DOGE illegally slashes $1B in research contracts at Department of Education
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DOGE has struck again with the announcement yesterday that the U.S. DOE has terminated nearly $1 billion in research contracts.
Search Results for U.S. House
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America is in a constitutional crisis: How do things play out from here?
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Trump/Musk is ignoring court orders, though they haven’t owned up to it publicly yet. Once they do, the response – from the courts, from Democrats in Congress, from Republicans in Congress, from the general public – will be telling.
Feckless Ben Cline is trying to cosplay as a MAGA drug-fighting warrior
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Ben Cline thinks a Morgan Griffith-sponsored bill that claims in its name to “Halt Fentanyl” is doing enough to pretend to be doing something to, you know, actually stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.
Elon Musk fanboy Ben Cline goes to bat for neo-Nazi billionaire buddy
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Sixth District Republican Congressman Ben Cline insists that “(t)here is no evidence to support the allegation that Elon Musk or his team has unlawfully accessed or seized sensitive data.”
Trump signs executive order banning trans athletes from high school, college sports
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Donald Trump is trying to distract you from the billionaire neo-Nazi immigrant that he has plundering the federal government by trying to kneecap the literally 100 or so trans athletes competing in high school and college sports.
‘NIH is mission critical’: Lawmakers call out Trump for endangering medical research
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U.S. Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia led 89 of his colleagues in decrying attacks on the NIH that endanger vitally important medical research.
Tim Kaine: It’s OK to protest the destruction of American democracy, but be ‘peaceful’
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Tim Kaine wants you to feel free to “turn out and protest” the destruction of American democracy, but, above all else, be “peaceful,” because that’s what’s important right now, as our rights being taken away from us by the hour.
Kaine among 24 Senate Dems voting to confirm election-denier to head the VA
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Twenty-four Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to confirm an election-denier who taunted Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death in 2020 as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Climate and Energy News Roundup: February 2025
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Because of the growth of power-hungry data centers, Virginia now imports more electricity than any other state. The electricity imported from neighboring states is both more expensive and more dependent on fossil fuels.
You want America back? It’s about time to start kicking some MAGA ass
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Friends and AFP readers are in shock and awe over the pace of the efforts to dismantle American democracy coming from the Trump/Musk/MAGA team, and all I can say is, buckle in.
