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RecsMessage From Meidas Touch Network Founder Ben Meiselas - 43
RecsMerz vows independence from Trump's America and compares him to Putin - 25
RecsMusk has seized power over the National Archives. The National Archives administers the electoral college. This is a BFD - 20
RecsTwo Trump officials decline to say Russia started the war in Ukraine
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Recs'Elon, I hate to break it to you': Dem senator nails Musk in battle over firing threat - 204
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RecsYour Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Let's Go Serfin' Now Edition - 170
RecsWOW! Fired Fed worker gives testimony to his church this Sunday. Brilliant
Furious Trump Sics Musk on Boeing to Deliver New Air Force One Jets
Updated Feb. 23 2025 3:49AM EST | Published Feb. 22 2025 7:06PM EST A furious President Donald Trump has deputized Elon Musk to badger Boeing into delivering two new Air Force One jets—a project that has been been derailed by PR nightmares and technical issues, according to a report. The president has urged Musk to take drastic measures, such as rolling back security clearance standards for those working on the presidential planes, The New York Times reported earlier this week. According to ...
Trump DOJ sends probe letter asking Rep. Robert Garcia to clarify a metaphor
Garcia, who represents Long Beach in Congress, faces censure after criticizing billionaire Elon Musk and referring to the current state of American politics as a 'bar fight' requiring 'actual weapons.' The Department of Justice has launched a probe into Long Beach Rep. Robert Garcia after the congressman used a metaphor to describe the current state of American politics as a “bar fight” that requires “actual weapons.” In a Feb. 17 letter to Garcia, U.S. State Attorney Edward Martin asked for c ...
Two Trump officials decline to say Russia started the war in Ukraine
Feb. 23, 2025, 12:22 PM EST Two Trump administration officials publicly declined to characterize Russia as the provocateur in its war against Ukraine, despite the war having begun when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Asked during an interview with “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream whether it was fair to say Russia attacked Ukraine unprovoked three years ago tomorrow, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was “fair to say it’s a very complicated situation.” The c ...
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama
Sun 23 Feb 2025 08.00 EST Last modified on Sun 23 Feb 2025 10.21 EST The former US ambassador to Panama has launched a stinging critique of Donald Trump’s approach towards Latin America, comparing his conduct to that of the ruthless and egotistical fictional mob boss Tony Soprano. In the first month of his presidency, the US president has shocked some observers with his aggressive focus on a region many expected him to largely ignore. Early steps have included threatening to “take back” the P ...
Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader
Attendees of a center-right political conference in Washington DC were forced to evacuate on Sunday, after someone claiming to be Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group who was convicted and then pardoned for his role in the January 6 insurrection, allegedly emailed in a bomb threat against the event. Tarrio denied any involvement in the incident. Organizers of the Principles First summit, which is considered a center-right alternative to the Conservative Political ...
'No sir, you are not': Maine newspaper issues Trump civics lesson as he threatens state
February 22, 2025 4:23PM ET An editorial in a Maine newspaper took direct aim at Donald Trump Saturday after the president issued a direct threat to the state. The Bangor Daily News’ editorial board issued its scathing putdown after Trump directed comments to the state’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, as she attended a White House luncheon Friday. He hit out because Maine has refused to change laws regarding transgender athletes in student sports. “You’d better do it because you’re not goi ...
NY governor makes case for Manhattan tolls in meeting with Trump after feds ordered a halt
Updated 4:02 PM EST, February 22, 2025 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul made the case for Manhattan’s congestion tolling during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump after federal officials ordered a halt to the program, a spokesperson for the Democratic governor said. Hochul and Trump met for more than an hour on Friday afternoon and also discussed other issues including immigration, infrastructure, economic development, energy, offshore wind and nuclear power, press secretary Avi Sma ...
Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event
Feb. 22, 2025 Updated 3:44 p.m. ET Three book events at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta were abruptly canceled late this week, raising questions about whether leadership changes at the National Archives and Records Administration were affecting programming at the 13 presidential libraries it oversees. The events, which featured authors of books on climate change, homelessness and the civil rights movement, had been scheduled months earlier. But this week, the auth ...
Agencies seek guidance on latest Musk OPM email, with some urging employees to hold off responding
February 22, 2025, 11:34 PM Multiple federal agencies appeared to be caught off guard by the Elon Musk-directed email from the Office of Personnel Management on Saturday that demanded employees detail their weekly accomplishments. Management across multiple agencies have begun informing their staff that they are waiting on further guidance and, in some cases, telling them to hold off replying, according to multiple sources. Those agencies include the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the I ...
States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump's immigration crackdown
Updated 12:13 AM EST, February 23, 2025 ATLANTA (AP) — Republican state lawmakers seeking to aid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration are threatening local officials who resist with lawsuits, fines and even potential jail time. Lawmakers in more than 20 states this year have filed legislation targeting so-called sanctuary policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, according to an Associated Press analysis using the bill-tracking software Plural. ...
- Foreign Affairs23 Feb: Total Annihilation! Russian Convoy Dismantled In Brutal Ambush! - Reporting from Ukraine
- Liberal YouTubersAOC with federal workers
- Liberal YouTubersWHOA: Trump officials finally TURN ON Elon Musk
- Liberal YouTubersAs the Orange Clown's Approval Ratings PLUMMET, MAGA is Getting BOOED at Every Turn
- HealthTrump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge's order
- Foreign AffairsRussia's real strongman: Meet the oligarch who's pushing Putin to destroy Ukraine
- Cable News ClipsFareed's Take: Trump's foreign policy yes men
- Foreign AffairsTrump Envoy Can't Name a Single Concession Russia Will Make in Peace Deal
- Liberal YouTubersRepublican Explains Why Musk is Trump's Biggest Liability - Sarah Longwell - Democracy Docket
- Liberal YouTubersElon Musk ROCKED As Suspicious Numbers Revealed After DOGE Receipts Exposed
- TV ChatOMGAWD......A woman in her, I swear ah, 50, 60, 70's.......hustling kids!!!!
- Music AppreciationAwesome cover of John Fogerty's Centerfield by The Killers at the Innings Festival in Tempe last night
- World HistoryRome's Antico Caffe Greco - Historic Coffee Bar, Writers, Artists, Goethe, Twain, Est 1760, Spanish Steps
- Music AppreciationOwl Vision - Dystopia [Full Album] 2013 (Swedish dark electro)
- Music AppreciationBaroque composer George Frideric Handel, much-loved for his operas, oratorios and concertos,
- Music AppreciationRush - Clockwork Angels Tour - The Garden
- Music AppreciationCaesars Palace - Jerk It Out
- ScienceLabord's chameleon: The color-changing lizard that drops dead in 4 months
- Music AppreciationKilling me Softly
- Cooking & BakingWhat's for Dinner, Sun., Feb. 23, 2025
- Women's Rights & IssuesDumbest man ever calls AOC dumbest Congresswoman ever elected
- Jewish GroupInspired by Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
- African AmericanIn light of hearing that MSNBC is canceling Joy Reid's show, I want to highlight independent black journalists/news
- Women's Rights & IssuesNew York doctor indicted in Louisiana abortion case recognized as a leader in women's reproductive health
- Asian GroupUnder the Blue Spring Skies of Iwate - Train Cruise - WATCH ON YOUTUBE
- Jewish GroupCourse to explore Ukrainian-Yiddish dialect of the theater and the Breslov Hasidim
- Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity☦️ Orthodox and Christian - Short YT video clip
- Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity☦️ Orthodox Christian Jovana Bogdanoska hymns Psalm 136
- Asian GroupSadie : ITOSISA WA KODOKU NO SHIHAISYA
- Asian GroupMeet The Strongest J-pop Girl Id
- MarylandThe Americas now on NBC,
- Middle EastNetanyahu says Israel won't allow Syrian forces 'south of Damascus'
- AlaskaFreshman Congressman tells constituent he is powerless to stop Musk's budget cuts
- WashingtonFederal workers join forces with Sen. Patty Murray to protest Musk-led budget reductions
- IowaPatriot Front (white nationalist group) march in downtown Des Moines
- WashingtonEdmonds to host State of City address in March
- OhioA new U.S. constitutional convention? Ohio Republicans join effort to make it a reality
- MinnesotaIf Angie Craig runs and wins the Senate seat vacated by Tina Smith, will the Second District
- MinnesotaI think that Senator Mitchell should have vacated her seat after her arrest
- CanadaCanadian snowbirds cancel Florida trips over Trump's threats
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RecsMessage From Meidas Touch Network Founder Ben Meiselas - 43
RecsMerz vows independence from Trump's America and compares him to Putin - 25
RecsMusk has seized power over the National Archives. The National Archives administers the electoral college. This is a BFD - 20
RecsTwo Trump officials decline to say Russia started the war in Ukraine
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RecsThis is what I just sent to Elon at hr@opm.gov - 207
Recs'Elon, I hate to break it to you': Dem senator nails Musk in battle over firing threat - 204
Recs'No sir, you are not': Maine newspaper issues Trump civics lesson as he threatens state - 179
RecsYour Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Let's Go Serfin' Now Edition - 170
RecsWOW! Fired Fed worker gives testimony to his church this Sunday. Brilliant
Rumble and Trump Media file motion in US court over decision by Brazilian judge
1 min ago - February 23, 2025 9:52 AM EST Updated 11 hours ago RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O), opens new tab and video-sharing platform Rumble (RUM.O) filed an emergency motion in a U.S ... (Reuters)
[German Conservative leader] Merz says Europe should 'achieve independence' from the US
30 min ago - The favorite for the future German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, sharply criticized Donald Trump's administration and urged Europe to distance from Washington during a post-election panel airing on state broadcaster ARD. "I am communicating closely wit ... (DW News)
Trump 'surrendering to the Russians' on Ukraine, top Democrat says
39 min ago - Sun 23 Feb 2025 13.34 EST Last modified on Sun 23 Feb 2025 13.42 EST A senior Democratic lawmaker accused Donald Trump of “surrendering to the Russians” on Sunday, as Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff said talks between the US and Russia ov ... (The Guardian)
Jim Jordan Says Trump's and Musk's DOGE Has 'Maybe' Made 'Some Mistakes'
1 hr ago - Published Feb 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM EST | Updated Feb 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM EST Speaking about recent government cuts on Sunday, Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, said President Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's Department of Government Effici ... (Newsweek)
Hochul says Democratic governors won't "sit idly by" as Trump threatens retaliation
1 hr ago - February 23, 2025 / 12:13 PM EST Washington — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Sunday that Democratic governors won't "sit idly by" as President Trump threatens to retaliate if state leaders don't comply with his agenda. "Don't think that you ca ... (CBS News)
'Single-biggest threat to our local economy': GOP mayor fears 'devastating' Trump plan
2 hrs ago - February 23, 2025 1:22PM ET A Republican mayor who voted for Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024 is hitting the panic button over fears that his community's economy will collapse if the president follows through on his tariff threats. In an interview with ... (Raw Story)
Conservative opposition wins German election and the far right is 2nd with strongest postwar result
2 hrs ago - BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support in the strongest showing for a far-right party since World War I ... (Associated Press)
Two Trump officials decline to say Russia started the war in Ukraine
2 hrs ago - Feb. 23, 2025, 12:22 PM EST Two Trump administration officials publicly declined to characterize Russia as the provocateur in its war against Ukraine, despite the war having begun when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Asked ... (NBC News)
DOGE cuts pose potential liability for GOP in Virginia elections
3 hrs ago - 02/23/25 12:00 PM ET Cuts to the federal workforce under President Trump are threatening to roil Virginia’s off-year elections this November as Democrats seek to make them a political liability in the battle for control of the governor’s ma ... (The Hill)
The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
3 hrs ago - Updated 4:53 PM EST, February 23, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration said Sunday that it is eliminating 2,000 positions at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of other staffers worldwide on leave ... (AP)
Cuts drain federal government of technical expertise
4 hrs ago - 10 hours ago Employee buyouts, terminations and uncertainty at multiple federal agencies are sparking warnings about an erosion of scientific and technical expertise at a crucial moment. Why it matters: No one country now dominates in every scientifi ... (Axios)
EU plans extraordinary summit on defence, Ukraine on March 6
4 hrs ago - BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - European Union leaders will meet for an extraordinary summit on March 6 to discuss additional support for Ukraine, European security guarantees and how to pay for European defence needs, EU officials said on Sunday. "We a ... (Reuters)
Bomb threat sent to anti-Trump conference singles out officer who tangled with ex-Proud Boys leader
4 hrs ago - Attendees of a center-right political conference in Washington DC were forced to evacuate on Sunday, after someone claiming to be Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group who was convicted and then pardoned for his role in ... (Guardian)
Booker says firing Joint Chiefs chairman sends 'dangerous message' to the military on political loyalty
4 hrs ago - Feb. 23, 2025, 1:36 PM EST / Updated Feb. 23, 2025, 2:31 PM EST Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s firing of Gen. CQ Brown Jr. from his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sends “a dangerous messag ... (NBC News)
Furious Trump Sics Musk on Boeing to Deliver New Air Force One Jets
5 hrs ago - Updated Feb. 23 2025 3:49AM EST | Published Feb. 22 2025 7:06PM EST A furious President Donald Trump has deputized Elon Musk to badger Boeing into delivering two new Air Force One jets—a project that has been been derailed by PR nightmares and ... (Daily Beast)
Minnesota Senator Calls Elon Musk 'A Dick'
5 hrs ago - Feb 23, 2025, 01:14 PM EST Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) called out Elon Musk for his new requirement that all federal employees defend their jobs or else get fired. “This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the bos ... (Huff Post)
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama
6 hrs ago - Sun 23 Feb 2025 08.00 EST Last modified on Sun 23 Feb 2025 10.21 EST The former US ambassador to Panama has launched a stinging critique of Donald Trump’s approach towards Latin America, comparing his conduct to that of the ruthless and egotisti ... (The Guardian)
Trump DOJ sends probe letter asking Rep. Robert Garcia to clarify a metaphor
6 hrs ago - Garcia, who represents Long Beach in Congress, faces censure after criticizing billionaire Elon Musk and referring to the current state of American politics as a 'bar fight' requiring 'actual weapons.' The Department of Justice has launched a probe i ... (Long Beach Watchdog)
Trump officials prepare plans to revive Title 42 policy to expel migrants, documents show
6 hrs ago - Updated on: February 23, 2025 / 12:40 PM EST Washington — The Trump administration has prepared plans to implement a policy that would allow U.S. immigration officials to swiftly expel migrants on the grounds that they could spread diseases lik ... (CBS News)
German elections: CDU's Merz looks set to be next chancellor as far-right AfD surges
6 hrs ago - • Friedrich Merz is likely to become the next German chancellor after his conservative CDU party topped the vote in elections, exit polls project. The stuttering economy and immigration were major voter concerns. • The far-right Alternative ... (CNN)
