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Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land confiscations
Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land confiscations
Government of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is ‘treating certain classes of people very badly’, Trump claims as he demands ‘full investigation’ of situation
US President Donald Trump has asserted South Africa is “confiscating” land and…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Trump says he is cutting off funding to South Africa over land confiscations
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Keep your eye out for this
February 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Keep your eye out for this
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Kash Patel helped keep the QAnon movement alive on Truth Social, interacting with Q accounts, appearing on QAnon podcasts, and signing his children’s books with a QAnon catchphrase.
Kash Patel Says He Never Promoted QAnon. Here Are All The Times He Did
Kash Patel helped keep the QAnon movement alive on Truth Social, interacting with Q accounts, appearing on QAnon podcasts, and signing his children’s books with a QAnon catchphrase.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Kash Patel helped keep the QAnon movement alive on Truth Social, interacting with Q accounts, appearing on QAnon podcasts, and signing his children’s books with a QAnon catchphrase.
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The Trump admin cannot claim to be pro-worker while attacking the NLRB & illegally firing a pro worker board member (Wilcox) who had a fixed term. Musk makes no secret of his disdain 4 the NLRB. US workers need the agency to protect them,NOT Musk & other billionaires www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump fires US labor board member, hobbling agency amid legal battles
President Donald Trump has removed a Democratic member of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board from office, an unprecedented move that will escalate an ongoing legal battle over the scope of the president's powers to control federal agencies.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Trump admin cannot claim to be pro-worker while attacking the NLRB & illegally firing a pro worker board member (Wilcox) who had a fixed term. Musk makes no secret of his disdain 4 the NLRB. US workers need the agency to protect them,NOT Musk & other billionaires www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Corruption is the most important story in the world, part 188
These are not “settlements” they are “bribes” and should be described accurately. The reporting even explains that CBS executives believe this payment will help avert Trump blocking their merger. Thats a bribe. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
Paramount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Corruption is the most important story in the world, part 188
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Scoop: A recent HIGH SCHOOL GRAD, among other Elon Musk groupies, is conducting 1-1 meetings with civil servants at a major gov’t agency to review their code and other “wins.”
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Government Tech Workers Forced to Defend Projects to Random Elon Musk Bros
A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos at a major government agency.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Scoop: A recent HIGH SCHOOL GRAD, among other Elon Musk groupies, is conducting 1-1 meetings with civil servants at a major gov’t agency to review their code and other “wins.”
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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All this talk of Trump ordering California to turn on the water is B.S.
Here are some FACTS on water in California
Here are some FACTS on water in California
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
All this talk of Trump ordering California to turn on the water is B.S.
Here are some FACTS on water in California
Here are some FACTS on water in California
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I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.
January 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.
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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Grimm reading, but required context: Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
www.theguardian.com/...
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Grimm reading, but required context: Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
www.theguardian.com/...
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How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa
Grimm reading, but required context: Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
www.theguardian.com/...
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Grimm reading, but required context: Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
www.theguardian.com/...
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Under Paul Dans, Project 2025 assembled a database of more than 10,000 Trump loyalist job candidates ready to place into federal agencies. It's a ready-use toolkit to create a second Trump administration that would be more MAGA than his first.
(Published Aug. 2024)
(Published Aug. 2024)
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans
As Donald Trump tried to disavow the politically toxic project, its director, Paul Dans, stepped down. But the plans and massive staffing database that he prepared — to replace thousands of members…
propub.li
January 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Under Paul Dans, Project 2025 assembled a database of more than 10,000 Trump loyalist job candidates ready to place into federal agencies. It's a ready-use toolkit to create a second Trump administration that would be more MAGA than his first.
(Published Aug. 2024)
(Published Aug. 2024)
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Trump issued a memorandum invalidating government labor contracts finalized in the 30 days before his presidential inauguration. This action is not legal and will not hold up in court.
February 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trump issued a memorandum invalidating government labor contracts finalized in the 30 days before his presidential inauguration. This action is not legal and will not hold up in court.
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Follow the money!
Trump’s social media startup gifted >$800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI, & Linda McMahon, his pick to lead the Education Department.
Both sit on Trump Media & Technology Group board.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump’s social media startup gifted >$800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI, & Linda McMahon, his pick to lead the Education Department.
Both sit on Trump Media & Technology Group board.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump Media gifts Patel, McMahon thousands of shares
Trump Media called the gifts in the filings "consideration for services provided" in 2024.
www.politico.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Follow the money!
Trump’s social media startup gifted >$800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI, & Linda McMahon, his pick to lead the Education Department.
Both sit on Trump Media & Technology Group board.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump’s social media startup gifted >$800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI, & Linda McMahon, his pick to lead the Education Department.
Both sit on Trump Media & Technology Group board.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Prior to his nomination, Patel was an employee of a project of the Conservative Partnership Institute, a billionaire-backed group that employed many players involved in Trump's attempt to subvert the 2020 election. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside the Trump Plan for 2025
A network of well-funded far-right activists is preparing for the former President’s return to the White House.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Prior to his nomination, Patel was an employee of a project of the Conservative Partnership Institute, a billionaire-backed group that employed many players involved in Trump's attempt to subvert the 2020 election. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Back in August, when @propublica.org and @documented.net obtained these training videos, this is what Leavitt had to say about Trump and Project 2025:
“As our campaign leadership and President Trump have repeatedly stated, Agenda 47 is the only official policy agenda from our campaign.”
“As our campaign leadership and President Trump have repeatedly stated, Agenda 47 is the only official policy agenda from our campaign.”
January 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Back in August, when @propublica.org and @documented.net obtained these training videos, this is what Leavitt had to say about Trump and Project 2025:
“As our campaign leadership and President Trump have repeatedly stated, Agenda 47 is the only official policy agenda from our campaign.”
“As our campaign leadership and President Trump have repeatedly stated, Agenda 47 is the only official policy agenda from our campaign.”
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Russ Vought promised donors that a second Trump admin would put career civil servants "in trauma," according to a recording of a private speech obtained by @documented.net and @propublica.org. It's now clear he wasn't bluffing.
January 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Russ Vought promised donors that a second Trump admin would put career civil servants "in trauma," according to a recording of a private speech obtained by @documented.net and @propublica.org. It's now clear he wasn't bluffing.
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President Trump’s order that all federal climate spending be paused is paralyzing agencies, delaying construction projects and forcing some companies to furlough workers.
Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects
The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
President Trump’s order that all federal climate spending be paused is paralyzing agencies, delaying construction projects and forcing some companies to furlough workers.
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This is incredibly transparent
The Pentagon is making changes to the resident Press Corps (outlets with physical workspaces in the building):
OUT: New York Times, NBC News, NPR, Politico
IN: New York Post, OANN, Breitbart, HuffPost
OUT: New York Times, NBC News, NPR, Politico
IN: New York Post, OANN, Breitbart, HuffPost
February 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is incredibly transparent
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If, say, George Soros took over a government department and set up camp with his underlings, there would be heaps of dead Republicans in the streets who had stroked out
This story is bananas.
"A team including current and former employees of Musk assumed command of OPM on Jan. 20 ... They have moved sofa beds onto the fifth floor of the agency's headquarters, which contains the director's office and can only be accessed with a security badge or a security escort."
"A team including current and former employees of Musk assumed command of OPM on Jan. 20 ... They have moved sofa beds onto the fifth floor of the agency's headquarters, which contains the director's office and can only be accessed with a security badge or a security escort."
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If, say, George Soros took over a government department and set up camp with his underlings, there would be heaps of dead Republicans in the streets who had stroked out
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This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is crucial reporting from @katherinejwu.com.
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Among the data being scrubbed is “the agency’s AtlasPlus tool, which contains nearly 20 years of CDC surveillance data on HIV, hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosis…”
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Holy hell
President Trump’s new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, this week demanded CBS turn over the full, unedited transcript of its “60 Minutes” interview in October with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
FCC demands CBS News turn over '60 Minutes' interview amid Trump lawsuit
The latest development comes as Paramount Global lawyers engaged in preliminary talks to settle the lawsuit Trump filed in October over his objection to edits to the '60 Minutes' interview with Harris.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Holy hell
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This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.
They posted an update confirming it was from Trump's order. sjvwater.org/trumps-emerg...
Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes – SJV Water
The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response Trump’s emergency water order responsible for w...
sjvwater.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.
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The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
Heil Tesla
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The world’s richest man is promoting the far right in Europe. Don’t buy a Tesla
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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Location: Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjWl...
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The Trump administration has stripped away the legal-immigration status of 600,000 Venezuelans who had permission to live and work in the United States, Gisela Salim-Peyer writes:
The ‘Right Way’ to Immigrate Just Went Wrong
The Trump administration has stripped the status of 600,000 Venezuelans who obeyed the law.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Trump administration has stripped away the legal-immigration status of 600,000 Venezuelans who had permission to live and work in the United States, Gisela Salim-Peyer writes:
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NEW: Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources ...
www.wired.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...