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Lawyer living in Colorado, this is a space to share news and articles that I feel the need to share and maybe discuss, as well as a place to share thoughts about current events of note to me. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ‡±πŸ‡§

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Gabbard fires officials who released memo contradicting Trump’s Venezuela gang claims Two highest-ranking employees fired due to opposition to Trump, says Tulsi Gabbard’s office, without giving examples

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability (NPR) A Pentagon-wide advisory went out one week ago warning against using the messaging app Signal, even for unclassified information. "A vulnerability has been ...
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"Tariffs will cause temporary pain to create the new economy" is the new "Inflation is transitory."

12.03.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So Trump imposes blanket tariffs, and only when a CEO pays him $5 million will he offer a carveout. Anyone who thinks he’s β€œdraining the swamp” is either complicit or a fool.

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C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas.

The CDC is planning to conduct a large-scale study to re-examine whether there is a connection between vaccines and autism, federal officials said Friday. Dozens of scientific studies have failed to find evidence of a link.

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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.Β 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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New from Trump: β€œshut up about egg prices!”

09.03.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2617    πŸ” 532    πŸ’¬ 210    πŸ“Œ 77

These are very serious people getting even more very seriouser

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Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for foreign aid work that has already been completed β€” roughly $2 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reined in some of the Trump administration's sweeping effort to eliminate foreign aid that has been authorized by Congress.

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A weak U.S. president cuts off intelligence support to Ukraine β€” making it more difficult to defend against the Russian invader β€” once again doing the bidding of the dictator, Putin.

Not peace through strength, nor peace, nor strength.

Just more weakness.

05.03.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1616    πŸ” 380    πŸ’¬ 184    πŸ“Œ 32

He is already wavering on his tariffs he instituted yesterday. This guy has absolutely no spine and no plan. He's a bull in a china shop and for some reason his supporters love that about him.

05.03.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is blatantly unconstitutional (besides all the other things it also is)

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GOP Wants $4 Trillion Tax Cut to Look Like Nothing Republicans are mulling an aggressive move that critics call a blatant gimmick.

Republicans are readying an aggressive move that would let Congress extend expiring tax cuts and record no costs.

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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.

Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia, officials said.

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What an amazing coincidence that all of Trump’s toadies tweeted out praise that used the exact same language.

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Today, in a meeting at the White House, the only person actually defending American interests was Zelenskyy.

Let that sink in.

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RFK Jr. kills policy on public comment for health regulations HHS is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues regulations affecting government benefits and grants.

HHS is reversing a decades-old policy of soliciting public comment before it issues regulations affecting government benefits and grants, including NIH funding.

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NOAA fires about 800 employees, with more possible Friday | CNN Politics The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two s...

The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.

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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

β€œPeople will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, β€œbut we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

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FAA Aims to Boost Hiring of Air-Traffic Controllers and Update Technology Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.

The FAA intends to hire more air-traffic controllers as the U.S. takes steps to upgrade its aviation system

27.02.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 8

Narcissistic or delusional amnesia is a very real thing, I've seen narcissists in my life make that same exact look when their own bad behavior is brought up to them.

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Reporter: Do you still think Zelenskyy is a dictator?

Trump: Umm did I say that? I can’t believe I said that. Next question

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said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.

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Donald Trump's America is about getting what you want… if you’ve got billions to spend:

Citizenship, for a few million.

A tax cut for your corporation, if you've given a few million.

Even U.S. military protection, if you’ll give up mineral rights worth a few billion.

Anything for a buck.

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Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda What polls say about President Donald Trump's policies and executive orders.
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Thousands of Troops Guard Quiet Texas Border Towns Soldiers often face β€œa whole lot of nothing” as crossings continue to go down.

Havn't we seen this story before with all the state national guardsmen during the Biden administration?

25.02.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting here Chris.

How do you think his peers and people that report to him will respond ?

And if I’m asking this wrong, please correct me, but if he makes a ridiculous decision to bring charges, which court is it appealed to if he wins the case ?

All insights welcome

24.02.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10676    πŸ” 2210    πŸ’¬ 564    πŸ“Œ 83

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