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Friendly neighborhood consciousness activist, variety streamer, occasional commenter on things, husband, dad. Pretty simple stuff, hi (:
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Friendly neighborhood consciousness activist, variety streamer, occasional commenter on things, husband, dad. Pretty simple stuff, hi (:
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Politicians, fired federal workers, university presidents and chief executives who would normally speak out against the Trump administration say they are intimidated by online attacks from President Trump and Elon Musk, concerned about their businesses and worried about the safety of their families.
Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves
People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Politicians, fired federal workers, university presidents and chief executives who would normally speak out against the Trump administration say they are intimidated by online attacks from President Trump and Elon Musk, concerned about their businesses and worried about the safety of their families.
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A robotic spacecraft that toppled after landing on the moon yesterday ran out of power and died. The Athena lander, built by Intuitive Machines of Houston, largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.
Texas Company’s Lander Dies on Moon the Day After Toppled Landing
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A robotic spacecraft that toppled after landing on the moon yesterday ran out of power and died. The Athena lander, built by Intuitive Machines of Houston, largely failed to accomplish science and technology tasks for NASA and other customers.
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Russia’s assault targeted several regions across Ukraine, using nearly 70 missiles and almost 200 drones, Volodymyr Zelensky said on X, adding that the “massive” attack was “directed against infrastructure that ensures normal life.”
Russia launches major aerial assault on Ukraine days after US shut off military aid | CNN
Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles at Ukraine in a major overnight attack, Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, as the Ukrainian president renewed his plea for a partial ceasefire at the end of a w...
www.cnn.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Russia’s assault targeted several regions across Ukraine, using nearly 70 missiles and almost 200 drones, Volodymyr Zelensky said on X, adding that the “massive” attack was “directed against infrastructure that ensures normal life.”
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Trump’s decentralized-finance project World Liberty Financial appears to have bought more than $20 million worth of cryptocurrencies two days before executives at major digital-asset companies are set to visit the White House to discuss crypto policy
Trump’s Crypto Project Appears to Buy Tokens Before White House Summit
President Donald Trump’s decentralized-finance project World Liberty Financial appears to have bought more than $20 million worth of cryptocurrencies including Ether two days before executives at majo...
www.bloomberg.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Trump’s decentralized-finance project World Liberty Financial appears to have bought more than $20 million worth of cryptocurrencies two days before executives at major digital-asset companies are set to visit the White House to discuss crypto policy
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The president's message to his Cabinet secretaries comes amid continuing questions over the role of billionaire adviser Elon Musk in the drastic reshaping of the federal government.
Trump says Cabinet secretaries, not Elon Musk, are in charge of agency cuts
The president's message to his Cabinet secretaries comes amid continuing questions over the role of billionaire adviser Elon Musk in the drastic reshaping of the federal government.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The president's message to his Cabinet secretaries comes amid continuing questions over the role of billionaire adviser Elon Musk in the drastic reshaping of the federal government.
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Elon Musk and his allies in the U.S. DOGE Service have justified their efforts to dismantle federal agencies by invoking a frequent refrain: They’re merely targeting fraud, waste and abuse.
DOGE redefines ‘fraud’ to defend cutting federal employees, programs
Outside watchdogs and analysts say Trump and Musk are using overly broad claims of fraud to build political support for their plans.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Elon Musk and his allies in the U.S. DOGE Service have justified their efforts to dismantle federal agencies by invoking a frequent refrain: They’re merely targeting fraud, waste and abuse.
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“They can never finish the damn thing,” President Trump complained about his unfinished Air Force One jets.
About a dozen technical hurdles are keeping Boeing's deliveries delayed, the Air Force says
About a dozen technical hurdles are keeping Boeing's deliveries delayed, the Air Force says
Trump Wants a New Air Force One. Boeing Has About a Dozen Problems
Donald Trump has come, gone and returned to the White House, but Boeing Co. still hasn’t delivered the new Air Force One jet that he’s eager to board after it’s painted in a red, white and blue color ...
www.bloomberg.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“They can never finish the damn thing,” President Trump complained about his unfinished Air Force One jets.
About a dozen technical hurdles are keeping Boeing's deliveries delayed, the Air Force says
About a dozen technical hurdles are keeping Boeing's deliveries delayed, the Air Force says
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Public-health officials “are charged with stopping literal plagues and pestilence, and perhaps with mitigating chronic illnesses at scale, not with eradicating social ills that they metaphorically liken to a disease,” @conor64.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/Ar6XuEDM
Make Public-Health Officials Stay in Their Lane Again
Fighting anti-Semitism isn’t RFK Jr.’s job.
theatln.tc
March 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Public-health officials “are charged with stopping literal plagues and pestilence, and perhaps with mitigating chronic illnesses at scale, not with eradicating social ills that they metaphorically liken to a disease,” @conor64.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/Ar6XuEDM
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“Hegseth’s willingness to find enemies within is of a piece with his firing of senior military lawyers and his overall approach to war,” writes Jason Dempsey: theatln.tc/pphdxY6v
Hegseth Has All the Wrong Enemies
Appointing his personal lawyer to a top spot at the Pentagon is another sign that the U.S. military no longer believes in preventing war crimes.
theatln.tc
March 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Hegseth’s willingness to find enemies within is of a piece with his firing of senior military lawyers and his overall approach to war,” writes Jason Dempsey: theatln.tc/pphdxY6v
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Are we winning yet? 🤦🏻♀️
‘American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
‘American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas
American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Are we winning yet? 🤦🏻♀️
‘American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
‘American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering national security work. And China has overtaken the United States in global diplomatic footprint.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
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President Trump’s freeze on international aid has hampered Uganda’s ability to respond to an Ebola outbreak, U.S. officials said in private.
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It, U.S. Officials Fear
Two more people are reported dead from the disease, and dozens are in isolation, as the outbreak grows.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
President Trump’s freeze on international aid has hampered Uganda’s ability to respond to an Ebola outbreak, U.S. officials said in private.
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After Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine, @olgakhazan.bsky.social wanted to understand how the Kremlin-friendly move was playing in Russia: “It seemed that Russian state TV, and Putin by extension, could not be more pleased with what has been happening.” theatln.tc/LWd2gZyG
Putin Is Loving This
Russian state TV is sounding an awful lot like Trumpworld these days.
theatln.tc
March 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
After Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine, @olgakhazan.bsky.social wanted to understand how the Kremlin-friendly move was playing in Russia: “It seemed that Russian state TV, and Putin by extension, could not be more pleased with what has been happening.” theatln.tc/LWd2gZyG
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“Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse, and it is Russia, not Ukraine, that is losing the attritional war,” write Phillips Payson O’Brien and Eliot A. Cohen. That “makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic”: theatln.tc/FOIXEMOC
Russia Is Losing the War of Attrition
Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.
theatln.tc
March 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse, and it is Russia, not Ukraine, that is losing the attritional war,” write Phillips Payson O’Brien and Eliot A. Cohen. That “makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic”: theatln.tc/FOIXEMOC
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Tesla’s shares were down 4.6% at 11:53 on Friday, on track to erase their entire $700 billion post-election advance
Tesla Erases $700 Billion ‘Trump Bump’ as Sales Slide Globally
A slide in Tesla Inc. on Friday is capping off a round trip of epic proportions in the company’s shares.
www.bloomberg.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tesla’s shares were down 4.6% at 11:53 on Friday, on track to erase their entire $700 billion post-election advance
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California Senator Adam Schiff delivers a scathing take down of Trump after Trump betrayed our NATO allies once again earlier today.
Schiff DESTROYS Trump after MARKETS TANKS
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March 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
California Senator Adam Schiff delivers a scathing take down of Trump after Trump betrayed our NATO allies once again earlier today.
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After a series of aviation incidents, pilots are trying to reassure passengers and say 'fate is screaming at us to do something'
‘Fate is screaming at us to do something:’ How pilots are reacting to the slew of recent aviation incidents | CNN
As public confidence in aviation safety drops, the pressure is on pilots to reassure nervous passengers. But although pilots say flying is still safe, some have concerns about a system under pressure.
www.cnn.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
After a series of aviation incidents, pilots are trying to reassure passengers and say 'fate is screaming at us to do something'
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Employees of the U.S. DOGE Service successfully gained access to the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington on Thursday, a day after the small aid agency blocked the group from entering.
DOGE staffers bring U.S. Marshals to small federal agency that denied them access
The show of force by Trump administration officials and federal law enforcement resulted in a frantic and “traumatizing” scene, several officials of the aid agency said, and sparked a lawsuit from its...
wapo.st
March 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Employees of the U.S. DOGE Service successfully gained access to the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) headquarters in downtown Washington on Thursday, a day after the small aid agency blocked the group from entering.
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BREAKING: U.S. added 151,000 jobs in February, less than the 170,000 economists expected
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
BREAKING: U.S. added 151,000 jobs in February, less than the 170,000 economists expected
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
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The Trump administration has halted the U.S. refugee program, Pakistan is taking steps to force Afghans out — and their lives may be at risk if they return to their own country.
Afghans in Pakistan awaiting U.S. resettlement are stuck in a treacherous limbo
The Trump administration has halted the U.S. refugee program, Pakistan is taking steps to force Afghans out — and their lives may be at risk if they return to their own country.
www.npr.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Trump administration has halted the U.S. refugee program, Pakistan is taking steps to force Afghans out — and their lives may be at risk if they return to their own country.
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Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.
5 takeaways from the confirmation hearing for Trump's FDA nominee
Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.
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JUST IN: President Trump established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve via executive order, according to a social media post by White House crypto czar David Sacks. cnn.it/41MqsTK
March 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
JUST IN: President Trump established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve via executive order, according to a social media post by White House crypto czar David Sacks. cnn.it/41MqsTK