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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 7h

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 17h

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Trump’s Wind Energy Assault Stings Red States

The nation’s top four wind power states all lean Republican, including Iowa, where the president’s disdain is reverberating.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 2d

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Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause

The modern GOP is inherently authoritarian

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 2d

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 4d

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Why Conservatives Are Attacking ‘Wokepedia’

A crusade is growing against Wikipedia, which says it is intent on keeping a neutral point of view.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 5d

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White House Senses Political Risk on Healthcare Despite Shutdown Bravado

Aides to President Trump are discussing proposals to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies on which millions of Americans rely.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 7d

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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 7d

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What if the president ordering a nuclear attack isn’t sane? An Air Force major lost his job for asking.

During the Nixon era, Air Force Maj. Harold Hering asked a troubling question about nuclear attack orders. The answer is still the same.

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Robert Cwiklik @cwik.bsky.social · 7d

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U.S. Pulls Plug on Haiti’s Last Big Industry

The end of a trade initiative imperils embattled clothing exporters that employ thousands who make garments for Hanes, Calvin Klein and Gap.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...