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National Guard members are speaking out about Trump’s DC deployment. One called the mission embarrassing. Another put it even more plainly: “The Guard is being exploited.”
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
Why we have a notch that keeps Connecticut from sliding into Long Island Sound mastatelibrary.blogspot.com/2026/08/mass... #Massachusetts
Massachusetts Takes a Jog: The Story Behind Southwick’s Curious Border
For the 250th anniversary celebrations this year, the State Library of Massachusetts decided to do a new feature page for all the 351 cities...
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Trump’s decided to keep the National Guard deployed in DC until January 2029. Guess how much it’ll cost? $200 million? $500 million? Not even close, it’ll cost roughly $1.4 BILLION. And that’s all taxpayer money being spent.
Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows
The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.
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Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act. Trump vetoed it. Congress overrode his veto on a bipartisan vote. So Trump has decided to simply not enforce the law. I do not understand the role of Congress anymore. I guess they just make suggestions?
Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies (Gift Article)
The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.
nytimes.com
BREAKING: Todd Blanche has released what he calls a rescission of the slush fund (left). The last lawsuit he mentions is mine (Gill v DOJ). This doesn't change the fact that the "settlement" setting up the fund is still in effect. On the right, Blanche is LEAVING IN PLACE Trump's tax immunity.
The Stop Insider Trading Act is a joke. It's exactly the stock trading ban Congress would pass if it wanted to look like it was doing something about corruption but not be serious about it in any way.
Rep. Mark Pocan@pocan.house.gov · last mo.Here’s why I support the Restore Trust in Congress Act to ACTUALLY ban members of Congress from stock trading, not Rep. Bryan Steil's loophole version.
Make It Make Sense ICE proved once again that it is an out-of-control terrorist organization.
Evidence has mounted that the supposed “gash” in the Reflecting Pool is... ...tire tracks Trump caused by insisting his many-ton presidential convoy drive on the pool’s fragile surface. Why? He was too lazy to walk. Per his own edict, he must now do 10 years in federal prison.
America’s biofuels policy is helping destroy the world’s rainforests www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Why the Trump administration loves the stupidest renewable energy
America’s biofuels policy is helping destroy the world’s rainforests
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So, let's talk about Lindsey Graham's now open senate seat. South Carolina has elected only 2 men to this U.S. Senate seat since 1954. Over 70 years. Let that sink in for a minute. Before... Disneyland (1955) The Interstate Highway System (1956) The Beatles (1960) Barbie (1959) ZIP codes (1963)