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California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

Trump’s Department of Justice asks Vermont for sensitive voter information - VTDigger Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said Friday that she intends to reject the request.

Trump’s Department of Justice asks Vermont for sensitive voter information vtdigger.org/2025/09/12/t...

Federal officers detain, tackle moped driver amid Trump D.C. police crackdown Six agents wearing police vests without clear identification of their agencies detained a man they later identified as a Venezuelan national in Northwest Washington.

"Witnesses — including the Post reporter — asked the officers to identify themselves numerous times. All but one, who was wearing the ICE badge, refused.

“Oh, are you guys the cops?” one agent, who was wearing a mask, responded. “Then shut the f--- up.”

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Demand the tracking and reporting of extreme weather events Demand the tracking and reporting of extreme weather events

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I Responded to One of the Spam Texts From a “Recruiter”—Then Took the Job. It Got Weirder Than I Could Have Imagined. The story of “Cathy,” my scammer.

It is a great time to be a scammer. slate.com/technology/2...

The Year of "Mar-a-Lago Face" What, exactly, is "Mar-a-Lago Face?" Like pornography, you know it when you see it, and trust us, you've seen it.

The meaning behind Mar-a-lago face
MAGA’s cartoonish way to express gender norms. Its feminine façade (in the stereotypical form of Kristi Noem) provides cover for brutal policies.
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A remarkable message You need to read this.

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Debriefing “Abundance” -- and our next pick! The final discussion guide for "Abundance" — and announcing our next selection

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Amazon-Backed AI Model Would Try To Blackmail Engineers Who Threatened To Take It Offline In tests, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 would resort to "extremely harmful actions" to preserve its own existence, a safety report revealed.

2001 Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, for real this time. www.huffpost.com/entry/anthro...

Summary for Community Supporters Summary for Community Supporters Project: All Bike(r)s Welcome MuralLocation: Bentonville, Arkansas–Tunnel under NW 3rd St. and Coler PreserveArtist: Paige DirksenCollaborators: All Bikes Welcome, ...

@maddow.msnbc.com How a small but mighty community is standing up … docs.google.com/document/d/1...

WATCH: Will “Abundance” be hijacked? “Abundance” authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson lay out their vision for an America focused on the future and building — not the past and redistribution — and answer your questions and criticisms

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I was told that when fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross, but, apparently, it is also wearing an ICE uniform and carrying handcuffs.

DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...

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DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk A centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses and other private information would create vulnerabilities, experts say.

Lawsuits underway claiming DOGE has violated the 1974 Privacy Act regulating who can access information about American citizens. Cybersecurity experts warn that a master database is secure or safe. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Trump will defend Biden’s abortion pill rules in Texas case The filing over the regulation of mifepristone indicates an emerging pattern: An effort to preserve executive power.

Let's be very clear: The Trump administration is not "defending" mifepristone against a legal challenge. They're pulling a calculated move that will allow them to restrict or ban abortion medication without pushback
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A Way Out of This — Mort Report PARIS — Françoise Giroud's old warning resonates across Europe like an air-raid siren. As a reporter, a Resistance runner and a Gestapo prisoner, she learned the hard way what can happen when a power-...

Excellent summary of our predicament here from veteran reporter Mort Rosenblum.
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ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

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it’s 250 years today

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Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.

🚨 BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to put "boots on the ground and planes in the air" to defend peace in Ukraine. They get it.

Meanwhile, the U.S.—once the undisputed leader of the free world—watches from the sidelines. Stunning.

Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..."
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If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

Go ahead.

Let the people see you for what you are.

This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.

On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.