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May 21, 2025 Just after 1:00 this morning, the House Rules Committee began its hearing on what congressional Republicans have officially named The One Big, Beautiful Bill.

May 21, 2025

April 21, 2025 Yesterday, on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis performed his final public act when he waved to worshippers in St.

April 21, 2025

April 4, 2025 The stock market rout continued today.

April 4, 2025

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Federal judge who drew Trump's anger picks up new case against administration James Boasberg, chief judge of the D.C. District Court, will preside over a case about the Trump administration's use of a Signal group chat to discuss military information.

James Boasberg, chief judge of the D.C. District Court, will preside over a case about the Trump administration's use of a Signal group chat to discuss military information.

The Trump administration halted funding for a national database that tracked domestic terrorism, hate crimes, and school shootings, as part of broad cuts to violence prevention programs. The move eliminated a critical resource designed to enhance public safety amid persistent and pressing threats.

Death threats against judges are rising — and instead of dialing it back, the GOP is doubling down.

Even after Chief Justice John Roberts called the push for impeachment “not appropriate,” Republicans are pressing ahead. Just this week, House Republicans moved to impeach six federal judges.

Voice of America staff sue Trump administration for shutting down network Six Voice of America journalists and a director at its parent agency have sued the Trump administration, alleging its moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network are unconstitutional.

Six Voice of America journalists and a director at its parent agency have sued the Trump administration, alleging its moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network are unconstitutional.
By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

March 22, 2025 Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend’s rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump...

March 22, 2025

Raskin provided a link.

DOGE 'breaks into' the US Institute of Peace DOGE 'breaks into' the US Institute of Peace

The U.S. Institute of Peace seems to be the first nonprofit that the Department of Government Efficiency has attempted to breach.

Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing (Gift Article) The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.

"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...

This is a coup! U.S. Institute for Peace called the DC police on the Musk team members in an effort to stop them from trespassing because the institute has control of its own building and the land it sits on. But instead, the DC police allowed them to enter and kicked out the institute’s officials.

March 17, 2025 From 1942 to 1945, the Code Talkers were key to every major operation of the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater.

March 17, 2025

Yay!!! A federal appeals panel denied the Trump administration’s request for a pause in the rehiring of probationary workers who were fired illegally.

Trump scraps key Biden-era policy that increased minimum wage for federal contractors In 2021, Joe Biden used his power to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour. Donald Trump is now turning back the clock.

"President Donald Trump has scrapped Biden-era executive orders that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

This is a good read.

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What about USAID??

Thank you!!

OMG the cuteness!! (This is my toothless furbaby Grisette)

Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve as a check on President Trump. Supporters say that is exactly the point.

The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve as a check on President Trump. Supporters say that is exactly the point.

YouTube video by MSNBC 'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out

here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.

really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...

March 11, 2025 The stock market continued to fall today.

March 11, 2025:

Something to keep in mind as we read the developing story of Mahmoud Khalil
(Posted by a friend of mine with permission to share; removed their name for privacy).

Musk has now poured $8.3 million into buying the tie-breaking Wisconsin Supreme Court seat for Brad Schimel. That is vastly more than any other single donor—to eliminate a state-level check on his and Trump's power.

Help us fight back and elect Susan Crawford: PeopleVMusk.com

Top 'Washington Post' columnist resigns, accusing publisher of killing piece Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.

"A top political columnist for The Washington Post resigned today, accusing Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis of killing her column that criticized owner Jeff Bezos's drive to overhaul the opinion pages..." www.npr.org/2025/03/10/n... That top columnist is Associate Editor Ruth Marcus.

Such a coward, fraud and cheat. He knows what he’s doing is illegal and wrong and doesn’t want it to get to the courts.

When Hitler started ranting about the Jews from streetcorners in the 1920s, he was part of a long history of European anti-Semitism.

But where in the world did this massive anti-trans campaign come from? I feel like it was invented out of whole cloth in the last five years.

This likely confirms that the decision to arrest him was made at the highest levels of government, a terrifying return to the policies of ideological exclusion last seen used during the heights of the Cold War. A very, very worrying precedent at the start of this government.