@uebergonian.bsky.social
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🚨 The Trump administration has Marco Rubio *personally* signing off on orders to deport Mahmoud Khalil, according to sources inside DHS & State Dept.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm
The government is staking its entire case to deport Khalil on whether Rubio “personally” thinks the Columbia student protest negotiator would “compromise” US foreign policy.
zeteo.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🚨 The Trump administration has Marco Rubio *personally* signing off on orders to deport Mahmoud Khalil, according to sources inside DHS & State Dept.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
With no stated evidence of crime.
Source said the administration has “multiple targets” beyond Khalil to detain, in similar fashion.
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DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
March 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review."
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Thou shalt not claim to be improving efficiency when all you do is fire people and then beg them to come back.
March 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Thou shalt not claim to be improving efficiency when all you do is fire people and then beg them to come back.
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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
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Giant corporations are using Donald Trump’s haphazard tariff announcements as an excuse to raise prices.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
March 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Giant corporations are using Donald Trump’s haphazard tariff announcements as an excuse to raise prices.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
The Trump Administration has no plan to stop it – and working families will unfairly foot the bill.
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Public lands belong to us. They're not for sale.
Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund
President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund requires that the United States come up with heaps of cash quickly, which may make selling out and selling off public lands...
buff.ly
March 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Public lands belong to us. They're not for sale.
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!
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And then there's the question of how long we'll have intelligence, in all senses, including the intelligence services one, under this stupid regime.
“Employees that feel they have been mistreated by an employer have historically been much more likely to disclose sensitive information. We may be creating, albeit somewhat unintentionally, the perfect recruitment environment.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
And then there's the question of how long we'll have intelligence, in all senses, including the intelligence services one, under this stupid regime.
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Mark Kelly: “This is a gift to Putin … this makes us look weak. it’s not normal behavior”
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Mark Kelly: “This is a gift to Putin … this makes us look weak. it’s not normal behavior”
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Desperately trying to get someone to notice this story from today’s Guardian.We have opened our doors to Russian hackers and US media not reporting it. I can hardly breathe. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Desperately trying to get someone to notice this story from today’s Guardian.We have opened our doors to Russian hackers and US media not reporting it. I can hardly breathe. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I want everyone to know that screaming match in the Oval
Was all for Russia TV that was there
Was all for Russia TV that was there
February 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I want everyone to know that screaming match in the Oval
Was all for Russia TV that was there
Was all for Russia TV that was there
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I’ve said this before and I will probably say it again, but we forget so easily that everyone from history we look back on as the face of some movement had something else they wanted to do with their lives. I think every day about the fact that all Fred Hampton wanted was to play for the Yankees.
You had different dreams for yourself than having to meet this shit historical moment.
I did too. I did too.
I did too. I did too.
March 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I’ve said this before and I will probably say it again, but we forget so easily that everyone from history we look back on as the face of some movement had something else they wanted to do with their lives. I think every day about the fact that all Fred Hampton wanted was to play for the Yankees.
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Incredible writing … we have not yet seen a better analysis if what happened yesterday.
Still We Rise.
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
Still We Rise.
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
TRUMP’S PUBLIC HUMILIATION OF A WARTIME ALLY
There are moments in history where you can feel the tectonic plates of power shifting under your feet, the precise seconds when empires declare themselves rotten and ready to collapse.
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Incredible writing … we have not yet seen a better analysis if what happened yesterday.
Still We Rise.
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
Still We Rise.
open.substack.com/pub/closerto...
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another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary
they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access
they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access
It's pretty cool that Eater put together resources for restaurants about how to handle ICE raids
What Should You Do if ICE Comes to Your Restaurant?
We spoke to legal experts about what restaurant owners and workers can do to protect themselves from immigration raids
www.eater.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary
they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access
they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access
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One of the big questions with coups is who the military sides with. It's a big question now. Does the firing of a whole lot of leadership make the military now more malleable, or does it anger and alienate a lot of people down the chain of command? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman, other leaders in major Pentagon shake-up
The Navy’s top admiral and a senior Air Force general also were dismissed as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moves to align the military with Trump’s agenda.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
One of the big questions with coups is who the military sides with. It's a big question now. Does the firing of a whole lot of leadership make the military now more malleable, or does it anger and alienate a lot of people down the chain of command? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.
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Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act .
It's yet another alarming move by the most unabashedly corrupt president in American history. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bribery-unbound
It's yet another alarming move by the most unabashedly corrupt president in American history. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bribery-unbound
February 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act .
It's yet another alarming move by the most unabashedly corrupt president in American history. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bribery-unbound
It's yet another alarming move by the most unabashedly corrupt president in American history. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/bribery-unbound
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It's Trump's fourth week on the job and he's already taking a week-long vacation in Florida. Tell me more about how nobody gets anything done when they work from home.
February 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's Trump's fourth week on the job and he's already taking a week-long vacation in Florida. Tell me more about how nobody gets anything done when they work from home.
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Site’s still up (for now). Was able to order tests without a problem.
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Site’s still up (for now). Was able to order tests without a problem.
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Chris Murphy: "This deal that Donald Trump just cut with the mayor of New York -- it's a big deal ... they did that out in the open on TV because it's a signal to everybody else out there that the law will be applied differently to you if you are loyal to the president."
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Chris Murphy: "This deal that Donald Trump just cut with the mayor of New York -- it's a big deal ... they did that out in the open on TV because it's a signal to everybody else out there that the law will be applied differently to you if you are loyal to the president."
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Duckworth: "He essentially just surrendered to Putin."
February 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Duckworth: "He essentially just surrendered to Putin."
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I've been writing BLOOD IN THE MACHINE for months, but I was on the fence about going all-in. Recent events have made the call easier.
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Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.
The tech oligarchs and their AI are taking over. Let's fight back.
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February 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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