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Talking Points Memo’s Marshall noted Tuesday that “there is really, literally no one in the inner discussion of U.S. foreign policy today who has any level of foreign policy or military crisis experience at all.”
June 19, 2025
Just a week ago, the Trump administration was preparing for a sixth round of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, scheduled to be held in Oman on June 15.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Talking Points Memo’s Marshall noted Tuesday that “there is really, literally no one in the inner discussion of U.S. foreign policy today who has any level of foreign policy or military crisis experience at all.”
Lots of good information here.
June 3, 2025
On June 1, Ukrainian forces struck deep inside Russia in “Operation Spider Web.” One hundred and seventeen drones, each operated by its own pilot, hit airfields in five regions.
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June 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Lots of good information here.
Real world consequences.
An after-school program in Trump’s backyard struggles to survive DOGE cuts — The Washington Post
Seven miles from the White House, a Northern Virginia nonprofit serving low-income families lost funding for more than a dozen teachers hired through AmeriCorps.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Real world consequences.
History gives us context for current events.
May 31, 2025
“I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition,” Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine told her colleagues on June 1, 1950.
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June 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
History gives us context for current events.
“Max Stier, who heads the Partnership for Public Service, suggests DOGE cuts could cost U.S. taxpayers $135 billion because agencies will need to train and hire replacements for the workers DOGE fired. Stier called DOGE’s actions ‘arson of a public asset’.”
May 30, 2025
In July 2024, according to an article published today by Kirsten Grind and Megan Twohey in the New York Times, billionaire Elon Musk texted privately about his concerns that government investigations ...
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May 31, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“Max Stier, who heads the Partnership for Public Service, suggests DOGE cuts could cost U.S. taxpayers $135 billion because agencies will need to train and hire replacements for the workers DOGE fired. Stier called DOGE’s actions ‘arson of a public asset’.”
“How do we honor those who died for freedom when we see liberty under attack here at home? How do we salute the flag and that idea of America it stands for, when its meaning is being assaulted daily by the very administration entrusted with its care?”
What They Died For
Publisher's Roundup 19, Memorial Day Edition
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May 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“How do we honor those who died for freedom when we see liberty under attack here at home? How do we salute the flag and that idea of America it stands for, when its meaning is being assaulted daily by the very administration entrusted with its care?”
Real world consequences
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling — NPR
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
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May 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Real world consequences
“Rogers lamented how misinformation besieged and complicated the recovery. How it infiltrated his neighbors’ minds and conversations. How it all could contribute to dismantling FEMA — which, for all its faults, is still in the thick of it, trying to get Haywood County back on its feet.”
Trump undermined Biden’s FEMA in North Carolina. Now the cleanup is lagging on his watch.
As a candidate, the president spread misinformation about the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, convincing many survivors that the federal government was out to get them.
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May 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“Rogers lamented how misinformation besieged and complicated the recovery. How it infiltrated his neighbors’ minds and conversations. How it all could contribute to dismantling FEMA — which, for all its faults, is still in the thick of it, trying to get Haywood County back on its feet.”
“Poorer Americans take a hit from the bill because it cuts federal healthcare and food assistance programs to partially offset the costs of the tax cuts.”
May 21, 2025
Just after 1:00 this morning, the House Rules Committee began its hearing on what congressional Republicans have officially named The One Big, Beautiful Bill.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Poorer Americans take a hit from the bill because it cuts federal healthcare and food assistance programs to partially offset the costs of the tax cuts.”
Ignorance and incompetence at the highest levels
May 20, 2025
Today was a rough day for administration officials on Capitol Hill as Senate committees held hearings on the 2026 budget requests for the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and ...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ignorance and incompetence at the highest levels