What Would It Look Like If Librarians Ran the Government Instead of These Fools?

Librarians are growing sick of censoring and defunding — so they’re running for office.

Truthout

International Solidarity Is the Union Answer to Tariffs and Deportations

Demagogues like Trump have often exploited the protectionist and anti-immigrant sentiments that have been widespread in American labor for generations. A working class that is divided, both within the U.S. and across North America, is easier to exploit. Corporations have greatly profited from our divisions over the three decades since NAFTA was enacted.

Labor Notes

Iowa Becomes the First State to Repeal Civil Rights Protections for Trans People

GOP lawmakers said that they couldn’t enforce bathroom bans with the civil rights protections on the books.

The Intercept

FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink

The Federal Aviation Administration directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, sources tell Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

General Services Administration shutters its technology unit

As part of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to shrink the federal workforce, the General Services Administration eliminated its technology unit, CBS News learned Saturday.

The GSA’s tech unit, known as the 18F office, employed a team of researchers, website designers and product managers. It’s unclear exactly how many workers were impacted.

The office was responsible for helping build the Internal Revenue Service’s free tax-filing service and updating other government agency websites.

CBS News

How Trump’s immigration crackdown could backfire

The Trump administration is cracking down on immigration — legal and otherwise — setting the stage for potential labor shortages, weaker economic growth and higher inflation.

CNN

How DOGE detonated a crisis at a highly sensitive nuclear weapons agency

Perfunctory mass firings sparked alarm across the country, as cost-cutting missteps throughout government rattle lawmakers.

The Washington Post (Gift)

Horticulturists, Biologists, Engineers: Federal ‘Bloat’ or Valued Experts?

President Trump’s effort to remake the government is a direct challenge to a decades-long effort to build a civil service stocked with experts. Critics say it will backfire.

The New York Times (Gift)

Even the army is sick of Trump’s crap

On Saturday, February 22nd, the U.S. Army Choir performed at the White House for the 2025 Governor’s Ball. They performed “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the Broadway musical Les Miserables. 

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GOP senator: ‘I don’t agree’ with calls for Zelensky to step down

“I don’t agree,” he said. “I’m not interested in calling on the resignation of other world leaders. I didn’t like it when Chuck Schumer asked for Netanyahu to be removed. I don’t like it when other members of the Senate ask for Zelensky to be removed either.”

Lankford said he believes Zelensky being removed from office would “spiral Ukraine into chaos.”

The Hill

A showdown between Mexico and American gun companies hits the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court let parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims sue gun maker. But they’re likely to be tougher on Mexico’s case against the gun industry.

USA Today

Austria’s three-way coalition approved by third and final party

Austria’s liberal NEOS party has approved a three-party coalition deal to end months of political instability.

The NEOS, the smallest partner in the alliance, is set to join the conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) in a three-way coalition after party members gave the green light at a general meeting on Sunday.

dpa International

Ben-Gvir refuses to apologise to captives who said his comments worsened their treatment in Gaza

Ben-Gvir said he will not apologise and is ‘proud’, after freed Israeli captives accused the former minister of worsening their condition while captive.

The New Arab

Trump’s Meeting With Zelensky Sends Shockwaves Through East Asia

The danger of a loss or weakening of American military resolve might appear even greater on Asia’s eastern periphery than in Europe.

The New York Sun

Trump state visit: UK prime minister rejects calls to cancel after Zelenskyy meeting

Asked if the state visit should be cancelled, Starmer criticised politicians who he said wanted to widen divisions with Washington at a time when Europe faces a “moment of real fragility”.

“I’m not going to be diverted by the SNP or others trying to ramp up the rhetoric without really appreciating what is the single most important thing at stake here, we’re talking about peace in Europe,” Starmer told the BBC.

USA Today

Spain’s Prime Minister Sánchez says Europe is a ‘life insurance’

Europe, Sánchez said, defends an international order of free, equal and sovereign states, which is why it supports Ukraine against Putin’s neo-imperialist threat. Sánchez emphasized that standing up for “more Europe” is not a slogan, but a necessity, describing it as a “life insurance.”

dpa International

DR Congo accuses Rwanda of faking genocide suspects video

The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of dressing up prisoners in military uniforms in an effort to pass them off as newly-captured rebels linked to the Rwandan genocide.

BBC

Turkish Forces and PKK clash in northern Iraq despite fragile ceasefire

Clashes between Turkish forces and PKK militants in northern Iraq challenge the fragile ceasefire and ongoing peace efforts.

The New Arab

Israel blocks aid into Gaza as ceasefire standoff escalates

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said earlier that it had adopted a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire expired.

USA Today