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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things.

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If this is not damning, I don't know what is.

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How Russia Emerged as an Early Winner of the Iran War The war in Iran has shaken global markets and caused geopolitical blowback, but Russia could benefit in the short term.

Russia has emerged from the first week of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran as an early winner, seemingly able to profit from the secondary economic and geopolitical effects of the war while others bear the costs.

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Iran war threatens Trump's affordability push as rising energy prices complicate Fed rate cuts Rising oil prices, shipping disruptions in the Middle East and fresh signs of weakness in the U.S. labor market are creating a complicated backdrop for the Federal Reserve.

Rising oil prices, shipping disruptions in the Middle East, & a weak labor market. Higher prices paired with slowing growth, a dynamic known as “stagflation”, that could make it harder for the Fed to cut interest rates & ease pressure on American consumers.

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Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America

A federal judge on Saturday ruled that the appointment of Kari Lake, the head of Voice of America’s oversight agency, was invalid, voiding mass layoffs that she had carried out at the federally funded news group last year.

Irony: the gov't-funded news group was founded to combat Nazi propaganda.

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Stablecoin-issuing companies, like Circle and Tether, now hold more Treasury debt than major U.S. government creditors like Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

A Crypto Coin Is Gobbling Up U.S. Treasuries

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Because stablecoins use Treasuries as the primary collateral to create this cashlike safety, cryptocurrencies have effectively flooded into the Treasury market, the central artery of the U.S.-led global financial network.

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How Trump turmoil is driving more people to the therapist’s office: ‘This is all upside down’ As ‘political depression’ enters public discourse, therapists are encouraging people to engage with their communities

Well, YEAH! I've been on anti-anxiety meds since the beginning of 2026. One year of raw dogging Trump's criminal coup was enough for me.

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In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame

The strike on the compound in Tehran was emblematic of the muddled reality of the war’s first week: a withering air campaign by American and Israeli forces against an overwhelmed enemy, but few answers about what victory might look like.

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We, the American people, have had enough of endless wars The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal and goes against the interests of the American people.

This war is unnecessary, unjustified, unconstitutional, in violation of international law, and entirely against the will of the American public.

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Americans aren't facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath | Eric Reinhart The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

This state of permanent panic rests on what Sigmund Freud called an illusion: a belief embraced not because it reflects reality, but because it satisfies a psychological need. The illusion in this case is that the United States still has a democracy to lose.

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Poll: A majority of Americans opposes U.S. military action in Iran Most Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of Iran, and a majority sees Iran as either only a minor threat or no threat at all, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds.

Just 36% approve of how Trump is handling Iran, and a majority (55%) thinks Iran either represents a minor threat or no threat at all to the United States.

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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down

From The New York Times Opinion Section

“In Donald Trump’s fantasy world, America is invincible and impregnable,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes. “That fantasy of omnipotence has come crashing into reality.”

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US companies denied refunds on Trump’s illegal tariffs, FT reports March 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has declined to refund tariffs the Supreme Court ruled illegal last month, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The U.S. ⁠government collected more than $130 billion in illegal tariff payments.

The customs officials are ​denying companies' requests to recover duties imposed under emergency powers invoked by Trump, leaving businesses uncertain and driving more disputes into court.

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‘We were ready’: Democratic attorneys general lead fight to stop Trump As some elected leaders choose to play nice with the president, Democratic AGs have done the opposite – to impressive effect

At a time when some institutions and elected leaders have chosen to play nice with the Trump administration, the 23 Democratic attorneys general have done the opposite.

Their lawsuits have a high success rate: about 80% have gotten a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.

Senate Democrat Pushes to Investigate Noem for Perjury

Blumenthal said that he would call for the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to investigate whether Noem had lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, when she said that Corey Lewandowski did not approve contracts for the DHS.

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Tracker: DOJ Lawsuits Seeking States' Sensitive Voter Data As part of President Trump’s efforts to expand federal control over the country’s historically state-run election infrastructure, the U.S. Department of…

This site is tracking the Trump regime's attempts to control elections through DoJ lawsuits attempting to obtain state voter rolls. Currently 29 states + DC have been sued, with 4 cases dismissed (Georgia's was re-filed, since the original was in the wrong court).

Let 'er rip, Vladdy Daddy!

As Trump Out-Putins Putin, Russia’s Global Influence Erodes

Putin is grappling with the arrival of a new world of unbridled American power under Trump, which is checking Russia’s global influence and ripping up Moscow’s playbook for partnerships abroad.

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Kristi Noem Survived Many Crises. Then She Crossed a Trump Red Line.

Not fired for ICE assassinating US citizens.
Nor violating court orders.
Nor calling victims domestic terrorists.
Nor blatant lies.

Rather, Noem was ousted shortly after she appeared to cross one of the few red lines of Trump: She shifted responsibility for her own political problems to Trump.

‘Cheap’ and ‘Appalling’: Trump’s Ballroom Plans Receive a Flood of Negative Comments

“Gaudy and cheap.”
“Monolithic.”
“Appalling.”

The commission has received about 32,000 comments in all. Suffice it to say: Many people are not happy with what Trump is doing to the White House.

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Justice Dept. Releases Missing Interviews With Woman Who Made Claims Against Trump

The typewritten notes recounted multiple interviews the F.B.I. conducted in 2019 with the woman, who said both Epstein and Trump had sexually assaulted her.

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Map shows how big Iran is compared with the 50 US states Iran is roughly the same size as Alaska, 2.5 times the size of Texas and covers about one-sixth of the US land area.

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Indonesian president’s US ties questioned amid public anger over Iran war Calls at home for leader of the world's largest Muslim nation to distance from Washington amid US-Israel war on Iran.

Joining Trump’s board and offering to participate in the US president’s plan for Gaza has not gone down well domestically.

“Indonesia is being used to legitimise the BOP’s dystopian plan to divide Gaza into quadrants and bypass the role of the United Nations."

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Gas Prices Continue to Surge in U.S., Rising 14% in a Week

The suddenly rising energy costs — everything from jet fuel to diesel for trucks & tractors is more expensive — are rooted in supplies of crude oil from the Persian Gulf. The tankers that normally carry oil out of the region are not sailing, cutting the world off from about 1/5th of its oil supply.

Camouflage and crudites: Trump wages war and hosts parties at Mar-a-Lago The president launched a war against Iran from a draped, makeshift "situation room" inside his Florida estate, where he's spent more time this term.

Squeezing some (less than secure) war work in between Mar-a-Lago parties.

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US downplays reports Russia gave Iran intel to help Tehran strike US assets Pentagon asserts US forces are tracking Russian-Iranian operations amid escalating conflict in the region.

Since the war began on Feb 28, Russia has passed Iran the locations of US military assets, including warships & aircraft, three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Washington Post.

“It does seem like it’s a pretty comprehensive effort."

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Immigration Agents Detain a Reporter in Nashville

The detention of Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez, who had sought asylum and is married to an American citizen, raised fears that she had been targeted for her reporting.

“We’re concerned one of the motivating reasons could be that she’s a journalist."

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