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NEW: A new court order blocking President Trump's spending freeze is imminent, but affected nonprofits acknowledge there are other ways agencies could cut off funding even if the blankey freeze is permanently ended.

w/ @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
February 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.

Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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This is a crisis response app. If a diplomat is in danger, for any reason, this sends their whereabouts to diplomatic security in country and DC
USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Conservative budget wonks (Manhattan Instiutte, Tax Foundation) confirming that this is a consittutional crisis. Not liberal hysteria. Happening right now.
February 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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These are the stakes
February 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Is Musk is *just now* being made a “special government employee” just confirms how illegal this has all been!
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Elon Musk claims to have "deleted" the office in the IRS which has enabled people to file their tax returns electronically, simply, and for free.
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Any news outlet reporting Mexico conceded anything to Trump to get him to delay tariffs has not done its homework.
Trump boasts he got Mexico to commit to stationing 10K troops at our border. Apparently he didn't realize Mexico already has 15K troops deployed there
prami.ibero.mx/informes-y-i...
February 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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CBS NEWS: “.. the water released from dams at Lake Kaweah and Lake Success is rushing into a dry lakebed in the Central Valley, where experts say it can't flow to Southern California and will likely go to waste.”

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
Why the water Trump ordered released in California won't help Los Angeles firefighting
The water released from two California reservoirs will likely go to waste, not help Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say.
www.cbsnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Musk has as much legal authority to shut down USAID as I do to shut down Tesla, which is to say: none.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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If only there was a word for when an unelected oligarch moves quickly to take over control of the government.

The legacy media is failing us. Support independent media.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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November 24, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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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.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM