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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 22h

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Schumer, Senate Dems push bill to keep SNAP, WIC funded

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 22h

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DHS Agreement Reveals Risks of Using Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks

A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data. It contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and ...

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning. ☕️

ICYMI: Trump has now forced more than 211,000 people out of their federal jobs. A near-decimation of the federal workforce in nine months.

Biggest losses at Defense Dept and Treasury.

“He is, in essence, taking our government to bankruptcy.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Trump Has Forced Out An Alarming Number Of Federal Workers — And Now We Have An Exact Number

“The performance of our government across the board is being diminished,” warned Max Stier, CEO of Partnership for Public Service.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

@cheetah.bsky.social has some breaking news in Press Pass: Rear Admiral Kurt Rothenhaus was recently removed from his post as chief of naval research, the top post at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and replaced with a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience.

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Politico @politico.com · 23h

The DOGE holdover who pressed for thousands of job cuts has left the Department of Health and Human Services — and landed another prominent role at the Navy.

DOGE holdover who pushed for deep cuts at HHS is headed to the Navy

Rachel Riley, a former McKinsey partner, helped execute sweeping layoffs at the health department this spring. Behind the scenes, her methods sparked turmoil.

www.politico.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Q: “During the last shutdown…They made sure that in the 2nd month of the shutdown, SNAP benefits would go out…Why do you think they shouldn't do that this time?”

Johnson: “Trump has done exactly what he did in the first term, and that is bend over backwards to make sure that we mitigate the harm.”

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 1d

So in other words he's just like every other Republican and didn't answer the question. He's so fucking lame.

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 1d

There is no longer a FEMA, Education department and all projects for climate change problems have been stopped. These are horrific actions and we'll have years and years of complications ahead.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

Newsom’s redistricting campaign has unlocked a new donor army ahead of 2028.

The ballot initiative has brought in far more donors from across the nation than the governor's statewide campaigns.

Newsom’s redistricting campaign unlocks a new donor army ahead of 2028

The ballot initiative has brought in far more donors from across the nation than the governor's statewide campaigns.

www.politico.com

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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 1d

It continues to be the height of embarrassment that our allies know that Trump is made happy if you treat him like a toddler playing dress-up and give him the crown that he covets or have a merch stand with his branding.

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

NEW POLL: More than half of Americans oppose President Trump’s plan to replace the White House’s East Wing with a $300 million ballroom.

Americans oppose Trump’s White House ballroom by 2-to-1 ratio, new poll finds

More than half of Americans said they oppose the $300 million construction project.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker makes a direct appeal to Greg Bovino to not terrorize kids over the Halloween weekend

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Politico @politico.com · Jul 9

The GOP blew past debt warnings as they pushed the megabill forward. The markets have noticed.

Wall Street’s debt warnings went unheeded as GOP pushed megabill forward

Treasury bond yields have crept up as market watchers openly wonder if either party is capable of improving the nation's fiscal trajectory.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 9

According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)

How famine and starvation can affect Gazans for generations to come

Research on WWII's Dutch “Hunger Winter” has terrifying implications for the region's children—and for their children.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 9

In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

www.newyorker.com

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 1d

The Senate just shut down the tariffs on Canada. They voted 50 to 46. Well that's one win!

#canada

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Neguse: "Does anyone here not believe that with one phone call from Speaker Johnson -- one phone call to the president or the secretary of ag -- that those funds would be released tomorrow? And that families wouldn't go starving by the weekend?"

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Politico @politico.com · 1d

The Trump administration’s ICE leadership shake-up will increase arrest numbers.

That doesn’t mean there will be more deportations.

ICE shake-up will increase arrest numbers. That doesn’t mean there will be more deportations.

The dynamic highlights a tension at the center of the president’s second term immigration agenda.

www.politico.com

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 1d

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Acosta's testimony, regarding Epstein, to the Senate. Very interesting. He calls the survivors hookers. What a piece of shit.

Epstein Prosecutor CAUGHT RED-HANDED in SHOCKING Deposition

YouTube video by Katie Phang

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 1d

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Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

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Tres @jthressa.bsky.social · 1d

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Is anybody surprised 😏🤔

White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings

The White House has fired all six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that reviews design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

"I'd be allowed to do whatever I want."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: What did you mean when you said you're prepared to send 'more than the National Guard' into American cities?

TRUMP: if I want to enact a certain act, I'd be allowed to do whatever I want. The courts wouldn't get involved. Nobody would. I could send Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines -anybody I want

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 28d

Join us Kristi Noem!

9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

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Kercher @kercher.bsky.social · Sep 25

#JonStewart2028

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