KRISTEN STAFFORD -HOWE on Substack

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I wonder if they'll figure out the little code I left for them.

Finnish PM calls cross-party meeting on foreign, security policy US and Russian officials are planning to meet in Saudi Araba to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Tuesday, according to media reports.

US and Russian officials are planning to meet in Saudi Araba to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Tuesday, according to media reports.

Musk’s staffers now accessing heavily guarded
IRS system, which has detailed financial information on every US taxpayer, business, nonprofit. They already accessed the Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), system used by IRS employees to get acct info. Musk SW engineer Gavin Kliger in the data.

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.

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DS Susan here

Family of Black woman killed by Illinois police to get $10 million in settlement The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million as part of a settlement with officials from Sangamon County, the attorney representing the family said on Wednesday.

The family of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in Illinois in July 2024, will receive $10 million as part of a settlement with officials from Sangamon County, the attorney representing the family said reut.rs/4hwgOdu

NEWS: Judge Jackson in DC has granted an even longer extension to federal ethics watchdog Hampton DELLINGER, who Trump tried to fire but has since been reinstated.

She's keeping him in until at least Feb. 26, when an injunction hearing can be held

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Westminster 2025 Preview: Why Can’t Golden Retrievers Win Best in Show? (Gift Article) They are among the most popular dogs in the United States, but at the biggest dog show in the world, they are never (never!) best in show.

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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.

Trump dismisses head of the National Archives Trump had vowed to dismiss national archivist Colleen Shogan last month.

Felon tRump kicked out the National Archives chief, proving once again he can't handle accountability. A White House official confirmed this move, fulfilling his threat to shake up the agency linked to his classified documents scandal. Anyone surprised?
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Project Russia and the Kremlin's War on the West - Dave Troy Presents You've heard of Project 2025, but there's another framework that may be even more important for understanding the current assault on Western democracies. "Project Russia" is a series of books publishe...

A deep dive into Project Russia (podcast)
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Difference between types of imaging

Call your congress members daily at this number. It’s ok to leave voice messages. Tell your top concerns. You can call daily. Silence = death of democracy.

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It’s all about MEEEEEEE!

From Jay Kuo - 7 Feb 2025

I have no problem with 25-year-old DOGE apparatchik Marko Elez being fired. But Elon Musk has said things as bad as Mr. Elez, and more often and more consequentially. The DOGE fish rots from the head down.

So the question is: Why is it ok that Musk himself is a "special government employee"?

it’s my strong belief that repetition and continuity are essential right now. members of congress not let into USAID today? go back tomorrow. keep going back and asking “what are you hiding?” until you get an answer. one press conference isn’t going to impress upon people how important this is.

The US pepper that was nearly lost Once grown almost solely by enslaved people, the fish pepper was nearly lost forever until a chance find in a freezer revived the plant and it's now more popular than ever.

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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Treasury OPM, GSA. They encountered resistance demanding access to systems managing 6 trillion annually to programs under SSA. Musk’s aides also at OPM accessing systems, including vast database EHRI contains sensitive info.