com/2025/02/trum...
Trump is seriously out of his mind.
deadline.com/2025/02/trum...
Donald Trump Cancels Press Conference With Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky After Oval Office Shouting Match — Update
The exchange took place in the Oval Office.
deadline.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In the words of Christiane Amanpour, “Never in the history of modern diplomacy — war, peace whatever — have I ever, ever, ever seen anything like it.”
Trump is seriously out of his mind.
deadline.com/2025/02/trum...
Trump is seriously out of his mind.
deadline.com/2025/02/trum...
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The mistake is to think Zelensky could have salvaged this. Trump admin just doesn’t want to support Ukraine. Period. There was also never going to be a peace agreement. That’s been clear but everyone has been pretending otherwise. There can be no confusion now.
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The mistake is to think Zelensky could have salvaged this. Trump admin just doesn’t want to support Ukraine. Period. There was also never going to be a peace agreement. That’s been clear but everyone has been pretending otherwise. There can be no confusion now.
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No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
February 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.
America today reminds me ten-year-old me's question "Weren't there any good Germans?"
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
America today reminds me ten-year-old me's question "Weren't there any good Germans?"
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This is egregious corruption and self-dealing wapo.st/3DbAep6
FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say
Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is egregious corruption and self-dealing wapo.st/3DbAep6
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‼️ Zelensky has just finished speaking with Macron and is now speaking with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, — Financial Times
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
‼️ Zelensky has just finished speaking with Macron and is now speaking with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, — Financial Times
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Assumed this was the onion, but, no.
The Trump administration's new FBI director, Kash Patel, told officials he wants to bring in Ultimate Fighting Championship trainers to teach agents martial arts.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
February 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Assumed this was the onion, but, no.
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More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.
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Viva Zelensky! Slava Ukraini!!
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Viva Zelensky! Slava Ukraini!!
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
Fly directly to London and Paris. Freeze Trump out of his Nobel Peace prize.
🚫 President Zelensky’s office has informed the Hudson Institute that he will not be speaking today at 4:00 p.m. as scheduled.
February 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Fly directly to London and Paris. Freeze Trump out of his Nobel Peace prize.
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The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
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January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
static.politico.com/b3/3e/5baf92...
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FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
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FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
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January 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
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It's super important to remember that the U.S. public specifically still has a huge lever for dealing with Elon Musk: not buying Teslas. EU and China have little upside or margin for Tesla, so if U.S. demand drops materially it will hit hard. A big drop could get the Muskworld dominoes tottering
December 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
It's super important to remember that the U.S. public specifically still has a huge lever for dealing with Elon Musk: not buying Teslas. EU and China have little upside or margin for Tesla, so if U.S. demand drops materially it will hit hard. A big drop could get the Muskworld dominoes tottering