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Social Security insiders: The payments will stop if Trump and DOGE keep going
SSA insiders and former commissioner Martin O'Malley say Trump and Musk are breaking the system to the point that payments will stop. No one seems to be…
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Justin Glawe
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EXCLU: Social Security employees told to stop reading the news
In an email obtained this morning, SSA employees are told they shouldn't read "General News" at work.
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One man stood up
The only thing you need to know from Trump's address to Congress.
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Attack on GOP town hall protester in Coeur d'Alene, ID — a troubling sign of pro-Trump law enforcement
Friends of Teresa Borrenpohl speak out after Idaho sheriff supports private security's infringement of First Amendment rights.
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28:04
Five things I did last week in case Elon Musk asks
Plus, a live chat for tomorrow's address to Congress by Trump, and other stories in the works.
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Negotiating with a madman, with Daniel Bates
America abandons an ally. Plus, an Epstein fig leaf from the White House, and the British perspective on Trump's madman routine.
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Cowardice disguised as strength: Trump and Vance bully Zelenskyy—and what you can do about it
Fake tough guys take on a real tough guy. Plus, resources for fighting back.
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February 2025

Trump and Musk are dismantling Social Security
It's part of a game plan to handicap government — and secure the remains for corporations and the wealthy.
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Extremism and militarization of immigration enforcement, with Arturo Dominguez
CIA drones in Mexico, military at the border, fear-mongering about disease, denying asylum claims—Trump's extremist immigration policies are just…
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L'etat c'est moi
Trump says he is the law. Plus, ignoring the courts, consolidating military power, and stifling dissent.
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New American fascism and competitive authoritarianism, with Steven Monacelli
Experts and scholars agree that the Trump administrations displays all the hallmarks of fascism. An emerging concept of "competitive authoritarianism…
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Steven Monacelli
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Punishment and pain
Yes, we're headed toward what many of us never thought possible. Here's some of the exact routes.
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