Michael Conte

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.

“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.

Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files Bondi told president at the meeting that Justice also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims.

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

I can’t believe the media covered up the fact that a clear mental incompetent was running the government while out of his mind on drugs, despite it being widely known in DC circles, to preserve their access to the White House. There should be huge recriminations for this.

Wish Steve Cohen had shouted you out too over there

Tornado warnings delayed because of DOGE cuts At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.

At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts.

www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

Oh I saw it. Looked like he'd just fallen while water-skiing.

@davidjroth.bsky.social you’re almost certainly watching something better but I feel like you should know Dedniel Núñez just pitched a real good Wet Guy inning

This is the last thing Cardinal Bob saw before he went into the conclave and they made him pope lol

This is driving me crazy too. Not long ago 10% universal tariffs were considered the worst-case scenario, something even Trump wasn’t crazy enough to impose. Now have those PLUS 125% tariffs on China. Together, these raise raise inflation by about as much as original “Liberation Day” tariffs did!

The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.

Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment.

The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.

www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Another household kept alive by American aid was that of Jennifer Inyaa, a 35-year-old single mom, and her 5-year-old son, Evan Anzoo, both of them H.I.V.-positive. Last month, after the aid shutdown, Inyaa became sick and died, and a week later Evan died as well, according to David Iraa Simon, a community health worker who assisted them. Decisions by billionaires in Washington quickly cost the lives of a mother and her son. "Many more children will die in the coming weeks," said Margret Amjuma, a health worker who confirmed the deaths of Peter and Achol.

Take a moment today to read about a few of the young children whom Trump and Musk killed by shutting down USAID. The blame for these deaths falls on them.

There will be hundreds of thousands more dead kids before their lethal crusade against foreign aid ends. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92%

1. The DOGE website is garbage.

The claimed savings has no relationship to the data provided.

And the data that is provided grossly inflates the savings from each canceled contract.

So we just launched our own site — the Musk Watch DOGE Tracker — that breaks everything down.

In a nutshell...

"Trump’s style of obfuscation often works quite well. Not usually well enough to convince outright majorities, but to convince minorities large enough that the country never reaches meaningful consensus. Journalists feel compelled to report the controversy."

Polling showing Net result for people thinking "their local state" economy had gotten better with margins of 18 to 30 points Same people thinking the national economy had got better was -30 points. Dat swing.

My single favourite piece of polling of the last 2 years

Palestinian protester arrested by ICE despite green card, lawyer says Mahmoud Khalil is being detained as his lawyer fights for his release.

Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student who was a leader in talks between demonstrators and Columbia University officials last spring, was arrested by Department of Homeland Security agents Saturday night despite having a green card, his attorney said.

YouTube video by CNN 'My jaw is dropped': Canadian official's interview stuns Amanpour

You can watch Christiane Amanpour realize in real time on CNN just how seriously Canadians are taking the annexation threats.

hey, can one of the reasonable centrist writers condescendingly explain to me again that it is overblown to call these people segregationists?

MAGA Money CNN is set to reward its most recognizable MAGA pundit, Scott Jennings, with a lucrative new deal, a reflection of the state of television news in the Donald Trump era.

Scoop: Scott Jennings is in the final stages of negotiating a new contract with CNN—and he's set for a big pay raise.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/scott-jenn...

Trump administration terminated funding for aid programs it said were lifesaving | CNN Politics When the Trump administration abruptly terminated ten thousand foreign assistance contracts and grants last week, it ended funding for programs around the world – including those that had been granted...

When the Trump administration abruptly terminated ten thousand foreign assistance contracts and grants last week, it ended funding for programs around the world – including those that had been granted waivers by the State Department to continue their lifesaving work.

USAID official put on administrative leave for scathing memo blaming political appointees for affecting ‘life-saving’ work | CNN Politics A top official at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was put on leave after issuing a scathing memo blaming Trump political appointees for the US government’s inability to conduct lif...

A top USAID official was put on leave after a scathing memo detailing Trump political appointees' moves which blocked life-saving humanitarian work, which will “no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization, and threats to national security on a massive scale”

www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/p...

Opinion | Zelensky must mend the breach with Trump — or resign Zelensky's stubbornness has badly hurt Ukraine.

this appears to be the new regime oped page at wapo. WOW.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money,...

AP: “.. Data published on DOGE’s “Wall of Receipts” shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 794 in all, are expected to yield no savings.”

@apnews.com #DOGE 🇺🇸
apnews.com/article/doge...

Trump administration cuts US efforts to support democracy at home and abroad | CNN Politics In less than a month in office the Trump administration has simultaneously dismantled foreign aid programs that support fragile democracies abroad and put on leave federal workers who protect US elect...

Cuts to democracy programs at home and abroad: www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/p...

First on CNN: Republican and Democratic former USAID leaders speak out against Trump’s attempts to dismantle agency | CNN Politics Five former leaders of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) from across Republican and Democratic administrations spoke out against the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the ...

NEW: Five former leaders of USAID from across Republican and Democratic administrations spoke out against the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the humanitarian agency and called on “Congress to swiftly protect the Agency’s statutory role.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/p...

I think this is our future unless someone stops him. Musk’s plan for X has been for it to replace the entire banking system. His keen interest in seizing control of Treasury payments (and its tech) may forebode an intention to have such payments go through X www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/2...

is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?

‘Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.’

Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

Dani Dayan, the chairman of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, said that “the remembrance and acknowledgement of the dark past of the country and its people should be central in shaping the German society,” and that “failing to do so is an insult to the victims of Nazism…”