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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 19:45

There is clearly no limit to human stupidity.

“Senate panel advances Gabbard, Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/04/trump-presidency-news/

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 17:46

A North Carolina wildlife crossing will save people. Can it save the last wild red wolves too?

https://apnews.com/article/red-wolf-wildlife-crossings-north-carolina-conservation-endangered-5797ffd304dac2cdd9718d40edb83718

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 17:31

Make no mistake: Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor, has voted to kill people because he wants to be reelected.

May he be cursed forever.

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be health secretary advances in divided Senate committee vote”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-cabinet-kennedy-rfk-health-secretary-vote-842455e48b1f9b79fb2312937dff29f6

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 17:22

Waffle House is placing a surcharge on every egg it sells

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/food/waffle-house-egg-surcharge/index.html?cid=ios_app

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 17:20

Cats won't be banned in Scotland, the government confirms

https://apnews.com/article/scotland-cats-wildlife-186c3c2d2c586a57c831ec4061f246b3

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 15:42

There were all these media stories about how Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a former doctor, was agonizing over whether to vote for a dangerous anti-vaccine nut.

There was no agony.

He’s a Republican.

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 15:34

Republicans want us to die.

“RFK Jr. passes key HHS confirmation hurdle with Senate panel vote”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/04/rfk-jr-confirmation-committee-vote-hhs-secretary/

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 13:41

China launches an antitrust probe into Google. Here's what it means

https://apnews.com/article/google-china-antitrust-investigation-tariffs-ab02b906733666cb0d348d2b416b7fa5

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 13:31

“State audit finds overall unnecessary spending under former UF President Ben Sasse

Sasse’s expenditures included more than $300,000 in private jet flights”

https://www.alligator.org/article/2025/02/state-audit-finds-unnecessary-spending-under-ben-sasse

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 12:26

Guy who talks like a Nazi and thinks like a Nazi says he’s definitely not a Nazi…

“UFC fighter says he is 'definitely not a Nazi' after facing criticism for pro-Hitler comments”

https://apnews.com/article/ufc-mitchell-hitler-99010aa8bfc29f664ffd2e1594b9bec1

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 12:15

China counters with tariffs on US products. It will also investigate Google

https://apnews.com/article/china-tariffs-us-trump-150fab3a44ec055845e47c82bde544c2

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 04:22

“El Salvador offers to jail ‘American criminals,’ including U.S. citizens”

I know a 34-count convicted felon it can have…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/03/rubio-el-salvador-jail-bukele/

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 01:05

“Still, some Senate Democrats joined Republicans in voting to approve Mr. Wright’s nomination. They included Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper of Colorado, Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Ben Ray Luján and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, as well as Angus King, an independent from Maine who normally caucuses with Democrats.”

Some Democrats insist on being stupid.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/climate/chris-wright-energy-secretary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-04 at 00:27

Good for Bill.

“Top ‘60 Minutes’ Producer Says He Will Not Apologize Over Trump Lawsuit

Bill Owens, the show’s executive producer, addressed his staff as CBS’s parent company, Paramount, pursues a legal settlement with the president.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/business/media/cbs-news-60-minutes-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-03 at 23:17

Susan Collins says "After extensive consideration of her nomination, I will support Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence."

For the love of God, Mainers, dump this person!

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-03 at 23:12

Eeesh. I’d forgotten that Trump cultist Scott Jennings was still on CNN.

I tuned in to catch a newscast but fled as soon as he appeared.

Let me know if he’s ever fired so I can watch CNN sometime.

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-03 at 22:31

“E.P.A. Tells More Than 1,000 They Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/climate/trump-epa-workers-zeldin.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-03 at 22:31

“Judge Says She Will Further Block White House Spending Freeze

The statement, along with a similar order from Friday, amounted to a rebuke of the move as an overreach that likely lacked legitimate authority.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/us/politics/white-house-spending-freeze-omb-judge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-03 at 22:29

“Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data
Closing the agency would require congressional approval, so the new administration hopes to diminish it in the meantime.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/02/03/trump-education-department-dismantling-executive-order-draft/

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Written by Sam Litzinger on 2025-02-03 at 22:19

“In a letter to lawmakers obtained by The Associated Press, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has named designated Peter Marocco to carry out administrative duties for the agency. Maracco is a political appointee whose short stint at USAID in the first Trump administration generated unusual staff protests for pushing program cuts and investigations that ambassadors and other senior officials complained slowed work to a crawl.”

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