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Trump FBI Nominee Kash Patel Pocketed $25K From Filmmaker With Ties to Kremlin #KashPatel www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fbi-no... via @thedailybeast
Trump FBI Nominee Kash Patel Pocketed $25K From Filmmaker With Ties to Kremlin
Patel was paid by a Russian-owned film company for his work in a documentary last year.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Trump FBI Nominee Kash Patel Pocketed $25K From Filmmaker With Ties to Kremlin #KashPatel www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fbi-no... via @thedailybeast
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Is this the announcement that they have shut down the Department of Education?
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Is this the announcement that they have shut down the Department of Education?
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More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
nyti.ms
February 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.
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One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
propub.li
February 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
One GOP proposal takes aim squarely at parents raising children on their own by eliminating the “head of household” filing status to reap some $200B more in taxes over a decade from single parents and other adults caring for dependents on their own.
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Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”
CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”
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NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A
US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
wrd.cm
February 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
NEW: US government websites are disappearing in real time, including sites for the US Agency for International Development, foreign assistance, neglected diseases, and children in adversity. We analyzed more than 1000 .gov websites to track what's been taken down—and what's next. wrd.cm/4aFMs5A
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As of Jan. 15, a biography of Vera Rubin on the observatory’s website included a section titled, “She advocated for women in science.”
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go
The federal webpage for an observatory named for the late astronomer Vera Rubin was edited to omit any recognition of the fact that science remains a male-dominated field or that the observatory was…
propub.li
February 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As of Jan. 15, a biography of Vera Rubin on the observatory’s website included a section titled, “She advocated for women in science.”
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
That language was gone Monday morning. Some of it was later restored — but not all of it.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters.
She's fighting back.
She's fighting back.
Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library
Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years.
popular.info
December 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters.
She's fighting back.
She's fighting back.
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And while Tennessee Republicans ban books all across the state…
December 10, 2024 at 7:05 PM
And while Tennessee Republicans ban books all across the state…
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📚 WILLIAMSON COUNTY: @ericwelchwcs.bsky.social tells @tonybostic to “tread lightly” after Bostic calls it “asinine” that anyone could oppose these book bans - because many books (like the Bible) violate the broad GOP law.
The board banned 3 books.
FULL: www.instagram.com/reel/DDaTcAH...
The board banned 3 books.
FULL: www.instagram.com/reel/DDaTcAH...
December 10, 2024 at 8:23 PM
📚 WILLIAMSON COUNTY: @ericwelchwcs.bsky.social tells @tonybostic to “tread lightly” after Bostic calls it “asinine” that anyone could oppose these book bans - because many books (like the Bible) violate the broad GOP law.
The board banned 3 books.
FULL: www.instagram.com/reel/DDaTcAH...
The board banned 3 books.
FULL: www.instagram.com/reel/DDaTcAH...
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November 23, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Democracy dies in weaponized litigation.
November 15, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Democracy dies in weaponized litigation.
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Four more books are up for statewide ban consideration in South Carolina.
This time, the charge is being led by ONE PARENT.
ONE PARENT may decide the fate of three books–one a textbook–for the *entire state* of South Carolina public schools.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
This time, the charge is being led by ONE PARENT.
ONE PARENT may decide the fate of three books–one a textbook–for the *entire state* of South Carolina public schools.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
November 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Four more books are up for statewide ban consideration in South Carolina.
This time, the charge is being led by ONE PARENT.
ONE PARENT may decide the fate of three books–one a textbook–for the *entire state* of South Carolina public schools.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
This time, the charge is being led by ONE PARENT.
ONE PARENT may decide the fate of three books–one a textbook–for the *entire state* of South Carolina public schools.
wellsourced.substack.com/p/the-next-b...