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"DOJ expands litigation seeking to force access to voter records -
The Trump admin is suing 14 states for refusing to turn over full voter rolls.
Cities should allocate resources to data security and due-process protocols to prepare, a legal expert says."
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/doj-sta...
The Trump admin is suing 14 states for refusing to turn over full voter rolls.
Cities should allocate resources to data security and due-process protocols to prepare, a legal expert says."
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/doj-sta...
DOJ expands litigation seeking to force access to voter records
The Trump administration is suing 14 states that have refused to turn over full voter rolls. Cities should be allocating resources to data security and due-process protocols in preparation, a legal ex...
www.smartcitiesdive.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"DOJ expands litigation seeking to force access to voter records -
The Trump admin is suing 14 states for refusing to turn over full voter rolls.
Cities should allocate resources to data security and due-process protocols to prepare, a legal expert says."
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/doj-sta...
The Trump admin is suing 14 states for refusing to turn over full voter rolls.
Cities should allocate resources to data security and due-process protocols to prepare, a legal expert says."
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/doj-sta...
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The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
Starting With Formaldehyde, Trump Administration Reassesses Chemical Risks
A draft memo from the E.P.A. assumes a safe threshold exists for formaldehyde, upending earlier findings that there is no safe level of exposure to the carcinogen.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Trump administration is proposing to almost double what’s considered safe exposure levels to formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical found in many consumer products, as part of a broader overhaul of its approach to regulating carcinogens.
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Reminder: the SAME Republicans who made tax breaks for billionaires permanent (and exploded our national debt by trillions to do it) are now saying that saving health care for a few years is too expensive.
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Reminder: the SAME Republicans who made tax breaks for billionaires permanent (and exploded our national debt by trillions to do it) are now saying that saving health care for a few years is too expensive.
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"Nonwhite immigration will make NATO allies less reliable in the goal of countering Russia, which we also don't want them to do" lnk.thebulwark.com/3XIMl3M
New Trump Security Strategy Turns Against the Free World
... and toward racialism, Russia, and the right wing.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
"Nonwhite immigration will make NATO allies less reliable in the goal of countering Russia, which we also don't want them to do" lnk.thebulwark.com/3XIMl3M
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U.S. prosecutors told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that they want to give up their fight to preserve the convictions of a former Fox executive and South American sports media company in a corruption case related to TV rights for international soccer tournaments. https://to.pbs.org/48wJNff
U.S. prosecutors move to drop soccer TV rights corruption case
U.S. prosecutors have told the Supreme Court that they want to give up their fight to preserve the convictions of a former Fox executive and a South American sports media company in a corruption case ...
www.pbs.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
U.S. prosecutors told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that they want to give up their fight to preserve the convictions of a former Fox executive and South American sports media company in a corruption case related to TV rights for international soccer tournaments. https://to.pbs.org/48wJNff
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Banned words list has real consequences.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Banned words list has real consequences.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
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My dad was a state judge and made me take the KERRY EDWARDS bumper sticker off my car in 2004 because the title was in his name.
When I was a judicial law clerk in Montana, Pres Bush flew into the Billings airport for a rally.
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
I wanted to see Air Force One and asked the judge I clerked for if I could go. He said no, that it wouldn’t be appropriate.
And I was just a clerk. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
Judge Emil Bove Faces Ethics Complaint for Attending Trump Rally
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My dad was a state judge and made me take the KERRY EDWARDS bumper sticker off my car in 2004 because the title was in his name.
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Healthcare for profit is evil as it is but "want patients to become consumers" is just despicable.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Healthcare for profit is evil as it is but "want patients to become consumers" is just despicable.
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More Republicans in the House and Senate are breaking with party leaders and saying the GOP should extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies to avert big cost increases for millions of U.S. households and buy time for a bigger overhaul.
Some Republicans Break With Leaders in Healthcare Fight
Some Republicans in the House and Senate are breaking with party leaders and saying the GOP should extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies to avert big cost increases for millions of U.S. households.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
More Republicans in the House and Senate are breaking with party leaders and saying the GOP should extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies to avert big cost increases for millions of U.S. households and buy time for a bigger overhaul.
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The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion.
MacKenzie Scott has given $26B to nonprofits since 2019. Here's what she supported in 2025
The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott revealed $7.1 billion in donations to nonprofits Tuesday, bringing her overall giving since 2019 to $26.3 billion.
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The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the OPM, after efforts by Elon Musk and the Trump administration to reshape the government workforce.
Federal Workforce’s Toll After a Year of DOGE and Trump: 317,000
The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the Office of Personnel Management, after efforts by Elon Musk and the Trump administration to reshape the government workforce.
bloom.bg
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the OPM, after efforts by Elon Musk and the Trump administration to reshape the government workforce.
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sex criminals stick together
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
sex criminals stick together
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NEW from @gtconway.bsky.social: "The real problem is…not that we have a unitary executive, but we have a wayward executive. We have a corrupt executive. We have an executive who defies the law, who fails to execute the laws properly because he doesn't consider himself bound by the laws."
Running the Same Dead Case Back to Another Grand Jury? That’s Desperation.
Conways explains...
www.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
NEW from @gtconway.bsky.social: "The real problem is…not that we have a unitary executive, but we have a wayward executive. We have a corrupt executive. We have an executive who defies the law, who fails to execute the laws properly because he doesn't consider himself bound by the laws."
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After a strike left two survivors in U.S. custody, Pentagon lawyers stunned their legal counterparts by asking to send the pair to El Salvador's infamous Terrorism Confinement Center.
Survivors in the U.S. legal system would warrant asking for evidence that justifies he bombings. trib.al/3J0qfGp
Survivors in the U.S. legal system would warrant asking for evidence that justifies he bombings. trib.al/3J0qfGp
Pete Hegseth’s Extreme Plan on Where to Send Boat Survivors Exposed
Pentagon lawyers stunned other government officials with their initial proposal.
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
After a strike left two survivors in U.S. custody, Pentagon lawyers stunned their legal counterparts by asking to send the pair to El Salvador's infamous Terrorism Confinement Center.
Survivors in the U.S. legal system would warrant asking for evidence that justifies he bombings. trib.al/3J0qfGp
Survivors in the U.S. legal system would warrant asking for evidence that justifies he bombings. trib.al/3J0qfGp
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Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
Denmark sees US as potential security concern | CNN
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
cnn.it
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Denmark has labeled the United States as a potential security concern for the first time in an annual report released by one of its intelligence agencies, offering more evidence of the increasingly fraught transatlantic alliance between Europe and the US.
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These are similar words to those I was asked to removed from a US DOT grant. Guess what? They terminated the grant anyway
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
These are similar words to those I was asked to removed from a US DOT grant. Guess what? They terminated the grant anyway
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Trump’s Golden Age.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump’s Golden Age.
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EPA is wiping mentions of human-caused climate change from its website www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
EPA is wiping mentions of human-caused climate change from its website www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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Trump is determined to turn the US into North Korea.
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Trump is determined to turn the US into North Korea.
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Your healthcare premiums are about to skyrocket because of Trump and Republicans. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/hopes-fade-congress-health-care-deal-premiums-soar-january-rcna247000
Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Billions of dollars in tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are poised to expire at the end of the year. Lawmakers in both parties say they're nowhere close to a deal to renew them.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Your healthcare premiums are about to skyrocket because of Trump and Republicans. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/hopes-fade-congress-health-care-deal-premiums-soar-january-rcna247000
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The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Trump administration to have Trump's face removed from national parks passes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Trump administration to have Trump's face removed from national parks passes. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...