Caren Madsen

Opinion | How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle

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Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people

Ursula von der Leyen, "The diary of Anne Frank."

"A painful reminder to Europe to be vigilant and unyielding towards all those who see hatred and want to divide our society"

"Europe knows this path all too well. And never, never again must we embark on this path"

Can we deport that monster?

The best boss I ever had retired this week after 40 years of federal service. Walter Cruickshank is indeed a legend. I cannot express how much I learned from this brilliant man at the Department of the Interior. He epitomizes integrity and is a good listener and infinitely kind and gracious.

DOGE-driven cuts wreaked havoc for federal workers, prompting an litany of lawsuits.

Pivoting From Tax Cuts to Tariffs, Trump Ignores Economic Warning Signs

One day after House Republicans approved an expensive package of tax cuts that rattled financial markets, President Trump pivoted back to his other signature policy priority, unveiling tariff threats that further spooked investors and raised the prospects of higher prices on American consumers.

In Spite of It All Coping in a world that's run off the rails

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The House Speaker’s Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, It’s a Lifeline. - KFF Health News The GOP-controlled Congress is weighing cuts to Medicaid, the government health program that covers millions of Americans — including nearly 40% of Louisianans represented in the House by Speaker Mike...

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Fight the good fight. NOAA is worth it.

I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

The Beginning of the End of Trump Publisher's Roundup, 13

The Beginning of the End of Trump
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Elon Musk breaks cover as he's seen for first time after distancing from Trump

Seemingly exiled DOGE head Elon Musk made a surprising appearance at U.S.

Fund managers worry about Trump’s mental state amid tariff debacle Some fund managers concerned ‘that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideology’

Fund managers quietly fear Trump doesn’t have a tariff plan and that he ‘might be insane’

Trump’s Latest Executive Order Lays Bare His Authoritarian Ambitions His directive to the Justice Department to investigate Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, whose only crimes were telling the truth, is a frontal assault on the rule of law.

This isn’t just Donald Trump settling personal scores; it’s a calculated move to instill fear, silence dissent, and dismantle the very foundations of our democratic institutions.

Thank you for this…counting the hours until they get Elon Musk and his minions OUT of our government and out of our lives.

"Trump lieutenants have walked out of meetings and earnestly asked one another if they thought Musk was high..."

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Horrific!

Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash The Social Security Administration is partially backtracking on a plan that would require all new and existing beneficiaries to travel to a Social Security field office to verify their identity.

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More businesses should do this.

Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people But millions applying for retirement or survivor benefits will no longer be allowed to verify their identity by phone and will need to do so online or in person.

The Social Security Administration on Wednesday abruptly backed off planned cuts to phone services for disabled and some elderly Americans applying for benefits amid an uproar from advocates.

There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane. His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.

Trump's entire administration is defined by madness–rewriting history to blame all of our current problems, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on Joe Biden, boasting about being a king and claiming the EU "was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States.”

Excellent! Boo-fucking-hoo!

I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle “Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.

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In Spite of it All Coping in a world that's run off the rails

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