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That headline yesterday (from the Jewish Insider, not the Onion):

11.03.2026 13:31 👍 103 🔁 25 💬 9 📌 4
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Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library ABC, Meta, Paramount and X reportedly agreed to pay at least $63 million in settlements with the president. The original fund was dissolved last year.

"Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library"

Dan Diamond, Aaron Schaffer for Washington Post

11.03.2026 13:54 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

I. I. I. Me. Me. Me.

11.03.2026 14:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Undoing Accountability: An Update on Trump's Attacks on Inspectors General - Public Citizen

New: "Trump Eradicates Critical Oversight as he Fires More Inspectors General than All Other U.S. Presidents Combined"

Douglas S. Pasternak for @publiccitizen.bsky.social

11.03.2026 14:05 👍 20 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
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Ellison’s Foreign Funding Furor While David Ellison is vowing to protect CNN’s independence as he prepares to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, Democratic senators are raising fresh concerns to Status about Paramount’s expected use ...

While David Ellison is vowing to protect CNN’s independence as he prepares to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, Democratic senators are raising fresh concerns to Status about Paramount’s expected use of foreign money in the deal.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/david-elli...

11.03.2026 01:46 👍 91 🔁 35 💬 2 📌 2

This👇🏻

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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Gift Link: wapo.st/4bAFCQZ

10.03.2026 19:57 👍 421 🔁 172 💬 17 📌 45

I talked to dozens of experts in government, academia, cybersecurity, and industry about exactly this scenario last year and not only did not one of them think I was being alarmist, many brought it up unprompted and many said there was zero chance it hadn’t already happened

10.03.2026 22:42 👍 2065 🔁 755 💬 30 📌 18

This 👇🏻

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This 👇🏻

11.03.2026 01:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ridiculous. And once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

11.03.2026 01:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Two things can … not be true

10.03.2026 23:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’ Jeremy Carl faced tough questions from lawmakers during a Senate confirmation hearing last month.

Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’

10.03.2026 22:54 👍 663 🔁 193 💬 54 📌 44
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Flashback to the 2024 Republican National Convention 👇🏽

10.03.2026 18:51 👍 1713 🔁 567 💬 33 📌 8
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“.. The advice signals a recalibration by the White House — and reflects growing concern among some Republicans that Democrats are successfully framing Trump's immigration policy as overly sweeping and indiscriminate.”

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/03/10/w...

10.03.2026 18:42 👍 1095 🔁 300 💬 81 📌 68
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“.. a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

10.03.2026 18:48 👍 3028 🔁 1500 💬 200 📌 121
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Scoop: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations Blair delivered the message during a policy listening session with House Republicans at their annual retreat in Doral, Florida.

SCOOP: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations

10.03.2026 18:19 👍 506 🔁 158 💬 50 📌 69
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DOJ losing experienced counterterrorism minds at a critical time, say current and former officials On the heels of an ISIS-inspired threat in New York, a look across the Justice Department finds a purge of national security expertise at the FBI and other divisions.

New: The FBI has lost 300 experienced national security agents over the last year, including 45 fired. Now the threat environment is as perlilous as it’s been in a long time. The DOJ has also lost experienced natsec lawyers.

www.ms.now/news/doj-los...

10.03.2026 19:32 👍 77 🔁 55 💬 5 📌 1

If by being [a] lap dog[s], Congress has asserted itself, OK.

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Too late.

10.03.2026 19:46 👍 214 🔁 45 💬 19 📌 6
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

10.03.2026 19:28 👍 1910 🔁 844 💬 52 📌 180

Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

10.03.2026 19:33 👍 2900 🔁 1436 💬 106 📌 64
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Q: “The president said he had to strike Iran because he believed Iran was going to strike US targets within 7 days, then he bumped that to 3 days…There are no US leaders or Israeli leaders who are making those same claims. Is he making this up?"

Leavitt: “The president is not making anything up.”

10.03.2026 19:45 👍 179 🔁 39 💬 47 📌 9
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer Roasts Trump War Strategy: ‘Seems Indiscriminate — Doesn’t Get Us Anywhere’ Cramer roasted President Donald Trump and his allies over their war strategy, calling it "indiscriminate" and saying it "doesn't get us anywhere." The post CNBC’s Jim Cramer Roasts Trump War Strategy: ‘Seems Indiscriminate — Doesn’t Get Us Anywhere’ first appeared on Mediaite.

CNBC’s Jim Cramer Roasts Trump War Strategy: ‘Seems Indiscriminate — Doesn’t Get Us Anywhere’

10.03.2026 16:52 👍 159 🔁 37 💬 11 📌 2

There are now more kids with measles in Texas than children who have ever had transgender surgery

10.03.2026 15:41 👍 344 🔁 55 💬 3 📌 1
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F.B.I. Subpoenas Records in Arizona in Expansion of 2020 Voting Inquiry

As Trump continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election that in fact he lost, the FBI expands its criminal investigation into his debunked claims by subpoenaing voting records in Arizona. @alanfeuer.bsky.social @nytnickc.bsky.social @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...

10.03.2026 14:59 👍 114 🔁 48 💬 23 📌 1
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How We’re All Now Paying the Price for the Myth of Trump’s Competence The administration’s war with Iran is setting a mountain of taxpayer dollars on fire every day—mostly because he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

The man is, whatever his other faults, just way in over his head. Maybe Democrats should say that more often. The fact that he’s costing taxpayers a billion dollars a day on a war most of them didn’t want may be a good place to start. trib.al/oQGYMWP

10.03.2026 14:48 👍 586 🔁 200 💬 39 📌 13
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Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social

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Rand Paul: "As far as reasons for the war, there have been many different ones floated, but none have been very convincing... we were told their nuclear weapons were obliterated, and now we're told their nuclear weapons are just moments away from being a bomb. I don't think the arguments are valid."

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