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““They’re sucking the soul out of the agencies and ...

2026-03-18T00:48:50Z

““They’re sucking the soul out of the agencies and they’re doing it on purpose,” said Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that provides legal services to public employees. Admin workers newly reorg to Burgum’s office “have no clear managemt structure,” he said. “They often have no clear lines of authority. This is effort by Sec Burgum—buck stops with him—to deconstruct his agency by creating chaos “
https://apple.news/AXzJgvszpQcS964wt7Es3ww

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2026-02-14T16:32:10Z

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/russian-family-ice-detention-dilley-texas-nightmare-immigration-rcna258377

“I’m not sure what gave him the indication that at this point ...

2026-01-30T03:50:38Z

“I’m not sure what gave him the indication that at this point in time, what’s happening to my state, that I’m interested in Venezuela. But he told me how well that went,” Waltz said, adding that the remark was “strange.”

“He saw an operation in Venezuela against a foreign nation in the same context he saw an operation against a U.S. state, a U.S. city.” https://newrepublic.com/post/205856/tim-walz-donald-trump-phone-call?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_ticker_rss

loud ICE sympathizrs on soc med may think they majorty, but they ...

2026-01-17T19:03:59Z

loud ICE sympathizrs on soc med may think they majorty, but they just very loud minorty who want to bully rest of us into silenc. We can’t let them.No singl person going to stop what’s happening. But way we will defeat authoritarianism is doing what Americans done in past w/injustic: org/stand togethr every day. Do whatevr you can, every day, to resist authoritarianism, join w/othrs to build structures capabl of defeating it...tho we will never undo human damag done,will come back-Minoqua

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore ...

2026-01-15T19:05:09Z

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, told Semafor. “That is precisely a move that a corrupt politician would be attracted to.”
In May, Qatari royal family gave Trump $400 million luxury plane. The gift came as Trump’s fam bus had secured a deal to build a golf resort in the oil-rich country.-Mediaite

Food benefits ending for millions in US. Christian Sci ...

2025-10-31T00:42:42Z

Food benefits ending for millions in US. Christian Sci Monitor-Experts say rural Americans, many in areas that voted for Trump, will be hit hardest first. In a guest essay publ Tues in NY Times, Sen. Josh Hawley of MO, a Republican, called on Congress to pass his bill that would keep SNAP benefits flowing during the shutdown. He called their expected cutoff on Saturday a “grim milestone.” In previous administrations, SNAP had always been seen as a bipartisan priority. https://apple.news/A1Mtf-qhZQVq637R3OkRWGA

“If I had sent in the National Guard into Texas and just said, ...

2025-10-14T03:53:20Z

“If I had sent in the National Guard into Texas and just said, ‘You know what, lot of problems in Dallas, lot of crime there, and I don’t care what Gov. [Greg] Abbott says, I’m gonna kind of take over law enforcement because I think things are out of control.’ It is mind-boggling to me how Fox News would have responded,” Obama said. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/13/2348357/-Obama-slams-Trump-for-deploying-troops-in-Chicago

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2025-09-26T01:15:22Z

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/donald-trump-greatest-threat-our-free-speech-rights

‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of ...

2025-07-20T14:25:19Z

‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts - The Guardian https://apple.news/AThrqefzJRFKemBAvOzTl8A

Of the court's 7-2 decision by Justice Kavanaugh, giving gas ...

2025-06-20T22:56:32Z

Of the court's 7-2 decision by Justice Kavanaugh, giving gas producers right to sue Calif over limits on emission-producing cars, Jackson said her colleagues favoring fuel industry over "less powerful plaintiffs."
"This case gives fodder to unfortunate perception that moneyed interests enjoy easier road to relief in this Court than ord citizens," she wrote.. https://apple.news/AlsTry8nSTXaOG_cthyFWfQ

Major study finds world's most productive farming regions are ...

2025-06-20T22:27:14Z

Major study finds world's most productive farming regions are especially vulnerable to rising temperatures, and face steep declines in agricultural output this …
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The white minority in South Africa still enjoys a considerably ...

2025-05-15T01:12:24Z

The white minority in South Africa still enjoys a considerably more stable economic situation that the black majority following decades of apartheid rule. Despite being 7.3% of the population, white South Africans have 20 times more wealth. The unemployment for whites in South Africa is near 10%, while black unemployment is 46%. Whites own two-thirds of the farmland in South Africa. White poverty sits at just 1%. https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-faces-intense-backlash-for-accepting-white-south-african-refugees

no evidence Garcia is a terrorist, he was never arrested on or ...

2025-05-09T02:29:51Z

no evidence Garcia is a terrorist, he was never arrested on or charged w/human smuggling. It is true his wife filed protectiv order petition against him in 2021, alleging he phys attacked her …That all beside pt…Garcia entitled to due process in U.S., & Supr Court ordered Trump admin to bring him back…prospect of exec branch intention violating order from nation’s highest court doesn’t just amt to a constit crisis; is grounds for holding Trump admin in contempt of court. https://apple.news/A91a1gdkvSS-vCS9Ipkvs6w

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2025-05-05T14:32:30Z

He has damaged America’s standing in world, esp through his ...

2025-05-03T05:09:09Z

He has damaged America’s standing in world, esp through his chaotic tariffs. He has made it easier for China and Russia to spy on the United States. He has sowed doubt about the dollar and the Federal Reserve’s independence. He has set back critical research on medical treatments. In each of these areas, he has acted in defiance of public opinion.

The leaders of Harvard University have offered a model of principled opposition that maximizes the chances of success. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/opinion/trump-100-days-opposition.html

North Koreans launching ‘human wave’ attacks against ...

2024-12-28T00:33:42Z

North Koreans launching ‘human wave’ attacks against Ukrainian positions in Kursk - w/heavy casualties POLITICO https://apple.news/ALCfB3bTLRyGnH-tbtD7VkQ

Bird flu detected in raw milk sold at California store ...

2024-11-25T13:49:58Z

Bird flu detected in raw milk sold at California store https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11/25/bird-flu-virus-h5n1-milk/

Leaked videos of Project 2025 architect reveal planned MAGA ...

2024-11-03T04:00:16Z

Leaked videos of Project 2025 architect reveal planned MAGA takeover of federal government - MSNBC https://apple.news/APy9F7NLPSpmnCAagP6uNGg

Harris turns Trump’s Helene lies into election season scandal - ...

2024-10-08T22:57:07Z

Harris turns Trump’s Helene lies into election season scandal - MSNBC https://apple.news/Adsv1_u1QSKGxrHMH46GGwg

“But when we went to more recent years, things got foggier.” ...

2024-10-06T22:11:05Z

“But when we went to more recent years, things got foggier.”

So foggy, in fact, that he forgot Mr. Setoodeh himself. After interviewing Mr. Trump in May 2021, Mr. Setoodeh returned in August. “When I said, ‘Do you remember sitting down with me?’ he said, ‘No, that was a long time ago,’” Mr. Setoodeh said. “It was like we started from square one. He started telling me the exact same stories. He didn’t remember what we had talked about. He didn’t remember me.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/us/politics/trump-speeches-age-cognitive-decline.html

Members of the Alsobrooks camp are having none of it. They ...

2024-09-25T04:28:29Z

Members of the Alsobrooks camp are having none of it. They contend Mr. Hogan cannot be trusted, pointing to his veto in 2022 of a bill making it legal for trained professionals other than doctors to perform abortions. (The governor cited safety concerns.) When the State Legislature overrode the veto, he then refused to release the funding set aside for training new providers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/opinion/larry-hogan-angela-alsobrooks-maryland-senate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=C739078A-7A05-42E5-98B0-029819AB1732

Teamsters got a big helping hand in the American Rescue Plan, but ...

2024-09-25T04:23:23Z

Teamsters got a big helping hand in the American Rescue Plan, but they just declined to endorse a Democrat, Kamala Harris, for the first time in modernity.

And that’s putting it mildly. Their pensions were saved by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-pete-buttigieg.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=9D23E341-0EE4-464C-A866-B687FAC4A1A0

Hopefully, the spell has broken, and no one will listen to ...

2024-08-24T03:21:06Z

Hopefully, the spell has broken, and no one will listen to anything this sad and sorry Kennedy has to say ever again. There’s no reason the American people should have to suffer because this particular princeling needs to work through his feelings of dynastic inadequacy. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/20/opinion/thepoint/kennedy-withdraw-trump?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

A second term would mean even more of the chaos, corruption, ...

2024-06-22T01:02:23Z

A second term would mean even more of the chaos, corruption, disorder and incompetence that defined his first four years in office. Trump and his more ideologically driven allies and advisers would smash through the constitutional system in a reckless drive to satisfy their dreams, desires and delusions. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/opinion/trump-second-term.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb