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Boycott The Donald Trump Show — Playing captive to the lies he'll tell at his coming address to Congress is weak, conveys weakness, and surrenders the whole national stage to him. — ∙ Paid — There's one form of mass anger sweeping the country, and it's all directed at Donald Trump …
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New Republic, Digby's Hullabaloo, Twitchy and Scripps News
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Majority disapproves of Trump job performance ahead of address to Congress: Survey
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USA Today

The Democrats Should Boycott Trump's Speech to Congress This Week
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Twitchy

Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
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Raw Story, Bloomberg and New York Post

Trump is all-in on DOGE. It's a political gamble.
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New York Magazine and Raw Story

Senate Democrats express regret over Rubio confirmation votes
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Fox News, Blaze Media, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Breitbart and Axios


Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. — Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak. — The top spokesperson at the Health and Human Services Department has abruptly quit after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Car Prices Are Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump's New Tariffs — Auto bosses warn Trump administration of economic consequences — Companies rush to stockpile parts, engines in US warehouses — Impending tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk driving up US car prices by as much as $12,000 …
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Exclusive: Honda to produce next Civic in Indiana, not Mexico, due to US tariffs, sources say — Honda (7267.T) has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Washington Examiner, The Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Wire, The Post Millennial, New York Post and Breitbart


What a Weekend for Putin! — It was a hell of a weekend for bad men getting what they paid for out of Donald Trump. And while we'll focus on Vladimir Putin here, we don't want to fully ignore venture capitalist David Sacks, Donald Trump's “crypto czar,” who seemingly stands …
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Washington Post, New Republic and Raw Story


Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings — For the second time in a week, Elon Musk's government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success. — Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds …
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Raw Story


Trump to hold Ukraine meeting on next steps including possible aid freeze … - The White House didn't immediately respond to questions. — The New York Times first reported about the meeting. … - “The American people's patience is not unlimited, their wallets are not unlimited …
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Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies — The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties …
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Rolling Stone, The Lever, Washington Examiner, New Republic, Breitbart, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
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Treasury ends enforcement of business ownership database meant to stop shell company formation
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The Daily Wire


‘America First’ Is a Lie — Donald Trump and Republicans explain their worldview by calling it “America First.” That's a lie. — American foreign policy has always put America first. That's what nations do. It's axiomatic. Why did the United States do Lend-Lease with Britain …
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The roots of Trump's realpolitik Uncle Sam always drives a hard bargain
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Washington Examiner


Tesla's plummeting sales risk its lucrative emissions credit earnings — CEO Elon Musk has angered European customers and governments, undercutting his EV brand. — BRUSSELS — Elon Musk's political meddling in Europe is cratering Tesla's sales — and that's putting at risk its revenue …
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Daily Mail
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Musk's embrace of right-wing politics risks turning off car buyers and sinking Tesla's stock
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KRON4


Bitcoin tumbles 9%, reversing most of the rally from Trump's crypto reserve announcement — A bitcoin rally faded Monday as traders grappled with concerns that proposed tariffs were on track to take effect. — Concerns about the economic impact from these levies overshadowed earlier excitement …
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Trump Crypto Rally Fizzles Amid Skepticism on His Reserve Plan
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Vox, New York Magazine, CoinDesk, Fortune, CNBC, Daily Caller News Foundation, Gizmodo, New Republic, UPI, CBS News, Semafor, TechCrunch, Reuters and Axios


CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn't Mean Stop Work! — The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA. — Russell Vought speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination to lead …


Donald Trump Is Backed by the Business Elite — Over lunch last week with a friend of mine — a major technology investor who has been an ardent Democrat — the talk quickly turned to politics. Like many businessmen, he refuses to air his views publicly to avoid drawing fire. In private, he's more forthcoming.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


Atlanta Fed's GDPNow Estimate Falls Again — The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's running forecast for first-quarter gross domestic product slid again on Monday. — The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow estimate now calls for a first-quarter GDP decline of 2.8%, down from a decline of 1.5% on Friday.
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Talking Points Memo


U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid — The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower. — The Trump administration's decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle …
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Bloomberg, Talking Points Memo, Axios, CBS News, emptywheel, Washington Post, Reuters and Raw Story
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EPA calls for watchdog to probe $20 billion climate fund — The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is at the center of a fight between the Trump administration and environmental groups seeking access to the funds that Congress approved under its massive climate legislation.
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The Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and E&E News


Trump, Chip Maker TSMC Expected to Announce $100 Billion Investment in U.S. — It is the latest effort by Trump to persuade companies to make big investments in the U.S. — WASHINGTON—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. intends to invest $100 billion in chip-manufacturing plants …
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New York Times, Axios, CNBC, The Hill, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, TechCrunch, CBS News, The Independent, Reuters, Townhall, Bloomberg, Breitbart, Associated Press, 9to5Mac and Fox Business, more at Techmeme »


Senate Republican: Putin ‘killing anyone who disagrees with him’ — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's track record of killing his perceived enemies on Monday, coming as President Trump and his Cabinet studiously avoid criticizing the Russian leader as they pursue peace talks.
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Washington Examiner, New Republic and RedState


Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post … The day the world learned that Jeff Bezos would buy The Washington Post, the Amazon founder offered assurances that he would not cower when faced with threats from a vengeful president and his appointees.
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New York Magazine and CBS News


Trump credit card freeze crippling cancer and Alzheimer's research — On February 26, President Trump issued an executive order expanding the power of the United States DOGE Service (DOGE), the government initiative controlled by Elon Musk. The purpose of the order is to limit any spending …


New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats — For more than 100 years, the role of FBI deputy director has been filled by a career agent with previous bureau experience and an insider's understanding of day-to-day operations of federal law enforcement.
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Daily Kos


The Courts Will Not Save Us — We must resist the learned helplessness of judicial supremacy. — In the last few weeks, lawyers and advocates have done the heroic and enormously valuable work of filing—and winning—many important lawsuits to stall many of the Trump/Musk blitzkrieg's most egregious assaults.


Trump blames town hall drama on paid ‘troublemakers’ — President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed a spate of contentious town halls that congressional Republicans have faced in recent weeks as being the work of “paid ‘troublemakers.’” Trump's Truth Social post came after a new round …
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New Jersey Online, Mediaite, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo