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NEW: The Trump administration is not backing down in its effort to slash spending and reshape the federal government, despite multiple court orders explicitly restraining the president’s sweeping actions.
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority —…
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February 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is not backing down in its effort to slash spending and reshape the federal government, despite multiple court orders explicitly restraining the president’s sweeping actions.
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
By Jake Pearson and @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social
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🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Outside the CFPB building.
Senator Elizabeth Warren on fire: "THIS IS YOUR FIGHT."
Senator Elizabeth Warren on fire: "THIS IS YOUR FIGHT."
February 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Outside the CFPB building.
Senator Elizabeth Warren on fire: "THIS IS YOUR FIGHT."
Senator Elizabeth Warren on fire: "THIS IS YOUR FIGHT."
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“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“I think the strategy here is: ‘Well, we’re just going to do it and dare somebody to stop us, and by the time they stop us, we’ll have destroyed it.’”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Reuters: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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February 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reuters: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
The actual number is less than 1%.
Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.