D.C. mayor seeks repeal of sanctuary city law D.C.'s sanctuary city law clashes with the White House's mass deportation push.

Sneaky sneaky
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Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-Present)

This is so sketch.

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U.S. Steel situation gets even stranger The rules are being rewritten in real time. And in the dark.

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Trump 'bait and switched' NC voters who are now lashing out: 'He knew what he was doing' President Donald Trump ‘bait and switched' North Carolina voters on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aid they received, and some Hurricane Helene survivors are angry at his recent moves,...

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Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and hot chow for dinner), and showering in contracted trailers during the Army's ...

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Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office, pushes false claims of white genocide Trump hosted South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. resettlement of white South Africans.

I can't stop laughing. I've got literal tears. abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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Ohio congressman introduces bill to study ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ WASHINGTON (WCMH) – An Ohio congressman introduced a bill asking the National Institute of Health to study “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” or extreme negative reactions to President Donald Trump.  Re…

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'Corrupt and unlawful!' Trump comes after megastars Beyoncé and Oprah President Donald Trump called for investigations of big-name performers who backed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.The president unspooled a late-night rant against Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey...

Just weird.
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Trump calls for probe into Springsteen’s involvement in Harris presidential campaign

But for real. Is this life?
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This makes me physically ill. www.facebook.com/share/16ea3X...

Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources

Wow! As a broke federal employee, I wasn't even allowed to accept dinner.
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Is this real life?

40 years ago, Philadelphia police bombed this Black neighborhood on live TV : Code Switch We're looking back on the day a Philadelphia police department helicopter dropped a bomb on a rowhouse in a middle-class neighborhood. Even though that bombing and the fire it set off killed eleven pe...

Just a reminder of our history. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...

Trump's VA strands thousands of veterans by ending a key mortgage program The VA Servicing Purchase program has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid foreclosure. But Republicans in Congress have been critical of the program, saying it puts too much taxpayer money at risk.

Are we great yet?
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The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000 YouTube video by Mother Jones

"We have an FBI director who received $25,000 for appearing in a film, executive producing a film, made by a Ukrainian-American-Russian who worked on a propaganda project that was financed, in part, by Vladimir Putin's office."

"Why this isn't a bigger story, I don't know."

Some DHS employees told to send selfies to prove they are in-office as department suddenly ends remote work Employees are not being promised a place to work, but must report to any nearby office and ask if there is space for them.

If only there was technology on government computers to tell where they are.
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Elon Musk Is Shutting Down The Government Loan Office That Gave Him The Money To Grow Tesla - Jalopnik Musk is killing the very program that took a risk on his moonshot project, directly laying the foundation for him to become the world's wealthiest man.

www.jalopnik.com/1843586/elon...

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

Yo Doge!
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With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us' Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

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Happy Earth Day!!!

Don't listen to the hate! I think it's absolutely beautiful and quite possibly the most qualified and competent. Hopefully it's all merit based and not DUI hires with a side of nepotism. Just don't share war plans on Signal and they'll be fine. 🤣❤️💪🏾

Trump tariffs hit uninhabited islands in Australian sub-Antarctic territory There are no people in the Heard and McDonald Islands, but there are plenty of seals, penguins and other birds.

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Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.

Um...
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Republican Senator Jim Banks taunted a fired federal employee — one of his constituents — saying he “deserved” to be terminated.

Although the senator has absolutely no clue what position the man held at HHS, he said the former employee “deserved” to be terminated.

Banks made haste to the…

Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth's office U.S. officials say the U.S. Naval Academy has removed nearly 400 books from its library after being told by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office to review and get rid of books that promote diversit...

Soo... book burning?

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Here is the training that the Army says is no longer mandatory The Army is removing resiliency training and leaving courses on occupational safety, law of war, combat lifesaving, and more up to commanders.

This is concerning:
The Army is cutting hours worth of training that were previously mandatory for soldiers, including the basics of combat medicine and a primer on the laws of war. taskandpurpose.com/news/army-tr...

Trump signs executive order ending collective bargaining rights for many federal workers | CNN Politics President Donald Trump took his most consequential action against federal employee unions yet late Thursday, signing an executive order aimed at ending collective bargaining for government employees w...

Do people REALLY not see what's happening?
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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.