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  1. Trump's DOGE fired nearly half of the Education Dept.’s civil rights division.

    But get this: Now with a 25k-case backlog, remaining staff have been told to investigate allegations that students of color are being advantaged, not disadvantaged, by schools.

    The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages while a backlog of other cases grows.

    Under Trump, the Education Dept. has flipped its civil rights mission

    The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages while a backlog of other cases grows.

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  2. Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?" Me: "That's the documentation deliverable." Manager: "What's the status of that?" Me: "We're halfway there" Manager: "Why is progress so slow?" Me: "You fired Tommy" Manager: "So?" Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

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  3. The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

    When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

    The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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  4. The former KGB leader is in a car designed to protect the President of the United States of America.

    Retired versions of the car are destroyed in order to protect secrets.

    Trump just let him in.

    Russian media reports there was a car waiting for President Putin on the tarmac in Alaska.

    It’s unclear why the Russian leader instead got inside “The Beast” with President Trump, Keir Simmons reports. nbcnews.to/3HDRAx7

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  5. NEW: Democratic leaders in New Orleans are preparing to legalize real-time surveillance with cameras that process facial recognition tech.

    Civil liberties groups are pressing the alarm: Louisiana has new laws that require localities comply with ICE, and they say this new tech could feed into that.

    The cameras are mounted across downtown New Orleans: hanging from balconies on Bourbon Street, bolted to the exterior walls of bars and four-star hotels throughout the French Quarter. For two... Read ...

    New Orleans May Hand Its Police Live Facial Recognition Tech. Critics Warn It'll Help ICE. - Bolts

    The cameras are mounted across downtown New Orleans: hanging from balconies on Bourbon Street, bolted to the exterior walls of bars and four-star hotels throughout the French Quarter. For two... Read ...

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  6. Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?

    Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out

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