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HClinton's server seems damn quaint at this point.

'Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.'

nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/poli

The information that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared on the second Signal chat included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen, according to some of the people familiar with the chat.
The New York Times · Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal ChatBy Greg Jaffe

Now #trump is targeting medical journals…. I guess he wants them to publish his worldview and not actual #science.

If we can’t trust medical journals to publish rigorous science, how will medical care be determined in the future? Do you want your medical care to be based on poorly conducted #research or just Trump’s opinion on medical care?

nytimes.com/2025/04/18/health/ #uspol #resist #resistance #giftarticle

Edward Martin Jr., a Republican activist serving as interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., sent letters to science and medical journals, accusing them of bias.
The New York Times · Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging BiasBy Teddy Rosenbluth

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#US #intelligence contradicts #Trump’s justification for mass #deportations
[wait, what!?!?, but but but…are you saying that #felon47 LIED?????!!!!?!!?!?!?!!]

The determination is the most comprehensive assessment to date undercutting Trump’s rationale for deporting *suspected* *gang members* without #DueProcess.

#law #immigration #UnitedStates #democracy #federalism #ChecksAndBalances #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #SeparationOfPowers #Autocracy #Tyranny
wapo.st/4ipRoOd

The Washington Post · U.S. intelligence contradicts Trump’s justification for mass deportationsBy John Hudson
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Internal budget document reveals extent of #Trump’s proposed #health cuts
#HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about ⅓ of its discretionary budget.

The Trump admin is seeking to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs, a roughly ⅓ cut in discretionary spending by the HHS, acc/to a preliminary #budget document obtained by WaPo.

#science #medicine #health #PublicHealth #law #Musk #RFKJr
wapo.st/42gLz0Z

The Washington Post · Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cutsBy Lena H. Sun

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We’re About to Find Out What #MassDeportation Really Looks Like

The #Trump admin’s campaign to remove millions of people from the #US could soon be supercharged by #Congress.

–Nick Miroff

#Republican *lawmakers* are now preparing to lavish #ICE w/ a colossal #funding increase”

It will fund the “social & demographic transformation of the US that #immigration hard-liners have long fantasized about achieving”

#law #StateTerror #DualState #Constitution
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · Trump’s Mass-Deportation Campaign Hasn’t Really Started YetBy Nick Miroff