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New footage exclusively obtained by The New York Times showed the aftermath of the moment a giant glacier broke away from the top of a ridge in the Himalayas, setting off a torrent of mud, snow, floodwaters and debris to the valley communities below. nyti.ms/4x0ckTw

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Trump just told CNN's Dana Bash that he will accept only "unconditional surrender" from Iran to end this war, and that he must be allowed to approve who will be their leader. He then told her "Cuba is next". This man is stark, raving mad and his political party stands there watching him.

Why has Trump been pushed in this direction? Follow the money. UAE, Qatar, the Saudis and Israel paid him to.

Trump is pursuing war in Iran without congressional approval, with little appetite among his base for another regime-change operation in the Middle East, and with allies in the region having discouraged it, @nancyayoussef.bsky.social and @jonlemire.bsky.social report:

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What is going on here?

Footage captured from a passenger plane over Dubai shows Iran’s ballistic missiles being launched toward Israel.

Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4

Proposed changes to Social Security claims process revealed in leaked memo

The 23 hot-button issues include vaccines, fluoride, peanut allergies, and autism, among others.

NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said. By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

The Trump administration is intimidating USAID officials into keeping reports secret. Read more about this story and much more in this week’s installment of our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.

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🇪🇺 EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear

NEW: Trump and his top advisers huddled in the Oval Office after the on-camera shouting match with Zelensky before Trump came to a decision: Zelensky had to go.

Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova during today’s Oval Office meeting with President Trump, VP Vance and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. (via White House pool) nbcnews.to/4ilvKLp

The Trump administration has its government-shrinking sights set on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where around 800 employees have been tapped for termination, according to two sources close to the agency.

“Why is my information in there?” asked Kathy Gavin, one of millions of people whose data was collected by the gun industry. “Why did you need it or want it? Yes, you could use it to pummel me with postcards, but what else are you doing with it?”

Ukraine war briefing: Volodymyr Zelenskyy praises Keir Starmer for pledge of ‘ironclad support’

The US's proposed terms to end the war are “indistinguishable to Putin’s demands” right now.

Strong rumor with credible sourcing: DOJ has put all of public integrity line attorneys in a room and told them they have an hour for someone to choose who will sign motion to dismiss and if nobody does, they will all be fired. The nastiest strong-arming in DOJ history by a long shot.

DOJ leadership has put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with 1 hour to decide who will dismiss Adams indictment or else all will be fired. Sending them strength to stand by their oath, which is to support the Constitution, not the president’s political agenda. 🇺🇸

NEW: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has received approval from the Department of Labor to use software that could allow it to transfer vast amounts of data out of Labor’s systems, according to records and interviews with two employees.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to give Elon Musk more power over the federal workforce, adding to the billionaire's swift and sweeping consolidation of political influence.

Trump the Mob Boss has set the price for US "protection" for Ukraine: 500 BILLION DOLLARS www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/e...

House Democrats made an unsuccessful attempt to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk to testify about his efforts to radically reshape the federal government, only to be blocked by Republicans.

Elon Musk has taken control of government employees’ private data by having his cronies illegally install a commercial server at the Office of Personnel Management.

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LATEST: US President Donald Trump said he will “definitely” place new tariffs on the European Union, reiterating complaints about the US trade deficit with the bloc and what he sees as insufficient EU imports of American cars and agricultural products.

“This isn’t trolling.”

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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?

I'll say it again.

"This is the Trump game plan to hollow out government, to strip it of competent, trustworthy people, and install his cronies, his loyalists."

Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems

@ericreinhart.bsky.social submitted a column critical of RFK Jr. to The Los Angeles Times. What they printed under his byline bore little resemblance to what he submitted. We've published the piece as the author intended. Read it here: newrepublic.com/article/1910...

Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency: the General Services Administration. His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:

In perhaps the Trump administration’s pettiest move yet, multiple federal agencies are ordering federal employees to remove any pronouns from their email signatures by end of day Friday, according to ABC News.

it's not hyperbolic to say we're witnessing a coup.

Anyone who has read reports in the New York Times, NBC News, or CNN would be under the impression that the Trump administration has offered 2 million federal workers a "buyout" offer — eight months of pay in return for a voluntary resignation. The problem with this narrative is that it is false.

10 types of #misinformation and #disinformation Be smart. How to recognise disinformation: Designating #scapegoats Evoke strong #emotions (fear and anger) Causing #polarization #Impersonating an 'expert' Spreading #conspiracytheories with no clear evidence #Trolling to evoke a lot of reactions

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...