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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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“The problem we face is we haven’t destroyed knowledge, we haven’t destroyed materials, and we haven’t destroyed equipment. This hasn’t set Iran back nearly as far as some have suggested.” - James Acton, ABC News
June 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“The problem we face is we haven’t destroyed knowledge, we haven’t destroyed materials, and we haven’t destroyed equipment. This hasn’t set Iran back nearly as far as some have suggested.” - James Acton, ABC News
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“I won’t forget” ?
March 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“I won’t forget” ?
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"Contracts to calibrate radiation detection equipment, to support cancer care and veterans cemetery management, among others were also targeted..."
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk
The cuts would affect everything from cancer care to the ability to assess toxic exposure.
www.politico.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Contracts to calibrate radiation detection equipment, to support cancer care and veterans cemetery management, among others were also targeted..."
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Just restating that for a sec here:
-- calibrating radiation detection equipment
-- cancer care
-- veterans cemetaries
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Musk says DOGE ‘restored’ Ebola prevention effort. Officials say that’s not true.
USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every news outlet reporting Elon Musk's comment about accidentally canceling Ebola prevention efforts and quickly restoring them should also say they haven't been restored, they're still canceled, the outbreak-fighting teams are dismantled, the money is gone
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Backstory on VA's decision to cancel roughly 1000 contracts worth $2B. DOGE apparently made no effort to find out what they were for and didn't both to find out they were putting of of business numerous service-disabled vet businesses with their decision. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-...
More On the Vets Contract Purge At the VA
As I wrote below, yesterday VA Secretary Collins was out bragging that...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
NEW: Backstory on VA's decision to cancel roughly 1000 contracts worth $2B. DOGE apparently made no effort to find out what they were for and didn't both to find out they were putting of of business numerous service-disabled vet businesses with their decision. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/more-...
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NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is already implementing his dangerous anti-vax views at HHS.
newrepublic.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW:
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
“Kennedy paused a multimillion dollar project to create a new Covid-19 vaccine in pill form on Tuesday, and the Food and Drug Administration canceled an advisory committee meeting on updating next season’s flu vaccine.”
newrepublic.com/post/192059/...
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Do you know when the EPA declared greenhouse gasses to be harmful? In 2009.
These science-denying ideologues are literally taking us back in time and trying to wreck our ability to fight the climate crisis and ensure clean air and water for the American people. We must stop them.
These science-denying ideologues are literally taking us back in time and trying to wreck our ability to fight the climate crisis and ensure clean air and water for the American people. We must stop them.
EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm
The recommendation by Lee Zeldin, the agency's administrator, could upend existing and future regulations on climate change.
www.politico.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Do you know when the EPA declared greenhouse gasses to be harmful? In 2009.
These science-denying ideologues are literally taking us back in time and trying to wreck our ability to fight the climate crisis and ensure clean air and water for the American people. We must stop them.
These science-denying ideologues are literally taking us back in time and trying to wreck our ability to fight the climate crisis and ensure clean air and water for the American people. We must stop them.
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RFK Jr is either IGNORANT or a LIAR. The two measles deaths — both unvaccinated children — in Texas announced today are actually the FIRST deaths attributed to the disease in the U.S. since 2015.
RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
www.huffpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
RFK Jr is either IGNORANT or a LIAR. The two measles deaths — both unvaccinated children — in Texas announced today are actually the FIRST deaths attributed to the disease in the U.S. since 2015.
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SSA employee to me re: 50% staff reduction: "Can say unequivocally that such deep cuts to SSA, which is already at historically low staffing, will cause significant to extreme degradation of services, very likely including checks missed and individuals dying before their claims can be processed."
February 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
SSA employee to me re: 50% staff reduction: "Can say unequivocally that such deep cuts to SSA, which is already at historically low staffing, will cause significant to extreme degradation of services, very likely including checks missed and individuals dying before their claims can be processed."
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine.
This you?
This you?
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BREAKING
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
February 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
BREAKING
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.
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A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
February 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.
February 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The Department of Veterans Affairs has terminated over 1,400 employees.
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By a thin 217-213 margin, House Repubs passed a bill that brutally cuts Medicaid & food stamps while extending tRump's tax cuts for the rich. This won’t just harm people, it will kill people.
Plus, those tax cuts will add $20 trillion to the debt over next 10 years
www.alternet.org/gop-gut-medi...
Plus, those tax cuts will add $20 trillion to the debt over next 10 years
www.alternet.org/gop-gut-medi...
'This will kill people': GOP blasted for gutting Medicaid to pay for $4.5 trillion tax cut
By a slim 217-213 margin, House Republicans narrowly passed a bill Tuesday night that makes deep cuts to safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps while simultaneously extending President Dona...
www.alternet.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
By a thin 217-213 margin, House Repubs passed a bill that brutally cuts Medicaid & food stamps while extending tRump's tax cuts for the rich. This won’t just harm people, it will kill people.
Plus, those tax cuts will add $20 trillion to the debt over next 10 years
www.alternet.org/gop-gut-medi...
Plus, those tax cuts will add $20 trillion to the debt over next 10 years
www.alternet.org/gop-gut-medi...
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I salute the federal workers who chose to quit Elon Musk's illegal DOGE operation rather than participate in the dismantling of vital government agencies.
They represent the best of our civil servants: dedicated, nonpartisan individuals committed to serving the American people.
They represent the best of our civil servants: dedicated, nonpartisan individuals committed to serving the American people.
DOGE workers quit, refuse to "dismantle public services" on Musk's orders
"We will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize DOGE's actions," they wrote in a letter.
www.axios.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I salute the federal workers who chose to quit Elon Musk's illegal DOGE operation rather than participate in the dismantling of vital government agencies.
They represent the best of our civil servants: dedicated, nonpartisan individuals committed to serving the American people.
They represent the best of our civil servants: dedicated, nonpartisan individuals committed to serving the American people.
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They’re cutting Medicaid
REPORTER: Can you say unequivocally that down the line, there won't be cuts to Medicaid programs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
MIKE JOHNSON: Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse.
February 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
They’re cutting Medicaid
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1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
VA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductions
About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks.
www.militarytimes.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
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This is probably the most accurate take.
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is probably the most accurate take.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
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In a shocking twist, it appears that Elon Musk shut down USAID, to save his own ass.
Starlink, was under investigation after a Russian drone was shot down in Ukraine and found with a Starlink terminal link inside. The company had provided Starlink terminals to Ukraine to assist them in the war.
Starlink, was under investigation after a Russian drone was shot down in Ukraine and found with a Starlink terminal link inside. The company had provided Starlink terminals to Ukraine to assist them in the war.
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In a shocking twist, it appears that Elon Musk shut down USAID, to save his own ass.
Starlink, was under investigation after a Russian drone was shot down in Ukraine and found with a Starlink terminal link inside. The company had provided Starlink terminals to Ukraine to assist them in the war.
Starlink, was under investigation after a Russian drone was shot down in Ukraine and found with a Starlink terminal link inside. The company had provided Starlink terminals to Ukraine to assist them in the war.
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If Elon Musk can afford to pay people to look at your taxes, he can afford to start paying his own.
February 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If Elon Musk can afford to pay people to look at your taxes, he can afford to start paying his own.