Omg. In a shocking moment, Nancy Bolan, a fired USAID worker and tonight’s guest of Rep. Ritchie Torres — reveals that Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. from the global polio eradication initiative — which threatens its spread to the U.S. Every single American should see this.

A team of archivists has recreated the pre-Trump CDC website as a live, easy-to-navigate website that should be indexed by Google. The team is hosting it in Europe. Cool project that is sadly necessary:

www.404media.co/archivists-r...

According to research from Washington Post reporter and renowned fact checker Daniel Dale, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly thanked the U.S., the American people or elected officials at least 33 times. Don't buy the narrative from the White House. 🇺🇦 www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...

"Once again, Republicans are proving that their defining 2024 campaign theme - fighting for hardworking people and against the wealthy establishment - was a lie all along."

A must-read piece on the crisis emerging for the GOP from @andrewbatesnc.bsky.social.

NEW: The first front pages of Saturday’s newspapers in the UK.

“Ukraine Hero Ambushed”

“Trump stuns world with vile rant at Zelensky”

“A spectacle to horrify the world”

Trump is obliterating the global reputation of the US.

Of all motherfuckers, I can’t believe the country is going down with this motherfucker.

Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.

Elon Musk and his DOGE team have fired the staff responsible for fulfilling Freedom of Information Act Requests at the Office of Personnel Management.

www.everylibrary.org/foiafiringss...

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By most authoritative sources, the United States is now categorized as a dysfunctional flawed or declining democracy.

We’re keeping company with Slovenia and Malta these days.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.