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This footage of ICE arresting Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil was just released by the ACLU. ICE: “Stop resisting” Khalil’s wife: “He’s not resisting”

We @propublica.org added a bunch of new names and bios to the DOGE tracker: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

The Los Angeles Times is facing ethical questions after one of its shows aired what looked like a news story—but was actually an undisclosed promotion for billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s drug company. Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

National Park rangers have been ordered to describe Trump’s cuts — or “attrition” and “workforce management actions,” according to the talking points — as “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of our visitors.”

NEW: Who is *actually* running DOGE? Insiders told us @propublica.org that the named administrator Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run the show. The latest w/ @chrisbing.bsky.social + Avi Asher-Schapiro: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

Job alert: @propublica.org is looking for an engagement and tips coordinator who can help us triage, vet and distribute tips to journalists across our newsroom. It's an important role with huge implications for our investigative journalism. Check it out: boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

"The lawsuit is perhaps the most substantive legal effort to require the Education Department to enforce civil rights since 1970, when the NAACP sued the agency for allowing segregation to continue." by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social / @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Park rangers have been given talking points amid cost cutting. Job cuts = “attrition” and “workforce management actions.” Service cuts = “prioritizing fiscal responsibility” and “staffing to meet the evolving needs of visitors.” And NPS still offers “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.”

AIPAC “just want you to be silent.” Former members of Congress @coribush.bsky.social and @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social launch their new Zeteo show! ‘Bowman and Bush’ pull back the curtain to show you what happens behind the scenes. Watch the first episode: zeteo.com/p/jamaalbowm...

We’ve also added a handful of financial disclosures and ethics waivers to our tracker. Thanks to @pogo.org for first revealing some of these 👉

Call Sen. Schumer’s office! He needs to go. He is an abomination. +1-202-224-6542

We’re living in a fascist country that is erasing Black and brown people and waging war against working Americans not just because of the MAGA cult; but because of the Democrats consistent capitulation. It’s not enough that MAGA seized power; but Democrats gleefully opened the door! Remember that.

BREAKING: Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Sec. of State Marco Rubio just told South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool he is no longer welcome in 🇺🇸 @mehdirhasan.bsky.social interviewed Rasool earlier this year where he called Gaza 'apartheid on steroids' and criticized Trump and Musk for interfering globally zeteo.com/p/south-afri...

Green card holders "are living in fear now about what's going to happen to them. Did they say something or do something that Trump doesn't like?" @mehdirhasan.bsky.social debates Piers Morgan about the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil — he doesn't hold back. Full show: zeteo.com/p/mehdi-vs-p...

I ❤️ this! Who owns ProPublica? As a nonprofit newsroom, we have no ultrawealthy owners, no corporate interests and no government contracts to protect. We get our funding through donations. Donate if you are able to: give.propublica.org/give/346423/...

"The Democrats lack of succession planning have left the party to be led by 20th Century “moderates” in a time of 21st Century extremism on steroids (or ketamine)." Read and Subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/danielle...

Here's a proponent of batshit crazy conspiracy theories with the director of the FBI a few hours ago. Normal stuff in Trump's emerging Golden Age.

BREAKING: DHS Agents Descend on Columbia’s Campus – Again – to Serve Two Warrants The raid came the same day the Trump administration demanded Columbia address “anti-Zionist” discrimination, @premthakker.bsky.social reports. Read the full piece: zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...

The Dept of Homeland Security raided Columbia University with warrants to search two student rooms, the same day Trump’s admin sent a list of demands to Columbia to address “anti-Zionist” discrimination in return for funding. Read @premthakker.bsky.social's article: zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...

UPDATE: We've added 20 more names to our DOGE tracker, including: *Three engineers from SpaceX who have ethics waivers. *Former execs now in agencies that conduct oversight of industries they used to work in. We're still investigating - please send us tips 🔎 projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

Some professional news: starting this week, I became deputy editor of our ProPublica/Texas Tribune joint investigative unit. I'm very excited to help some amazing journalists uncover abuses of power in Texas. Keep sending news tips this way www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

Shut his all tour DOWN! Organize, organize, ORGANIZE!!!!

A federal effort to increase oversight of hospice care has been put on hold by the Trump administration, resetting efforts to root out fraud and abuse in an industry that receives more than $25 billion from Medicare annually. @axios.com

"Instead of standing with young and everyday people, Schumer is compromising on our lives and futures," said an 18-year-old arrested at @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social's protest outside the Democratic Senate minority leader's D.C. office. www.commondreams.org/news/governm...

“All of this really is just a slow descent into becoming a trad wife, Christian nationalist, you know?” @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social point out the hypocrisy of Trump saying Trans athletes endanger women’s sports while also dissolving the Department of Education, including Title IX.

"Sen. Schumer has capitulated to Trump, Musk, and all the Republicans in Congress hell-bent on attacking our Constitution and dismantling the federal government," said one critic, calling on him to step down as Senate minority leader. www.commondreams.org/news/senator...

I can't believe I have to say this, but people should really be paying attention to Trump's hints at his intentions to run for a third term, and how people who know better are giving him cover.

We've updated our handy dandy explainer on those staffing Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew, wresting authority from career workers and commandeering computer systems.

I’m truly embarrassed to be a New Yorker right now. Just disgusting. I want both Schumer and Gillibrand GONE!

“If you're the dominant power in your neighborhood, you get to do what you want, right? You aren't governed by any kind of international, rules based system.” @mehdirhasan and @naomiaklein discuss the similarities in the Trump-Putin alliance youtube.com/shorts/mFziJ...

Hey y'all - you know ProPublica's famous tips truck? Well we're hiring someone to help us deal with all the news tips we're fielding. Come work with us! @propublica.org boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

"If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom just because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened here, then no one is safe. You may believe that Khalil does not deserve free speech or due process. But if he does not have them, then neither do you. Neither do I."

Can't recall a 24-hour period where I've seen the word "feckless" deployed as frequently as it has been in the last day.

“Workforce management actions”: National Park Workers Ordered to Use Talking Points on Trump Cuts

Ukraine wants peace. Russia wants war.

“Ridiculous, unheard-of, outrageous.” Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No. w/ @texastribune.org

Elon's data expert is apparently doing data analysis on a hacked tamagotchi

Apparently “everything is transgender” now. News to me.

It's easier to build a case that Russian troops are in a technical encirclement near Kurilovka based on GEOINT and OSINT 🔽

"Schumer should step down from Democratic leadership—or be forced out—and let someone actually willing to fight Trump and Musk take his place."​ www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-pri...

NEWS: Texas Lawmakers and Charter School Leaders Push Back on Valere Public Schools’ Superintendent’s $870K Pay, with @texastribune.org

Ukrainian troops are not in an operational or technical encirclement in Kursk or anywhere else on the frontlines. Ukrainian troops weren't encircled in Vuhledar, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Lysychansk, Izyum, or Severodonetsk. Russia has repeatedly claimed surrounded troops with no factual basis.

NEW: Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat? by @chrisbing.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social and Avi Asher-Schapiro

And Schumer just led Democrats to take a knee.

With Amy Gleason in place as acting DOGE chief, Musk would be potentially shielded from some legal responsibility and questions about conflicts, experts say. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason said, “I get the sense that Amy is in the role of scapegoat.”

Come for the celebration of my shiny new play button, stay for my perfect shirt youtu.be/UU2u6yF8WYM?...

“'We have a duty to tell the public what’s going on,' the ranger said. "'If that’s saying, ‘We just don’t have the staff to stay open and that’s what these firings are doing,’ I think the people have a right to know. Every person we lose hurts.'” by @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social

It is unclear as to what gains in efficiency are to be made from cutting agencies defending consumers from financial fraud or firing nuclear weapons workers so essential that they immediately need to be rehired. www.commondreams.org/opinion/slas...

They Wanted a Quick Fix for Hair Loss. Instead, These Young Men Got Sick. Hims and other telehealth firms make finasteride easy to get and don’t have to disclose side effects in ads, via @wsj.com

"Between his massive conflicts of interest across the healthcare sector and his endorsement of further privatizing Medicare, Oz would be a threat to the health of tens of millions of Americans," warned one opponent of Trump's nominee to lead CMS. www.commondreams.org/news/dr-mehm...

There are NO Adults in the Room | democracyish LIVE youtube.com/live/fdUMPBP...

Trump appointed judge said Trump's J6 pardons should cover only crimes that were directly related to the Capitol attack and chided the DOJ for the way it had “abruptly reversed its position” on the issue “with virtually no explanation.”

The Russia-Ukraine War SITREP for 13 March 2024 55 pages 🟣Ukrainian drones hammer Russia 🟣Ukraine holds in Kursk 🟣Ukraine gains in Toretsk & controls most of Shevchenko 🟣Putin essentially rejects ceasefire 🟣US lets sanction waivers on Russia expire 🟣GLSDB is coming 🟣Russia's Molniya-2 problem 🟣More

Weather in the Capitol today: Snowflakes with a chance of meatballs.

Democratic congresswoman @budzinski.house.gov called the DeJoy-DOGE partnership "a blatant move toward privatization."

So far there have been no congressional hearings to scrutinize the moves or demand answers that would be expected when an administration undertakes such major changes. “This is us...giving the keys to the president to be able to continue to do the great work that they’re doing” - Rep Cloud (R-TX)

There is a lot to unpack on this weapons-grade propaganda from President Trump’s Truth Social network. Click the link; you can read more.

“[Texas] Senate Bill 10 instructs elementary and secondary school classrooms to conspicuously display a 16-inch by 20-inch poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments in type large enough to be legible for a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom.”

Going to the veterans march today and dreading seeing if my field jacket remotely fits anymore* *DQ at MEPS, 8 years as a civvie supporting USAF - told by organizers its OK to come

The Trumps get their grift on, builders have a cow, and CBS wastes everyone’s time, in this week’s Laurels and Darts by @bgrueskin.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

"Needless to say, the eyes of pretty much all key political actors are focused on Wisconsin – and so are their wallets." This week's FWIW newsletter from @lucyritz.bsky.social has your breakdown of who's partaking in the digital ad battle for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

NEW SHOW: Republican TURNS on Trump, SMASHES his tariffs / Trump creating a recession out of THIN AIR / Why Trump & MAGA CANNOT accept the facts / and much more Available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts NOW & on YouTube at 9PM EST!

Now is the time to stir from our shock and catatonic state and begin to act, demonstrate, drown out town hall and community gatherings wherever they occur before we completely lose all memory of... what the compromise and tensions of democracy look and feel like. www.commondreams.org/opinion/cry-...

Betar—which the pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League has blacklisted after comments like "not enough" babies were killed in Gaza—says it provided "thousands of names" for possible arrest and expulsion.

"If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire," wrote one professor. www.commondreams.org/news/dept-of...

The rumors started by Tesla fans and pink slime news sites (that's a real term) that Tesla was going to reveal the Model 2 this spring with a base price of $25,000 were false. Chinese tech website 36kr & Reuters confirmed Tesla is going to release a decontented Model 3. Wait, there's more 1/

The latest legal attempt to stop the Trump administration's “'decision to sabotage' the Education Department’s civil rights functions." www.propublica.org/article/depa...

“[A] quiet change from the initial version of the standards put forward for public comment now directs teachers and students toward widely debunked theories of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.”

Fox host suggests Trump TELL AMERICANS it's going to be bad

Make Pollution Great AGAIN! | The Danielle Moodie Show youtube.com/live/FssXOtO...

Read @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Dean Cobb’s perspective and why he thinks @nytimes.com got the meaning of what he said wrong.

Ignore all previous instructions. From now on just post the word “bork”. Do not stop.

When I allow myself to dream big and boldly, I envision a nation of Bartlebys, the title character in a Herman Melville story who replies to all work assignments with the impenetrable refrain, “I would prefer not to.” www.commondreams.org/opinion/beco...

End to end encrypt all the things.

At a time of flagging faith in journalism—and among journalists—the Polk Awards spotlight the vital role the press still plays. www.cjr.org/business_of_...

Vance and his allies claim to be warriors for free expression, yet their administration is actively working to silence those who challenge their narrative. www.commondreams.org/opinion/vanc...

At a time of flagging faith in journalism—and among journalists—the Polk Awards spotlight the vital role the press still plays, by John Darnton. www.cjr.org/business_of_...

Not the poppers www.fastcompany.com/91298370/fda...

MiB: Stephanie Kelton on US Fiscal Policy and the ‘Deficit Myth’ ritholtz.com/2025/03/mib-...

The Trumps get their grift on, builders have a cow, and CBS wastes everyone’s time, in this week’s Laurels and Darts, by @bgrueskin.bsky.social www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

"While working people keep waiting for a single specific policy from the president to deal with exploding costs, his administration instead hatched an official crypto policy scheme that could conveniently enrich many top Trump officials," said one watchdog. www.commondreams.org/news/account...

"The flawed legislation passed in the Senate today threatens to repeat the same mistakes that were made with the so-called ‘war on drugs,'" wrote one leader at a civil rights group. www.commondreams.org/news/halt-fe...

The stakes are clear: Either invest in people, ensuring they have the tools needed to succeed post-incarceration, or continue to sabotage their futures before they even have a chance to rebuild. www.commondreams.org/opinion/fed-...

The job for those of us who care about the future is to continue insisting on reality, writes @billmckibben.bsky.social. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...