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Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Cowards
Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/u...
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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
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USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline
Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.
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This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
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I spoke with the Washington Post about why the Trump administration is so focused on US history: because authoritarian regimes rewrite history to legitimize their projects and normalize their chaotic, violent governance. Gift link: wapo.st/4cdjRFQ
Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t.
An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.
wapo.st
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I spoke with the Washington Post about why the Trump administration is so focused on US history: because authoritarian regimes rewrite history to legitimize their projects and normalize their chaotic, violent governance. Gift link: wapo.st/4cdjRFQ
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Oh dear. I wasn’t kidding about the sorrows of poor Elise.
March 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Oh dear. I wasn’t kidding about the sorrows of poor Elise.
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Are we great again yet?
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Are we great again yet?
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Judge Boasberg gets a new case.
JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.
March 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Judge Boasberg gets a new case.
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
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This.
March 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This.
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It’s not going to be a fun week.
March 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It’s not going to be a fun week.
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One of the question that keeps me up at night these days is whether the courts are up to the job ahead of them.
March 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
One of the question that keeps me up at night these days is whether the courts are up to the job ahead of them.
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More than 20 Department of Government Efficiency employees resigned, saying that DOGE's actions are incompatible with their mission as civil servants.
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 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
More than 20 Department of Government Efficiency employees resigned, saying that DOGE's actions are incompatible with their mission as civil servants.
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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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February 19, 2025
February 19, 2025
The past week has solidified a sea change in American—and global—history.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
February 19, 2025
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BREAKING: Trump made a series of stunning criticisms of Zelensky, after U.S. officials met for talks with Russia, from which Ukraine was excluded.
After talks with Russia, Trump criticizes Zelensky
Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.
www.axios.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
BREAKING: Trump made a series of stunning criticisms of Zelensky, after U.S. officials met for talks with Russia, from which Ukraine was excluded.
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In an open letter organized by Justice Connection, some 900 former prosecutors emphasized that the oath they swore "was to the Constitution—not to the President, Attorney General, or any other individual."
Jack Smith among 900 former prosecutors alarmed by Trump's DOJ
They said they've "watched with alarm" as DOJ leadership has tested values they swore to uphold.
www.axios.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In an open letter organized by Justice Connection, some 900 former prosecutors emphasized that the oath they swore "was to the Constitution—not to the President, Attorney General, or any other individual."
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"DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works.
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"DOGE wanted access to SSA’s sensitive files — the same way they’re trying to do at Labor and Treasury — and the acting commissioner wouldn’t give it, and she was replaced,” said Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works.
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
“There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is."
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It’s remarkable how quickly the Trump team has sabotaged all the things that actually made the U.S. influential on the global stage.
Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …
Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …
February 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It’s remarkable how quickly the Trump team has sabotaged all the things that actually made the U.S. influential on the global stage.
Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …
Free trade economics, strong diplomatic networks and alliances, the soft power of democratic culture and values, the hard power of a competent military …
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The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.
February 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The abrupt terminations of more than 1,000 employees, including new Epidemic Intelligence Officers, across CDC are deeply disturbing. For more than 70 years, EIS officers have served on America’s front line as its disease detectives, ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emerging outbreaks.
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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
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BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
An internal memo issued February 12 was obtained by Popular Information.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
BREAKING: NIH admits funding freeze is illegal, will resume issuing grants
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By “go into”, he means “get invaded.”
REPORTER: Do you view Ukraine as an equal member of this peace process?
TRUMP: Ummmm ... it's an interesting question. I think they have to make peace. That was not a good war to go into.
TRUMP: Ummmm ... it's an interesting question. I think they have to make peace. That was not a good war to go into.
February 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
By “go into”, he means “get invaded.”
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BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
February 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
BREAKING: France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & UK sign a joint statement vowing to protect Ukraine’s sovereignty & demanding a role in the peace talks.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
This is leadership.
It’s also unprecedented.
A western alliance is having to form against a new, twin & united threat: Trump & Putin.
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This is — literally — unheard of in federal prosecutions.
We can’t prosecute him because he’s a candidate for office? Wow.
We can’t prosecute him because he’s a candidate for office? Wow.
Justice officials tell prosecutors to drop charges against N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams
A top Justice official said New York Mayor Eric Adams should not have to face trial given his reelection campaign and the fight against crime and illegal immigration.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This is — literally — unheard of in federal prosecutions.
We can’t prosecute him because he’s a candidate for office? Wow.
We can’t prosecute him because he’s a candidate for office? Wow.