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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 2h

“… Trump tossed out, offhandedly, three names of people he wanted prosecuted: Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two criminal indictments against him; Andrew Weissmann, a former F.B.I. official…Lisa Monaco, the deputy attorney general under…Biden…”.
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Trump Names More Foes He Wants Prosecuted as Bondi and Patel Look On

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 4h

“Richard W. Painter, who served as the chief ethics lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office under President George W. Bush, said in an interview that Mr. Trump’s dinner for the corporate executives ‘shows what the ballroom is really all about: pay to play’.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Hosts Dinner for Wealthy Donors to White House Ballroom

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 12h

“Work has been underway at five sites in New York State and New Jersey for the construction of a new tunnel connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, the busiest rail corridor in the country.”
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Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 21h

“The new authority would allow the C.I.A. to carry out lethal operations in Venezuela and conduct a range of operations in the Caribbean.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 23h

“Collins told the senator that when she asked Chris Wright, the energy secretary, about the project specifically, he said ‘they would have done that even if the government wasn’t shut down. That was months in the making, even before the government shut down.’”

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MAGA Senator Left Speechless After Hearing Trump Cabinet Member’s Words

Sen. Tim Sheehy attempted a diversion and was surprised where he ended up.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 1d

“The exchange is part of a trove of Telegram chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than seven months of messages among Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.”
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 1d

“…the Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that had been reserved for more than 200 projects primarily located in Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, according to an analysis by The New York Times.”
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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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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 1d

“But the layoffs effectively gut two key offices that handle money for students that goes out the door to states and school districts across the country. “
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

White House Guts Education Department With More Layoffs

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 2d

“Whenever access expands faster than safeguards, charlatans rush in and ordinary investors are often left holding the bag.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/m...

The Rules of Investing Are Being Loosened. Could It Lead to the Next 1929?

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 4d

“Trump was the president on January 6, 2021, not Joe Biden, who took the oath of office two weeks later.”
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Trump falsely claims "Biden FBI" placed agents in Jan. 6 crowd

“THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6,” the president wrote in a late-night post to Truth Social.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 4d

“Perhaps the greater risk that weighs on the market is retaliation from China on U.S. goods that could lead to an all-out trade war.”

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/11/t...

Market sell-off: Trump post lops off $2 trillion from stocks in a single day

The unraveling shows the sway the president's one-man trade policy still has over the fate of the global economy.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 4d

“The fear is these seeps could rapidly transfer methane into the atmosphere, making them a source of planet-heating pollution that is not currently factored into future climate change predictions.”
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Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 5d

“People eat more ice cream and go swimming more in the summer. Swimming, not eating ice cream, might lead to drowning, but a poorly designed study might conclude ice cream was the culprit.”
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RFK Jr. suggests circumcision is linked to autism. Here's what experts say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested there may be a link between autism and circumcision while reasserting the unproven theory that Tylenol causes the condition. Here's what doctors say.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 5d

“Affected agencies include the departments of Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, according to an administration official.”
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Trump administration begins 'substantial' federal worker layoffs amid government shutdown

Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to an administration official.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 5d

“Electricity from solar and wind power in Qinghai, which occupies the northern third of the Tibetan Plateau, costs about 40 percent less than coal-fired power.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...

Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 6d

“But the judge, April M. Perry, sided with the state, saying that she had ‘seen no credible evidence that there is a danger of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.’”
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Live Updates: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Troop Deployment in Chicago Area

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 6d

“Much could still go wrong. Even after the deal was signed, a Palestinian source said the list of Palestinians to be released was not finalized.”

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 6d

“U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan presented evidence to a federal grand jury Thursday seeking an indictment…”.
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New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged fraud following pressure from Trump

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on at least one count of alleged fraud following pressure from President Donald Trump.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 7d

“The ceasefire agreement calls for an immediate end to the shooting in Gaza.”
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Israel and Hamas agree on the 'first phase' of Gaza ceasefire deal

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a ceasefire deal intended to end the devastating Gaza war that unleashed the deadliest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 7d

“Daniel Richman -- a law professor who prosecutors allege Comey authorized to leak information to the press -- told investigators that the former FBI director instructed him not to engage with the media on at least two occasions…”.
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Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness in the case would prove "problematic," sources say.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 8d

“Prices would spike for around 20 million Americans, they explained, including for many Trump voters.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Health Care Politics Bolster Democrats in Shutdown Fight

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 8d

“The president’s comments, which echoed a draft memo that has circulated at the White House, contradicted the administration’s own guidance that furloughed employees would receive retroactive pay shortly after Congress strikes a funding deal.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

White House Signals It May Try to Deny Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 9d

…Judge Karin Immergut, named to the court…by Trump in 2019, heard the challenge to his deployment of Oregon’s National Guard troops…because Trump’s administration objected to the initial assignment of a judge appointed by President Barack Obama.”
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Trump turns on his own judicial appointee, who blocked his Oregon troop deployment — twice

The judge in the Oregon National Guard case is a Republican with a background that would appear ideal for a conservative presidential appointee.

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 10d

“A federal judge in Oregon accused the administration of circumventing her order, even as the president turned to Texas for troops aimed at Chicago and other cities.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

Judge Again Blocks Guard Deployment as Trump Expands His Targets

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Steven Silverberg @stevesilverbergesq.bsky.social · 10d

“The Trump administration sent 300 federalized members of the California National Guard to Oregon early Sunday, after being blocked by a federal court from deploying the Oregon National Guard in that state, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom of California.”

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Trump Administration Live Updates: California National Guard Sent to Oregon, Newsom Says

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