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Topics Covered:

Iowa: Trans Rights

US news: Executive Office and the threat of authoritarian takeover, international health, homelessness

International (and US) News: Infectious Disease

Nature News: Birds and Bioflorescence

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News Sources Used to Create This Summary

Iowa, trans rights:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-rights-protections-iowa-lawmakers/

US Executive, USAID

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/usaid-hiv-protest-trump-musk

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/24/musk-doge-usaid-cuts-dc/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/doge-elon-musk-donald-trump-marco-rubio.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/27/heres-where-trumps-government-layoffs-reportedly-are-as-usaid-employees-booted-from-offices/

Paypal Mafia:

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/209-front-burner/episode/16130733-trump-apartheid-and-the-paypal-mafia

US Executive, HUD

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hud-systems-access-ai-proptech-real-estate-mobile-home/

https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-administration-slash-hud-workers-tackling-housing-crisis-119046960

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2025/02/27/hud-cuts-in-housing-crisis-devastate-communities/79445601007/

https://people.com/mom-of-2-kids-died-after-sleeping-in-van-gets-emotional-funeral-11681909

https://5calls.org/

Infectious Disease:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-disease-congo-what-we-know/

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2025/02/28/texas-measles-outbreak-reaches-nearly-150-cases-state-health-department-says/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/trump-fired-bird-flu-hires-00206334

https://health.wyo.gov/wyomings-first-human-bird-flu-case-confirmed/

Birds:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/science/birds-of-paradise-biofluorescence-feathers/index.html

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