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While we spectate on The East Wing being torn down, it isn’t just another hallway, it’s where Eleanor Roosevelt built the modern Office of the First Lady, where WWII bunkers were hidden, and where the public enters the People’s House. Erasing it is rewriting history.

Ben Meiselas calls on those with standing to act: seek an injunction to halt Trump’s White House ballroom. Argue fraud—Trump claimed he’d pay and not alter the structure—and use the damage to the East Wing as the emergency basis. Demand discovery now.

He's literally tearing down part of the White House.

He's white trash.

Kamala Harris slams Trump tariffs in her first major speech since he took office Kamala Harris had centered her closing argument of her unsuccessful presidential campaign on the dangers posed by Trump. These were her first major remarks since he took office.

Kamala Harris had centered her closing argument of her unsuccessful presidential campaign on the dangers posed by Trump. These were her first major remarks since he took office.

Trump admin unlawfully used Alien Enemies Act for deportations, judge rules The administration has faced legal challenges for invoking the 18th-century wartime law for deportations.

🚨BREAKING: Trump admin unlawfully used Alien Enemies Act for deportations, judge rules

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Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

No. You’ve been watching stock market fraud.

You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.

Credit for text to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Image of distress flag, Donald Trump, and caption "King Midas in Reverse".

Everything he touches turns to dust ...

Great blog describing our research showing that mass collective action movements can significantly influence political outcomes!
A finding that feels more relevant than ever…

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Such a relevant @pspolisci.bsky.social article particularly in light of the decreasing resources and opportunities provided to researchers #academia #fieldwork #digital #solutions #polisky

A culprit has been found for the Kamala Harris and the Democrats’ loss to Donald Trump’s Republicans—dragged kicking and screaming into the defendant’s chair and accused of fatally undermining liberalism. That enemy is “woke”. But did wokeness and DEI really turn the election? Oxford University pol Are ‘wokeness’ and DEI really to blame for Trump’s rise? | Ben Ansell on Prospect

🎥: Did wokeness and DEI really turn the election for Trump? Oxford political scientist @benansell.bsky.social is highly sceptical. He spoke to Prospect’s @benjamin-clark.bsky.social.
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Democratic backsliding in the United States is part of a global trend, but it's not inevitable. @profpjones.bsky.social describes how other countries have pushed back on autocracy: cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3417 #PoliSky

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“Essence of Decision II: Live from the Group Chat”

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Trump picks Susan Monarez to run the CDC Monarez is the CDC's acting director and a longtime biosecurity expert with ties to former President Biden’s flagship health initiative.

Trump picks Susan Monarez to run the CDC www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/s... via @statnews.com

1. the inclusion of a journalist in a group chat of high rankin security officials

2. on a nongovernmental app

3. on unsecured private phones

4. about military attack specifics

Not one chat member advised moving to secure devices, and not one noticed they were including a journalist.

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Missing your experience and wisdom on "The Last Word". Hope you're well, and looking forward to your return.

US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009 | CNN Business The Trump administration’s massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoffs last month, new data showed Thursday.

"It’s the 12th highest monthly job cuts total in the 32 years Challenger has been tracking them.

"The 11 others (4 came during the Covid pandemic) all occurred when the US was in a recession..."

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DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency’s programs.

"The DOGE-led campaign to cancel contracts deemed 'wasteful' across the government is hurting Social Security.

The agency lost a contract that paid for medical experts to testify at disability hearings..."

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APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the termination of federal support for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This was followed by a memorandum to temporarily pause a wide range of federal grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance, to allow for a review of federal grants and awards and to enforce compliance with the executive order.

APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January,…

WUSTEPS announcement flyer. Deadline March 7 2025. Find more information and apply at: sites.wustl.edu/wusteps/

WashU PoliSci is hosting its third annual summer research program for undergraduates! Applications are due March 7. If you know students who might be thinking of grad school and want to get hands-on research experience, encourage them to apply at: sites.wustl.edu/wusteps/

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It's happening again. I've returned to muttering curse-filled word clouds with a few names in the center of the expletives ...

#InstitutionalApocolypse #IA

Melissa Gilbert reacts to Megyn Kelly 'Little House on the Prairie' anti-'woke' reboot comment Melissa Gilbert responded to Megyn Kelly's 'Little House on the Prairie' anti-'woke' reboot comment, saying it already was. Gilbert should know.

Melissa Gilbert snaps back. #woke

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