Beth Renstrom

Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before Trump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy.

Nailed it

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, March 1, 2025 Can you sort 8 historical events?

Flashback for March 1, 2025

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Because this means a lot to me personally. I'm going to ask for help to raise awareness of Mental Health (PTSD, depression, anxiety, and other mental health diagnoses) difficulties.
Mark done ✅

Happy Birthday to my mom! I sure do miss you. ❤️

Celebrating Carnaval in Nice was lovely. It's a beautiful family-friendly celebration. Wish the weather was a little warmer, but we really can't complain as it was 0°F at home. 🤪

A man wearing a blue flannel and a dark-colored blazer. He is holding a sign that says "Do Your Job! Hashtag Stop the Steal." The text reads: "Advocate of Jan. 6 Rioters Now Runs Office That Investigated Them." Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images.

Ed Martin, who was in the mob outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is now leading the U.S. attorney’s office, and has been put in charge of dismantling the sprawling investigation of Jan. 6 that he has energetically opposed. nyti.ms/4jQBC0O

For anyone who hasn't read Project 2025 or is curious about it, here is a link that has been indexed for you.

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A non-government business that contracts with the federal government received notice today that in order to do business with the government they must certify that they don’t participate in DEI. So it’s not just the feds, it’s any private biz that contracts with the feds. Here’s the message they got:

Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024.

You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right?

Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year.

You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

I’ve heard this so many times. About Donny’s last term about Roe about gay marriage etc etc. it’s not going to affect you. Calm down. Can’t calm down

An illustrated rabbit with a walkie-talkie, asking “WTF?”

Mood.

This !!

Elon Musk’s Bureaucratic Coup Welcome to the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of the United States government.

I wrote about Musk and this bureaucratic coup as plainly as I could. There's reporting in here & the particulars are overwhelming but what's happening is so clear: He's not trying to run the federal govt like a software company He's trying to turn it into a political weapon. (gift link)

Peter Thiel's strategy of bribing white male teenagers to skip college and join his Hitler Youth program makes so much sense.

How One Immigrant Community Is Coping With the Threat of Deportation The Nicaraguans who keep Wisconsin’s dairy farms, restaurants and factories working are sending home their most prized possessions, bracing for potential mass deportations. “We don’t have much, but wh...

In Wisconsin, people who fear they’ll be deported are mailing their most precious things back to Nicaragua — just in case.

A must-read by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social + photographer Benjamin Rasmussen.

Staff at CDC are being asked to scrub data on trans and non-binary folks from datasets.

Public health ethics hold us to the highest ethical, professional, and scientific standards. Deleting data about Americans is unethical.

OPM has ZERO authority over CDC practices. Obey the law.

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Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team Workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development are bracing for a loss of its independent status and sweeping layoffs as President Trump continues slashing foreign aid.

Breaking News: Two top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development are said to have been put on leave after refusing to give representatives of Elon Musk access to a secure area.

Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!

Jimmy Carter wins a posthumous Grammy.

Jimmy Carter won a posthumous Grammy in the category of spoken word album for “Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration.” The win comes a little over a month after the former president’s death, and is his fourth Grammy award.

50 protests, 50 states, one day

Call to action: 50 protests, 50 states, one day.

#3E #USprotests #endimpunity #endautogenocide #endoligarchy #Feb5

50 States. 50 Protests. 1 Day.

We’ll see you out there 🤞🏻
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Zuckerberg is really falling in line.

Detention camps? I've heard this somewhere before ... oh yeah, Nazi Germany.

Amid the Chaos, Trump Has a Simple Message: He’s in Charge The new president has moved with lightning speed to purge officials he deems disloyal and rid agencies of policies he considers liberal.

Trump's assault on the federal government has been a campaign of breathtaking scope and relentless velocity, a blend of personal and political as he seeks revenge against perceived enemies while demolishing the foundations of the modern liberal state. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

A Plane Crash Near Washington, and 3 Contentious Senate Hearings Plus, the latest hostage and prisoner release.

Listen to "The Headlines," which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about five minutes.

10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021 After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...

1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years

But we've identified 10 promise keepers:

Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft

In 2024 Elections, Most Races Were Over Before They Started A New York Times analysis shows new maps stifled partisan competition for seats in the House of Representatives and state legislatures.

A New York Times analysis of the nearly 6,000 congressional and state legislative elections in November shows just how few races were true races. Nearly all were dominated by an incumbent or played out in a district drawn to favor one party overwhelmingly.

Could the last principled person leaving the Pentagon install a breathalyzer test to unlock our missile silos?

Please and thank you.

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Trump Fires at Least 12 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge The White House appeared to have violated a law that requires giving Congress 30 days’ notice and detailed reasons before removing the watchdog officials.

President Trump fired at least 12 inspectors general late on Friday, people with knowledge of the matter said. The White House appeared to have violated a law that requires giving Congress 30 days of notice and detailed reasons before removing the watchdog officials.