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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is.  It's Everywhere.  —  It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend's …
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protests erupt against Trump and Musk  —  Demonstrators gathered across the country on Saturday, many animated by differing issues, but united in opposition to the Trump administration with the single message: “Hands off!”  —  Organizers said more than 1,300 “Hands Off! …
Washington Post:
Mass protests across the U.S. signal opposition to Trump, Musk  —  Tens of thousands of people crowded in front of the Washington Monument and in cities across the nation on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and top adviser Elon Musk's dismantling of federal agencies …
Washingtonian:
PHOTOS: Check Out These Signs at the “Hands Off!” Protest in DC
Mandy Taheri / Newsweek:
Trump-Stronghold The Villages in Florida Holds Large ‘Hands Off!’ Rally
Discussion: WAGA-TV
CBS News:
“Hands Off!” demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S.
Rolling Stone:
Anti-Trump Protesters Assemble in Every State and Cities Worldwide
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders  —  Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
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Associated Press:
DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case  —  Pam Bondi said DOJ lawyers must “zealously advocate” for the administration.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.
New York Times:
A Playbook for Standing Up to President Trump  —  In his attacks on law firms, universities and other American institutions, President Trump is relying on an illusion.  The illusion is that the institutions are powerless to fight back and that they face a choice between principle and survival.
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:   It Is Happening Here  —  Trump is following the playbook of autocrats around the world — and it could change America forever.
New York Times:
Trump Family's Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out  —  The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president's Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.  —  The financial market meltdown was underway …
Discussion: Raw Story and Sun-Sentinel
Washington Post:
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad  —  Since Trump took office, the park service — an agency charged with preserving American history — has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Exclusive: how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat  —  Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making  —  Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist …
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas  —  It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade.  If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.  —  2 MIN READ  —  How Measles Attacks an Unvaccinated Child  —  ADVERTISEMENT  —  Got a Tip?
Discussion: New York Post and Axios
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senior Justice Dept. Lawyer Put on Leave After Questioning Trump Administration  —  Where Things Stand  — Department of Justice: A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave Saturday after questioning the Trump administration's decision …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading.  Now in Office, He Trades Freely.  —  Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.
Discussion: Raw Story
Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:
As Savings Disappear, Social Security is Also Under Threat  —  Many Americans are watching their retirement savings melt away because of President Trump's disastrous trade policies.  In normal downturns, they could at least reassure themselves that Social Security would always be there.
Discussion: The Guardian
Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted  —  Leonardo Baez and Nora Avila-Guel's bakery in the Texas community of Los Fresnos is a daily stop for many residents to share gossip over coffee and pick up cakes and pastries for birthdays, office parties or themselves.
Angie Orellana Hernandez / Washington Post:
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging  —  An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.  —  The Trump administration has removed environmental protections covering …
CNN:
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service  —  Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is expected to take aim at the Department of Homeland Security in the coming days, seeking potentially major cuts to personnel across its agencies …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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CNN:
White House advisers have kept Laura Loomer at bay for months.  Then, Trump invited her in  —  President Donald Trump arranged for far-right activist Laura Loomer to join him in the Oval Office this week for an extraordinary meeting that preceded a shake-up of his national security leadership …
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Michael Dorgan / Fox News:
Trump urges Americans to ‘hang tough’ on tariffs plan as markets tumble  —  Trump on Truth Social claimed that an ‘economic revolution’ is taking place  —  President Donald Trump is doubling down on his controversial tariffs program and has called on Americans to “hang tough” amid stock market turmoil over the last few days.
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Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump's cuts
Emma Bubola / New York Times:
Musk Says He Hopes Europe and U.S. Move to a ‘Zero-Tariff Situation’
Micah L. Sifry / New York Times:
Trump and Musk Have Created a New Kind of Opposition in Federal Workers
CNN:
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
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The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
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