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The Trump administration has slammed the door shut on refugees from all over the world, but there is one particular group he is welcoming.
I bet you can guess why.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I bet you can guess why.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Afrikaner ‘Refugees’ Welcome
Trump wants to “promote the resettlement” of white South Africans.
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Trump administration has slammed the door shut on refugees from all over the world, but there is one particular group he is welcoming.
I bet you can guess why.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I bet you can guess why.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Here's @adamserwer.bsky.social's harsh and cutting description of Trump's refugee exception for white South Africans.
Perhaps someone should ask JD Vance how this maps onto his conception of concentric circles of obligation?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Perhaps someone should ask JD Vance how this maps onto his conception of concentric circles of obligation?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
February 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here's @adamserwer.bsky.social's harsh and cutting description of Trump's refugee exception for white South Africans.
Perhaps someone should ask JD Vance how this maps onto his conception of concentric circles of obligation?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Perhaps someone should ask JD Vance how this maps onto his conception of concentric circles of obligation?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Black family now owns the site of America’s largest slave revolt. Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again. capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...
A Black Family Now Owns the Site of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again.
capitalbnews.org
February 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A Black family now owns the site of America’s largest slave revolt. Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again. capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...
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He just told two and a half million people they can’t work from home any more
February 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
He just told two and a half million people they can’t work from home any more
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From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i
Department of Education rescinds Title IX guidance that NIL payments must be proportionate
How Title IX would factor into schools' revenue-sharing decisions has been a lingering question.
nyti.ms
February 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i
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Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
We got a DOGE staff list. From a McKinsey alum to a former Clarence Thomas clerk, here are the workers powering Elon Musk's cost-cutting squad.
A list of White House DOGE staffers shows about 30 young tech, finance, and legal professionals remaking the federal government.
www.businessinsider.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Here's a list of DOGE staff, assembled and annotated by my colleagues at BI. Whatever you do, please don't share it.
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
www.businessinsider.com/doge-staff-l...
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If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
February 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
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NEW U.S. House GOP releases budget that raises debt limit by $4 trillion, extends tax cuts @jennifershutt.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...
U.S. House GOP releases budget that raises debt limit by $4 trillion, extends tax cuts
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans released their budget resolution Wednesday, laying out a vision for raising the debt limit and drafting a reconciliation package that is significantly different fro...
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW U.S. House GOP releases budget that raises debt limit by $4 trillion, extends tax cuts @jennifershutt.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...
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Journalists, sign up for this free, hands-on digital security training being held in Washington, D.C.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1pIi...
docs.google.com/forms/d/1pIi...
February 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Journalists, sign up for this free, hands-on digital security training being held in Washington, D.C.
docs.google.com/forms/d/1pIi...
docs.google.com/forms/d/1pIi...
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The disconnect between Bove's aggressive stance at the time to hold rioters accountable — and his current hostility towards the Jan. 6 probe — has troubled some former colleagues.
Trump official targeting Jan. 6 investigators worked on those cases himself
The disconnect between Emil Bove's aggressive stance at the time to hold rioters accountable — and his current hostility toward the Jan. 6 probe — has troubled some former colleagues.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The disconnect between Bove's aggressive stance at the time to hold rioters accountable — and his current hostility towards the Jan. 6 probe — has troubled some former colleagues.
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To dismiss Kendrick Lamar's halftime show as the squandering of a global platform in service of nursing a petty grievance is to miss the significance of exactly what he is saying. https://capitalbnews.org/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show/
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
To dismiss Kendrick Lamar's halftime show as the squandering of a global platform in service of nursing a petty grievance is to miss the significance of exactly what he is saying. https://capitalbnews.org/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show/
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Just looking at my bottle of Tagrisso, a cancer drug that literally *reduced death by half* in people like me. The product of intense clinical trials and meticulous science. The trials were supported by the National Cancer Institute, a part of NIH.
February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just looking at my bottle of Tagrisso, a cancer drug that literally *reduced death by half* in people like me. The product of intense clinical trials and meticulous science. The trials were supported by the National Cancer Institute, a part of NIH.
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Several federal employee unions sued Elon Musk and the Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday, arguing that the agency violated federal privacy law by divulging sensitive personal information to Musk.
Federal employee unions sue Musk and the Office of Personnel Management over access to personal data.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Several federal employee unions sued Elon Musk and the Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday, arguing that the agency violated federal privacy law by divulging sensitive personal information to Musk.
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Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
Project 2025 is gutting medical funding that helped Russell Vought's own kid
Its architect's daughter has cystic fibrosis—and benefits from a "miracle drug" backed by an agency he's attacking.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social
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Trump's attacks on federal workers have led to a surge in union signups, according to AFGE. The union's goal was to hit 325K members by end of 2025 but they might hit it by end of this week.
“I really want to send him an organizing award,” union prez says of Trump.
www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...
“I really want to send him an organizing award,” union prez says of Trump.
www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...
Some Of Trump's Unrelenting Attacks Are Having A Surprisingly Positive Effect
“I really want to send him an organizing award,” a federal union leader joked of the new president.
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trump's attacks on federal workers have led to a surge in union signups, according to AFGE. The union's goal was to hit 325K members by end of 2025 but they might hit it by end of this week.
“I really want to send him an organizing award,” union prez says of Trump.
www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...
“I really want to send him an organizing award,” union prez says of Trump.
www.huffpost.com/entry/afge-g...
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"...what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role."
February 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"...what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role."
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🧵 THREAD: In the second Trump administration, we’re devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.
Here are some of the issues we’re watching — and how you can inform our work.
Here are some of the issues we’re watching — and how you can inform our work.
February 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
🧵 THREAD: In the second Trump administration, we’re devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.
Here are some of the issues we’re watching — and how you can inform our work.
Here are some of the issues we’re watching — and how you can inform our work.
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Over at the NIH, an announcement of a drastic cut in federal science funding appeared to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation. During his presidential campaign, Trump consistently disavowed any links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. https://wrd.cm/3Ql3L2t
NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’
In its notice outlining the large cut in university funding, the US National Institutes of Health seems to draw on a report from a conservative think tank that denounces the “political left.”
www.wired.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Over at the NIH, an announcement of a drastic cut in federal science funding appeared to draw heavily on a 2022 report by the Heritage Foundation. During his presidential campaign, Trump consistently disavowed any links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025. https://wrd.cm/3Ql3L2t
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It’s been a busy few days in government. We reported today that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been put on a cease-work order, effectively putting Big Tech regulations ‘on ice’. https://wrd.cm/4hymHqL
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will stall regulation that could govern tech companies like Apple and Google.
wrd.cm
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s been a busy few days in government. We reported today that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has been put on a cease-work order, effectively putting Big Tech regulations ‘on ice’. https://wrd.cm/4hymHqL
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Treasury officials said today that last week they “mistakenly” and “briefly” gave a member of Elon Musk’s team the power to alter a sensitive federal payments database. This undercuts the repeated public claims that DOGE access to the federal payments system was limited to a “read-only” basis.
NEW: Treasury is doing a “forensic” investigation into how DOGE/Musk ally Marko Elez was “mistakenly” given access to alter aspects the government’s massive spending database.
The probe is ongoing.
w/ Michael Stratford
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
The probe is ongoing.
w/ Michael Stratford
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Treasury officials: Musk ally ‘mistakenly’ given power to alter payments system
The incident prompted an internal forensic investigation that remains ongoing.
www.politico.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Treasury officials said today that last week they “mistakenly” and “briefly” gave a member of Elon Musk’s team the power to alter a sensitive federal payments database. This undercuts the repeated public claims that DOGE access to the federal payments system was limited to a “read-only” basis.
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Breaking News: The Trump administration fired FEMA officials after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency used disaster relief funds for migrant shelters.
Top FEMA Official Is Fired Over Payments for N.Y.C. Migrant Shelters
The Trump administration fired the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s chief financial officer and three others after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency had used disaster relief funds for mig...
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration fired FEMA officials after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency used disaster relief funds for migrant shelters.
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Q: “You said $50 million in condoms were sent to Hamas. That wasn’t true.”
Musk: “Some of the things I say will be incorrect. Nobody is gonna bat 1000.”
🤷🏻
Musk: “Some of the things I say will be incorrect. Nobody is gonna bat 1000.”
🤷🏻
February 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Q: “You said $50 million in condoms were sent to Hamas. That wasn’t true.”
Musk: “Some of the things I say will be incorrect. Nobody is gonna bat 1000.”
🤷🏻
Musk: “Some of the things I say will be incorrect. Nobody is gonna bat 1000.”
🤷🏻
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Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
February 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Just got a tip from a guy at the FAA. You'll never believe who is still getting new government contracts while all the contracts at the Department of Education and USAID and other agencies are being nuked from orbit.
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Researching and so re-reading “Back to Slavery” by Du Bois about the fall of Reconstruction, and, just whew.
February 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Researching and so re-reading “Back to Slavery” by Du Bois about the fall of Reconstruction, and, just whew.
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This.
Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.
February 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This.