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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:31

"Today in America, we are living in the Age of Fear."

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The Age of Fear: How fear is suffocating America

https://thehill.com/opinion/5118977-age-of-fear-in-america/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:22

Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/elon-musk-doge-treasury-access-federal-payments.html

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:21

Trump's FCC chief opens investigation into NPR and PBS

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5281162/fcc-npr-pbs-investigation

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:21

"For as much that has happened in these first two weeks of the Trump presidency — and it's been a lot — one particular thing has been conspicuously absent: a focus on lowering prices.

Trump's promises to bring down the cost of living were a big reason he was elected, but since taking office he has now twice said that's not his top priority."

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Prices were a key issue in 2024, but Trump makes clear they're not his top priority

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5282353/trump-economy-prices-inflation

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:18

Trump imposes new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China in new phase of trade war

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/g-s1-46010/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-and-china-imports

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:17

Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5283271/elon-musk-lawsuit-advertisers-boycott-new

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:15

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-tax-cuts-congress-republicans-plan-slash-benefits

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:14

Trump Doesn’t Want to Make Government Better—He Wants to Dismantle It

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-doesnt-want-to-make-government-better-he-wants-to-dismantle-it

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:13

"Late Friday, the Department of Defense announced that it would be removing four major news organizations—The New York Times, NBC News, National Public Radio, and Politico—from their in-house offices to implement a new “annual media rotation program” for its press corps."

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The Pentagon Kicks Major News Organizations Out Of Their In-House Offices In New “Media Rotation Program”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/pentagon-kicks-major-news-organizations-out-of-their-in-house-offices

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:11

Air Traffic Control Offices Are in Chaos in Trump’s New Administration

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-musk-air-traffic-control-offices-chaos-plane-crash-1235253403/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:10

For Trump, Cruelty Is Not the Only Point

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63635789/trump-fire-doj-lawyers-criminal-case/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:09

CDC Data Are Disappearing

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/cdc-dei-scientific-data/681531/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 02:09

Trump Has Created Health-Care Chaos

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/trump-health-care-chaos-nih-medicaid-pepfar/681529/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 01:56

Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/democrat-leadership-vacuum/681540/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-02-02 at 01:54

The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/price-america-trump-tariffs/681546/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-01-30 at 10:42

"The rascally spies of OSS knew a thing or two about mischief making, especially when it came to undermining America’s enemies in World War II. One of their more imaginative ideas was to train everyday citizens in the art of simple sabotage. Thus, the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” was born."

PDF Field Manual Download:

https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/SimpleSabotage.pdf

The Art of Simple Sabotage - CIA

https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-01-30 at 02:20

"This week, the FBI’s Office of Integrity and Compliance issued a memo ordering that posters mentioning diversity should be taken down. The memo, signed by Catherine Bruno, the office’s assistant director, stated that diversity had been considered one of the agency’s 'core value' along with accountability, compassion, fairness, integrity, leadership, respect, and 'rigorous obedience to the Constitution.'"

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Chaos Follows Trump’s Anti-DEI and “Efficiency” Measures

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/donald-trump-dei/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-01-30 at 02:18

In Trump's executive order, 'Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 schooling,' Trump directs the attorney general...to investigate teachers who 'unlawfully facilitat[e] the social transition of a minor student,' defined as "using a trans student’s name and pronouns, recognizing a student as nonbinary, or allowing them to use the restroom that aligns with their gender identity."

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Trump Tells DOJ to Prosecute Teachers Who “Unlawfully” Support Trans or Nonbinary Students

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trump-tells-doj-to-prosecute-teachers-who-unlawfully-support-trans-or-nonbinary-students/

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-01-30 at 02:09

"Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prepare a huge detention facility at Guantánamo Bay that he said could be used to hold up to 30,000 immigrants deported from the US."

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Trump orders opening of migrant detention center at Guantánamo Bay

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-guantanamo-detention-center

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Written by BlueBeachSong™ on 2025-01-30 at 02:07

"The object of the ongoing destruction of the federal government is to make it easy for the old-new president to seize control of the public treasury and to do so with impunity. And if he has to be an inhuman monster to do it, well, he’s never far from that anyway."

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Trump Is Planning to Shrink the Federal Workforce with Buyouts and Loyalty Tests

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63603291/trump-federal-employees-buyout/

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