Some 10,000 USAID personnel and thousands of contractors were fired and thousands of programs shuttered, throwing into turmoil U.S.-funded global humanitarian aid operations on which millions of the world’s poorest people depended. USAID stopped distributing aid in July.

Losing my goddamned mind.

We can condemn political violence without valorizing a destructive, hateful bigot.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

The show tonight was so awesome and this was one of the best parts of the night. Thank you!

EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.

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Judge Sets Hearing to Press Trump Administration on Deportation Flights Tom Homan, the Trump administration’s so-called border czar, suggested he would continue deportation flights no matter what. “I don’t care what the judges think,” he said.

“We’re not stopping,” Mr. Homan said Monday, during an appearance on Fox News. “I don’t care what the judges think, I don’t care what the left thinks. We’re coming.””

Someone please assure me everything is going to be okay, because this is really, really scary.
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Trump’s Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System The president’s use of government power to punish firms is seen by some legal experts as undercutting a basic tenet: the right to a strong legal defense.

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Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting Perkins Coie The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies.

He’s targeting firms who’ve worked with Jack Smith and Hillary Clinton, & he’s targeting the American Bar Association. I hope attacking Big Law backfires on him.

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Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.

Justice Dept. Nominees Suggest Some Court Orders Can Be Ignored At a confirmation hearing, the nominees, two of whom have been Trump defense lawyers, offered little to assuage Democrats’ fears.

This is appalling & unethical.

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Video: The Deportees Trapped in a Panama Hotel The Trump administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of deportees, who the administration claims entered the United States illegally. Those deportees cannot easily be sent back to their count...

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I don’t know what I’m doing here! 😂😅 I haven’t decided yet how I’m going to use this platform. But at least I can see all the pretty art that you share. I love YOU so much. ❤️

Hugs. Yeah. It’s awful.

Trump fires hundreds of FAA employees amid agency's staffing crisis The Trump administration has fired hundreds of employees with the Federal Aviation Administration, which has been struggling with a staffing crisis.

This seems like a really fucking stupid thing to do. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...