Today's Top News For Wed. February, 19, 2025

Randi Rhodes' Curated News Links for 02/19/25 - God Help Us

Fighting Back

• Will A Nationwide Economic Boycott on February 28 Work? Let's Take Action And Find Out.

• What is #Shutdown315? The Beginning of a General Strike in America

• Dan Rather And Team Steady: Why Trump’s Fight With The AP Is Actually A Big Deal – And It’s Worth Fighting

Trump Is Still Putin's Puppet

• Parroting Kremlin Talking Points, Trump Blames Zelensky For War, Angering Ukrainians

• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Responds To Trump's Latest Comments, Noting Trump Is Living In A Russian-Made "Disinformation Space"

• French Pres. Macron Of France Calls Second Emergency Meeting Of European Allies For A United Response To Trump's Remarks Blaming Ukraine For The War

• As U.S. And Russia Negotiate, Intel Shows Putin’s Not Interested In A Real Peace Deal

War Against The DOGE Bags

• Judge Chutkan Refuses Request Of 14 State Attorneys General To Impose Wide-Ranging Restrictions Blocking Doge from Data Access & Staffing Cuts

• Read Judge Tanya Chutkan’s DOGE Decision Here

• Head Of DOJ's Criminal Division In DC Quits, After Being Pushed By Trump Officials To Launch Criminal Investigation Without Sufficient Evidence

• DOGE's Rush To Use Artificial Intelligence To Root Out Government Waste Is Already Proving To Be A Disaster

• Musk And DOGE Might Soon Have Access To The Most Lucrative Defense-Contract Database Of All

• Doge Claimed It Saved $8 Billion In One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.

• Despite Doge's Claims of Cutting The Budget, Trump's Agenda Still Calls For Adding Trillions Of Dollars To U.S Debt

• Lora Kelly: DOGE’s Fuzzy Math - & Musk's Obsession With Finding Fraud - Won't Make A Dent In The U.S. Deficit [Gift Link]

• Robert Reich: How Musk Is Trying To Cancel The U.S. Government

The Costs Of Ignorance

• Trump Signs Executive Order, Based On The Extremist Unitary Executive Theory, That Will Try To Vastly Expand His Power Over Independent Agencies ALT

• DOGE Accidentally Fired USDA Officials Working On Bird Flu And Is Now Trying To Rehire Them

• FDA's Food Safety Chief Resigns Over Trump/Musk Staff Cuts That Will Make It "Fruitless" For Him To Continue

• They’re Coming For Your Anti-Depressants - RFK Jr. Goes After Widely Used Antidepressants, Claiming They Could Be A Threat To Americans

• FAA Employees Confirm Trump And Musk’s Purge Is A ‘Threat’ To Air Safety

• JFK Library Closes Indefinitely, Then Reopens, Amid Chaos From Federal Job Cuts

Time's Up For Eric Adams

• Judge Dale Ho Calls Prosecutors Into Court To Explain Their Reasons For Dropping Eric Adams Case

• New AP Poll Shows Two-Thirds Of NYC Voters Would Support NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Removing Mayor Eric Adams

On Capitol Hill

• Republicans In Congress Are Coming For Medicaid, As They Consider Cuts And Work Requirements For Medicaid, Jeopardizing Care For Millions

• Timothy Snyder: Kash Patel, Fiction, And Persecution In The FBI And America – His Goal Is To Make Government Dysfunctional And Frightening

Meanwhile

• Brazil Charges Former Pres. Bolsonaro Over Attempted Coup That Included A Plan To Poison His Successor & Current President Lula Da Silva

• Louis DeJoy Announces Plans To Step Down As Postmaster General

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