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What Trump Learned From Silicon Valley [link removed]

**Before DOGE’s lawbreaking spree, there was “blitzscaling.”** Ideas from Silicon Valley—namely, defying regulation and breaking the law—are now being put to use by the Trump administration [link removed] and its techno-fascist staffer class, write Henry Burke and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis.

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The GOP States With Guards Deployed to D.C. Have Urban Murder Rates Way Higher Than D.C.’s [link removed]

**A number of GOP states have sent National Guard troops to D.C.** This decision is puzzling [link removed], considering that many of these states have urban murder rates far higher than D.C. So why aren’t these states’ Guards patrolling these states’ own cities? From Harold Meyerson.

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Trump and Ukraine: Today Outlines of Peace, Tomorrow Who Knows [link removed]

**Are we any closer to a peace deal in Ukraine after the latest White House meetings with Zelensky and European leaders?** Robert Kuttner on what changed [link removed] after this week’s meetings.

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Transportation Department Quietly Disbands Advisory Committees [link removed]

The DOT’s advisory committees help draft safety regulations for the freight rail, passenger rail, and trucking industries. Labor groups representing railroaders worry their firings could muzzle frontline worker voices [link removed] and make it easier for industry to shape regulation, writes James Baratta.

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Trump’s Hit Job Against Fed Governor Lisa Cook [link removed]

Trump and his cronies are attempting a police state hit job [link removed] on a Federal Reserve governor in a clumsy attempt to force her resignation, writes Robert Kuttner. The accusation of minor mistakes on mortgage applications raises the question of where they got the information—and demonstrates how Trump’s police state is targeting individuals. 

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