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Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”
The Fourth Branch: The Press
During the Founding, a free press was seen as a fourth branch of government.
We need to talk.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
The Fourth Branch: The Press
During the Founding, a free press was seen as a fourth branch of government.
We need to talk.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”
The Fourth Branch: The Press
During the Founding, a free press was seen as a fourth branch of government.
We need to talk.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
The Fourth Branch: The Press
During the Founding, a free press was seen as a fourth branch of government.
We need to talk.
Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations
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The wealthy commit fraud WAY MORE than the rest of us do. They also serve WAY LESS time in prison.
February 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The wealthy commit fraud WAY MORE than the rest of us do. They also serve WAY LESS time in prison.
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Republicans like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are trying to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
Republicans’ New Argument to Dismantle Section 2 Feels Eerily Familiar
Republicans are trying to strike down the VRA's Section 2 the same way they dismantled Section 5. Here's how it's different.
www.democracydocket.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Republicans like Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are trying to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
Please read.👇 www.democracydocket.com/analysis/rep...
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Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
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Mindset reset:
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
February 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Mindset reset:
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Right now, brave Ukrainians are defending their land & loved ones, at the cost of their sanity, limbs & lives. It’s an existential fight for their democracy & way of life.
If the Russians lose, they go home. If the Ukrainians lose, they will be overrun & destroyed.
#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
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Hey all, we've gotten a *lot* of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration.
If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/
If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/
Do You Work for the Federal Government? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You
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propub.li
February 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hey all, we've gotten a *lot* of tips since this post. Keep 'em coming.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
The deep-dive investigations we tend to do will often take longer to source, report, corroborate, fact-check and publish, but our reporters are hard at work following up on leads you’ve sent.
Thanks for your trust in us.
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Last night, I wrote in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, about Trump's new coup. I base my analysis on the facts and the law, not hyperbole. We are at a serious tipping point. I hope you'll subscribe if you feel the same way, or if you just want to learn more. joycevance.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Last night, I wrote in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, about Trump's new coup. I base my analysis on the facts and the law, not hyperbole. We are at a serious tipping point. I hope you'll subscribe if you feel the same way, or if you just want to learn more. joycevance.substack.com
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TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
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NEW VIDEO: In a blockbuster decision a federal judge has BLOCKED Donald Trump's effort to freeze federal spending and loans.
Paige and I discuss the impact of this big victory!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPTJ...
Paige and I discuss the impact of this big victory!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPTJ...
BREAKING: Trump Federal Funding Freeze Blocked for Third Time
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEW VIDEO: In a blockbuster decision a federal judge has BLOCKED Donald Trump's effort to freeze federal spending and loans.
Paige and I discuss the impact of this big victory!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPTJ...
Paige and I discuss the impact of this big victory!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPTJ...
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📢📢 Historian and Seneca Project Advisor
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Sounds the Alarm on Elon Musk's OPM takeover:
“It is a coup. I’m a historian and I would use that word here.”
youtu.be/1yb95aYDZeU
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Sounds the Alarm on Elon Musk's OPM takeover:
“It is a coup. I’m a historian and I would use that word here.”
youtu.be/1yb95aYDZeU
Historian and Seneca Project Advisor Ruth Ben-Ghiat Sounds the Alarm on Elon Musk: "It is a Coup"
YouTube video by The Seneca Project
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
📢📢 Historian and Seneca Project Advisor
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Sounds the Alarm on Elon Musk's OPM takeover:
“It is a coup. I’m a historian and I would use that word here.”
youtu.be/1yb95aYDZeU
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Sounds the Alarm on Elon Musk's OPM takeover:
“It is a coup. I’m a historian and I would use that word here.”
youtu.be/1yb95aYDZeU
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NEW: I'm hearing from federal employees that they're being told to file a FOIA request if they want their employee records. Meaning they've been locked out of their records and have to file a Freedom of Information Act Request to get them. If you got this email, please contact me. Signal in bio.
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW: I'm hearing from federal employees that they're being told to file a FOIA request if they want their employee records. Meaning they've been locked out of their records and have to file a Freedom of Information Act Request to get them. If you got this email, please contact me. Signal in bio.
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February 2, 2025
February 2, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk’s team yesterday took control of the Treasury’s payment system, thus essentially gaining access to the checkbook with which the United States handles about $6 trillion annually a...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
February 2, 2025
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The word for this is "coup."
Musk's new department, which just seized control over payments as broad as USAID, defense, and social security, is presently livetweeting screenshots as they gleefully stop payments related to DEI, accessibility, and immigration. The account claims $1B in payments have already been cut off.
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The word for this is "coup."
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NEW: in the latest FORK email, they admit that the government could shut down March 14 and you might not get paid. They promise to give you back pay, though. LOL 👀
February 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
NEW: in the latest FORK email, they admit that the government could shut down March 14 and you might not get paid. They promise to give you back pay, though. LOL 👀
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During Trump's first term, some EPA scientists said managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. In some cases, they said, the managers deleted the information themselves.
(Published Sept. 2024)
(Published Sept. 2024)
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to…
propub.li
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
During Trump's first term, some EPA scientists said managers encouraged them to delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage and neurological problems, from their reports. In some cases, they said, the managers deleted the information themselves.
(Published Sept. 2024)
(Published Sept. 2024)
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NEW: Federal workers are starting to receive a copy of the court's restraining order against the Trump administration barring the regime from freezing federal grants and financial assistance. Excellent work, and worth the read:
February 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
NEW: Federal workers are starting to receive a copy of the court's restraining order against the Trump administration barring the regime from freezing federal grants and financial assistance. Excellent work, and worth the read:
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Eggs UP
Taxes UP
Gas UP
RX drugs UP
Dow Jones DOWN
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ACA, VA all on the chopping block.
Trump was never going to make anyone in America's life easier. In just 2 weeks he's made life harder for everyone except his billionaire friends.
Taxes UP
Gas UP
RX drugs UP
Dow Jones DOWN
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ACA, VA all on the chopping block.
Trump was never going to make anyone in America's life easier. In just 2 weeks he's made life harder for everyone except his billionaire friends.
February 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Eggs UP
Taxes UP
Gas UP
RX drugs UP
Dow Jones DOWN
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ACA, VA all on the chopping block.
Trump was never going to make anyone in America's life easier. In just 2 weeks he's made life harder for everyone except his billionaire friends.
Taxes UP
Gas UP
RX drugs UP
Dow Jones DOWN
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, ACA, VA all on the chopping block.
Trump was never going to make anyone in America's life easier. In just 2 weeks he's made life harder for everyone except his billionaire friends.
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
Constantly reevaluating and learning.
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
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The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tariffs tells you two things:
1. They know it is a terrible idea.
2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.
1. They know it is a terrible idea.
2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.
February 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tariffs tells you two things:
1. They know it is a terrible idea.
2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.
1. They know it is a terrible idea.
2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.
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Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
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It’s a coup! Please read or listen to Robert Hubbell’s newsletter!
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Call it by its name: A coup.
February 1, 2025
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February 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
It’s a coup! Please read or listen to Robert Hubbell’s newsletter!
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...