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U.S. Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine, C.I.A. Director Says. Administration officials said the halt in assistance is a warning to Ukraine of the consequences of not cooperating with President Trump. - NY Times
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA.

Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind.

By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
propub.li
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Elon Musk has shut down a team of tech-savvy civil servants responsible for developing the IRS’s free tax-filing service and improving government websites. As a result, 90 employees were immediately locked out of their devices and informed that their jobs were deemed non-essential.
March 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
March 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I feel like someone throwing buckets of water on a burning building, but I continued to call my representatives in Congress, who continue to ignore me. Asking who is responsible for the fire and if anyone is doing anything about it.
February 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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SCHIFF: “Why is this firing of FBI agents such an important piece of this effort by Trump, Musk & their enablers? Because if they're going to raid the treasury, take people's private data, illegally shut down agencies... They don't want an FBI to examine anything they're doing.”
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
“Atlas Shrugged (1957) is the story of a heroic cabal of men's-men industrialists who cause the US government to collapse so they can take over, start again, and make everything right.” Kurt Anderson

WE ARE WITNESSING IN REAL TIME THE REALIZATION OF AYN RANDS NIGHTMARE VISION.
February 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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February 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"The oligarchs have no plan to govern. They will take what they can, and disable the rest. The destruction is the point. They don’t want to control the existing order. They want disorder in which their relative power will grow."

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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While Trump tries for subservience from other world leaders, he's turning his back on the real problems of America.
What Trump ignores
While he tries for subservience from other world leaders, he's turning his back on the real problems of America.
robertreich.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Y'all, the tariffs are a big deal. But hear me out, they are a distraction from what is really happening right now in our government. 🧵
February 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM