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A news article headline reads, "White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy." The subheadline states that the decision is part of a broader effort to push universities to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline. Below the text is a photograph of a historic building on the University of Pennsylvania's campus, with a statue in the foreground and leafless trees framing the image. The article is authored by Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender, published on March 19, 2025.

A news article continues discussing the Trump administration's decision to suspend $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania due to its policies regarding transgender athletes. The article references a White House social media account announcing the move, citing Penn's support of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas as a justification. A response from Penn states that they have not received official notification and assert they are in compliance with all relevant regulations.

You wouldn't know from reading this New York Times story about Trump punishing the University of Pennsylvania for trans athletes that there are no trans athletes on women's teams at the University of Pennsylvania because the New York Times didn't find that detail worth including

Air Force purges photos, websites on pioneering female pilots Some websites on retired Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, and the World War II-era WASPs have been pulled offline.

Air Force purges photos, websites on pioneering female pilots

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This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

Senator Raphael Warnock ahead of the vote on RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary:

"I simply do not trust him to oversee the CDC. He's unqualified, and I dare say that everybody here knows it."

BOOM!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

why does it look like The More You Know logo is crashing back to earth

Crockett: It was my ancestors that built the White House. If we have been good enough to build this country, we are good enough to serve in other ways. Stop trying to act as if only white men are the ones that are capable because you’re sitting with 3 very capable black women

I was interviewed at CES this morning. We mentioned that consumers will decide whether they want to be on a platform that is “unfiltered free speech “ or “ moderated”. I mentioned that I loved @bsky.app , and spontaneously people started clapping 🔥.

Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.

In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle The Arizona senator’s campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

Until a member of Congress goes to jail for theft and/or fraud, these offenses are going to keep happening.

It is time for us to publicly declare—if by no means accept—that both DOJ and the FBI have no problem whatsoever with politicians defrauding their donors or stealing money from voters.

None.

Well done RollingStone for reporting it accurately.

Evidently the GOP really doesn’t have a problem with foreigners taking over the country.

President Elon Musk wants to shutdown the government so he can pave the way for massive tax cuts for him and his billionaire insiders while your fucking grandma pays the bill out of her social security check.

this was basically my understanding of the song as a kid

My family all got it right after Thanksgiving. We didn’t have anyone over, we wear flo masks, fully vaccinated, use nasal sprays and track air quality w/aranets. Added hrvs to our home to improve fresh air exchange. I’m on day 12 and still dealing with fevers 😢 We’d avoided it since February 2020.

Anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. and one of his top legal advisers are steadily pushing federal regulators to revoke approval for the polio and hepatitis B vaccines. Trump’s pick for health secretary and his lawyer also aim to block distribution of 13 other vaccines that have protected the health and lives of…

I'm experimenting with how many apples I need to eat a day to keep EVERYONE away, whatever their profession.

🚨 Breaking: Assad’s government has fallen, and he has fled Damascus.

Sending thoughts and prayers to Tulsi Gabbard in this difficult time for her.

It’s Official! ‘Have I Got News For You’ is back in 2025 for another run!! Stream the existing 10eps on Max

Biden booed during State of the Union for claiming GOP wants to cut Social Security, Medicare President Biden faced with significant backlash from Republicans after he claimed they want to "sunset" entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.

I'm old enough to remember Biden getting booed at his SOTU speech for saying that the GOP wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare

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pete hegseth doesn't want women to serve in combat roles yet he has his mother out here fighting his battles....

When foreigners gave smaller amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation before Hillary Clinton ran for president, the New York Times put the story on the front page.

This is a larger amount of money going directly into the pocket of the president-elect.

A Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 million Chinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday.

Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story

The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Post

What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers What would happen to the fast food industry if it had to pay its workers something closer to a living wage?

1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour

The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases

Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs

Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.

You can get sent to jail for stealing toilet paper but if you hire a dozen children to work overnight shifts at your slaughter house your company pays a fine

The insider DC sheets keep running articles about Democrats bewailing Bidens pardon. I’m able to keep a pretty close tabs on the opinions of engaged Democrats via emails to TPM. And the actual opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of the decision. In fact, more or less universal support.

the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment

Trump pardoned his criminal co conspirators. I’m 100% behind Biden pardoning his son.