Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article) The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.

The Grifter-in Chief www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane

Breaking NYT:

The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.

The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.

That is a war crime called "perfidy."

Six People Are Rewriting the Constitution to Ensure Republicans Never Lose Power Regardless of Votes This article is going to explain what we’re actually facing, lay out its four preconditions, and show you that America meets every single one.

Six People Are Rewriting the Constitution to Ensure Republicans Never Lose Power Regardless of Votes
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The Trump Administration’s Most Paralyzing Blow to Science Cuts to research may have spoiled the country’s appetite for bold exploration.

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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

Every accusation is a confession. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.

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Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.

Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

'Absurd Yet Predictable': US Close to Losing Measles Elimination Status Under RFK Jr. | Common Dreams "The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr. ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned, and intelligent scientists," said one physician.

'Absurd Yet Predictable': US Close to Losing Measles Elimination Status Under RFK Jr. www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-mea...

Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic. The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.

Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
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RFK Jr.’s CDC fills its autism webpage with anti-vaxxer talking points A newly updated webpage on the CDC's site shocked insiders and outsiders alike.

This is absolutely shameful! open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

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Top ICE Official Says Protesters Can Be Arrested for Simply Criticizing Mass Deportation Campaign: Court Filing | Common Dreams Court filing alleges US Border Patrol Commander-at-Large justifies arrests for "hyperbolic comments" at protests.

Full blown facism! www.commondreams.org/news/gregory...

Democrats Are Celebrating a Court Order Restoring SNAP Benefits. Have They Not Been Paying Attention? We can fight back, but we need to recognize where we are.

A long but important read! open.substack.com/pub/cmarmita...

Venezuela Says CIA-Linked Mercenaries Caught During 'False-Flag Attack' | Common Dreams "This is a colonial operation of military aggression that seeks to turn the Caribbean into a space for lethal violence and US imperial domination."

Venezuela Says CIA-Linked Mercenaries Caught During 'False-Flag Attack' www.commondreams.org/news/cia-ven...

The Coming Election Mayhem Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.

Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way. @dgraham.bsky.social reports on the coming election mayhem:

Who Will Save Our Children? Given a recent post on Truth Social, it's not likely to be President Trump.

Who Will Save Our Children?
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Trump’s DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to His Son Donald Trump Jr. joined the company as an adviser in November 2024, right around when his father was elected president.

Trump is again using the White House as a personal piggy bank trib.al/K7EXD1d

A Florida-based drone manufacturer, which Don Trump Jr. joined as an adviser in November 2024 (around when his father was elected president), just received its largest-ever contract to supply parts to the Pentagon

Arizona Police Agencies Were Once at the Forefront of Local Immigration Enforcement. Now Most Are Avoiding It. In January, the Trump administration launched a national recruitment campaign to deploy local officers as deportation agents. It has added more than 900 agencies, but only four in Arizona have signed ...

Arizona police agencies are largely rejecting an ICE program that lets officers act as deportation agents, citing the experience of the state’s largest sheriff’s office where the program ended after a federal judge found civil rights violations.

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As Israel Bombed Gaza, Amazon Did Business With Its Bomb-Makers The Intercept has learned that Amazon sold cloud services to Israeli weapons firms at the height of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

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Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

Only after completing this full process could any major construction or demolition legally begin.

5. Final Authorization: After approvals from NPS, NCPC, and CFA, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the White House Chief Usher / Facilities Management Office finalize funding, scheduling, and logistics.

4. Aesthetic Review: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviews and advises on the design and appearance of any exterior modifications to the White House or its grounds.

3. Planning & Environmental Oversight: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) evaluates all major federal projects in the National Capital Region, including work on the White House grounds, for design, planning, and environmental impacts under NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act).

2. Historic Review: The NPS, as custodian of the White House under the Presidential Residence Act and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), must review all alterations for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA.

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1. Initial Proposal: The White House is managed by the National Park Service (NPS) but used by the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Any proposed change, even by a sitting president, begins internally through the Office of the Curator and the White House Facilities Management Division.

We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing.

Here’s how the process is supposed to work:

Speaker of the Empty House

Why Saturday's No Kings Protest Could Actually Matter This Time About those 7 million Americans hit the streets Saturday for the No Kings protests.

Why Saturday's No Kings Protest Could Actually Matter This Time
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Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.