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Politics
JD Vance Says He’s ‘Feeling Good’ About Market Mayhem: ‘It Could Be Worse’
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
Trump’s plan triggered the worst day in U.S. markets since a global pandemic.
Leigh Kimmins
Leigh Kimmins

Reporter
Published Apr. 4 2025 6:06AM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-says-hes-feeling-good-about-market-mayhem-it-could-be-worse/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Don't believe anything Trump or Vance says about Greenland
Monday, March 31, 2025 at 5:01:12p PDT
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/31/2313656/-Don-t-believe-anything-Trump-or-Vance-says-about-Greenland?detail=emaildkre

Politics
Trump pardons Navy veteran convicted in Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Updated 11:27 AM PDT, March 31, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-oath-keepers-capitol-riot-thomas-caldwell-c14fecd857812c2002a2612f470f0821?user_email=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Politics
Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race. Opposition calls it ‘corrupt’

By SCOTT BAUER
Updated 11:19 AM PDT, March 27, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-elon-musk-lottery-trump-b272e6af6c18ff5b73cd100ecec275b7?user_email=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Call It the 'Dismantling Government Act': House GOP Advances Bill Backing Musk-Led Destruction

"This bill would rubber-stamp unchecked abuses of power even further," said the leader of one government watchdog group.
Julia Conley
Mar 26, 2025

https://www.commondreams.org/news/the-open-plot-to-dismantle-the-government

It makes sense that a criminal leader would want to reward the criminals that committed crimes for his cause, doesn't make it right.

Politics
Now Trump Is Talking About Handing Cash to Jan. 6 Rioters
MOB MONEY
The MAGA supporters—some of whom attacked police officers—went to the Capitol “peacefully and patriotically,” Trump said.
Janna Brancolini
Janna Brancolini
Updated Mar. 26 2025 5:14AM EDT
Published Mar. 26 2025 4:56AM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/now-trump-is-talking-about-paying-the-jan-6-rioters/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Trumpland
Members of Signal War Group Chat Are Being Sued Over Bombshell Leak
👊⚖️🔥
Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Tulsi Gabbard, and more were listed as defendants in the lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Yasmeen Hamadeh

Night News Reporter
Updated Mar. 26 2025 8:29AM EDT
Published Mar. 25 2025 11:11PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth-marco-rubio-and-more-are-being-sued-over-shock-signal-group-chat-leak/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Health
Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
Updated 3:15 PM PDT, March 24, 2025

https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-research-grants-terminated-trump-5b2810312de1420ca3df875314b0a1e9?user_email=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Opinion
Usha Vance Accidentally Reveals Very Un-MAGA Item on Her Shelf
INCONVENIENT TRUTH
The second lady displayed an item by a surprise vice president as she announced a trip to Greenland.
Nell Scovell
Nell Scovell
Updated Mar. 24 2025 9:05AM EDT
Published Mar. 24 2025 12:00AM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/usha-vance-accidentally-reveals-very-un-maga-item-on-her-shelf/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

Lever Daily
Mar 20, 2025
Who Actually Owns Crypto? Almost Nobody.

As Trump prepares for a digital currency bailout, new data show just a tiny fraction of Americans own any of it.
Veronica Riccobene

https://www.levernews.com/who-actually-owns-crypto/

Lever Daily
Mar 19, 2025
How Elon Musk Helped Close Your Local Pharmacy

The billionaire’s rage-tweets protected the corporate middlemen inflating your medicine prices and killing your community’s economy.
Veronica Riccobene

https://www.levernews.com/how-elon-musk-helped-close-your-local-pharmacy/

'It's a slap in the face.' Residents criticize Gov. Ferguson's furlough plan

Alexandra Coenjaerts Mar 22, 2025 Updated 10 hrs ago

https://www.kxly.com/news/its-a-slap-in-the-face-residents-criticize-gov-fergusons-furlough-plan/article_4bb39024-7837-4dc5-91b5-89b941420fc2.html

End Musk's corruption and save rural broadband access!

https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/musk-contracts-broadband/?t=4&akid=33279%2E7128987%2E6UUi1Q

Buy now, pay later for ... your burger

Nathan Bomey

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/buy-now-pay-later-doordash-klarna-bnpl?link_id=12&can_id=ac7b8de3c795c777e8cc3084fe627283&source=email-trump-screws-over-millions-of-kids-in-brazen-new-attack&email_referrer=email_2665292&email_subject=elon-threatens-pentagon-after-explosive-leak-scandal

Trump Supporter Still Backs President After ICE Arrests Wife: ‘I Don’t Regret the Vote’
Michael LucianoMar 19th, 2025, 4:14 pm

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-supporter-still-backs-president-after-ice-arrests-wife-i-dont-regret-the-vote/?link_id=15&can_id=ac7b8de3c795c777e8cc3084fe627283&source=email-trump-screws-over-millions-of-kids-in-brazen-new-attack&email_referrer=email_2665292&email_subject=elon-threatens-pentagon-after-explosive-leak-scandal&&

Rubio praises deportation to ‘excellent prison system’ known for abuse
Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 1:00:10p PDT

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/20/2311492/-Rubio-praises-deportation-to-excellent-prison-system-known-for-abuse?detail=emaildkre

Rubio praises deportation to ‘excellent prison system’ known for abuse.

Since Rubio believes that the deportation prison system is so great, maybe he should spend a week inside with no special treatment and get the same treatment that the prisoners get.

Politics
Trump Admin Arrests FBI Agent Who Went After Rudy Giuliani
LOCK HIM UP
He blew the whistle on what he saw as political meddling in the bureau’s work.

Jasmine Venet

Breaking News Intern
Updated Mar. 20 2025 8:43PM EDT
Published Mar. 20 2025 7:55PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-arrests-fbi-agent-who-went-after-rudy-giuliani/?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning&user_emailA=ba66dbf7254c215b98844cb297ac7cac&user_emailB=f5da2b6c88fa60c0a232a75959acb9e0590a6a672e40dbd8f8ebed98f20bf333

A Showdown over Court Authority

Under the Constitution, presidents can’t simply defy court orders they don’t like.

Michael Waldman Photo Michael Waldman

March 18, 2025

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/showdown-over-court-authority