UPDATE: Lisa Cook says she's not going anywhere and Trump's bid to fire her is baseless. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Trump claims he is firing the Fed's first ever female African American Fed govenor, Lisa Cook, over mortgage fraud claims. This is an unprecedented action in Trump's long attack on the Fed.
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Whatever happens with Cook, Trump targeting her in this fashion, in a way that most people see through, is the start of real trouble for the Fed and how it conducts policy. Fed already was leaning toward the rate cuts Trump wanted, now he's targeting key staff, will get messy.
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How the sausage is made and delivered, by @clauirizarry.bsky.social.
Apps Swarm to Kill Bill That Would Make Them Responsible for Cyclist Safety
City Council stalls on proposed measure requiring gear and training, after Uber and DoorDash spend millions on this year’s elections.
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BREAKING: @keribla.bsky.social is joining @propublica.org!!!
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ProPublica Hires Keri Blakinger and Raquel Rutledge as National Reporters
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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My 78 year old mom walks in the parks daily, and has for a decade. Thanks.
Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."
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Then four year old hit me with: mommy, how do families with two daddies get a baby if a baby grows inside a woman?
Which was a genuinely impressive question
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Reuters cameraman Masri was operating the live feed when he was killed
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The second strike took place after rescue workers, journalists and other people had rushed to the site of the initial attack. The Reuters live video feed from the hospital, which was operated by Masri, suddenly shut down at the moment of the initial strike www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 15 people, including journalists
Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said.
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It’s up to the discretion of RFK Jr to define what ”medically frail” is when it comes to potential Medicaid work requirement exemptions—which may play a huge role in deciding which chronically ill and disabled people could qualify. My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. is getting personal authority over who to kick off of Medicaid
“It's just a way of cutting people off of coverage and then blaming them for it.”
