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altnps.bsky.social
Trump signed executive orders to expand logging on public lands while bypassing environmental protections. His “energy emergency” declaration lets him override regulations entirely.
March 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Call your Reps & Senators on Tuesday. Tell them your views on the President acting lawlessly to thwart appropriations passed by Congress.

Call them: 202-224-3121
jonathanmladd.com Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · Mar 4
Unconstitutional. Appropriations bills are laws. If the president is not bound by them, he can make laws by fiat and is acting like a dictator. No Democrat can vote for any appropriations or debt ceiling bill while this is happening.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Mar 4
Breaking news: President Donald Trump has decided to pause all future deliveries of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine in an extraordinary move aimed at pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table with Russia.
March 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
BREAKING — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just announced the closure of major regional offices in Philly, LA and Chicago, per email shared with me.

“5 alarm fire,” SEC employee tells me.

Full email text:
To: All SEC Employees From: Ken Johnson, Chief Operating Officer Date: March 3, 2025 Subject: RE: Update on LARO, PLRO and CHRO Leases As some of you might be aware, the General Services Administration (GSA) has been involved in a process across federal agencies to review office space leases and potential options for reducing space and related costs. GSA has now decided to end all federal leases goverment-wide where GSA can do so unilaterally and where the agency is not providing direct services to the public. As part of this decision, GSA recently informed us it has decided to teminate the building leases for the Los Angeles Regional Office (LARO) and the Philadelphia Regional Office (PLRO). GSA retains the sole authority to terminate the leases because they manage those leases on our behalf. To be clear, these lease terminations are not associated with any reorganization or reduction in force plan regarding SEC personnel, but rather apply solely to SEC space. As part of the initiative described above, GSA also notified us they intend to terminate the lease for the Chicago Regional Office (CHRO). The SEC has responded to the Administration and pointed out that CHRO's lease terms are different iand do not allow for unilateral GSA termination without significant financial penalties. We will keep you posted as we learn more about GSA's decisions. The SEC will be working with GSA on the process for finding new space for these offices. We understand that GSA aims to have the space exited by the end of August 2025 for PLRO and CHRO, and the end of September 2025 for LARO. It is the SEC's intent that if new office locations are not ready by the time the GSA-initiated lease terminations take effect, then the affected SEC staff will be placed on full-time telework. We will provide more information as we learn it. Thank you.
March 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Whether in our water, on its bench, or in the White House, the Supreme Court is a big fan of raw sewage.
March 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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soverybritish.bsky.social
Imagine if Pancake Day was like Christmas Day and New Year’s Day - going out on a walk and shouting “Happy Pancake Day!” to everyone you pass.
March 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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altnps.bsky.social
The Trump administration plans to drop a federal lawsuit against a chemical manufacturer that released high levels of a carcinogen from its Louisiana plant.
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
1. EXCLUSIVE

Popular Information has obtained an email, sent yesterday by a Trump administration official, explicitly instructing CFPB employees not to carry out activities REQUIRED BY LAW.

This directly contradicts what administration lawyers told a federal court.
Email shows Trump officials are lying to federal court, directing CFPB staff to ignore law
An email sent Monday by a Trump administration official, obtained by Popular Information, explicitly instructs federal employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to not carry out act...
popular.info
March 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Imagine that. 💰
March 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
MIT Econ Professor 👇🏽
March 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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lincolnproject.us
Atlanta Fed forecasts a -2.8% GDP growth for this quarter.

4 weeks ago it was +3.9%.
Trump owns this.

bit.ly/3Ddsxim
Atlanta Fed model forecasts nearly -3% GDP growth in first quarter of this year
The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model updated on Monday.
bit.ly
March 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Great news for money launderers!
March 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
How it started How it’s going

💰 🤷🏼‍♂️
March 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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npr.org
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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muellershewrote.com
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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goldengateblond.bsky.social
literally every time I talk to friends
three panel cartoon by @emilyscartoons.bsky.social … in the first panel one person says "let's not talk about politics any more, I can't bear it" and the other person replies "same." in the second panel, they say nothing. in the third panel, the first person yells "THE THING IS THOUGH" and the second person yells back "THOSE FUCKING IDIOTS"
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
Gutting Alzheimer's research.

First reported more than a week ago -- and as yet, this has not been undone. Republicans appear to have not said a word about it.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

See also...
newrepublic.com/article/1917...

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www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
February 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
A tough one to see, especially because it’s so accurate.
February 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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davidfrum.bsky.social
Trump "gold card" immigration idea is an even better deal for foreign oligarchs than it looks, because it comes with a huge tax loophole not available to US citizens or other immigrants. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/t...
February 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
BREAKING

The SEC has just halted its fraud prosecution of Justin Sun, a Chinese national who has put more than $50 million in Trump's pocket since November through the purchase of crypto tokens from a Trump-backed company, World Liberty Financial.
BREAKING: SEC halts fraud prosecution of Chinese national who sent Trump millions
In December, Popular Information reported that Chinese crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial (WLF), a new venture backed by President Donal...
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February 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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artcandee.bsky.social
Donald Trump has ordered the shutdown of the U.S. military base in Alexandroupolis, Greece after a request from Russia and Turkey.

Donald Trump’s motto of “peace through strength” sure looks like bending a knee to Erdogan and Putin.

Shameful.
February 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
February 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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cnn.com
A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been critical of President Donald Trump.
Political conference in DC interrupted by death threats against speakers critical of Trump | CNN Politics
A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated on Sunday after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“According to Greek media, Trump’s decision to dismantle the military presence in Alexandroupoli came after a joint request from Putin and Erdogan.”
defence-blog.com/trump-shuts-...
February 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM