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Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada (www.nytimes.com)
 

He apparently saw this ad

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Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud (www.nytimes.com)
 

The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.

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Dissenting Judges Voice Dire Warnings for the Country As 9th Circuit Denies Rehearing of LA National Guard Stay (talkingpointsmemo.com)
 

The full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear a panel’s order allowing National Guard troops to deploy to California, prompting the dissenting judges to pen lengthy warnings about the danger the United States now faces.

...

A single judge had requested the vote to rehear the case, after a panel — composed of two Trump appointees and one Biden appointee — stayed a district court order blocking the Guard’s deployment.

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Pelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law (www.nytimes.com)
 

The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Trump Hosts Dinner for Wealthy Donors to White House Ballroom (www.nytimes.com)
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The president lauded dozens of executives and businesspeople for the “tremendous amounts of money” they have pledged for his project, which has prompted ethical concerns.

The list:

  • Adelson Family Foundation
  • Altria Group
  • Amazon.com
  • Apple
  • Benjamin Leon Jr.
  • Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Cameron Winklevoss
  • Caterpillar
  • Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
  • Coinbase Global
  • Comcast
  • Edward and Shari Glazer
  • Google
  • HP
  • Hard Rock International
  • Harold G. Hamm
  • J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
  • Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
  • Konstantin Sokolov
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Meta Platforms
  • Micron Technology
  • Microsoft
  • NextEra Energy
  • Palantir Technologies
  • Paolo Tiramani
  • Reynolds American
  • Ripple
  • Stefan E. Brodie
  • Stephen A. Schwarzman
  • T-Mobile US
  • Tether
  • The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
  • The Lutnick Family
  • Tyler Winklevoss
  • Union Pacific Railroad
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Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires (www.nytimes.com)
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North Carolina GOP Acts on Trump Demand, Approves New Map That Flips Dem Seat (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings (www.nytimes.com)
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From Industry to E.P.A.: Lobbyist Now Oversees Pesticide Rules (www.nytimes.com)
 

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.

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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts (www.bloomberg.com)
 

A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state.

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Inside Amazon’s Plans to Replace Workers With Robots (www.nytimes.com)
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Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts | Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. (www.politico.com)
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The key problem is that Republicans see Nazism as a positive

Edit: looks like he might actually not get confirmed

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