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DOJ has removed a memorial for victims of gun violence.

Exhibits included tributes honoring law enforcement professionals, installed at ATF HQ and posted online.

#gunviolence #DOJ #ATF
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Trump administration cuts school mental health grants created after shootings The Education Department discontinued more than $1 billion in grant funding created after mass shootings to address mental health resources at K-12 schools.

When a school shooting happens, Republicans don’t blame the guns — they blame mental health issues.

But now Donald Trump is cutting $1 billion in mental health funding that aimed to stop gun violence in schools.

Make it make sense. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

How are Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month? By cutting $1 billion in mental health services for children across America. #TheCostOfTrump

Right now veterans are being forced to share sensitive information about their mental health in overcrowded rooms where they can be overheard and are receiving treatment in hallways.

During Mental Health Awareness month, THIS is how the Trump admin is treating our veterans.

First time I’ve heard of a reconnaissance mission to protect someone’s feelings

How does Trump compare to Obama and Biden in terms of market performance? So far, it doesn’t look good for Trump.

Reminder:
 
Between 2014 and 2022, Ukraine held 200 talks with russia, reaching 20 cease-fire agreements.
 
Russia violated all of these, leading to Putin's invasion in 2022.
 
Those advocating for negotiations are either uninformed, misled or aligned with russia.

REI withheld pay from union workers, national labor board finds

REI withheld benefit packages from workers at unionized stores, national labor board finds.

#REI #NRLB #unions
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What You Can Rent on a Minimum-Wage Salary in Every State You'll need to get roommates to find a place to live.

Maximum individual SSI is $967 / month.

Without both Social Security and some kind of housing assistance, most people on SSI still can’t pay rent.
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The final decision not to have a Social Security Administration office "at all" for 7 counties came yesterday from Trump's acting SSA commissioner.

The same person who's currently coincidentally also closing other SSA hearing offices and who has the cost of rent for this office on the DOGE website.

The stock market is still crashing, housing and rent prices are still rising, grocery costs are still surging, but good news -- the populist champions in the GOP are focused on issues that matter most:

The perfect metaphor for what the Supreme Court did to this country with Citizens United v. FEC.

I was being facetious, need to use /s.

Died WITH measles, not from or because of measles.

Friday Night Massacre in the Military Friday night, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (who is black) and the Navy's top admiral (who is female) were fired, along with the most senior Judge Advocates General (JAGS) for the Army, Navy, ...

Members of the military are supposed to be loyal to the Constitution, not the president. Changing that seems to have been the point of the Friday Night Massacre. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

DOJ Wants Nonprofits to Post Bond in Fight Over Funding Freeze The Trump administration is pursuing what one judge questioned as an unusual tactic in its fight to cut spending: demanding that nonprofits suing to block a funding freeze post a bond so that the US g...

Today in court: A judge questioned what she described as an unusual request by DOJ to have nonprofits challenging the Trump admin's funding freeze post a bond so the feds could recoup money later if the judge got reversed on appeal
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Containing the Flood Understanding the three ways Trump is seeking to expand his power

“There’s too much going on. It’s overwhelming.” If that sounds familiar, this piece is for you. Jay Kuo breaks up Donald's latest power plays into three categories: bad, worse, and worst. It may sound heavy, but understanding them makes it easier to stay informed without feeling buried.

In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing.

Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.

The cameras are staying on!

Noem Directs Polygraph Use to Target Homeland Security Leaks The Homeland Security secretary last week told staff that all polygraphs must include a question about unauthorized communications with media and nonprofit organizations, according to a memo described...

It starts! Anyone from DHS who wants help with their polygraph examinations, just reach out. I have 25+ years experience representing both polygraphers & polygraphees.

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After Trump killed a report on nature, researchers push ahead with release Major report was designed to answer the public’s biggest questions on nature.

Trump canceled the ‘National Nature Assessment,’ but the bulk of the initial work was mostly done, so researchers intend to publish it.

#climatechange #environment #environmentaljustice
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Silicon Valley Enters Its Imperial Era Podcast Episode · System Crash · 02/14/2025 · 1h

I love this podcast. Paris Marx and Brian Merchant on the bizarro tech takeover of the federal government.

There is no one really better to explain it.

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Trump has made it clear who he admires, a long list of autocrats, dictators and tyrants spanning a political spectrum.

His mentor was Roy Cohn, the Forrest Gump of mobsters and loathsome politicians.

Cohn was called the most malevolent force in 20th-century American politics.

the very-online, extremely tunnel-visioned Vance can't understand how a conservative institution can express ideas that he sees as hopelessly leftist

like feeding the hungry, loving everyone for their innate human dignity, etc etc

so he can only conclude that the pope has gone rogue

They have endless compassion for one convicted fεlon.

Shipyard employee resource groups end after Trump's order on DEI programs Activities like an event to recognize Black History Month were abruptly canceled for shipyard employees after the executive order.

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard shuts down employee resource groups after Trump orders end to diversity, equity and inclusion.

They include resource groups for veterans, women, BIPOC, AAPI, Hispanic, and LGBTQ employees.

#WashingtonState #PugetSound #DEI
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More than two-dozen US religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests.

#1A #freedomofreligion #immigration
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