DISCLAIMER: None of the stuff below is written or endorsed by the Outpost, and we’d be willing to bet that at least some of it is crazy and/or wrong. Use critical thinking.
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025
NY Times : Leonard Peltier: A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation
NBC News: Trump's layoffs hit firefighter safety programs
NBC News: Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds
The Hill: Trump approval rating underwater 1 month into second term: Survey
Washington Post: States eye bans on ‘surveillance pricing’ that exploits personal data
UCSC: New study documents California coyotes eating harbor seal pups
Washington Post: Half of Trump’s first month in office saw him visiting Trump properties
USA Today: Trump says feds should 'take over' and govern Washington D.C.
BBC: The tiny village in India where almost everyone works on YouTube
AP News: Many Senegalese seek to tap the power of animals by wearing them. Lions pay a heavy price
BBC: The illegal church at the heart of US history
The Guardian: Police search for woman who escaped Panama hotel where US deportees are being held
The Atlantic: DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The Hill: Acting Social Security commissioner clarifies claims about people older than 100 getting benefits
Politico: FEMA email: Firings will affect ‘majority of our staff’
The Guardian: Melting glaciers caused almost 2cm of sea level rise this century, study reveals
The Hill: Google caught in crossfire over Gulf of America name change
The Hill: Trump declares New York ‘saved’ from congestion pricing: ‘Long live the king!’
Politico: Hegseth orders major Pentagon spending cuts
The Hill: Most worried DOGE cuts could hurt services in their communities: Survey
The Guardian: They lost 30,000 pounds of honey to the LA fires. Rebuilding their hives will be a difficult struggle
The Guardian: Trump signs executive order targeting ‘benefits for illegal aliens’
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Seven Chilean men are charged with stealing millions from high-profile athletes' homes
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Former Oregon judge who refused to marry same-sex couples says he was appointed to US Justice Department
BBC: Fact-checking Trump claims about war in Ukraine
BBC: Passengers on crashed Toronto plane offered US$30,000 each
AP News: Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?
The Guardian: Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’
KQED: Oakland Budget Crisis Leads to Nonprofit Cuts, Leaving Social Services in Limbo
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Trump’s firing of Forest Service workers raises concerns about wildfires in Oregon, the West
Oregon Capital Chronicle: Siletz Tribe purchases 2,000 acres of land in southern Oregon with significant Native history
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Siletz tribe purchases part of ancestral homeland in Southern Oregon
The Oregonian: This was one of the largest flour mills in Oregon. Now it’s a winery
KOMO: Popular Washington rec areas hit with closures, unsafe conditions after USFS workers fired
KOMO: Teen boy killed while shooting fireworks in Graham
LA Times: FEMA rejects call by Newsom’s office to test soil in fire areas for toxic contaminants
My News LA: Caruso Fire-Recovery Non-Profit Announces Free Prefab Home Program
KTLA: Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban’s Los Angeles home broken into, ransacked, police say
LA Times: Aryan Brotherhood case raises a question: How to stop killings ordered from state prisons
LA Times: ‘My next home must be fireproof’: Why more Angelenos are looking to build ‘SuperAdobes’
AP News: Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage
KTLA: Former CNBC financial analyst conned investors out of $3 million
KTLA: Elderly woman left behind in senior facility during Eaton Fire rescued by son
KTLA: Huntington Beach will install ‘MAGA’ plaque at library with revised design, added security
KTLA: Aussie woman, 25, visiting Southern California arrested at airport with meth-stuffed luggage
KRON: Suspect arrested in hit-and-run that killed beloved UC Berkeley professor
The Oregonian: Oregon farmworker wins damages in unusual discrimination case after company hired foreign laborers
KRCR: Federal job freeze raises concerns over California's forest management
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