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Trump's authoritarian streak With one social media post, Trump threatened to eviscerate the integrity of U.S. government data.

A five-alarm fire tore through the economic establishment Friday after Trump ousted the government's top labor statistician, accusing her — with absolutely NO evidence — of "rigging" a weak jobs report.

It's just one glaring example from a week that bore many authoritarian hallmarks.

How does the current occupant of the White House divert your attention from Signalgate and telling Americans he doesn't care if they spend more money. By threatening all of us with a 3rd term

MEDIA, DO NOT FALL FOR IT. DON'T FOLLOW THE SHINY OBJECT. STAY ON SIGNALGATE.

They want to keep it quiet, so you know what to do.

A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Posted by @attorneycrump.bsky.social:

“Target, once a corporate leader in DEI, now faces a 40-day boycott led by Rev. Jamal Bryant after scaling back its diversity efforts. The retailer currently faces declining sales, tariff pressures, and customer visits dropping more than rival competitors.”

How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would y...

A 2024 report found that the IRS netted savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns — a return that “would leave Wall Street hedge fund managers drooling,” per the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

A screenshot of an X post by Paul Graham (@paulg ) posted 13 hours ago on March 7, 2025, asking which American Republican leaders are bold enough to respond to a question posed by Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun ). Inna Sovsun's post challenges those suggesting Ukraine give up Crimea and Donbas for peace by asking them to name a specific region in their own country they would surrender if Putin started bombing their cities.

Oooh! Oooh! I know! Mar-a-Lago.

NIH has paused patenting of discoveries, slowing their use in developing treatments Freeze on communications and contracts blocks NIH from sharing research materials with collaborators and patenting discoveries.

Donald Trump is blocking the development of life-saving medicine.

How does that help you?

Well said!

Bill banning mRNA vaccines in Iowa passes subcommittee • Iowa Capital Dispatch Health care providers could face a misdemeanor charge and fines of $500 for administering mRNA vaccines under the bill.

Bill banning mRNA vaccines in Iowa passes subcommittee

Post by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump ) with the text: 'We should spend less time worrying about Putin, and more time worrying about migrant rape gangs, drug lords, murderers, and people from mental institutions entering our Country - So that we don’t end up like Europe!'

Says the man who just admitted the Tate bros to the U.S.

Meet Trump's new best friend, Vladimir Putin.

At the heart of Putin’s rule are two forces: corruption & violence.

In Putin's Russia, there is no freedom of speech. Protests are violently suppressed. Dissidents are murdered. And the billionaire oligarchs become even richer.

Democracy dies in primer… #bezos

When America has your back — the weekly illustration from The Economist

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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#StandWithUkraine

Per @chrisdjackson.bsky.social on another platform:

“It took me 30 seconds to find at least ten postings from Zelensky directly thanking the United States for their support. There are many more.

This is pure BS.”

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.

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Hi. So instead of boycotting ONE day, cancel your Amazon prime and quit buying on Amazon.

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.”

Beyond parody.

musk's private security deputized by u.s. marshals service -- potentially clearing the way for his personal bodyguards to be carrying weapons on federal grounds.

um...

www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense.

This is a growing national security risk.

At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree The White House said the incidents represent just a handful of critics. Others noted similarities to earlier backlash against disruptive moves in Washington.

House Republicans who were willing to hold town halls back home this week got an earful. At events from Georgia and Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Oregon, many of them faced hostile crowds furious about the sweeping budget cuts & mass firings of federal workers that Trump and Musk’s DOGE is carrying out.

Trump said in an interview with Elon Musk that he wouldn't touch Medicaid. Hours later he endorsed a GOP plan that could slash the program. Donald Trump said he would "love and cherish" Medicaid. He's endorsed a House GOP proposal that would likely gut the program.

Last night, Trump promised he wouldn't touch Medicaid.

This morning, Trump endorsed the House Republican plan to slash Medicaid.

It's smoke and mirrors: Trump and Republicans are plotting to take away health care from millions of people to pay for tax breaks for billionaires.