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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

During the shutdown, President Trump has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion for projects in Democratic-led districts — and Trump and his aides have threatened additional cuts. Here's a map of the funding affected, by congressional district. nyti.ms/4hfrbDg

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 11h

OMG! Another mobster move! Impeach!

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Trump says US will not 'waste our time' helping Argentina if Milei loses

Trump warns if Milei's party loses this month's elections "we are not going to be generous".

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 11h

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Trump's role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace

Trump's Middle East visit was a victory lap - but peace does not emerge just because a president decides it.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

That will entrench removal as the singular goal of our law enforcement at every level of government while taking focus away from terrorism, transnational crime, cyberattacks and foreign adversaries.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

Over the next 3 years, detention space will be multiplied. Due process will be further sidelined. The broken legal immigration system won’t be fixed; it will be abandoned. The “big beautiful” bill signed in July will inject federal, state and local agencies with funding for immigration enforcement.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

A raid on a Hyundai plant where South Korean nationals were rounded up triggered an international incident and threatened future investment in Georgia. Those scenes appear to be part of a deliberate strategy of political theater.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

Despite Mr. Trump’s promises to go after the “worst of the worst,” in the past few months the administration has deported a preschooler who is a U.S. citizen and who has Stage 4 kidney cancer and his family.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

I served as chief of staff at Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Joe Biden and spent over a decade working in homeland security. I knew that national security requires focusing on threats — not turning law enforcement into a spectacle.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

The president’s team vowed to target gang members, murderers and rapists, but we’re not just rounding up violent offenders. We’re arresting working parents, students, asylum seekers and even U.S. citizens to create made-for-TV crackdowns.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

Nearly nine months into President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become the administration’s primary political weapon — not to solve problems but to manufacture fear, provoke outrage and stage an illusion of control. This isn’t a crisis response. It’s crisis construction.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 15h

This Isn’t Crisis Response. It’s Crisis Construction. Meanwhile, Actual Crime is Ignored

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Opinion | This Isn’t Crisis Response. It’s Crisis Construction.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

If only #TruthSocial posted real truths like @artcullen.bsky.social:

They want #Iowa Normal back www.stormlake.com/stories/they...

They want Iowa Normal back - Storm Lake Times Pilot

Back and forth all over Iowa I trundle hawking my book — "Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest." Everywhere I go one message emerges: We want our good old Iowa back. That is moderate, …

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

Hamas released hostages and agreed to abide by a cease-fire, but persuading it to lay down its arms is another matter.

Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

Trump took his victory lap:
Now Comes the Hard Part for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

Now Comes the Hard Part for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: www.notus.org/health-scien...

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

No one will need to fact-check that.

Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

Oct. 26 elections will determine the fate of President Javier Milei’s government, which has become an important ally for the U.S. in the region. With investors jittery over global growth and election-year uncertainty, the bailout shows Washington is committed to keeping credit markets calm at home.

Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

In addition to economic and market matters, the U.S. has a significant political stake in what’s happening in Argentina.

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

“It’s entirely unclear to me that Argentina will not choose to devalue its peso after its election later this month,” he added. “Therein lies one of the greater risks of providing $20 billion Treasury supported swap line to Buenos Aires.”

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Kathy L Weiss @middlechildtake.bsky.social · 21h

“It’s unclear why the Trump administration is providing a de facto bailout of the Argentinian peso when there is no significant financial or economic relationship between the two economies,” said Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM.

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