Today's news cycle? Still Flooding the Zone!
Triple the content since I posted this morning.
Since I posted today’s news post, the content in that one post has grown three-fold with news we should all be aware of. Here is a portion of what’s in the post. Click above to go to it.
Topics?
-DOGE cancels federal contract for 9/11 research
-New York sues major vape companies
-Minnesota lieutenant governor launches Senate bid
-LGBTQ+ identification approaches 10 percent
-Most Americans in new poll say Russia started war in Ukraine
-Daniel Cameron launches Senate bid ( McConnell)
- Layoffs begin at the IRS -Inflation warning signs mount
-GOP lawmaker files measure to impeach judge who blocked Trump
-Favorability poll Zuckerberg and Musk
-What to know about Ukraine's rare earth minerals, which the U.S. wants
- Trump to hold Black History Month celebration (no irony)
-The race to replace a Senate titan tips off
-The Trump Backers Who Have Buyer’s Remorse
-Senate confirms Kash Patel as FBI director in 51-49 vote
-IRS lays off 6,700 employees, torpedoing Democratic enforcement boost
-Mississippi judge orders local paper to remove editorial
-DHS sued over.deportation protections for Venezuelans
-Senate stares down an all-nighter to approve a ‘Plan B’ budget
-Possible House Dem absence
-RFK Jr. prepares shake-up of vaccine advisers
-Target's diversity rollback sparks backlash from Black community
-Ex-presidents’ silence on Trump dismays some Democrats
-Musk says X Community Notes increasingly ‘gamed by governments & legacy media’ -DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency
-USDS Engineering Director Resigns
-The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug
-U.S. and Ukraine discuss "improved" minerals deal after Trump raged at Zelensky
-Trump: Russia holds ‘the cards’ in Ukraine peace talks
-‘Transatlantic relations are over’ as Trump sides with Putin
-UK and Norway start Arctic defense pact talks to combat Putin
-Farage counters Trump: Zelenskyy is ‘not a dictator’
-Will Ukraine turn into WW3? Macron doesn’t rule it out
- How Zelenskyy can salvage ties with Trump
-Inflation warning signs mount -Trump’s mixed Medicaid messaging
-Speaker Johnson discourages DOGE stimulus checks idea
-Judge rules Trump admin can move ahead on mass layoffs
-Musk calls former International Space Station commander ‘idiot’ in exchange over astronauts
-Alabama grand jury recommends police department be ‘immediately abolished’
-Sheinbaum warns US cannot ‘invade’ Mexico in fight against cartels
[Because, you know, sovereignty...]
and...
-Some GOP members feel helpless as DOGE cuts hit
-World leaders head to Ukraine as Trump cozies up to Putin
-Elections a ‘poison’ for Ukraine if held now, Kyiv mayor says
-Moroccan authorities expel EU lawmakers trying to enter Western Sahara
-California bill could make health insurers pay $1 million for denying care
-Democrats launch probe into Musk’s White House role
-Neera Tanden is returning to the Center for American Progress.
-Musk wields chainsaw onstage at CPAC, touting DOGE cuts
-Trump moves to end protections for 500K Haitian migrants — paving the way for deportations It’s part of the president’s sweeping crackdown on immigration.
-Noem ends protections from deportations for Haitians
-Newsmax, Fox News back AP in Trump standoff
-HHS postpones meeting of key CDC vaccine panel, one week after RFK Jr. sworn in
-NY Republicans push back against 9/11 fund cut
-Judge declines to reinstate refugee resettlement program
-Top MAGA Lawyer Launches ‘Operation Whirlwind’ to Look Into Democrats
-What’s Elon doing with your data?
-FTC launches probe into ‘Big Tech censorship’
-White House crowd chants ‘four more years’ after Trump asks if he should run again
-Trump thanks Black Americans for electing him
-Hegseth’s proposed Pentagon cuts, firing of generals: What to know
--The #Education Department waiting game
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Rima
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