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Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41 She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their sex-trafficking ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.

I'm so sorry to Virginia, her family, and other survivors of predator Jeffrey Epstein.
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AI Video of Trump Kissing Elon's Bare Feet Plays Throughout HUD Office An AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s bare feet played on monitors the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

I've lost count of how many times I've had to verify "This is not the Onion."
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FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk's Purge Is a 'Threat' to Air Safety Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees. The administration argues it won’t affect air safety.

If you wanna read a thing that just published that might make your piss boil, this new @rollingstone.com item from @andrewperez.bsky.social with an assist from me, might do the trick sadly:

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Apparently we’re going to have an “explosive disclosure event” in four weeks where we meet literal extraterrestrials, according to a UFO lobbyist quoted secondhand at the new age conference. Everyone set your calendars for aliens

Eric Adams Has a Foreign Corruption Problem. New York's Is Way Bigger New York City mayor's indictment on bribery, fraud charges is just the latest federal investigation into foreign influence there

The ironic thing is, the charges against Eric Adams were only meant to be preliminary -- the first of many.

And the stronger case, many believed, concerned the illegal donations coming from China-connected organizations.

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Same day.

Headline from The City: “Mayor Adams to Top Commissioners: Don’t Criticize Trump, Don’t Interfere with Immigration Enforcement”

Headline from The New York Times: “Justice Dept. Seeks Dismissal of Federal Corruption Case Against Adams”

How it started:

How it’s going:

Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders We put them all in one place.

Updated just now with a new lawsuit just filed focused on CFPB disbandment.

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Free speech baby

I voted for Trump. But when he said he was going to wreck the economy, I didn’t know that he really meant that he was going to wreck the economy.

Email sent to all CFPB staff this morning: "Please do not perform any work tasks."

The NSA's "Big Delete" Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...

1. EXCLUSIVE

Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information.

The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work

I just want to go back to the time when every single song on the radio was by the goo goo dolls

I don't think people realize how complicated the federal government is and how much institutional knowledge matters and how it's currently being run by people who are just like "Fuck it, that sounds fun"

Russell Vought takes the helm at CFPB as Musk's DOGE accesses key systems Vought was an architect of Project 2025. He takes over at the consumer finance watchdog as Elon Musk's representatives gained access to the bureau's systems and accounts, including sensitive data.

Russell Vought—an architect of Project 2025 & new OMB director—is now also the acting leader of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem

With immigrants and labor under attack, I created this starter pack of labor & immigration reporters.

Give them all a follow

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She has been saying this for a while now in defense of RFK, and it never stops getting more ridiculous -- that you can just scarf down pounds of magical European pasta and never gain weight because they don't use the same pesticides we do.

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Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.

Elon Musk Admitted to Cheating at Video Games. Gamers Are ‘Aghast.’ Why Did He Do It?  - The Barbed Wire Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has the president on speed dial. He could buy and sell you and me like action figures at a yard sale. He’s also obsessed with trying to impress gamers — and it just backfired spectacularly. This drama has been simmering for a while but hit full steam earlier this […]

Elon’s attempt to flex his gamer skills ended in a fiery crash of credibility. Gamers are calling it “truly pathetic” and “embarrassing.” Who was all this for?

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Trump Buyouts Mirror Elon Musk's Twitter Purge Trump's sweeping orders reek of Musk's management philosophy

Trump’s plan bears a striking resemblance to one sent by Elon Musk sent to Twitter (X) employees in 2023, before laying off around 80 percent of the company’s workforce. The two memos even have the same title — “Fork in the Road.”
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Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia said the freeze on federal aid would allow the government to review all programs, including ones that provide free school lunches to low-income children.

These people would love to do away with child labor laws.
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As a seasoned DC journalist, I only plan to capitulate to Trump until he provides quotes for my next book, due in Spring of 2027.

Judge Temporarily Halts Trump Admin’s Federal Aid Freeze The Office of Management and Budget’s directive on federal grants and loans is on hold until Feb. 3, a Washington, D.C., federal judge orders.

Anyone feeling whiplash?

This is the second time — in six days — that a Trump policy hits a brick wall with a federal judge.

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The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.

it’s almost like journalism has long since been overtaken by a media industry centering the perspectives of the establishment as the default for ‘neutrality’ & any deviation from that ruse gets you fired & shunned.

even if you do speak up you can only go so far within their ‘decorum’ boundaries.

New, heartbreaking story by me for @thecut.com

Will My Baby Still Get Birthright Citizenship Under Trump?

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NBC News laid me off Thursday, as part of a move away from investigative projects to more breaking news. That’s an unfortunate shift, at a time when investigative reporting is so vital. I’m now looking for new opportunities to do that work and will be at NICAR to connect in person.

Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent The dismissals target two independent agencies that oversee swaths of U.S. workers, employers and labor unions.

"They want to end worker rights and return us to the Gilded Age." Trump moves to fire members of EEOC, NLRB boards, breaking with precedent.
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Caroline Kennedy warns senators of ‘predator’ RFK Jr. in searing letter In a letter to lawmakers, the former U.S. ambassador to Australia and cousin of Trump’s HHS nominee, questions Robert F. Kennedy’s ethics and views on vaccines.

“He enjoyed showing off how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks.”
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