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Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off. YouTube video by International School History

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Lech Wałęsa expresses ‘horror and distaste’ at Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy Ex-Polish leader, who won Nobel prize for pro-democracy efforts, compares meeting to a communist interrogation The former Polish president and Nobel peace prize winner Lech Wałęsa has signed a letter to Donald Trump expressing “horror and distaste” at…

Lech Wałęsa expresses ‘horror and distaste’ at Trump’s treatment of Zelenskyy

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Veterans Affairs department halts billions in cuts praised by Elon Musk The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts, which Secretary Collins described a day earlier as nonessential consulting agreements.

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Trump Launches Mass Purge of Air Traffic Control Staff The Trump administration has kicked off a firing spree of air traffic controllers, despite four deadly plane crashes on his watch.

Donald Trump’s administration has begun indiscriminately culling scores of people who keep air travel safe, despite four deadly plane crashes during his first two months as president.

“The PayPal Mafia”: Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump President Trump’s targeting of South Africa is clearly tied to his influential adviser Elon Musk and a coterie of wealthy U.S. oligarchs, “all of whom in some way or other grew up in South Africa...

"The PayPal Mafia": Meet the South African Oligarchs Surrounding Trump, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel

Get ready to #standupforscience in 2.5 weeks!

Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned 'neo-reactionary' hollowing out of government is happening in real time

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On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

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50501 Protest in Pittsburgh Feb 5, 2025, 11:00:00 AM - GMT-5 - William S. Moorhead Federal Building, 15224, Pittsburgh, United States - Protests are erupting across the country, especially this Wednesday. Pennsylvania is havin...

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Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.

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A two-fer post today! Happy Saturday!

Private business jet crashes near mall in northeast Philadelphia, officials say.

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FYI the Chief and Deputy Chief of the FAA resigned because Musk pushed for Chief Whitaker's firing because the Chief was critical of Space X aviation safety.
Some degree of blood is on the hands of "Deputy President" Musk.

#firemusk

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Biden signs bipartisan FAA bill into law | CNN Politics President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, enacting a law that aims to improve aviation safety and strengthen protections for passengers ...

In May of 2024 Joe Biden signed a bill that provided funds to hire more air traffic controllers to remedy the shortage of such workers. In January of 2025 Trump fired the head of the FAA (because Musk had beef with him) and encouraged federal workers to resign. www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/p...

Mood right now
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School lunches are funded by a federal program grant.
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This program has been in place since 1932.

Where is Eric Cantona when we need him? We should all be Eric.

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32 years ago

Hollywood Rock Festival (Rio de Janeiro, January, 1993)

L7 - Pretend We're Dead (live in rio)

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Members of Pittsburgh’s immigrant community reacts to ICE raids across the country

Local raids today include a Carnegie Mellon University student. Anyone know if the raid/arrest took place on campus?
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30 Pittsburgh businesses temporarily close to protect people from ICE raids, sources say Immigration raids are playing out across the country, including here in Pittsburgh.

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The people now in charge of the Office of Personnel Management apparently don’t know how to scrub PDF metadata, and have exposed the original authors of the guidance they’re publishing. Two, Noah Peters and James Sherk, have links to the Heritage Foundation and Project 2025.

Really AP, complicity? The Fourth Estate is dead.

Trump suspends aid to Ukraine, vital NGOs 'don't know if they'll survive' U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze foreign development assistance for 90 days has thrown Ukrainian organizations into turmoil, in some cases threatening their very existence and leaving ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze foreign development assistance for 90 days has thrown Ukrainian organizations into turmoil, in some cases threatening their very existence and leaving the people they support in limbo.