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US Postal Service hiring restructuring advisers as it could run out of money in 2027 The U.S. Postal Service is hiring restructuring advisers to help address its mounting financial troubles, ​Postmaster General David Steiner told Reuters in an interview.

US Postal Service hiring restructuring advisers as it could run out of money in 2027 reut.rs/4uf86as

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GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi over Epstein Files β€œThe American people want answers on the Epstein files, and so do we,” Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who introduced the motion to subpoena Bondi, said.

🚨BREAKING: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her role in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) incomplete release of its files on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

"The most effective consumer boycotts in history share two qualities: they are narrow and they are easy," writes @rutgerbregman.com

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The DOJ has been taking down Epstein files. Here's what remains. The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released.

The Trump DOJ has been taking down Epstein files.

The massive tranche of files the Justice Department currently maintains is more than 65,000 pages shorter than what the agency initially released, according to a CBS analysis β€” and the number continues to fluctuate.

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There is something deeply wrong with this guy.

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Workers at top 20 US low-wage firms rely on public assistance, report says Study finds workers at 20 S&P 500 firms rely on Medicaid and Snap as CEO pay and buybacks soar

β€œWhen corporations can get away with shifting their employees’ living costs onto taxpayers, this is a form of corporate welfare. With the govt slashing spending on anti-poverty programs, it’s even more important that corporations pay their employees a living wage
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Pete Hegseth C*ckblocks Anthropic And OpenAI collects its winnings.

New in PN: Pete Hegseth C*ckblocks Anthropic

"It’s an abuse of power by an intemperate cable news host using nat'l security law to destroy a company that dared to defy him. It’s also a signal to every govt contractor that negotiating too hard may lead to being exiled from the federal marketplace."

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Trump admin pressuring contractors to prioritize production over shareholder payouts as they meet with executives from largest defense contractors to discuss β€Œaccelerating weapons production. The Pentagon is working to replenish supplies after strikes on Iran and other recent military efforts.

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WASHINGTON (AP) β€” Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt war against Iran in early show of support for Trump’s campaign.

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McGovern: How the hell is this America first? You guys broke your top campaign promise. Good luck with that. I hope the defense contractor money was worth it. Shame on you all. The mask is off. You're all just a bunch of pathetic Neocon Warmongers.

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A knock on the window and a glimpse of America’s surveillance future β€œThis is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society,” a privacy advocate warns in a special France 24–Mother Jones report.

A Knock on the Window and a Glimpse of America’s Surveillance Future

β€œThis is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society,” a privacy advocate warns in a special France 24–Mother Jones report.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Judge rules companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs overturned by the Supreme Court In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds.

In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds.

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"Downright disgraceful”: Gillibrand demands evacuation plan for Americans stranded in war zone Exclusive to Mother Jones: The senator says the administration has no plan to evacuate citizens after launching strikes on Iran.

β€œDownright Disgraceful”: Sen. Gillibrand on Stranded Americans Abroad

Trump β€œhas essentially told the thousands of citizens who are stuck in the Middle East because of a war he started that they are on their own,” the New York senator told Mother Jones.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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[WARNING: This is a bit graphic.]

A Marine Corps veteran protesting Trump’s War on Iran had his arm broken by Capitol Police and GOP Senator Tim Sheehy. It appears to be a compound fracture.

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Radiohead just randomly started streaming live performances and random songs from their catalogue yesterday, and it's still going.....................

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The Guess Who plan the band's first official US tour in over two decades The principal songwriters of The Guess Who are set to tour the U.S. later this year for the first time in over two decades.

The principal songwriters of The Guess Who are set to tour the U.S. later this year for the first time in over two decades.

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BREAKING: The Texas Secretary of State DID NOT UPDATE the precinct maps on their website last December. MY GOD @msnowreports.bsky.social

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Photo of a Lunar Eclipse during Totality

Photo of a Lunar Eclipse during Totality

Not my best work but I'll take it! I'm tired! #LunarEclipse #Totality #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography #SantaBarbara #BloodMoon

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Democratic Lawmakers Demand Probe Into DHS Warrantless Location Tracking | Common Dreams β€œLocation data is extremely sensitive, and can reveal someone’s religion, their political views, medical conditions, addictions, and with whom they spend time."

Democratic Lawmakers Demand Probe Into DHS Warrantless Location Tracking

β€œLocation data is extremely sensitive, and can reveal someone’s religion, their political views, medical conditions, addictions, and with whom they spend time.”
Brett Wilkins
Mar 03, 2026

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BREAKING: Babe, wake up. New war just dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

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β€œThe President’s position is dangerously ignoring a cardinal rule, that American defense be able at all times to honor its constitutional duty to keep the country safe” A Must Read by Steady State’s Bill Piekney

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On March 3, 1913, 5,000 to 8,000 suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., for the 1st national suffrage parade, organized by Alice Paul & Lucy Burns to demand a constitutional amendment w/Inez Milholland on a white horse! WE are Still Marching! @suffsmusical.bsky.social

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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death β€œBrutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

Secretary Marco Rubio claimed no one died as a result of cuts to USAID. That’s not what we found.

After Trump officials cut food aid to Kenya, children starved to death in an American-made hunger crisis.

(Published Dec. 2025)

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Judge orders Dallas County to extend polling hours for Texas Democratic primary amid voter confusion Two county Republican parties opted to use precinct-level rather than county-wide polling sites, which Democrats say resulted in voters showing up to the wrong locations.

A Dallas County judge ordered Democratic polling sites to stay open for an additional two hours for the Texas primary on Tuesday night amid confusion from voters over where they could cast their ballots.

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The US blockade on oil shipments to Cuba amounts to collective punishment, fueling a humanitarian collapse. Healthcare, food supplies, electricity, and basic public services are deteriorating fast. The elderly and children are paying the highest price.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org

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Justice Department rescinds Biden-era β€˜no-knock’ warrant policy Policy launched after the police killing of Breonna Taylor restricted when law enforcement could burst into a home without knocking.

Trump's Deputy Attorney General has rescinded the Biden Justice Department's policy that tightly restricted when law enforcement agents executing a search could take the exceptional step of bursting into a home without knocking first β€” known as no-knock warrants. www.ms.now/news/justice...

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