Listen: @irashapiro.bsky.social on Background Briefing @kpfa.org
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Must watch: a short but great interview with Ira Shapiro, co-editor of the new non-partisan book "Betrayed", a joint project by experts in many fields to catalog the damage caused by the Trump presidency.
One board member said the FBI approached some without warrants.
“They had agents all across the state going to civil rights leaders and community leaders’ doors intimidating them, coming and demanding that they talk about literally anything they would ask.”
“Just straight-up intimidation tactics.”
On today’s briefing: Trump’s Plan to Destroy US Intelligence and Steal the Next Election We begin with Trump’s determination to destroy American Intelligence by placing an ignorant thug in charge of t...
Unprecedented, unconstitutional, and breathtaking abuse of power.
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Finally.
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Barely a week after a rushed, $14 million no-bid contract later, algae invades Trump's "beautiful, clean" Reflecting Pool.
The Post also notes that the new color of the reflecting pool is "a high-contrast backdrop for bird droppings."
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Buried in this piece is the fact that the Secret Service is investigating a volunteer who helped display an "86 47" flag at a protest on the Mall.
Meanwhile, NYT reports Trump hasn't dropped plans to compensate January 6 rioters.
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$60 million.
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This might prove an excellent opportunity for Democrats to remind voters why Trump was twice-impeached in the first place.
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Founder @irashapiro.bsky.social speaks with @lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social @lastwordmsnow.bsky.social about "Betrayed: America Didn't Vote for This"
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The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise.
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A few days after the $14 million renovation was completed, along came the algae in the D.C. heat. It's being removed, an Interior spokeswoman said, and measures are in place to prevent it in the futur...
Police respond to what appears to be the anti-Trump message “86 47″ etched into the grass near the World War II Memorial.
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President Donald Trump's UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn requires a monumental effort from more than seven federal agencies, hundreds of staff working onsite daily and about $60 million.
FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.
SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 3.5 million people (nearly 9 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and February 2026, based on the latest month of data.
